Chronic Illness Stories

A young girl with diabetes shows that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.

I steeled myself before every visit to Mom’s Alzheimer’s unit. Not my son. With his eyes full of hope, he couldn’t wait to see his grandma.

Mental illness in actress Glenn Close’s family has inspired her to campaign for awareness and hope.

When it seemed that Alzheimer’s had taken her husband away, hope and a prayer assured one wife she wasn’t completely forgotten.

When I found out I had diabetes, I was worried I would never be able to have one of our favorite dessert recipes again!

I didn’t want to believe it, even when the evidence was right in front of me. Hope and faith helped me through.

Fibromyalgia had dominated this would-be lavender farmer’s life, until she stopped to smell the lavender.

Climber Lori Schneider battled more than just MS to fulfill her dream of reaching all seven of the world’s highest summits.

She thought herself too young and too busy to deal with arthritis, but her faith helped her through a double hip replacement.