When the doctor said...

Finding out something from the doctor is nothing new to me.  Thankfully, I haven't gotten any new significant diagnoses over the past two years.  I do, however, have had plenty in the past.  As a health blogger, writing about my own chronic illnesses, I have quite a few posts on getting news from the doctor that I have a condition or illness.  Here is an older post from a blog challenge I did back in April where I list the posts I've written on this topic.

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I have had the pleasure of being diagnosed with several chronic illnesses, beginning at the age of eight with migraines.  It's been quite a ride ever since then.  Here are a few of my older blog posts that speak in detail about getting a new diagnosis.  From chronic migraines to depression to fibromyalgia, each one felt like a blow from which I would never recover.  And yet, I survive!  To those of you who are newly diagnosed with any of the conditions that I also suffer from, do not panic and try not to worry.  It is not the end of the world for you.  Many, many people are in the same boat and are more than willing to help you through this new chapter in your life, myself included.  My experiences may help give you insight on how to (or how not to) cope with the diagnosis of any new illness, condition or disease.

1. A Silent Sufferer - A childhood diagnosis of migraine disease and life thereafter.
2. Circle of Pain - The cyclical behavior of chronic pain and depression.
3. Stigma of Migraine and Suicide - The reality of suicide in migraine and chronic migraine patients.
4. My Pain Isn't Just Physical - Living with mental illness.
5. How Do You Handle A New Diagnosis? - Finding out I have fibromyalgia and the possibility of lupus.