Together We Thrive

Want to tell your friends about your illness, but don’t know where to begin? This blog post walks you through a short script to start the conversation. They also provide a script guiding your teacher in telling your classmates, if you’d like them to.

Telling people about your chronic illness can be scary and intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. In this 18-minute youtube video, a chronic illness advocate shares her advice on how to tell your family, work, school, friends, and romantic partners that you have a chronic illness. If you are wondering who to tell, when to tell them, and how to do it, this video is for you!

Do you have cancer and want to talk to your friends about it? Telling your friends about your cancer can be tough. You might be wondering “Where do I begin?”,  “How will my friends respond?”, or “How do I stay connected with my friends during treatment?”. If you want answers to these questions, this blog post is for you!

Would you like to know how to support someone with chronic illness, or do you want to give advice to your loved ones about how to best support you? This blog post explains why coping with a chronic illness is difficult, how social support can benefit the patient, and 8 tips on how to show your support.