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Tag: chronic-illness

  • The Loneliness and Occasional Despair of Chronic Illness

    So I do try not to whinge too much, but I’ve been in pain, off and on, for several weeks, due to a vestigial organ that needs swift removal (but will also need to wait its turn, because surgery wait-lists are epic). I have chronic seasonal insomnia, so in late December I saw a long-awaited…

  • Writing and Publishing with a Chronic Illness

    Academic research thrives under particular conditions. Material resources, time, reliable child care, access to library and archival materials, and the good health to pursue the work in a sustained way. I have all but one of these. My health isn’t terrible, just not great, some days. Today’s one of those days. A week of increasingly…