Comments on: I'm looking for blogs where people suffering from illnesses share their experience.

Question: I'm looking for blogs where people suffering from illnesses share their experience.

Autumn — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:40:25 -0800

Where can I find personal blogs from people suffering from illnesses?

I used to read a lot of blogs written by people suffering from COPD, MS, schizophrenia, cancer and things along those lines. I had them all saved to my old computer under "favorites," and now that I'm trying to re-find them I'm not coming up with anything. I don't know if my google-fu is failing or what but all I can find is articles about people suffering from said illnesses and forum posts. I'm looking for something written by the sufferer or a close friend/family members about their personal day-to-day experience. I seem to remember a website that had a list of these blogs but I can't find that now. Any help? Thank you!

By: paperback version

paperback version — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:04:47 -0800

Here are some:
Aging and Parkinsons and Me
Same Time Tomorrow (brain cancer; author passed away)
Momo Blog (breast cancer)
Yin and Yang (schizophrenia)
Wheelchair Kamikaze (MS)

By: Felicity Rilke

Felicity Rilke — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:21:54 -0800

It feels a little weird to suggest my own blog, but I write about living with recurrent ovarian cancer and associated anxiety at Second Verse.

By: availablelight

availablelight — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:26:27 -0800

The remarkable blog featured in this FPP seems to have moved to here.

By: leslies

leslies — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:51:01 -0800

Mefi's own jocelmeow writes about her life with severe ME/CFS here

By: reren

reren — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:54:05 -0800

TheBody.com plays host to a slew of blogs by people living with HIV.

By: jaguar

jaguar — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:35:27 -0800

The blogroll from the now (unfortunately) defunct FWD/Feminists with Disabilities blog has a number of awesome blogs listed.

By: banishedimmortal

banishedimmortal — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:37:56 -0800

Caringbridge

By: yclipse

yclipse — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:01:32 -0800

Name the illness. Google or Bing "illness" + "forums".

By: jaguar

jaguar — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:02:38 -0800

Actually, on Google, if you enter the illness in the search box and then choose "Blogs" on the left menu (you may need first click "More"), that might help.

By: Librarygeek

Librarygeek — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:47:40 -0800

I'm a little late to the party
A professional wheelchair dancer blogs at : Wheelchair dancer/

and

a woman who lost her hearing later in life (severely hard of hearing) blogs at the Angry Hard of Hearing woman

By: kathrynm

kathrynm — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:20:24 -0800

I'll throw my own blog into the right Fibromyalgia Day by Day. It's a bit less than day by day because for the last 4.5 month fibro has been kicking my ass.