Comments on: The Etiquette Of Illness http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-illness/ Adventures of a superhero on his journey through chronic pain and debilitating inflammation Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: WarmSocks http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-illness/#comment-807 WarmSocks Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:09:03 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5241#comment-807 Thank you for the recommendation. I’ll be looking for this book.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-illness/#comment-806 Cathy Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:01:06 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5241#comment-806 This sounds like a great book! In my past life (before RA), I didn’t share a lot about my inner self or even the aches and pains with others. After a few years with RA though, I felt like I went through a period where I needed to tell anyone and everyone my RA story. What helped me the most was not advice or sympathy but just listening. I just wanted people to listen and hear what I was trying and the struggles that came with it. Once I could get it off my chest, I felt better.

]]> By: jodi http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-illness/#comment-805 jodi Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:06:38 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5241#comment-805 this sounds like a great book. i’ll definitely have to check it out.

]]> By: Millicent http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-illness/#comment-804 Millicent Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:28:16 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5241#comment-804 This sounds like a wonderful book with good insights for both the person with the illness & especially for family & friends. Sometimes I think it’s easier for the person with the illness—they are actively working/seeking/doing things to help themselves feel better while others feel very helpless & useless. An analogy: the family of a son or daughter who is deployed to the middle east can only worry constantly, pray diligently, and imagine what the soldier is going through–everything is intangible. The person who is actually deployed goes about his/her work daily, knows what it is like, & takes it more in stride. The book you write about sounds like a way to more clearly understand—from all points of view.

]]> By: Linda C http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-illness/#comment-803 Linda C Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:15:36 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5241#comment-803 Good morning,
I read a similar book some 20 years ago, very good advice. We were dealing with cancer and losing family member at that time.

This subject is popular this week online. I read 2 blogs on the subject, plus started to write one too. I stopped because my opinions are different than norm.

Some people just cannot handle sickness or sad things, so avoided them. Others are just selfish, while most simply don’t know what to say or do. And all think, “there but the Grace of God go I”.

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