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Kerry J. Heckman is a licensed therapist and author of the healing and wellness blog Words Heal. She was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease in 2016.
Website: http://www.kerryjheckman.com/
Articles
November 17, 2022
Invisible illnesses like Lyme disease are not always detected by your outward appearance. Here are 7 ways that you can show someone with an invisible illness that you “see” them.
How to Deal With Bad News About Your Health
December 17, 2016
Updated on February 17, 2023 Getting bad news is hard for anyone. For people with a chronic illness, like Lyme disease, it can happen often. Here are 8 tips to help you manage the bad news. I went thr...
How to Be a Good Partner to Someone with Chronic Illness
November 16, 2016
How do I know how to be a good partner to someone with a chronic illness? Because I have a one....but that wasn’t always the case.
The High Cost of Telling Someone ‘You Don’t Look Sick’
September 16, 2016
Updated: February 17, 2023 I remember the first time someone told me, “You don’t look sick.” I was sitting in urgent care and the doctor told me I had a rare infection in my spine after seven months o...