How Do Couples Cope When One Partner Has a Chronic Illness?
www.medscape.com Colin T. Son January 13, 2009 – The Internet has played an important role in creating an informed and empowered patient population. Blogs, for example, are oases where patients can exchange information and experiences. One particular patient blog, In Sickness and In Health, has a unique focus. The blog’s author, Barbara Kivowitz, wants readers to understand that chronic illness is rarely, if ever, faced alone. Rather, it touches the lives of everyone around the patient, especially a significant other. She should know, as she has gone through it personally. Ms. Kivowitz recently described the difficulties that couples often face in dealing with chronic illness and shared her advice, based on her own experience, for dealing with those issues. Colin Son: Dealing with illness as a couple is one of the main topics in your blog. What do you think is the single most important piece of advice that you can give to a couple dealing with a chronic disease? Barbara Kivowitz: Surpr
