The 5 Stages of a Chronic-Illness Diagnosis
It’s a process, not an event
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6 min readNov 12, 2019
You probably know somebody who always seems to be sick but can’t really explain why. Or maybe you’re the one who’s been labeled a problem patient. And if you’re anything like I was, you probably think diagnosis works the way we see on TV: Somebody with a mysterious illness heads to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital or Grey Sloan Memorial…
