You're Sick, They're Not Quotes

“4. Calling and updating them on the latest if the latest is depressing news. Many chronic illnesses are exacerbated by stress, so you telling them about a friend’s divorce, gloom and doom about the economy or politics, or an earthquake off the coast of Japan is going to make them worse instead of better.”
― Kimberly Rae, You're Sick, They're Not: Relationship Help for People with Chronic Illness and Those Who Love Them

“We with chronic health problems all seem to have one glaring symptom in common: major guilt. We feel badly that we’re sick in the first place, that we need help, that we have to ask for help, that we can’t keep up, do our part, and on and on it goes.”
― Kimberly Rae, You're Sick, They're Not: Relationship Help for People with Chronic Illness and Those Who Love Them