A Chronic Voice

A blog about chronic illness, disability, health and wellness.

Guest Posts ⸱ Sheryl Chan

How Art Benefits Children with Developmental Differences

*Note from Sheryl of A Chronic Voice: What is "art", really? A quick search yields a few similar dictionary definitions: "The making of objects, images, music, etc. that are beautiful or that express feelings". (Cambridge) "Skill acquired by experience, study, or observation". (Merriam Webster)

13 Feb 2026

Guest Posts ⸱ Sheryl Chan

Liam's FND Story & How He Achieved His Dreams

An Introduction to Liam and Functional Neurological Disorder I am pleased to have Liam Virgo on the blog today — but not glad that he has to live with the poorly understood medical condition, Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), previously known as "conversion disorder". *Disclaimer: This article is meant for

10 Dec 2025

Chronic Illness ⸱ Sheryl Chan

Why I Need to See More Than 10 Different Types of Doctors Regularly

From 10 to 15 Different Types of Doctors on My Healthcare Team I was reading this post the other day, and realised that I had originally written it 10 years ago. Back then, I was 'only' seeing around 10 different types of doctors on a regular basis. Now,

5 Aug 2025

Home & Lifestyle ⸱ Sheryl Chan

We Want to Have Fun Just Like You, But Here’s What it Takes with Chronic Illness

Do We Even Want to Have Fun at All? So your friend with chronic illness has rejected your party invitation…again. Or they’ve included a list of T&Cs just in case they have to bail last minute. What’s up with that? Do they hate you or

31 Jul 2025

Chronic Illness ⸱ Sheryl Chan

Dating with Chronic Illness (and What I've Learned)

Dating with Chronic Illness – A Thorny Topic Dating with chronic illness is no easy, straightforward feat for either party. Questions like this are all over Quora and Reddit: “Would you date or marry a person with chronic illness?”. So I thought I’d share my perspective, as a person who’

18 Feb 2025

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My Personal Experiences with Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticulum (Plus Tips to Help Cope)

Two New Diagnoses - Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticulum & Mitral Valve Stenosis Whilst I haven’t heard much good news in a long time, I did not expect 2025 to be a harbinger of such terrible news. It seems like I will need to get two major surgeries done, one for

Learn More About the Super Rare Disease — Esophageal Diverticulum

Why am I Writing About the Rare Disease, Esophageal Diverticulum? The short answer is because I was recently diagnosed with it, although symptoms have been accumulating for some time now. I had simply assumed that all the regurgitation and vomiting, even in the middle of the night, were due to

MediSearch Review: A Medical AI Search Engine for Patients, Clinicians & Medical Writers

Introduction to MediSearch, a Medical AI Search Engine You’ve probably asked ChatGPT, Gemini or another AI-powered chatbot a medical or health-related question before. Perhaps to try and find a diagnosis, or simply out of curiosity. I have personally asked them some medical questions that I already knew the answers

Tell Me You're Chronically Ill Without Telling Me You're Chronically Ill (Chronic Illness Memes)

Darkness Needs Lightness for Balance... All of my recent posts have been extremely ‘heavy’, so to speak. First, there were the two knee injury series - one on resources for post knee surgery, and the other on things you can do whilst bed bound. Then, there was the Antiphospholipid Syndrome

How Does Antiphospholipid Syndrome Affect The Body? (Beyond the Blood to Major Organs)

You may have heard of the rare blood clotting disorder, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, but did you know that it isn’t ‘just’ about the blood? This article is part of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) resource library that I’m building up on my site from a patient perspective. It consists of

The Lowdown on Medications and Antiphospholipid Syndrome (Warfarin, Enoxaparin, DOACs, NSAIDs & More)

This article is part of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) resource library that I’m building up on my site. In this post, we will focus on medications and Antiphospholipid Syndrome. In particular, warfarin is a key medication for the management of APS, especially if you’ve experienced blood clotting events