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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>For those of us who need a daily dose of non-offensive humor in a life with chronic illness and/or chronic pain. Just beware, sometimes our humor can get a little, well, sick.

Before asking a question, it would be nice if you could check out the FAQ first.</description><title>Laughter is the Best Medicine</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @chronicillnesscat)</generator><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c2fc47d09cbd07ea8cfa7a5298948b92/tumblr_mn4bl9T7is1qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “What’s so stressful about being a greeter?” “Says the person without crippling social anxiety about a job that requires working with people day in and day out.”]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50946659358</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50946659358</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:52 -0400</pubDate><category>anxiety</category><category>meme</category><category>chronic illness</category><category>mental health</category><category>mental illness</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>titaniumtwin</dc:creator></item><item><title>
[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “crippling anxiety about how...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="400" src="http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/37952914.jpg" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “crippling anxiety about how much work I have to do&amp;#8230;anxiety meds make me too sleepy to work at all”]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50798127402</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50798127402</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:27 -0400</pubDate><category>anxiety</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>anti-illusionist</dc:creator></item><item><title>thepensivebrony:

“you shouldn’t be depressed, people have it worse than you”
finally, after years...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thepensivebrony.tumblr.com/post/50615333100/you-shouldnt-be-depressed-people-have-it-worse" target="_blank"&gt;thepensivebrony&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“you shouldn’t be depressed, people have it worse than you”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;finally, after years of searching, the person with the worst life ever is found. formally, they are granted permission to be sad. but only them. only they have earned it. no sads for anyone else at all ever&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50670818029</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50670818029</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:17 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>mark-gaytits</dc:creator></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da8be13d9c783a18726827f954de234b/tumblr_mmkzj0y24E1rj9wqto1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50582051509</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50582051509</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:01:23 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>mark-gaytits</dc:creator></item><item><title>shmegeh:

I found this card at the pharmacy today and it was...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/07af7f4c0e633b0e8d8f2ed0807ba9f0/tumblr_mmpyniSlFK1qzt48xo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8d62849e7e06d7baea566cbcb0e1558c/tumblr_mmpyniSlFK1qzt48xo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shmegeh.tumblr.com/post/50320326040" target="_blank"&gt;shmegeh&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I found this card at the pharmacy today and it was good.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50432353797</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50432353797</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:17:07 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>mark-gaytits</dc:creator></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c40db8774e3c04ba5a22ba3fcf4173ba/tumblr_mmk5beYnTb1qi36g3o1_400.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “FORGET WORD FOR ACUPUNCTURE … “STABBY-MAKE-FEEL-BETTER””]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50077160687</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50077160687</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:27 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>immortallyophelia</dc:creator></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/db1bfca449adf02be272a291d198f685/tumblr_mmjse9BwAg1qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “Family member gets the same illness. Suddenly everyone is sympathetic.”]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;It REALLY pisses me off that, after a &lt;em&gt;lifetime&lt;/em&gt; of having ulcertive colitis, one side of my family only really started to realise that I can’t just “work through it” or “toughen up”. Why? Because my aunt, in her early forties, was diagnosed with the same thing. I’ve been dealing with these symptoms since I was a child and they’d always give me lectures and just … nope.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50049088033</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50049088033</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 20:00:59 -0400</pubDate><category>crohn's</category><category>meme</category><category>chronic illness</category><category>chronic pain</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>shipeverythingregretnothing</dc:creator></item><item><title>When I try to finish a sentence with brain fog</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whatshouldwecallfibro.tumblr.com/post/46910229414/when-i-try-to-finish-a-sentence-with-brain-fog" target="_blank"&gt;whatshouldwecallfibro&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/46297305fdc83acdd27c1a4f1be3eda6/tumblr_inline_mklzjw5BRo1qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50031260475</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50031260475</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:03:00 -0400</pubDate><category>gif</category><category>gif warning</category><dc:creator>mark-gaytits</dc:creator></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d17d1521f2b2d924b0099b93a4c0b654/tumblr_mmip2hJkX41qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “”Wow you’ve gained weight.” Say it again and I’ll sit on you.”]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Anybody else experience terrible weight gain as a side effect? They put me on Abilify and I gained 60 pounds…yeah, that helped my “recovered” e.d….&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50031133584</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50031133584</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:01:17 -0400</pubDate><category>anxiety</category><category>depression</category><category>meme</category><category>chronic illness</category><category>mental health</category><category>mental illness</category><category>eds</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>dontdosadnesss</dc:creator></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b746eabc14a2d407a1162c5463de1150/tumblr_mmiow5d0fK1qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “Two side effects: dry mouth and overactive bladder. You see my problem here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;-_____-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50017702019</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/50017702019</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:01:07 -0400</pubDate><category>meme</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>dontdosadnesss</dc:creator></item><item><title>
[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: &amp;#8220;Main symptom of...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/37643034.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: &amp;#8220;Main symptom of depression: always tired. Main side effect of prozac: drowsiness”]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/49952522605</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/49952522605</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:01:19 -0400</pubDate><category>depression</category><category>meme</category><category>mental illness</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>browncoatlily</dc:creator></item><item><title>whovianherbivore:

People who tell me I just need to change my diet or exercise more and all my...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whovianherbivore.tumblr.com/post/48124910576/people-who-tell-me-i-just-need-to-change-my-diet" target="_blank"&gt;whovianherbivore&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;People who tell me I just need to change my diet or exercise more and all my chronic illnesses will go away:&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/7c86be054a4fdfea79d7f04db484953f/tumblr_inline_mlcug17awF1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/49730968732</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/49730968732</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 20:00:52 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>mark-gaytits</dc:creator></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8fca133b4919f4bfb0a75ff4295f018c/tumblr_mlv08h8r301qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “All the ER nurses know me by name”]&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48992930596</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48992930596</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:00:25 -0400</pubDate><category>chronic illness</category><category>chronic pain</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>jeanenstein</dc:creator></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a9f32d51be3ef5acf5a3733ad363c398/tumblr_mlv0dpl3SN1qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “Need to be in college to have medical insurance, too sick to attend classes”]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s a vicious cycle.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48964796134</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48964796134</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:00:48 -0400</pubDate><category>chronic illness</category><category>chronic pain</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>jeanenstein</dc:creator></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/84b03780e6b1a8488a35331609c53646/tumblr_mlvdzhESnm1qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “Top - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Feels Like i’m excreting golfballs. Bottom - At least the blood from my torn colon works as lubricant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;”]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;You know it’s bad when you count bleeding as a silver lining.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48947930943</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48947930943</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:01:18 -0400</pubDate><category>ibs</category><category>chronic illness</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>capriciousguru</dc:creator></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7ac15bf9849bfcff42e3e3f900b2121e/tumblr_mlq8bqQ3z71qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “Eight different medications. Apparently not enough.”]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Got two new ones, old ones got upped.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48768722905</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48768722905</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:00:44 -0400</pubDate><category>ra</category><category>anxiety</category><category>chronic illness</category><category>mental illness</category><category>submission</category></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb5ca268c0d884f8b0d007592e509e41/tumblr_mlq8f3Da3K1qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “Clearly two chronic illnesses are not enough. Four is a much better number”]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48762273383</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48762273383</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:00:45 -0400</pubDate><category>ra</category><category>anxiety</category><category>chronic illness</category><category>mental illness</category><category>submission</category></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue coloured background with a Siamese cat.Text...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c46d74e4dd04ef53d69319b807d9c181/tumblr_mlq76kWvo91qi36g3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue coloured background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: “Complain about nerve problem in wrist making it itch all the time. Get self harm referral instead of neurophysiology”]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Yes, there is a scar on the side of my wrist thanks to the itching, which as I explained to the doctor was because I scratched it off in my sleep because it was itching. No, I was not intending to harm myself. I was asleep. &gt;_&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48731841034</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48731841034</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:01:06 -0400</pubDate><category>fibromyalgia</category><category>mental health</category><category>submission</category></item><item><title>[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat. The...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8ec43e2f09d12b45816cb3a7030a24ad/tumblr_mloper7mRv1qi36g3o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat. The text is written in a circle around the cat, looping to read “Medication for the side effects of the medication for the side effects of the medication for the side effects of …”]&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48681617246</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48681617246</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:00:49 -0400</pubDate><category>meme</category><category>chronic illness</category><category>chronic pain</category><category>submission</category><dc:creator>dj-lum</dc:creator></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/08d5b92f2adc9865af2f64969b59da09/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ea40c823000839e9b8af9a55cf57fe8f/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko2_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b3b668a3c32938fe16e6b0798ba4597b/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko3_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bd6427dd57ff5f22a8ff6299b84ef3d9/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko4_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ced9f27a2fd565b27f8ba15d3e94ca05/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko5_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b7ac24af3db495164f7e580248a0ad9/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko6_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e801b74131341550871a5e199224e9c/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko7_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/496496296a8f58826da6ffcb3aa8c72f/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko8_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b70514c2218d2acbdb5c67946bb78f52/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko9_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d19ed64c0303ee4e39bd2aca583a4cc/tumblr_mlmcp7a6fq1qiix4ko10_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48593106678</link><guid>http://chronicillnesscat.tumblr.com/post/48593106678</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:59:17 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>mark-gaytits</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>
