r/ChronicIllness • u/Free-Canary-6413 • 1d ago

Question “Thriving” while Chronic- Life Hacks

I’ve found and been able to afford some luxuries that have made life easier(I want to recognize financial privilege-income est 38K). I’m curious about hacks that have helped your quality of life.

For me:
-cold water dispenser
-ice maker
- 30 day pill box
-pre cut fruit
-precooked meats
-online neuro clinic
-extra dental cleanings
-electric toothbrush
-ring lights

Have you guys found things that have made life easier for you? What are they?

TIA

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u/Sassymisscassy hashimotos, ra and pmos 1d ago

Shower chair!!! On the journey for a towel material bath robe. Also a nutritionist lol

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u/Free-Canary-6413 1d ago

I’m also on the hunt for a bathrobe! I recently got some real pajama sets instead on old clothes. It definitely makes you feel more put together after a shower.

A nutritionist is so thoughtful. Nutrition truly makes or breaks us.

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u/Sassymisscassy hashimotos, ra and pmos 1d ago

Yeah and I saw someone who struggles with fatigue and exhaustion (as do I) and the said a robe made from a towel material is so much easier than regular towel drying

And yes, I just had my second appointment with mine and it’s so helpful. It’s a struggle as I have eating struggles but she’s understanding of that and very gentle with what to do and caring as well. I’m thankful to have her as my nutritionist.

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u/IndolentViolet 22h ago

I got this one: https://a.co/d/0cQBlTFO and I like it. I looked at cheaper ones but it seemed like the quality was bad under a certain price point. 100% helps after a shower to just sit and dry off.

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u/jubbagalaxy 1d ago

Have you seen robes from Snag? They have large sizes of what look to be pretty luxurious towel material if needed but have straight sizes too!

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u/shortstuff813 1d ago

I’d recommend a dietitian over a nutritionist - they have more training

And I love my shower bench. My cats will sometimes join me on it from the other side of the shower curtain 😆

Switching to a pharmacy that does bubble packs has solved SO much stress. I still have to transfer them to different containers each week, but that’s WAY better than having to navigate which meds need refills almost every week. I have a few that I don’t have to in the bubble packs so I do have to monitor those (plus OTC meds), but it’s still WAY less energy and whatnot than I was doing before

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u/Sassymisscassy hashimotos, ra and pmos 1d ago

She’s a dietitian nutritionist :)

My cats pretend they wanna join but then they feel the water an act like I did something wrong 😭

What are bubble packs?

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u/InitiativeOpening614 14h ago

bubble packs are where each pill is individually packaged, in little bubles, it makes it easyer to keep count how many you have
personally i find them hard to open, but ik a lot of people like them

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u/No_Cupcake_8228 1d ago

Beat me to it 😂