How to Understand Your Girlfriend’s Health Problems | Cherie Burbach, Guest Blog
September 7, 2011 – 6:59 am
Talk about great girlfriend advice! Girlfriend Cherie Burbach shows us the “how to’s” to being a friend with someone with a chronic illness.
In this great guest blog in honor of International Women’s Friendship Month (aka: #FriendshipMonth), a girlfriend shares how to be a better friend to a friend dealing with a chronic illness …
She looks fine. She smiles. She seems happy. But inside, she is suffering.
Maybe she has diabetes, fibromyalgia, asthma, arthritis, depression, or any one of the diseases you may not even know your girlfriend has because there aren’t outward signs. How can you support her if you really don’t know what she’s dealing with?
For people with no health problems at all, it’s hard to understand when someone is sick. I can tell you that as a Type 1 diabetic, there are numerous times that people make assumptions about my disease. Our girlfriends have the power to make Read More »
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Posted in Be a Better FRIEND, Girlfriend Advice and Reviews, Health and Fitness
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Tagged #friendshipmonth, About.com, Cherie Burbach, chronic desease, Diabetes, food issues, friend, friendship, friendship month, girlfriend, guest blog, health, health issues, helping a friend
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We girlfriends have to look out for each other – right?
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Get friending! NEW event for Cincinnati Girlfriends!!
March 12, 2009 – 5:01 pm
Women often tell me how difficult it is to meet new girlfriends.
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We know that can be difficult. And we also know, Read More »
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