Living a healthy life is not complicated, all it means is that you take the time and trouble to make sure you are able to lead a long and healthy life, doing all the things that you want to. If we have a chronic illness this often impacts on just what we can and cant do and so we need to take the steps necessary to make any changes so that we can meet that expectation.

Being aware and informed of our conditions is a great step forward, it means we can plan how we will make these changes over time. The items on the following menu are there to help you understand how these issues can and do impact on our daily lives and importantly offer some solutions to any questions we may have.

By just understanding these issues it will help you to become an even better self- manager in the future and enable you to be a more active and empowered partner in you health care team.