"54 Ways You Say You Respond to “You look so good!”", compliments of National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week and Lisa J. Copen
It's almost that time of year again - National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week , September 14-20. Be sure to mark your calendars - it was a great conference last year, and an even better one is shaping up for this year. Plus, you can go in your pajamas if you want to. I thought the results of last year's Invisible Illness (II) Poll "Hate to Look Great?" were interesting and Lisa Copen generously shares all of her articles, so I'm reprinting it here. How do I respond to the "You look so good" comment? Well, I'm lumping the "How are you?" question in with the "You look so good" comment here, because the former is what people tend to ask me. "I'm hanging in there" seems to be my standard response (it's #1 - must be the standard for lots of people) , but I really don't feel like that response is satisfying. In the future I might try some of "The 54," or a variation thereof... maybe add ...