Here are several resources that may help you and your loved ones along your personal journey with a major illness. These resources cover many diverse illnesses.
Note: Some of the URLs have been shortened using Bit.ly so as to simplify your typing the addresses.
Resources from Joel Evans (me )
Blog: Living Well While Surviving Cancer: https://survivingcancerembracinglife.com or https://bit.ly/2JEu4kt
Book: Surviving Cancer andEmbracingLife—My Personal Journey.
E-mail: survivingcancerembracinglife@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/well_cancer
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1962786287106420/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12127344/
Representative Organizations
Healthfinder.gov (a U.S. government source) offers a free report that projects the attributes of healthy people as of 2030:. Review it at https://bit.ly/2EO5Oec
AARP: https://www.aarp.org
Alliance for a Healthier Generation: https://bit.ly/1mbaxCv
American Association of Kidney Patients: https://aakp.org
American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.org
American Chronic Pain Association: https://www.theacpa.org
American Council on Exercise: https://www.acefitness.org
American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org
American Heart Association: http://www.heart.org
American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org
Anxiety & Depression Association of America: https://adaa.org
Arthritis Foundation: https://www.arthritis.org
Better Sleep Council: http://bettersleep.org
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network: https://www.bcan.org
Brain Injury Association of America: https://www.biausa.org
Breastcancer.org: http://www.breastcancer.org
Cancer Care: https://www.cancercare.org
Cancer Hope Network: https://www.cancerhopenetwork.org
Care Giver Action Network: http://caregiveraction.org
Center for the Advancement of Health: http://www.cfah.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov
Colon Cancer Alliance: https://www.ccalliance.org
Compassionate Friends: https://www.compassionatefriends.org
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America: http://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: https://www.cff.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: https://bit.ly/2I8pqKY
Digestive Disease National Coalition: http://www.ddnc.org
Disabled American Veterans: https://www.dav.org
Emotions Anonymous International: http://emotionsanonymous.org
Endometriosis Association: https://endometriosisassn.org
Epilepsy Foundation of America: https://www.epilepsy.com/
Family Caregiver Alliance: https://www.caregiver.org
Hope After Loss: http://www.hopeafterloss.org
Hospice Foundation of America: http://hospicefoundation.org
International Committee of the Red Cross: https://www.icrc.org
International Osteoporosis Foundation: http://www.osteofound.org
Interstitial Cystitis Association: https://www.ichelp.org
Kidney and Urology Foundation of America: http://www.kidneyurology.org
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: http://www.lls.org
Living Beyond Breast Cancer: http://www.lbbc.org
Lupus Foundation of America: https://www.lupus.org
Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research: https://www.lustgarten.org
Lymphoma Coalition: http://www.lymphomacoalition.org
ManageCancer.org: http://yellowbrickplace.org
Mental Health America: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America: https://mymsaa.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association: https://www.mda.org
National Alliance for Caregiving: http://www.caregiving.org
National Association for Health and Fitness: http://www.physicalfitness.org
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: https://www.ptsd.va.gov
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: https://www.canceradvocacy.org
National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care: http://theconsumervoice.org
National Council on Aging: https://www.ncoa.org
National Council on Disability: https://ncd.gov
National Kidney Foundation: https://www.kidney.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation: https://www.nof.org
National Pancreas Foundation: https://pancreasfoundation.org
National Scoliosis Foundation: http://www.scoliosis.org
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Office of Disability Employment Policy: https://www.dol.gov/odep
Office of Disease Prevention: https://prevention.nih.gov
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network: https://www.pancan.org
Paralyzed Veterans of America: https://www.pva.org
Parkinson's Resource Organization: http://www.parkinsonsresource.org
Partnership for Organ Donation: http://www.transweb.orgindex.shtml
Patient Access Network Foundation: https://panfoundation.org
President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition: https://www.hhs.gov/fitness/index.html
Prevent Cancer Foundation: https://preventcancer.org
Prostate Cancer Foundation: https://www.pcf.org
RX Assist: http://www.rxassist.org
Skin Cancer Foundation: https://www.skincancer.org
Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Breast Cancer): https://ww5.komen.org
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: https://www.hhs.gov
United Cerebral Palsy Associations: http://ucp.org
United Ostomy Associations of America: https://www.ostomy.org
Urology Care Foundation: http://www.urologyhealth.org
Vascular Disease Foundation: http://vascularcures.org
Wellness Councils of America: https://www.welcoa.org
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en
Representative Blogs
Best Healthy Living Blogs: of 2020 https://bit.ly/31Ia0VS
Cancer Support Community Blog: https://bit.ly/1IEU036
Harvard Health Blog: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog
Health.com: http://www.health.com
My New Normals: http://www.mynewnormals.com
Naturally Savvy: http://naturallysavvy.com/
Reddit Health Blog: https://www.reddit.com/r/Health
Senior Advice: https://www.senioradvice.com
To Your Health: https://wapo.st/2lb7UYj
Vital Signs: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/section/blog
WebMD Blog: https://www.webmd.com/news/default.htm
World of Psychology and Mental Health Blog: https://psychcentral.com/blog