Telling the Story of your Illness

You are being asked to write about a specific time or incident when your personal, family or work life was affected by your illness, problem, symptom, or concern. 

What is your concern or problem?

Think about a specific incident involving this concern or problem.  It may help if you recall any sounds, smells, colors, or feelings that you associate with this incident.  Describe this incident in terms of:
     Time (When did it happen?)

     Place (Where did it happen?)

     Participants (Who was involved?)

     Circumstances (How did this incident happen to come about?

List the sequence of events that occurred during the incident: 
     What happened first? 

     Then what happened? 

     What happened finally? 

What did the incident mean to you at the time? 

What does the incident mean to you in your life now? 

©LaVera Crawley 1999