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New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/28/2005 -- Living with a chronic illness can be debilitating, but what if your chronic illness is 'invisible?' Spotting a person with Lupus or Chronic Fatigue can be next to impossible, let alone know what challenges a person who suffers from these disease face on a daily bases. Most patients of chronic-invisible illnesses often hear family and friends say "but you don't look sick." The site recently redesigned, offers the same support and message groups but with a new 'real-time' approach.

For nearly three years, Butyoudontlooksick.com has offered resource support, news and Lupus Health information to those suffering from an invisible illness. The site that started out as a hobby for Christine Miserandino has expanded beyond her expectations "I am very excited about the new look and feel of the site, but I am even more excited to provide new content every day to our readers." The sites offers a crisp new look, easy navigation, nifty search feature and a fresh new logo. First time visitors will find exactly what they are itching to search. The new site design also features RSS, XML and the ability to be added to "my yahoo". Whether you are searching for chat support, news or book/product reviews, old and new viewers alike will feel right at home.

Those suffering from illnesses such as Fibromyalgia, Colon and Digestive Disorders, anorexia, to name a few, have a chance to offer and receive support, gain medical insight on their illnesses all in one resource. ButYouDontLookSick.com offers a positive environment to those living with chronic illness.

ButYouDontLookSick.com E- Magazine has been online since July 2003. ButYouDontLookSick.com is about living life to the fullest with any invisible disease and hopes to provide answers to the endless questions
of: But you don't look sick? The website features a collection of articles, essays, book and product reviews, with health resources and an active message board.

Christine Miserandino is a writer, speaker, and patient advocate from NY. She also happens to be someone who is living with Lupus. Her writing has been featured in numerous newspapers, magazines, medical newsletters and television media. Check out http://www.ButYouDontLookSick.com to read more of her articles, and to receive her monthly newsletter.






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Media Relations Contact

Christine Miserandino
Telephone: 516 343 9322
Email: Click to Email Christine Miserandino
Web: http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com

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New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/28/2005 -- Living with a chronic illness can be debilitating, but what if your chronic illness is 'invisible?' Spotting a person with Lupus or Chronic Fatigue can be next to impossible, let alone know what challenges a person who suffers from these disease face on a daily bases. Most patients of chronic-invisible illnesses often hear family and friends say "but you don't look sick." The site recently redesigned, offers the same support and message groups but with a new 'real-time' approach.

For nearly three years, Butyoudontlooksick.com has offered resource support, news and Lupus Health information to those suffering from an invisible illness. The site that started out as a hobby for Christine Miserandino has expanded beyond her expectations "I am very excited about the new look and feel of the site, but I am even more excited to provide new content every day to our readers." The sites offers a crisp new look, easy navigation, nifty search feature and a fresh new logo. First time visitors will find exactly what they are itching to search. The new site design also features RSS, XML and the ability to be added to "my yahoo". Whether you are searching for chat support, news or book/product reviews, old and new viewers alike will feel right at home.

Those suffering from illnesses such as Fibromyalgia, Colon and Digestive Disorders, anorexia, to name a few, have a chance to offer and receive support, gain medical insight on their illnesses all in one resource. ButYouDontLookSick.com offers a positive environment to those living with chronic illness.

ButYouDontLookSick.com E- Magazine has been online since July 2003. ButYouDontLookSick.com is about living life to the fullest with any invisible disease and hopes to provide answers to the endless questions

of: But you don't look sick? The website features a collection of articles, essays, book and product reviews, with health resources and an active message board.

Christine Miserandino is a writer, speaker, and patient advocate from NY. She also happens to be someone who is living with Lupus. Her writing has been featured in numerous newspapers, magazines, medical newsletters and television media. Check out http://www.ButYouDontLookSick.com to read more of her articles, and to receive her monthly newsletter.

Long Island, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/31/2005 -- Christine Miserandino of ButYouDontLookSick.com is scheduled to appear on Keeping Kids Healthy, a nation wide syndicated television show airing on channel Thirteen / WNET New York, on November 4th and 5th in the tri-state area.

Although she was in and out of doctors' offices and hospitals since the age of fifteen, it was only a few years ago in which doctors determined that Christine had the chronic inflammatory disease know as Lupus.

The laundry list of symptoms was familiar to Christine. A phrase which friends and doctors coined, "But You Don't Look Sick?"; inspired Christine to create a website www.butyoudontlooksick.com, to inform the general public with more information about the disease which plagues over 16,000 Americans each and every year.

It was on this website that Christine published her "Spoon Theory," a story that attempts to describe living life with a chronic illness. While eating dinner one day with a friend Christine was asked what it felt like to be sick. She grabbed a spoon gave it to her friend; "I wanted something for her to actually hold. If I was in control of taking away the spoons, then she would know what it feels like to have someone or something else, in this case Lupus, being in control." It was this theory which grabbed the attention of producers at Keeping Kids Healthy, asking if she would like to appear on their show.

Keeping Kids Healthy, a television show is innovating children's health television, is in its fourth national season of syndication. Its multiple Emmy award winning public broadcasts aired to over in over 60% of United States households.

Christine Miserandino is very active in Long Island's Lupus community, participating in events such as the, "Lupus Walk" each and every year in association with the Lupus Alliance. This year alone Long Island's chapter raised more than $200,000 to aid in benefiting those with the disease.

Butyoudontlooksick.com, a website that began as a hobby has become one of the internets fastest growing health related sites, and also serves as a support system for thousands of people across the world living with Lupus and other "invisible diseases." Lupus is incurable and the symptoms are varied and impact most daily activities, but through proper self-care and an early diagnosis, day-to-day living can be as normal as one can get while living with a chronic disease.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Media Relations Contact

Christine Miserandino
Telephone: 516 343 9322
Email: Click to Email Christine Miserandino
Web: http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com

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