Over the past five years. . . I see the chemotherapy nurses once a month for treatments; annual bone scans show progression of the metastatic cancer; and I have come to view my metastatic breast cancer as a chronic disease. I am not dying from cancer, I am living with it. The diagnosis of a chronic illness, like multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, or cancer, can be devastating. Accepting the diagnosis is just the first step. The patient with a chronic illness must then learn to live with it. With simple steps for owning your illness, healing yourself, and living your life, Looking Good Was...