Janelle Sims

This is a detailed, step-by-step workbook designed to help cope with living with a chronic physical or mental illness. This coping method involves personifying one's illness by creating a separate, in-depth character, with whom the sufferer lives. Based on the memoir, "Getting Along with MiSsy", Janelle Sims has separated herself from her illness by personifying her Multiple Sclerosis into her roommate named MiSsy. This workbook is meant to be written and journaled in, to help those reclaim their own identities and discover a creative way to deal with an illness or affliction.

An entertaining, humorous memoir with a creative approach for coping. Having a chronic illness is not chosen nor desired. This series of short stories will give a glimpse into the daily life of living with a chronic illness, introduce a creative technique to manage it and most importantly, make readers laugh out loud and feel inspired with hope.