Video Vignettes: Through Your Own Lens - Living With Invisible Disease Looking "well" is a common challenge among people who live with invisible illnesses and chronic disease.  Some call themselves “spoonies”: people who hear “but you don’t look sick” throughout their lives, while actually managing serious illness.  The term “spoonie” comes from a blog post written in 2010 by Christine Miserandino called The Spoon Theory.1  In this post, Miserandino, who has lupus, described how she was able to help her best friend understand life with a chronic illness. To tell the story briefly: Holding 12 spoons, Christine [...]