was understood (Granberg et al., 1998, 1999; Magarey and
McCutcheon, 2005; Papathanassoglou and Patiraki, 2003;
Storli et al., 2008). Facts given to patients by healthcare
professionals or by close family members highlight the differences
between time as perceived and the actual duration
of elements of the illness experience. This is not a matter
of correcting misperceptions, rather, understanding and
personal meaning seems to be facilitated as the contrast
between different chronologies are highlighted.