Objectives:
Serious illness may be for patient a sign of loss of the destination and map which had previously guided him during the life. Using cognitive-existential frames can help explain sources of the illness stress and increase of coping methods. Survey served three purposes. For estimating of the presence thoughts connected with meaning making of illness and their effects. Responses to the question about connections linking meaning making processes with the level the adaptation to illness and the life satisfaction.

Methods:
Research findings deriving from 63 patients cured because of Leśniewski and Crohn illness were provided with an analysis. The examination had a correlation-comparative design.

Results:
Research findings deriving from 63 patients cured because of Leśniewski and Crohn illness were provided with an analysis. The examination had a correlation-comparative design. It was possible to identify the presence of processes of meaning making and their effects. The examination portrayed multiple appearing relations between processes of thinking and the level of adaptation to chronic illness and the life satisfaction.

Conclusions:
Chronic illness has both biological as well as existential dimension. Meaning making of illness can be an action supporting pro-health efforts of patient, as well as with a sign of his difficulty in including the fact of illness into the course of life.