среда, 11 октября 2017 г.

25 Secrets of People With Chronic Illnesses

25 Secrets of People With Chronic Illnesses
Woman on beach
Woman on beach

Writing on notepad
Writing on notepad

Magnifying glass, close-up, cropped
Magnifying glass, close-up, cropped

Woman looking through blinds
Woman looking through blinds

Clock on wall
Clock on wall

Old man feeling sick
Old man feeling sick

Woman in front of mirror
Woman in front of mirror

Woman standing in field barefoot
Woman standing in field barefoot

Upset woman with grey hair
Upset woman with grey hair

Spoon with heart in it
Spoon with heart in it

Woman on the beach
Woman on the beach


25 Secrets of People With Chronic Illnesses
25 Secrets of People With Chronic Illnesses

Woman leaning her head back on a seat thinking

$8.65


That’s what it costs to get the children fed on a chronically bad morning. I’ll confess I am chronically ill. Tomorrow I will chronically deny it and tell you I’m fine. Today I admit it. Not as an excuse. It really is a bad day. I’m chronically fatigued and chronically in pain.


Especially my left second toe. It hurts so bad I cannot bear for the sheets or socks to touch it. And I chronically wonder if I’m alone. I chronically wonder if I can make it funny. And I chronically wonder if I will feel better tomorrow.


It isn’t funny. I chronically question why I’m laughing. I have a love-hate relationship with Facebook thanks to chronic flashback notices. I saw a flashback of my first half-marathon. Sigh. I have traveled 1,000 miles in five years flat on my back. Well, four years. It was a year after that I tore my calf muscle and got plantar fasciitis. And that started my descent into chronic.


Chronic steroid injections were the first culprit. But it doesn’t matter because here I am. Chronic. Chronically tired. Chronically weak. Chronically grumpy. Chronically chubby. Chronically blah.


And I want to be chronically comfortable. Chronically fit. Chronically energized. I just am not. And it’s is getting cold out. I have the chronic metabolism of a Barbie and the body temperature to match. I chronically dread the change of seasons. I’m chronically told I don’t look sick. And I have my loves that help get me through, and they know lots about what plagues me, and I chronically seek their wisdoms. And then I get a chronic headache. And all I want to do is sleep and eat processed carbohydrates. And the chronic circle continues.


And I feel chronically guilty because it’s not cancer, although at one point doctors thought it was. And I feel chronically sad that I chronically complain. And I’m convinced some days my family is sick of me.


Original article and pictures take themighty.com site

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