It took me a while to comprehend the early hullabaloo around social distancing. Having long ago already built a life around suddenly not being able… Read More »What Chronic Illness Has Taught Me Might Help You Stay Sane in a Pandemic
I don’t think people realize chronic illnesses can kill just as readily as the terminal ones. Their quality of life just gets so bad they… Read More »When the Strong Break
I broke my brain a few weeks ago, a remarkably frightening experience. Now, I’ve had cognitive burnout before, it’s pulled me out of school on many occasions: an inability to study or take the ideas in my head and find words for them. This was nothing like that. My brain suddenly seemed incapable of any kind of complex processingRead More »Adapt or Die
Some days are hard (a lot of them lately). I’m not much for posting/tweeting about that for a number of reasons. Firstly ’cause I think the internet if plenty full of whiny complaint and I don’t need to add to it; but probably mainly because when things get rough I tend to turtle, turn in on myself and just deal with. I think I needed this public venue to discover how private I actually am.
And yet today, I write.Read More »Pity Party
So, after doing the WRONG thing for 83 days, I now have 17 days to come to terms with over two decades of chronic illness (with acceptance not resignation) and find a way to build a meaningful life within my limitations.
Nothing like a hot deadline to motivate a girl!Read More »Day 84 – DEADLINES!!!