Learning every day
I’ve learned a lot on the past few years about having a chronic illness. Well you would, wouldn’t you, if you had been diagnosed with a life-changing illness? And I mean life-changing. A lot of people don’t realise what I have t put myself through to complete the day-to-day tasks of being me. People can be unsympathetic This is probably worst but about a chronic illness. Because it’s not always visible it’s not always seen as the debilitating issue it can be and often is. If I have my walking cane because my legs have turned to jelly and walking is hard or if I have my wrist strapped up because it hurts then people notice and are more likely to be kind. But if I’m suffering a migraine or my all too familiar abdominal pains then, even if it’s showing in my face, I don’t always have kind responses. I’m not talking friends here. People who know me and have worked closely with me or spent a decent amount of time with me have seen the many facets of my life and are (more often than not) sy
