Today I will be spending all day at the hospital for my pre-op testing for my brain surgery, which is less than two weeks away now! It’s going to be a long and exhausting day for someone who barely gets out of bed anymore, but at least I’ll have my dad to keep me…
Day 26: What impact has this had on your friends, family, etc.? I don’t know for sure. You’d have to ask them. But here’s what I think it might feel like for them.
Coping with multiple chronic illnesses is challenging. Very challenging. It’s hard to know how you will feel one day to the next. When my husband asked me if I was going to feel well enough to get to my doctor’s appointments in a few days, I had to remind him I don’t know how…
Day 25: Name five activities you have managed to pursue while being ill, and five activities you have done that you wouldn’t have pursued if you hadn’t become ill. Ok, this one is really hard. I don’t have much of a life due to all the issues I have with my chronic illnesses. But…
I find myself awake at 6 am, only two hours after going to bed and only one hour after falling asleep, from waking up in a night sweat. How joyous. And I’m only 30. It’s happened a lot this year, so I can only think it must somehow be related to Mini. I’m not…
I was blown away by the response to my post What Do You Want Me to Say?. I never thought a post about mental health would draw such attention. But I’m glad it did. And here’s why.
Day 24: How have you manage to juggle your social life through your illness? I don’t have a social life. That’s how.
It’s difficult to explain what it’s like to those who don’t know, which is most of you. How do you explain what it feels like to feel sick almost all the time? To feel so run down you’d swear you caught a virus or something. But no, that’s just your normal state of being…
Day 23: What do you say to yourself when you need a pep talk? This one would come up today, wouldn’t it, as I’m having a bad day. Sigh. Ok, fine. I’ll try to pep myself up.
*Warning: this post may contain triggers for self-harm and material which may be upsetting. Please stay safe and steer clear of this post if you have these triggers.* I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder eight months ago. I fell into depression after discovering I was infertile, which made me unable to handle my…
