Inspiration
It’s 2 years since I had my own personal explosion, my open leg. The scars are hurting ever more. My feet are such that I can hardly stand or walk. Nevertheless I try to make the best of it. Even went to Siberia for my work, although it took me more then 1.5 weeks to recover from the 4.5 day trip. My social life has gone almost completely down the drain. One of my best friends told me I only call him when I need him, mostly to accompany me to my oncology visits. Apparently he doesn’t see, know, realize how much I appreciate his presence during those meetings, he perceives it as being needed as a driver. I am not much of a social person anymore. When you are in constant pain, fighting fatigue because of it every day, when you hardly can leave the house, it is very difficult to focus on problems others might have. Not because mine are worse, but because my pain distracts me from what the other has to tell me. The only thing that still gets me going is my work, my real fulfilling passion.
But this week I came across 2 beautiful blogs that I wanted to share, because they describe so very nicely comparably situations. The first one is “The Spoon Theory” by Christine Miserandino. The other one “The challenges of living with invisible pain or illness” by Prof. Toni Bernard on the KevinMD Blog. Their story helped me to understand my own position even better. Thank you ladies!!!!
