I realize it is not Wednesday but I was having a “root canal” (really “root canal treatment”) this Wednesday so I thought it would post it here now – I know I am likely to come up with something else for next week! At any rate, it does all tie together – I was talking with one of the “staff” members before the “root canal” and we learned we had some very specific medical issues in common although this person’s specific circumstances were slightly more “severe” than mine. We got talking about this issue and about neighbors (I mentioned my incredible neighbors that I hate to move away from) and just about how you never know when you are going to meet people who are friends and you never know what other people are going through – that you can look fine on the outside and put on a good show but be going through hell on the inside, medically or otherwise.
So, to make this post legitimately short, I just want to offer this “wisdom;” BE KIND TO OTHERS EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT SO KIND TO YOU BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH.
I hope you are all having a happy and healthy day, wherever you are in the world and I hope you are either having a great weekend or you have a great weekend! Stay safe, everyone.
❤ Always, Beth
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I have been living with chronic illness since I was 2 months old. My first "formal" chronic illness diagnosis was Behçet's Disease - I was 17 at the time. I was later diagnosed with Common Variable Immune Deficiency (I more or less led the doctors to that diagnosis - that story is for another time!) and those have been my "primary" two illnesses. I have many other "secondary" diagnoses such as seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chiari 1 Malformation (a result, I believe, of the Behçet's causing aseptic meningitis time and again since it had never appeared in brain scans before I was about 24-25), osteoporosis, compression fractures of the thoracic spine, and many others. I know what it is like to feel as if you have lost years of your life that you can never recover from illness and the many restrictions it places upon you in your everyday life. I just want you to know that I know what it is like and I have been there through every period of my life - you are NOT ALONE! Please do not hesitate to contact me if you ever need someone to talk with or someone just to listen to you - I am always here! Thank you for taking the time to read this and my other posts and I hope you are having a happy and healthy day no matter where you are in the world! Take care.
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