Perhaps one of the best explanations of what it is like to live with chronic illness

[alee_grrl]

This has been floating around for a while, and I'm sure people have seen it. But I was reminded of it today when another friend posted it to her blog. It is really one of the best explanations of what it is like to live with a disability or serious illness. I count my blessings that Lyme can be put completely into remission with treatment, as there are many other illnesses that cannot. I know that I have learned to count my spoons though, to take my time and look at how that time is spent carefully. I have a feeling that this will follow me even after I finish treatment, and I don't think that is a bad thing.

The Spoon Theory

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[alee_grrl]

::hugs back::

It's so wonderful to be able to point people in a direction and go "This! This is my life!"

I'm also really glad my treatments are progressing and I am getting better. It gives me so much hope for the future. There's always the danger that the symptoms will come back, as studies seem to show that the disease goes into remission rather than going away completely (but the CDC doesn't agree with these studies and says that Lyme doesn't exist in it's chronic form, despite the numerous studies that show it does, but that's another topic/rant entirely). Still with treatment I have way more hope than I had before when I thought it was fibromyalgia and there was nothing I could do to really make it better (other than lots of drugs in perpetuity to mask the symptoms and handle the pain).

My friends online and off are what really make it manageable though, without which I would have given up or gone completely off the deep end by now. So thank you!