I lost 89 hours to illness this month. That's 89 hours when I should have been awake and productive, working towards my professional goals or enjoying my mid-thirties, but was instead too unwell to function. I think my social media gives the impression that I’m pretty much fine these days, because illness isn't something that's easily photographed or fun to share. And even here, this photo looks like a peaceful nap. It doesn't show the achy, flu-like symptoms, the cognitive struggle, the hours leading up to this moment that I’m still calling ‘productive’ even though I was struggling to hold myself upright, to think straight. If I have missed your get-together or your book launch this month, if I have made plans with you and then cancelled, if I've forgotten everything you told me last time we talked, I'm sorry. I'm trying to get back to normal, I am slowly getting better, but I'm not there yet.
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#chronicillness #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicfatigue #cfs
I think one of my favourite things about this post is how you chose 19 things not 20 🙂
And I obviously agree with all these sentiments, since this weekend past I bought 8 books for all my parents/step-parents. Christmas shopping sorted.
Hope you get lots of books from Santa! xx
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Ha, it actually was 17, then I thought of two more. Twenty seems too perfectly even! Nice job on the Christmas shopping! Very impressed. Hope Santa returns the favour to you 🙂
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Oh I hope Santa remembers us both. Books are the reason I love Christmas! x
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