A very insightful website...
Spoons
"But You Don't Look Sick?"
I can relate to this article. I don't have to ration my 'spoons' the way I used to, but I still have to be careful so as not to deplete my reserves.
But considering a few years ago I could barely get out of bed, I am doing stellar now.
Edited to add: I should specify that I don't personally have lupus. What I have is hypothyroidism. I never got an official "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" or fibromyalgia diagnosis- even though I had all the symptoms- more often, I got idiot doctors telling me I was hypochondriac. I really appreciated that, considering I felt like the walking dead.
But it turned out I was hypothyroid. Thank God for Dr. Ilagan, who diagnosed me. I wish it had come earlier- most of my twenties were prostrated to overwhelming fatigue- but at least it came at 29, not 39 or 49.
I'm sure I'll post more on that subject later.
"But You Don't Look Sick?"
I can relate to this article. I don't have to ration my 'spoons' the way I used to, but I still have to be careful so as not to deplete my reserves.
But considering a few years ago I could barely get out of bed, I am doing stellar now.
Edited to add: I should specify that I don't personally have lupus. What I have is hypothyroidism. I never got an official "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" or fibromyalgia diagnosis- even though I had all the symptoms- more often, I got idiot doctors telling me I was hypochondriac. I really appreciated that, considering I felt like the walking dead.
But it turned out I was hypothyroid. Thank God for Dr. Ilagan, who diagnosed me. I wish it had come earlier- most of my twenties were prostrated to overwhelming fatigue- but at least it came at 29, not 39 or 49.
I'm sure I'll post more on that subject later.
posted by Hira Animfefte at 6/28/2004 08:39:00 AM
2 Comments:
Wow, Blogchik... I don't have Lupus, but I can certainly understand the spoon thing too... I went through "spoons" about a year ago with some other health problems that seemed to be piling up. That is a great article.
I should have specified (note to self: edit post)- I don't have lupus either. I'm hypothyroid, and have suffered from chronic fatigue.
Ya 'spoon ration' just the same, though.
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