tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post8668002460920920877..comments2024-03-22T13:46:31.211-04:00Comments on Getting Closer To Myself: Illness As The Ultimate Trump CardLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13910940045470516414noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-68377381719573707062009-06-03T19:16:52.096-04:002009-06-03T19:16:52.096-04:00This sentence in particular really hit home for me...This sentence in particular really hit home for me - "Illness makes time swirl around me, and makes me feel that everything is of great urgency and means nothing, all at the same time."<br /><br />I feel full trapped - and yet speeding - in my life of chronic illness that goes nowhere, spinning its wheels as fast as it can. ...I think there's a metaphor about cars in there that I'm too tired to pick out..<br /><br />I just wanted to say that I really related to this post - and I really like your blog. So much so, I'm going to add you to my blogroll on the comic I write about my often comical adventures with my multiple autoimmune diseases. I'd actually really love for you to check it out - hopefully it will make you laugh, or at the very least I hope it makes you feel less alone with all this. <br /><br />You can find it at http://acomiclifeindeed.wordpress.com<br /><br />Hope you're well!<br />-Miss WaxieMiss Waxie aka A Comic Life, Indeedhttp://acomiclifeindeed.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-24998278187802661702009-06-03T18:35:28.324-04:002009-06-03T18:35:28.324-04:00Dear Leslie,
I had to read your post twice because...Dear Leslie,<br />I had to read your post twice because the first time I couldn't see clearly through my tears.<br /><br />What you write about could be my life. I have actually lost a sister (and a few friends) due to my illness. It/me just didn't fit into her life so she cut me loose.<br /><br /> It hurt badly for so long but then I got to the point where I figured it was her loss not mine. It was a very harsh reality check and boy did it hurt. If I were to be truthful it still does hurt if I think about it too much.<br /><br />It's probably not very nice but I often wish that people who don't get those of us with chronic illness could just live in our shoes for one day, maybe then they would be a little kinder or more understanding.<br /><br />It seems like you have had to make some very tough decisions as many do with chronic illness. You should be proud of yourself, very proud. You and your health must come first even if it goes against your nature, which I suspect it does.<br /><br />I'm glad you are blogging again as I enjoy your thoughtful posts very much.<br /><br />Take care of yourself!<br />MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-16152595568798186652009-06-01T21:37:13.064-04:002009-06-01T21:37:13.064-04:00Thanks, Laurie. Hope things are going well with y...Thanks, Laurie. Hope things are going well with you!Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13910940045470516414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-47953808432828442692009-06-01T12:46:58.761-04:002009-06-01T12:46:58.761-04:00Hey Leslie,
Such an honest and authentic post--it...Hey Leslie,<br /><br />Such an honest and authentic post--it's certainly tough to find places for ourselves among the healthy who, even those with best intentions, don't "get it" the way we need or want them to. <br /><br />Hope things settle down a bit for you!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10392908564921877962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-46615907313019392292009-05-30T08:16:58.317-04:002009-05-30T08:16:58.317-04:00Hi Shauna,
Thanks for your nice comment. What is...Hi Shauna,<br /><br />Thanks for your nice comment. What is BlogFrog?<br /><br />LeslieLesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13910940045470516414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-24652484727223772492009-05-29T17:40:42.574-04:002009-05-29T17:40:42.574-04:00Our Illnesses WILL always be with us. And no one ...Our Illnesses WILL always be with us. And no one will really understand what it IS doing, HAS done, and WILL do to us. <br /><br />I understand the Elephant in the room. I understand that you feel that no one is or has been listening to you. I know all that so very well. <br /><br />I have had to weed out those that just will not ever understand me, the way I am with pain--every day--and then understand that those people have no way of understanding me, and it's not their fault, I will not be who I was in their mind--the active, laughing gal I WAS. Oh, the laughter is still there...but the activity is gone. You will see those that just have no empathy, and that hurts. Even though I know who in my family for instance, will try to understand, and then others that say that everything I have chosen was wrong, a bad decision(s)...I figure they still love me for who I am. Many are unconsciously afraid that they will end up with things we have. And they don't know HOW to act. <br /><br /> <br />Great blog...found you through the BlogFrog!!<br /><br />'Spermo'?!?!?! Excellent!! LOLShaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17517544369249500224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-37210299800452845582009-05-27T23:00:37.486-04:002009-05-27T23:00:37.486-04:00Exactly, cereal for dinner. I feel like I'm a bac...Exactly, cereal for dinner. I feel like I'm a bachelor sometimes. <br /><br />"Spermo," huh? That definitely makes me laugh! So thanks for that!Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13910940045470516414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-11493917571547490172009-05-27T22:20:26.073-04:002009-05-27T22:20:26.073-04:00I get that. I think sometimes being young (younge...I get that. I think sometimes being young (younger in my case) and sick is different in that it's that wonder of who is going to take the trash out, or wishing that someone would make you dinner beccause the choice between cereal again or mustering the energy to cook and clean doesn't seem like much of a choice at all. Anyway, it's good to get it out, and really some relationships truly are toxic, no matter your health, and are better left to the past. Good luck with that!<br /><br />Ok, now totally random, but the random word verification tonight generated the following combo: spermo . Just thought i'd leave you with a little giggle.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469382982063659778noreply@blogger.com