It's that time again! Self-care Sunday! This Sunday I'm once again grounded to the tower and recovering from my last hospital visit. Yeah, I know. I wanted to avoid any posts about hospitals this year. Unfortunately my body had other ideas. Chronic illness is just a fact of life, and those who have to manage them it is a sometimes frustrating and stigmatic journey. One thing you don't do is post or refer to us as 'those always in the hospital' or 'always sick'. Yeah, it's part of our journey, but we don't want that to be a label of our identity, and it's a downer. We have lives outside that of our illness. Identify us by these, the creative one, the athlete, the woman of faith, the good friend... identify by the positives in our lives.
Happy me, soaking in the sun before vacation.
For those of us living with chronic illness, stand up for yourself! Don't let others label you. You deserve to be respected, not patronized as the 'poor little sickie' or 'Ms. Always in the Hospital'. Your friends and family may not realize they are doing that. I post about my hospital stays, yeah, only to let my friends know what's going on. It certainly isn't who I am.
On that note, I'm off to watch some downhill skiing.....GO TEAM USA.
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