Tag: mental health
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From OR to AND: A New Place in Healing
I think the medical advice of “year-long recovery” for HSCT is a misnomer. But there is progress and there are things happening that matter to me. I am recovering more quickly, I am lasting longer, my endurance has improved.
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Reflections on an Unexpected Year
I am letting go of anger. I release the illusion of control. I revel in possibility and the unknown, and I am learning to hold both joy and sadness, acceptance and striving for more, contentment and wanderlust — simultaneously. I am loved. I am safe. I am enough.
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Speak Up: It’s pay day
A $10,000 refund doesn’t come along every day so today, I’m going to rejoice in this moment, take a calming breath, and appreciate that the outcome was worth the effort.
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Meaningless Vows
Absent of a vow or a ceremony, I know the people in my life who are here for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, till death do us part and that’s more than enough.
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The Mental Gymnastics of Chronic Illness
I am a mess. But I’ve never been more excited to be messy. My physical and mental health are in constant flux, no two days are the same and it’s exhausting. I guess this is healing? Today, that’s what I’m telling myself.
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Depths of Despair
My mobility is not me. I work every day to understand that simple sentence. But I write now, from a place of darkness, of loss, of profound grief.
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The Struggle to Heal
I’m physically healing and mentally trying to process that healing. I’m struggling each day. I’m ok, but healing is really hard.
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Emotional Volatility
I’m ok… I think I’m ok… well, maybe I’m not ok. Everything feels too heavy, too important, too intense right now. I’m productive and high functioning, but I guess my goal in writing this is to say it’s ok not to be. Just be.
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Why I Write
I discovered, the more I opened up, the more the people in my life surprised me with their understanding and support. My family, friends, coworkers and kind Midwestern strangers continue to surprise me in ways I never imagined.
My Chronic Library 