Adversity of Chronic Illness

The worst thing about been chronically ill is not the unbearable pain, its not the vomiting or the nose bleeds. It’s not the fact most days you can barely walk, or the days you cant stand long enough to brush your teeth or comb your hair. It’s not the stomach upset or the diarrhea, its not the double blurry vision, its not the weak bones and severe pain that comes with that. Its not the brutal muscle spasms and hours of spastic cramping, its not being broke from medical expenses, its not having to do injections and having to swallow a bucket of pills morning and night. Its not that sometimes you can barely talk and most of the world thinks your drunk, or they think your drunk cause you can’t walk a straight line or slurring words. It’s not the collapsing and hitting the floor because you cant handle a lineup of three people in front of you at the grocery store. It’s not going to the movies and only seeing the first five minutes and the last five minutes of the movie because your so lethargic and tired so you sleep through it. It’s not constantly having to explain to people why you cant make appointments or arrangements for anything because you don’t know if you can walk from one day to the next. It’s not having to deal with those that lack common sense or respect, that try and shove every $9.99 cents miracle cure at you, or the ones that seem to have medical degrees or think they have medical degrees and know way more than your medical team. You want to know what it is?
It’s trying to sleep with bloody crumbs in your bed!!!!!!!

My good ole’ Irish sarcastic self. :)