On Chronic Diseases
Dear friends of an online friend...
When I see variations of "feel better soon!" on the journal of someone who's just won the Arthritis Prize, I feel sad.
Okay, no, I feel irritation.
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For someone with chronic illness, feel better is only, ever, a relative term.
And I feel sad seeing someone else discovering it.
And mad at myself for not knowing what words can comfort or help or cheer up somebody going through a bad spell.
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comments.
When I see variations of "feel better soon!" on the journal of someone who's just won the Arthritis Prize, I feel sad.
Okay, no, I feel irritation.
( Collapse )
For someone with chronic illness, feel better is only, ever, a relative term.
And I feel sad seeing someone else discovering it.
And mad at myself for not knowing what words can comfort or help or cheer up somebody going through a bad spell.
This entry was originally posted at http://auronlu.dreamwidth.org/206966.html, where it has
