5 Tips for Managing Urgent Health Issues and Chronic Illness Symptoms
Do you ever feel like things are FINALLY into place with your life and then you’re told by a doctor that you need a surgery or have to handle an unexpected health issue immediately so everything else has to go on pause?
Trust me, I’ve been there and it’s so overwhelming.
I felt like I was finally gaining momentum with work when I was told that I needed an urgent tethered cord release surgery. It’s a major neurosurgery that takes to months to recover from. I saw the momentum I was gaining just fizzle out and disappear.
My Chronic Illness Doesn’t Define Me, I Define It
I used to let my chronic illness define me. What I mean by that is that I felt like that’s all I was. I was an amalgamation of symptoms and diagnoses. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Dysautonomia, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, fatigue, food allergies, chronic pain, all labels that described my state of being because I wasn’t living for anything. I spent my days resting or going to appointments and getting all of my treatments done.
Don’t Let Stigma Stop You From Getting The Treatment You Need
So many of us out there resist the interventions we’re told will help us just because we don’t want to be judged or seem lesser than because of the help we need. I find this so intriguing because it’s almost like the ones judging us want us to get better, yet they feel like they have a right to decide the ways in which we try to do so?