So we try to help them see the things that they can't see. Let's face it, this disease is hard enough for us chronics to comprehend at all. I have had more days than I can count when I am appalled and can hardly believe that life could derail and ditch me as it has, that I could be as helpless and debilitated as I was.
How much harder is it for the person who has not experienced it, to have any notion of what it's like, no matter how hard some good folk try.
So, we try to tell them the story with the hopes that it will broaden their understanding. Sometimes, it really does do that. The key is that we be able to tell our stories.
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Yes, that's true.
So we try to help them see the things that they can't see. Let's face it, this disease is hard enough for us chronics to comprehend at all. I have had more days than I can count when I am appalled and can hardly believe that life could derail and ditch me as it has, that I could be as helpless and debilitated as I was.
How much harder is it for the person who has not experienced it, to have any notion of what it's like, no matter how hard some good folk try.
So, we try to tell them the story with the hopes that it will broaden their understanding. Sometimes, it really does do that. The key is that we be able to tell our stories.
June 1, 2010 - 8:44pmThis Comment
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