Health

Are You Grateful for Your Health? You Should Be

Because being ill SUCKS

Photo by Rex Pickar on Unsplash

I’ve been struggling with my health lately. From December 2022 to this February, I was plagued with severe joint and neuropathic pain, bleeding sores all over my mouth, extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, etc, etc.

I had no appetite and lost two stone. I lost, and am still losing, hair. It seems dramatic in retrospect, but until recently, I genuinely didn’t want to live anymore. I just couldn’t see the point if all that existence had to offer me was pain.

I’m glad I can say this is in retrospect though — I’m feeling way better and I’m just SO damn grateful. Honestly. This isn’t sarcasm. Sorry, normal service to resume in due course.

I know what’s wrong with me. Finally

For months, lupus has been on the radar as a possible cause of my symptoms.

However, the wait for a diagnosis and treatment was interminable and my quality of life was decimated — I basically didn’t move off the sofa for months, which ended up causing me to develop a blood clot. Nothing like something that could travel to your brain and kill you to get you up and about, I suppose.