Comments on: Finding out that I am only human http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/finding-out-that-im-only-human/ Relationships, personal growth, individual and couple psychotherapy Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:02:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Melissa http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/finding-out-that-im-only-human/#comment-26 Melissa Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:40:10 +0000 http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/finding-out-that-im-only-human/#comment-26 How true what you write is. I remember after 2 operations with in 3 months back in the early 90’s I suddenly found myself bed ridden and unable to do the things I wanted to do. I was told after 3 years of Doctors treating me like a nut case that I had CFIDS. They couldn’t tell me how I got it or how to get rid of it, only that I had to learn to live with it. I was bed ridden for 3 years and went through all the stages of a dying person except the last one. Instead of having to accept my death I had to accept the fact that I would probably have this illness for the rest of my life, to date no cure has been found. 17 years later I live with it. The most important thing is that my illness has taught me so much about life and myself. At first I was REALLY ticked off and then I decided I wasn’t going to let my illness win so I started to write and I started to learn and I grew up a lot. I saw how much we take for granted in life and how life as we know it can be taken away in a second. I learned to enjoy all of life and began to see how important even the smallest part of it is. I can’t say I regret having CFIDS, it has made me a stronger person and first and for most it has taught me to take nothing for granted, to never stop learning about life and myself, and to never shun people with chronic illness. How true what you write is. I remember after 2 operations with in 3 months back in the early 90’s I suddenly found myself bed ridden and unable to do the things I wanted to do. I was told after 3 years of Doctors treating me like a nut case that I had CFIDS. They couldn’t tell me how I got it or how to get rid of it, only that I had to learn to live with it. I was bed ridden for 3 years and went through all the stages of a dying person except the last one. Instead of having to accept my death I had to accept the fact that I would probably have this illness for the rest of my life, to date no cure has been found.

17 years later I live with it. The most important thing is that my illness has taught me so much about life and myself. At first I was REALLY ticked off and then I decided I wasn’t going to let my illness win so I started to write and I started to learn and I grew up a lot. I saw how much we take for granted in life and how life as we know it can be taken away in a second. I learned to enjoy all of life and began to see how important even the smallest part of it is.

I can’t say I regret having CFIDS, it has made me a stronger person and first and for most it has taught me to take nothing for granted, to never stop learning about life and myself, and to never shun people with chronic illness.

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