Spoonies know
Chronic pain affects more than 1.5 billion humans worldwide so the chances that you’ve heard someone talk about their pain is pretty likely. However, if this is your first time hearing about chronic pain, you’ll probably understand it more after reading this.
Chronic pain feels like you’re wearing a 100-pound coat filled with random pricks of cacti. Depending on the kind of chronic pain one is dealing with, it’s likely invisible, which means a lot of people can’t comprehend how someone can feel like this all the time.
I was 21 years old when I was diagnosed withsystemic lupus. It’s been seven years now and if you knowchronic illness— you know how tired we are of living with it.
I remember the day after I was diagnosed, I needed to go to the grocery store for milk. It was a cold morning in Colorado…
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