New Opportunities — Living with Chronic Illness

Traditional work is difficult when you have a chronic illness. Accepting that I have a new path, I find new opportunities for personal fulfillment.

Now that I have accepted that my ability to work in a traditional job is not possible I have had to find another reason to get up every day. Readers of my blog will understand that I am going through the process that is the reality of many people with chronic illness. Our illnesses want to be the lead player in our life. Dictating our direction, and speed.

There are times when I don’t respect this, and I pay the price. It can be either more pain or fatigue. The worst is when I feel like pain, and fatigue has subjugated me to the extent that it is my whole life. There is no room for the Robert behind the illness. This can be very difficult to bear. My old life is gone.

Embracing change

I am seeing this summer, which is coinciding with this downward spiral of my illness, as an opportunity to be a new version of myself. Respecting the constraints, but more importantly seeing a new way to live. Reinventing myself, and perhaps being an entirely different person.

In the deepest recesses of my soul, I have always wanted to write. This blog has opened my eyes to the possibilities, and I am embarking on a new path…