Optimism, realism, cynicism, terms that no doubt seem quite contradictory and yet often coexist in a chronic disease. Cynicism as an undoubtedly logical and inevitable consequence of the disease. Realism as a confrontation with the reality of the disease. Optimism as a choice, difficult of course, but indispensable – I think – to continue to…
It’s morning. You wake up and for a moment you hope. What exactly? It’s not always clear. That the illness is over. That the pain is gone. That you are no longer tired. In any case, there is always some kind of disappointment when you realise that what you hoped for has not happened. This…
Have you recently been out shopping, even if you were exhausted from your chronic disease? Or have you gone to school or work, even though you were in pain and had many symptoms? Congratulations, you can be proud of yourself! I hope that when you went to bed in the evening, you looked back on…