Hope is “the thing with feathers,” but for many people with chronic illness, that bird flew the coop long ago. I’ve been ill for five years.
I know many who’ve been sick far longer. At the onset of illness, it’s always the same: when health takes its initial nosedive, two things set in: panic and hope.
Panic at what’s happening. Hope a doctor is going to fix it. But as time passes — as treatments fail, tests prove inconclusive or point to scary diagnoses with no cures — the panic stays.
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