http://www.healingwell.com/Library/health/salvucci1.aspWHOA, I've been struggling with writing about acceptance and the words eluded me. Thankfully they did, because this article expresses it much better than I could. This is exactly what I've done and how I deal with having multiple chronic illnesses and complications. It doesn't happen overnight, it's taken me years. Thanks for finding this Lynn. LindyI remember right after I was diagnosed what hell I went through. I just know folks looked at me and thought I had lost my mind. I went into such a dark hole with the pain and denial and bouncing from one rotten doc to the next...
I wish I had had this place then, because I sure felt alone. I would look at the other patients in the waiting room and not feel a real connection to them... they didn't know what I was going through and I could not feel their pain.
It took me years to come to terms with my RA. I was lucky to have a great guy by my side (and he is still there!) who helped me through the slog of acceptance.
Thanks Lynn.
Often times here, some posters equate acceptance with giving up. I don't, I think they are totally different things....This article said what I was thinking, so I posted it Lynn. Many people never make it to acceptance.
[QUOTE=lorster]Lynn. Many people never make it to acceptance. [/QUOTE]
Lorster, maybe this article will help!
I think there is a huge difference between accepting a diagnosis and accepting an outcome...
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