Chronic illness is overwhelming

Chronic illness and pain is exhausting beyond belief. It takes all the energy you have just to get through the day.

It’s remembering medications, doctors appointments, lab appointments, and so much more.

It’s side effects from medications, but you also suffer if you don’t take said medications.

It’s feeling like a burden to those who love you and you love back. It’s feeling like you’re asking for “too much” when you’re just asking for basic help for your needs - especially on flare days.

It’s surgeries and procedures and iv’s and doctors who gaslight you and tell you you’re “too young to be this sick” and wanting to scream into the void.

It’s complicated. Chronic illness is a lot of unknowns and attempting to going with the flow.

It’s exhausting and you won’t get it until you are living it.