Health / Chronic Illness / Stigma
I scheduled a haircut 2 weeks ago... hoping I'd feel well enough to go. Welp.
I haven't had a cut since February, and I feel like shit today. My entire morning has been trying to manage it, resting, taking extra pain meds and headache meds, hoping I can make the appointment.
As time has gone by, it's not going to happen.
This is the part of chronic illness that so many people never see. We hope, we pace, but sometimes we have to cancel. It's devastating and embarrassing. Often, we get judged or cause frustration for others -- but they have NO idea the battle we are fighting. No idea.
#ChronicIllness
Badass Britt :mastodon_lgbt:
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