It's strange how you convince yourself that you have a broad view of things, that you have a wide and eclectic range of friends and that you have an appreciation of every angle in healthcare. And then a new planet swims into your ken.
I was putting on some patient blogs tonight, courtesy of Benefit Scrounging Scum's blogroll and I came across this essay called 'The Spoon Theory'. I have a feeling that it is probably as popular as 'Footprints' is in the religious community, or Kipling's 'If' is in British poetry, but it's completely new to me. I felt like a very small person standing in a very big world reading it. You should read it too.
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The compromises of living with any ailment are so often overlooked by the young, the healthy and fit. Until we are touched by these, be they our own or those of someone we know, or worst, love, we have no understanding of life. Mine are those of fear. Fear of what might happen when I am not on hand to help, to support or gaurd against a fall. I undertake elborate mental assessments of risk with checks that are concealed with a pretence, of need to know, for completely manufactured reasons, just to enable me to be sure I have covered this angle or that possibility. You are a carer Julie, so you must have some understanding of this.
Eventually you reach an understanding with yourself that you have done all you can to eliminate danger, take care of risk. But you never quite relax the vigilence except perhaps when asleep.
This young womans story is profound and moving and makes the comfort most of us feel at coping with every day events such a precious commodity. It should be made compulsory reading.
You're right, the spoon theory is incredibly popular amongst the disabilisphere. I personally think it should be compulsory reading for anyone training in health or care related fields.
Thanks for the link, let me know if you need any help with Mediblogs its such a good idea.
BendyGirl
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