Kate Update: In Third Person

Topics: My Life

Kate is spent.

She is enjoy­ing the Christ­mas sea­son immensely.

She is hav­ing a rough month.

She is smart enough to know the pre­vi­ous two state­ments can both be true.

She is fight­ing brain aches, and dizzi­ness, and for con­trol of her appendages.

She is wait­ing to go to Mayo.  (And is quite sad she didn’t get in today.)

She enjoyed her fourth anniver­sary with her sweetie, and his family.

She is ready to enjoy sleep­ing, but she had to reach out to you first.

She feels like she has noth­ing to write.

Like you’ve heard it all before.

Like she can’t explain how she feels or all that’s happened.

Like it’s not worth the energy to talk, type, or tell the truth.

Like it’s eas­ier to “tell the truth in advance,” than it is to tell the truth.

Like, maybe, if she pre­tended to feel fine, she would.

Like, maybe, she owes you an apol­ogy for leav­ing you in the dark for so long.

(Please accept her sin­cere apol­ogy for said shortfall.)

Look for a non-third-person update soon.

Existing Comments

    Comment by Benia on December 22, 2009 @ 11:00 am

    Mayo Clinic, really? Wow, I hope that’s fruit­ful for you. The win­ter sea­son can be rough for us fibromites, but thank you much for post­ing some­thing. Even if you think it’s not a good update, it still helps us know what’s going on with you. We care.

    Con­tinue to enjoy the sea­son, despite the rough patch. Take care!

    Comment by Tami Stackelhouse on December 23, 2009 @ 8:30 pm

    Love ya, Kate! You have my prayers. Thanks for the update. Even if some­one else had to write it. ;-) May your Prince of Peace be Immanuel dur­ing this sea­son. {hugs}

    Comment by Heather on December 27, 2009 @ 9:03 pm

    Heather thinks Kate owes no apol­ogy at all. Don’t feel guilty about not writ­ing much. Tak­ing care of your­self should be your #1 pri­or­ity. We all under­stand. :)

    Comment by Cristine on December 28, 2009 @ 2:24 pm

    Hi Kate,

    I am new (to Fibro and your blog)..

    I hope that you feel bet­ter soon. (((Hugs)))

    Some­times it’s eas­ier to talk in third per­son… it’s less “exhaust­ing.” :(

    Sin­cerely,
    Cristine

    Comment by Kate Blaylock on January 3, 2010 @ 9:12 am

    Thank you all for your com­fort­ing comments.

    Benia, I appre­ci­ate you mak­ing me feel bet­ter about the post. Look for my next post about my recent health devel­op­ments and my upcom­ing trip to Mayo.

    Tami, I had two won­der­ful Christ­mases. I was grate­ful for the chance to focus on the mean­ing of the sea­son for a bit longer than is typical.

    Heather, I love the third per­son response!

    Cristine, you are so right. It is less exhausting.

    Comment by Nadine on January 26, 2010 @ 1:43 pm

    For some rea­son this win­ter has been really hard on me too. My FMS seems to be in a state of con­stant flare. Hope you feel bet­ter soon.

    Comment by Esther on January 29, 2010 @ 3:49 pm

    yes this win­ter has been very dif­fi­cult for all of us in chronic pain. We can only wish for warmer spring/summer days. Esther

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