Living with an invisible illness

With invisible illness week right around the corner it has had me thinking what my life is like living with an invisible illness. For me it has been trying to say the least. I like so many others who I have talked to, was a perfectly healthy full of energy lots of stamina, wife, mother and business woman until one day all of that changed. When I say one day it seemed as though 1 day I was fine the next my whole world was changed. Not only did it change my life but it changed my whole families life. The wife and mother they knew who could and would do anything they needed was now too tired, too much pain, or mentally couldn't remember small details that were so important to them. Here we are 6 years later and as I sit here trying to make this make sense with as few words as I can I can say with the utmost certainty that God's Grace, Mercy and Love, has walked our family through this Journey. It has not been easy. Lot's of dr. appt's lots of disappointment in trying to find answers. Trying to learn a new normal in our lives. I think the hardest thing for me was admitting there was something wrong with me and listening to my body. Not worrying about what people were thinking about me. When you look normal on the outside, meaning you show no outward signs of being sick, you know that people have a hard time understanding or having sympathy to your illness. This is something that I know first hand. I was one of those people. That I know is one of the things that God wanted me to learn through my own illness.

My family has learned a new normal. We all understand that it may have to be adjusted day by day, but communication and honesty about how I feel is a huge key it keeping a peace around our house! No matter what God is with me always and with Him I can do all things! Maybe not the way I used to but by His grace I find a new way!

God Bless,

Keri