Well, the great feeling has gone.  I am sick again.  I am unhappy about this.  Urrrggg!!!

No other words to write about this.

I want to thank Paul over at http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/ for doing an entry about how a "normal" person views others with chronic illnesses.  It was very refreshing to read his entry.  Not many people get it.  Paul seems to though.  Something he wrote was quite sensitive.  He wrote about how Dawn http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/ looked in her mirror and saw that she needed to put her hair in a pony tail but couldn't because her hands hurt. (Dawn has Lupus and RA).  It's not a simple task for those like Dawn and myself (and the countless others who blog about their illnesses.  I have written about the effort it would take most days for me just to get into a shower.  On worse days even the act of washing my face was the chore from hell.

I hope everyone reads Paul's entry.  And, just take the time  to reflect about the things that you don't think about when you are doing them.  I read a story somewhere, or saw a show I don't remember about someone trying to see what it was like to be blind.  They put a blindfold on their eyes and walked around for a little while.  It gave them a taste of what it was like.  Think about these things.

I also want to thank Paul for his suggestion to offer help.  I want to make one more suggestion.  Offer company.  Offer to sit and have a cup of coffee (bring the coffee because it might be a day where making a pot of coffee is too much).  Visit.  I sit alone most days.  Living in a changed life.  Losing friends.  I would cherish a visit from someone.  Anyone.  Someone to sit and talk with.  Someone to make me feel like a person.