Throwback to a Valentine’s Day I won’t forget. I had one good window of energy in weeks—just 2 hours.
So I left the house. Laughed. Smiled. Pretended for a little while that everything was okay.
Then I crashed hard. Could barely move for days. But I don’t regret it.
Because people with chronic illness don’t just fight pain—we fight for moments. Moments that remind us we’re alive. That we’re more than our diagnosis. . . . . . . . . [chronic illness, chemotherapy recovery, invisible illness, fatigue, healing isn’t linear, resilience, women’s health]