the other facet of this disease...

Hi yazzer,

Thanks for sharing this. I only went into your post to make the link work.

Wow this is a great great read. I have to say I can relate to almost every angle of this article. It was only upon realizes that I needed to accept the disease and SLOW DOWN and enjoy even the smallest bright spot of every day that I seem to be feeling better. I used to take offense with the "thinking yourself well." It made it seem to me that it was all in my head. But I have learned that the body does in fact heal better when it is more relaxed and peaceful and calm. Instead of being angry at the disease, I kind of went with it. I took longer naps and read more books and fell asleep on the beach. I do have to say that for me it may have been a low dose antidepressants that helped me see things in a new perspective.

Thanks for posting. :)

spring, you said everything I would have said ;-)

Thanks, this is great. I have been struggling with not keeping up with my usual performance at work and feeling terribly guilty. Then my husband said - even on a bad day, you probably do better than most people. Stop beating yourself up. This article reinforces that.

Thanks Yazzer. This is a great article. My wife and I went out to dinner last night...the first time in a LONG time and I actually told her that I was trying to be more positive as of late. I was REALLY down a month ago as the doxy just wasn't cutting it. Now that I've been on Tindamax for a while my symptoms have subsided substantially. Still not out of the woods yet, but I feel I'm getting close. Positive mindset is HUGE!!!