© 2014 TSM In a comment last week, Tim shared a tale about a severely sick man who recovered when he changed the patterns of his life. It got me thinking about ME/CFS and how the strategy I used to get well was to carefully examine all my illness patterns. I documented them and looked for clues. Then I adjusted my patterns and so on until slowly over a long period of time I began to feel well again. During that process I observed in myself patterns that not only didn’t serve we well as a person trying to recover from ME/CFS, these patterns were damaging for a healthy person.
Anyone struggling with ME/CFS becomes acutely aware of the health they once had and lost. For many of us, myself included, that good health had been taken for granted. When I think of the ways I had pushed myself physically, I wonder
how my body was able to tolerate it as long as it did. I was clearly vulnerable when I contracted ME/CFS.
This cruel disease is challenging enough to unravel but then we also need to decide what kind of life we want when we are
finally well again. "I want my life back", is frequently lamented. So what kind of life do we want back? I decided that I didn’t want the stressful, physically demanding life that I had before. And I wanted to take better care of my healthy self than I had been. My old eating and self-care habits were awful. So as I began to recover, I decided to make many of my new healthier habits part of the lifestyle I would continue to follow when I returned to full health.
So don’t wait. Start making choices now that you want to carry with you into your new healthier life when you have recovered from
ME/CFS. It will help you now as you return to full health and it will help you to stay healthy. What positive health habits are you planning to incorporate into your healthy life? Please COMMENT on this blog or Send in your thoughts and I’ll post them with your permission. You can use the Contact Form or send an email to Martha at DefeatCFS dot net. And Guest Blogs are most
welcome!
Look for a weekly posting on Tuesdays. And consider being part of the conversation.
Be Well Again,
Martha
Anyone struggling with ME/CFS becomes acutely aware of the health they once had and lost. For many of us, myself included, that good health had been taken for granted. When I think of the ways I had pushed myself physically, I wonder
how my body was able to tolerate it as long as it did. I was clearly vulnerable when I contracted ME/CFS.
This cruel disease is challenging enough to unravel but then we also need to decide what kind of life we want when we are
finally well again. "I want my life back", is frequently lamented. So what kind of life do we want back? I decided that I didn’t want the stressful, physically demanding life that I had before. And I wanted to take better care of my healthy self than I had been. My old eating and self-care habits were awful. So as I began to recover, I decided to make many of my new healthier habits part of the lifestyle I would continue to follow when I returned to full health.
So don’t wait. Start making choices now that you want to carry with you into your new healthier life when you have recovered from
ME/CFS. It will help you now as you return to full health and it will help you to stay healthy. What positive health habits are you planning to incorporate into your healthy life? Please COMMENT on this blog or Send in your thoughts and I’ll post them with your permission. You can use the Contact Form or send an email to Martha at DefeatCFS dot net. And Guest Blogs are most
welcome!
Look for a weekly posting on Tuesdays. And consider being part of the conversation.
Be Well Again,
Martha
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