Sage Advice
Kathleen from Creating Through the Pain shares a heartfelt account of how her God-Father guided her after diagnosis:
Pain wouldn’t be so bad, if it didn’t hurt so much. My Godfather said these words of comical wisdom (he had many) at the end of a particularly grueling physical therapy session after my initial diagnosis of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD).
He made me laugh when the best I could do was a grimace. Once I started laughing I could not stop until my body doubled over my walker and I had tears in my eyes. I am sure people around me thought I was losing it! But I think that the irony of laughing amidst all that pain just set something off in my head.
I am very competitive and since I was lousy at sports (yup, I was the one always picked last for gym class—but I’m not bitter…maybe a little), I focused on academics. That competitive part of me kept climbing higher on the corporate ladder and…
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Posted on November 9, 2014, in Reblogs, RSD/CRPS and tagged advice for chronic illness, advice for chronic pain, Chronic pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness month, crps, diagnosis, humor, laughter is the best medicine, Nervember, rsd, sage advice, Spoonie. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
aBodyofHope 
Thank you so much for reblogging Sage Advice. It touches my heart that you chose this one because my Godfather played such a important role in my life and I miss him so.
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Kathleen,
This piece you’ve shared is so heartfelt and touching. I knew from the moment I read it that I wanted to wait and share it for #Nervember.
What a beautiful memorial of your Godfather. Now his words continue helping others. ❤
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