Ways to Know You’re Sick...

1.       When your kitchen countertop starts to resemble a pharmacy.

2.      When you’re able to list the generic names for your prescriptions.

3.      At this point in your illness, you’re probably been to a handful (and counting) of specialists’ offices & you’re so familiar with medical jargon from each specialty; you probably deserve a damn PhD/Honorary Doctorate. I mean you already are an unofficial Social Worker, Patient Advocate, Nurse, Appointment Scheduler, so on & so forth…

Then there’s the obvious stuff; debilitating pain, difficulty breathing, constant painful persistent cough. No one ever said life would be easy.  Just be thankful you woke up today, because so many people weren’t given that gift.  Even through all the suffering and complaints, we still have to give thanks to HIM for giving us a chance to open our eyes, take a breath, and think, speak, freely move our limbs, love and live another day.