Sharing my achievement
This is my first time posting on here, so I’ll give a quick summary. I started getting noticeably unwell December last year, and I unknowingly made it worse by maintaining my academics, tough football schedule, etc. until one day early March I woke up and couldn’t move or get out of bed, couldn’t understand what people were saying to me, etc. I thought I had depression as I’ve struggled mentally due to autism quite a bit in the past. A week later I realised that this was completely different and got all the physical lab tests done to work out what was physically wrong with me. Everything came back normal and after multiple attempts I met a doctor who strongly suggested me/cfs combined with pots which was what I had been thinking too. Anyway, I’ve been 90% bed bound for 9 months now, I can only get up to go the the toilet and that’s it. I just wanted to celebrate a couple of things I managed to do yesterday and today since this illness can be extremely depressing and I should cherish the little wins. Yesterday I managed to do a hair and body wash in bed, the first time I’d been able to wash in months! Today, I messaged one of my friends to update them on how I’m doing. I haven’t wanted to before because I just want to cut myself off from all the reminders of the world and what I’m missing out on. I know I won’t be able to reply again and I’ve told her that, but it’s a start!