FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
I am so excited to share this video I found entitled "The Spoon Theory". Please take the time to watch this video as this is exactly how I feel on a daily basis. My hope is that it will explain and demonstrate why I have to limit so much of myself now. I know it has helped my immediate family understand my disease a little better.
Having Sarcoidosis is a learning process for all of us. Watching this video has helped us better understand how to make it through this together. My family now asks, How many spoons do you have today? instead of, How are you feeling today? It really helps to focus on what I can do and not so much on what I can't.
It has been so difficult for me to understand how to SLOW DOWN and how to save up each day for what is most important. My family means everything to me and I want to do everything and be everywhere for them each day, but I am learning if I do this I can put myself in a flare and be down for several days or even a week.
This video is to intended to not only help a person suffering with a chronic illness, but also for their friends and family as well. It explains what its like to live with a disease on a daily basis by using spoons.
THE SPOON THEORY
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