Warriors

Warriors.  Strength, humbleness, humility, and selflessness...in my opinion are all traits of a true warrior.  Spoonies are way too often looked down upon as being lazy. No one realizes the battle that happens to us daily just to function as a "normal" humans. We fight to get a good night sleep, we fight to get out of bed, we fight to turn the knob of the bathroom just to get ready, the list goes on and on. What you take for granted, it is a true struggle for us. But then we see insurance companies pushing us to "get more active" and "get healthier" just so they don't have to pay as much for us on coverage. Do you they not realize that if asked, every one of us would gladly trade our bodies for a healthy one. I would love to be able  to run a marathon, or just RUN for that matter! Instead, I have to think about my hip, knees, and back that will hate me the next three days after! I've had time to come to terms with this way of life, and I have had time to learn my limits. And yes it SUCKS. Sixteen years is a long time to come to terms with the Spoonies life. We fight the hardest battle that you can fight every day...the fight against our own body. The true warrior within, always hidden but never forgotten!