Illness changes things...

Good afternoon!

Yup, haven't been on here much lately.  If you know me, it's because I am going through a rough spell with my health issues. 

I wanted to pop in here today because I'm dealing with some stress/drama with someone close to me in my life who just can't seem to understand that my illness changes things.  Even though I'm not working, I don't have much free time because I'm going through a series of treatments that leave me pretty incapacitated for at least three days out of the week. In general, I'm not the greatest about getting back to people, but as I've stated before, illness makes it worse. So, for those of you who have someone close to you who is dealing with illness, please, please, PLEASE give them the benefit of the doubt and do not take their lack of communication personally.

What I personally tell those close to me in my life is that I always appreciate email/phone calls/texts, etc. and I will do my best to get back to you right away, but it may be a few weeks. Sometimes a message slips through the cracks. What I should start telling people is that I've learned to put a mask on for the world so that even on the days I'm dragging myself places out of obligation, you probably can't tell that I'm hurting. Only a few people in my life will ever get to see behind the mask.

To summarize:  I'm only human.  A broken human who doesn't have control over her illness and pain.

Any thoughts and responses from the healthy side are welcomed with an open mind.
-S