This post is my learning about how to be connected to patientslikeme. A portal that brings many patients suffering with a similiar medical condition under one roof (virtually). When you encounter a medical condition, you do not look for sympathy. You do not look for money or love or sex. You look for a person who understands you more than as a patient. Someone who comes and just take ten minutes to know, how you are feeling that day. You do not look for a companion but a friend, and at times you parents or husband or children or family fails to do that for you. They know you as a person, and the role you play because they cannot see beyond that. Yes, counsellors do play a vital role but sooner or later they put you on drugs or sleeping pills et al.
I have gone through 8 weeks of tough journey and at times calls from my friends or family enquiring about my condition, simply irritated me. I felt like a patient not like a fighter. One shot to another in my back, emergency rooms and demotivating diagnosis really made me feel sick. I came across this video. And it changed everything for me. Yes, I did 2500 m swimming, 2 hours workout, an hour of iyengar yoga for my medical condition, and I AM VERY POSITIVE for the whole day. I know I have pain that bothers me beyond my patience but I know there are many people in worse condition than mine. There are many who help me to strive, and not to give up. In short, I have many like me now!
My people left me or talk to me, when I get hurt physically, but there are many who talk to me not on the grounds of symapthy. And this video really helped me to connect to those who value a person as a person, not when he or she becomes a patient.
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This is my birthday month and I just want to make this blog a place to learn and be inspired throughout the month.
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