Issue #2 of "What's Her Problem?": Those of us with chronic illness are so used to receiving bad news from doctors that we don’t stop to celebrate the small wins when we do receive good news.
I know what you mean about struggling to appreciate the good news and celebrating small victories. I always feel like the other shoe is going to drop and when I get good health news, I'm skeptical, like someone messed up the test results or something. Glad that your recent tests were encouraging!
I’m so happy to hear you realize the importance of celebrating any gains you achieve, no matter how small you think they are. You have made amazing physical progress in the short time I have known you. We will continue to work hard and we will get there! 🤗
Living in a constant cycle of monitoring symptoms can make positive updates feel almost unfamiliar, even hard to trust. The instinct to move past good news quickly makes sense when your baseline has been uncertainty for so long. Framing health management like meaningful work adds structure to something that can otherwise feel endless. The physical therapy moment shows how progress often shows up in ways that don’t match the original goal but still matters.
“Framing health management like meaningful work adds structure to something that can otherwise feel endless.” Well said. Thank you for reading and for sharing your thoughts, Nicole!
I know what you mean about struggling to appreciate the good news and celebrating small victories. I always feel like the other shoe is going to drop and when I get good health news, I'm skeptical, like someone messed up the test results or something. Glad that your recent tests were encouraging!
Thank you! And yes, I am always double-checking the results too. Is it really my name on them? Have they forgotten which patient they're talking to?
Yeah!
I’m so happy to hear you realize the importance of celebrating any gains you achieve, no matter how small you think they are. You have made amazing physical progress in the short time I have known you. We will continue to work hard and we will get there! 🤗
Thanks, Erin! I'm lucky to have such a great team working with me!
Living in a constant cycle of monitoring symptoms can make positive updates feel almost unfamiliar, even hard to trust. The instinct to move past good news quickly makes sense when your baseline has been uncertainty for so long. Framing health management like meaningful work adds structure to something that can otherwise feel endless. The physical therapy moment shows how progress often shows up in ways that don’t match the original goal but still matters.
“Framing health management like meaningful work adds structure to something that can otherwise feel endless.” Well said. Thank you for reading and for sharing your thoughts, Nicole!