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5 years ago
Been on-off mentioning my health as reason why new art slowed down to a halt, while sharing old art to keep some flow going.
The past 2-3 years have been a back and forth with my doctor and clinics to figure out what was wrong. Starting with sore to painful knees and realize my wrist pains are related and not just CTS. Then came the fatigue that made everything worse. 2020 just one slow escalation of my symptoms until doc finally sent me to the right specialist to figure out what was wrong.
Turns out I got fibromyalgia.
A disturbance in the nervous system, that causes chronic pain and fatigue in the muscles.
It has no cure and treatment is limited.
But got a dialogue going with my workplace, with union and HR at my back, to keep working as I still wanna keep my job and they still wanna keep me where I am. Just gotta change up what I do to lessen strain and exhaustion, so I can slow down the growth in numbers of sickdays due to pain.
Living in Denmark I'm pretty secured with free healthcare and laws passed to ensure people with handicaps and chronic conditions can stay on the job market. Just gotta find the right balance to stay active but not harming myself and cause pain. If things do get worse, I can get additional support from the state that includes financial compensation to the company I work for, if a big number of sick days can't be avoided.
Hope is getting a better daily life with this, I can get back to arting some more again with less pain. So here's hoping.
The past 2-3 years have been a back and forth with my doctor and clinics to figure out what was wrong. Starting with sore to painful knees and realize my wrist pains are related and not just CTS. Then came the fatigue that made everything worse. 2020 just one slow escalation of my symptoms until doc finally sent me to the right specialist to figure out what was wrong.
Turns out I got fibromyalgia.
A disturbance in the nervous system, that causes chronic pain and fatigue in the muscles.
It has no cure and treatment is limited.
But got a dialogue going with my workplace, with union and HR at my back, to keep working as I still wanna keep my job and they still wanna keep me where I am. Just gotta change up what I do to lessen strain and exhaustion, so I can slow down the growth in numbers of sickdays due to pain.
Living in Denmark I'm pretty secured with free healthcare and laws passed to ensure people with handicaps and chronic conditions can stay on the job market. Just gotta find the right balance to stay active but not harming myself and cause pain. If things do get worse, I can get additional support from the state that includes financial compensation to the company I work for, if a big number of sick days can't be avoided.
Hope is getting a better daily life with this, I can get back to arting some more again with less pain. So here's hoping.
It's good you've got good health care.
I also hope you get a better daily life, and get back some normal with less pain.
Yeah at least I lucked out living in a country with free healthcare and a focus on keeping people working and happy despite disabilities. Still going to be a long road ahead to figure out a balance to keep functioning with this illness. Is rather tough mentally too.
But hey, I got options and a lot of support. Helps a lot.
Just stick on that road. I had to walk that road when I got mono, so I know it can get better if just keep on it.
I rooting for ya Puff, don't let the hard knocks of life get you down.
I know thousands of people walk that road every day, some having a harder longer trip ahead than others.
I'll keep on trucking, is better than just lying down and give up after all.
But at least knowing what it is will provide me options to try get a better daily life again.