Word to The WearyIn this episode Teresa chats to Martha, a long term sufferer of chronic pain and fatigue. They share a little about the search for a diagnosis, weight related issues, the need to be believed and management of the condition. Martha is a family friend who is adored by many as a local school worker and “Lollypop Lady”
So our first episode… As the point of the podcast is to interview people with pain, share their experiences, the highs and the lows, I decided it would only be fitting (and fair) if I were the first victim.
Interviewed by my wonderful husband, we talk through how it started for me, the confusion, the slow creeping realisation I had something that wasn’t going away and feeling of being abandoned. We discuss some coping strategies I have come to use, discuss the anger and frustration of having a “hidden” disease and talk about knowing what to accept and what to fight.
As this is our first episode I feel I must apologise for the length, just short of 55 minutes. This is the edited version. I blame brain fog and that’s the story I’m sticking to.
I do hope you enjoy this my first episode and you get something useful from it. My husband tells me he’s gained a little more insight into what it’s like to live with one of these conditions
Remember, say NO to camping!