Things Are Not Working As Planned

Sometimes, things just don ' t go as you wanted or expected. Its a fact of life and we need to learn to cope, change directions, and move on.In the grand scheme of things, my original plans were that would I grow up, go to college, get a job, a career, married, kids, retire to a life of happiness and world travel. Well, we know what happened to that. I got as far as ' go to college ' when my health started taking over my life. One little cancer diagnosis has a big emotional impact and it took time to get my life back together.So I regrouped and started over at college, etc. The job and career went okay. I did eventually got married but it was too late for kids. (We didn ' t even meet until we were in our forties.) That ' s fine. We bought a house, traveled, had fun. But then my health took over.I did get laid off just before my breast cancer diagnosis, and I had already had a hysterectomy because of other health issues since getting married two years before. (And no, getting married did not cause my health to fall apart.)I regrouped again and started working part time. I got better and got up to two part time jobs that kept me busy between 35-40 hours each week. I was enjoying myself with some travel, some crafts, and mostly keeping my health in check... But not completely. My back was bothering me more and more. That went on for about five years. But I was doing okay.Then, I was diagnosed with both rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. Both of which are responsible for pain...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being healthy housebound life new house Source Type: blogs