the spoon theory of chronic illness

[jinian]

Or, I imagine, lots of other things. I'm glad I have more spoons these days, but it's still a finite amount that I have to keep track of in many different ways.

(Okay, today I had about three spoons to my name, which is why I read two-and-some books, played a CD's worth of FF9, and whinged for Wim to make me tea. But, when I am not having an awful cold, the drugs and self-care really work pretty well.)

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[baratron.livejournal.com]

everyone has to keep track of a certain number of spoons. the arthritis has given me a bunch more to keep track of. and there's stuff i just can't do when i have to keep track of that many spoons.

Yes! That's what I thought it should be, as well.

The big problem I have is remembering to take all my various pills and potions, because for effectiveness & sanity reasons they are split into different times of day. If for some reason I get a new medication, OR it's the time of the month when I need to take extra, OR I'm ill with a virus and have to take some other medicine because of that, THEN generally speaking I forget to take one or more of my existing ones. Then suffer accordingly. It's like my brain contains a buffer which can hold ~10 medication variables, and if I have more than 10 things to take the buffer overflows and I forget some :)

Apologies for getting over-geeky, there ;)