https://www.mefoggydog.org/2017/08/17/dentist-death-by-lighting/ Raising awareness of M.E. with every paw-step Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:31:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.mefoggydog.org/2017/08/17/dentist-death-by-lighting/#comment-92 Sat, 19 Aug 2017 02:14:11 +0000 https://foggy.asra.co.uk/dentist-death-by-lighting/#comment-92 Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry you had to go through that! Would one of those sleeping masks help? I may just have to carry a pair in my purse to avoid another embarrassing meltdown.But I get it. I was at the ER last Friday (I had a fight with my veggie peeler and lost), and they had all the florescent lights on. I could feel my body getting more and more amped up. Within about 10 minutes I was reduced to a sobbing puddle with all my senses screaming at me. When the nurse came back I asked her to turn off the lights, and attempted to explain why with slurred speech and an inability to find my words. Within minutes of having all the lights off, I could feel my body calm right down. This is another lesson I learned from you (first it was the noise, and now the lights, among other things).
Trying to live a chronically ill life is freaking hard! Having to deal with people who just don't get us, don't believe us, could care less about our needs, etc. makes everything that much harder… and exhausting. Thank God for you and your Foggy blog! Just knowing that there is someone out there who actually knows what I'm going through. That is huge Sally. Thank you for your dedication to sharing your highs and lows; for giving us a safe compassionate space to just be who we are 🙂
I hope this made sense. I'm heading for a nap now and given how tired my brain is, well this could sound just plain silly 😉

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