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Becoming Lost During a Flare: Revisiting Acceptance

Becoming Lost During a Flare Blog Post

During my recent foray into revisiting my old posts, I came across this post from five years ago. In the post, I talk about the importance of acceptance when learning to live with a chronic illness.  It also made me reflect on my current decline in some of the symptoms I experience because of FND. [embed]https://twitter.com/serenebutterfly/status/1041669618371362817[/embed] Once again, the trembling in the legs has worsened. Significantly worsened in fact. The Saga of Pain and Trembling Legs Every day, my legs have felt incredibly unstable and weak,...

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A New Normal…

For a couple of days this week, imagine my surprise that I awoke to no trembling or even pain in my lower limbs.  None of the severe shakiness that makes me feel that I am balancing on jelly.  No sign of the often debilitating pain that feels as if my legs are being squeezed in a vice, and which makes me wish that I could tear my legs off and discard them as many young children do with their dolls. For...

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