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Spoon theory = relating to longterm illness and disability

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I thought you may benefit from reading this it helps to understand diasability and illness and how it feels.

I cant reproduce it here so you have to click the link.

If AUK do silly things to the link go to youdontlooksick.com and click on link for Spoon Theory!

Well worth a read.

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Found it, read it to a friend reduced her to puddles.

Thanks, that really makes sense (I'm in bed, having used too many spoons shopping!!!).

This is such a good read - I may well use this when explaining how asthma affects my life. I will forward it to my other ""lungnette"" friends. I have had similar experiences with friends & distant family I've known since childhood not ""getting"" how tough it is for me. Sometimes when I'm having a bad time, and to distract myself whilst on my neb, I think of silly analagies about living with asthma. Luckily I have more spoons than yesterday. Is that light at the end of the tunnel? No, it's a giant spoon and it's coming to get me...aaaagh SPLAT!!!

Can someone pass me a spare spoon please? I seemed to run out on Sunday night.

Give people sa straw and tell them to breathe though it then make them walk up a flight of steps.

Bex

Yep bex but dont forget the elephant tied too their chest? and make sure the straw has holes in it?

1.Give people sa straw and tell them to breathe though it then make them walk up a flight of steps....

2. but dont forget the elephant tied too their chest? and make sure the straw has holes in it?....

3....and the steps are actually downwards escalators that you're trying to climb

thanks for the laughs!

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