Good morning, heisenberg34 (@heisenberg34)

That for many of us is the toughest of tough challenges: fighting to maintain the wholeness of the spirit. If you've pain, there are various meds you can try (if you're lucky, one may provide some relief). If your balance is all wonky (as mine is), there are balance routines you can try (and, who knows, your balance may actually improve). But when PN begins to make your spirit falter, to change your whole sense of self –– oh, boy, that's a tough one! I fight that fight every day. I can sometimes get up in the morning feel like I'm wrapped in sourness. I can too easily think, Why, oh why, has this happened to me? My answer?My weapons? Journaling. (And coffee!) Generally, I'm up about an hour before my partner gets up, so for about an hour it's just me, the cat, my journal, my gel pen –– and, of course, my coffee! My goal is to be full-spirited by the time my partner gets up. If all goes well, I'll succeed. I'll still have my PN. My PN is a companion for keeps; I've learned to accept that. But the sourness will be gone; my spirit will restored. Do I make it sound easy? It's not. It's hard. It takes fighting the good fight over and over and over again, every morning. My life with PN: that's just how it is.

I'm rooting for you! I hope you've a bunch of better days just ahead!
Ray (@ray666)