My disease can be my superpower
Greetings all. I know, it’s been way too long. Well, I’m finally doing well enough to actually write again. It took two cortisone injections in the head and a new daily migraine medication to give me at least half a day of relief and it has been wonderful! I mean, the last few days have been wonderful in that respect, but I do still get regular migraines, just not as intense and not first thing in the morning. It was all just in time too because I’d hit a special low in my depression. I don’t think depression is always this dark place where it’s raining and clouds are overhead all the time. I feel depression can be the difference between fighting for help and acceptance. Once I accepted this was life I questioned if this was worth it. Was laying on the couch watching everyone else live their lives from afar while I was stuck writhing in pain feeling guilty for being such a burden to my family worth it? I felt like I was one foot out the door as I sat on the couch staring at it f