Your health really is everything

[Tavelo]

Early this year I had the biggest, and most drawn out, health scare of my life. At the time it looked strongly like I had MS, and not only that but my condition was going downhill rapidly over the course of a few months before I finally solved the issue myself (thanks NHS, not).
But anyway, the reason I reflect on this now is because back then, I was so desperate just to feel OK. And now, back in full health, I find myself getting wound up about daft things. When I was ill, I remember how utterly tedious the worries and complaints of most people seemed. While I know everything is relative to your circumstances, and in some ways you could say some stuff is worth worrying over. But I'm giving myself a shake and reminding myself how back then all I wanted was to be OK to live each day and now I am. If you have this too, you have everything.

OP how you felt about the banality of others’ complaints when you were searching for a health diagnosis reminds me of how my own outlook has shifted over the past few years since practicing mindful awareness — I still get peeved about little (and even ostensibly ‘big’) things, but I am much more conscious of my mind and its narrative so often catch the process and simply let things go that once may have consumed me.

I think its great to remind yourself to not sweat the small stuff but it's also a difficult mindset to maintain long term as inevitably life gets in the way!
I was diagnosed with MS myself and I understand the panic you must have felt at the time. Your health is honestly everything and I am grateful for every day I feel well

Yes, in times if real stress/I'll health/bereavement, other trivial things get put into perspective, but that does wear off as the immediate scare/trauma wears off & we go back to trivial things really pissing us off.

I live with long term I'll health due to the after a virus made me I'll & left me with issues (I guess similar to long covid)

I'd love to know what you did to 'fix it' if you don't mubd saying in here/PMing me.

Don't worry too much about 'sweating the small stuff' it's just a return to normality .

@timetowakeup580

I think its great to remind yourself to not sweat the small stuff but it's also a difficult mindset to maintain long term as inevitably life gets in the way! I was diagnosed with MS myself and I understand the panic you must have felt at the time. Your health is honestly everything and I am grateful for every day I feel well

Yes it really does put things into perspective. I would add that from what I read at the time, although it's a serious condition I was relieved to learn about the many advancements that have been made in the way of treatments for it. The scariest part was going downhill so fast within a few months and having no answers.

@MerryChristmas21

Yes, in times if real stress/I'll health/bereavement, other trivial things get put into perspective, but that does wear off as the immediate scare/trauma wears off & we go back to trivial things really pissing us off.

I live with long term I'll health due to the after a virus made me I'll & left me with issues (I guess similar to long covid)

I'd love to know what you did to 'fix it' if you don't mubd saying in here/PMing me.

Don't worry too much about 'sweating the small stuff' it's just a return to normality .

Sorry to hear about your chronic condition. For years I had suffered bad pain in a couple of areas assumed to be nerve pain with unknown cause. Then earlier this year it was like my entire nervous system just went down in flames. I lost pretty much all sensation in the surface of my skin, extremely dizzy, couldn't regulate blood pressure upon standing up, blurred vision, couldn't walk straight, pins and needles continuously everywhere and small muscle twitches that you could see going on continuously under my skin. Was in and out of hospital basically begging for answers. Ended up getting MRIs which found nothing and they were trying to say it was psychosomatic. I did a prolific amount of reading and found that nerve issues are actually a major complication of coeliac disease (caused by reacting to gluten). Apparently everyone assumes it only affects your gut but that's only part of the picture and lots of people get totally different issues. It's also apparently a major cause of repeated miscarriages but we aren't told this, because cutting out gluten doesn't make anyone any money..