My IH Journey – Series Intro
Through Weather in April, I try my best to provide informative resources for those struggling with their health. I also strive to share personal stories of testimony and what God reveals to me to provide hope and encouragement to others.
But one of the very first reasons I ever started writing for this outreach was for me to be able to express and process all I had gone through, was going through, and am going through. However, it seems that over time I’ve shared less and less about the firsthand realities of living life with a chronic illness and the little things that add up and compile the whole picture.
After all, I can’t say God saved me without first saying what He saved me from.
Chronic illness isn’t always a bunch of facts. It’s not just a list of symptoms and causes and treatments. There are medical websites for that.
In the same way that I share the spiritual battle of it all, there is a very intense emotional and mental side. It’s a whole process and experience.
While some things may seem petty to those who haven’t gone through it, I know that others can relate just as deeply as me to these little day to day issues. Sometimes, we just want to know we’re not alone.
This post marks this beginning of a multi-part series showing the many sides of life with a chronic illness, all using the theme of the auditory and vestibular effects of Intracranial Hypertension.
You may learn something new that may help you in your journey of finding answers and relief to your symptoms. You may feel heard or seen in the mental and emotional toll of it all. You may even see your faith stretched in ways like never before.
If none of these apply, then maybe the enemy was right in telling me that this was all a waste and that nobody would be interested in reading what I wrote.
I guess there’s only one way to find out!
Begin the Journey:
“But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.””
Luke 19:40
