When your body turns on you, your world becomes a vast, unfriendly place. A dark room filled with monsters underneath the bed and who lurk in the shadows of the closet. I had visions of being Bette Davis in Dark Victory and friends clinging at the bedside. Instead its been months where, after the initial hospitalizations, the visitors dropped off and we were left to cope on our own.

Caringbridge.org. Caringbridge is a free site which offers to those who have chronic illness, cancer, hospitalized, on hospice- even are military deployed- a way of staying in contact with friends and loved ones. I can’t brag on it enough.  Already in two weeks, I have heard from people I have not been in touch with for years, received calls, emails and visits, and my family is getting a much needed break.

While Bette Davis and I may both be “facing that dark night” together, she may be the far greater actress, I have better eyes.

ChronicChick

Tags: Bette Davis, Caringbridge, Chronic Illness, Dark Victory

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