[Sca-cooks] Old?

[Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg]

When I know I'll be in the kitchen (which is most of the time), I try to
bring my kitchen stool to save on my legs and back.  My friends know I'm not
the same I used to be and make adjustments.  But it is hard having a severe
chronic illness (fibromyalgia) plus a handful of minor ones (high blood
pressure, seizure disorder, arthritis, asthma)  -- we look just fine on the
outside, but if I forget my drugs, I can be a real bitch because I HURT.

Raoghnailt

> 'Lainie,.... you and me both!!
> Phillipa
> Do you know how depressing it is, not to be able to help out in the
kitchen
> except in dribs and drabs?  I feel like a fool when I have to tell the
> kitchen steward that I can't scrub that pot because it will hurt too much.
>
> > Sometimes I feel like such a freak- the
> > outside of me looks ok (except for the weight gain) so it is hard for
> > people to accept that I'm ill and in pain alot. It is simply a great
help
> > to know I'm not the only one...