I agree completely Maria!
For someone with some significant spine issues, I'm doing quite well. My problem is, I allow myself to feel pressured to be 110% healthwise - maybe because I live in a very young community? I have SO many friends and family members who just can't understand that I cannot sit in a coach airplane seat for five hours, cannot drive across the state in one day, and cannot sit at a desk uninterrupted all day. My family is still giving me grief about getting an ADR as they think that if I would simply give up walking - the one thing that doesn't hurt - I would be just fine. Either that of they accuse me of being a malingerer and using my spine problems to justify a "lazy" lifestyle, i.e. only working 40-50 hours per week instead of 80-100 hours.
Your perspective really helps me to put all these comments and accusations in their place. I think that I need a self confidence spine much more than I need a physical spine, so to speak. You've helped me grow one. Thanks very much.
Best,
Laura
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