"I'll admit it. I'll admit that at one point or another I've allowed my illness to control my emotions and my life. It's grabbed ahold of me in ways I never imagined were possible. I've been ravaged by jealousy and I've so envied those who live without pain everyday, chronic pain. I have let bitterness enslave my heart and turn it to stone. I'll be the very first person to tell you, without a doubt that I'm not perfect, if anything I'm flawed beyond repair, mangled bruised, beaten, and so very defeated.
But I'm still learning, I'm still getting to know this illness.
I'll be the first to fall, but I'll also be the first to get back up."
But I'm still learning, I'm still getting to know this illness.
I'll be the first to fall, but I'll also be the first to get back up."
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