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Michelle Spencer (she/her)'s avatar

Wow, thank you for that distinction between struggle and challenge, Brianne. When I broke my humerus I felt very connected, not only with people but with a path to recovery. It was a very different experience to being ill with chronic migraine or ME/CFS, where the pathway out is unclear and that makes everyone uncertain and uncomfortable.

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Brianne Alcala's avatar

That makes so much sense, Michelle. Thanks for sharing. I have felt similarly both ways. I wish there was some way to make the muddled paths clearer — even if it couldn't be immediately to an ultimate resolution, to have some sort of way station that would allow for more company and clarity in the meantime.

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Michelle Spencer (she/her)'s avatar

Absolutely Brianne, or to have healthcare professionals and wider society get more comfortable with moving in uncertainty.

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Brianne Alcala's avatar

Yes ... how obvious when you write that, and yet, how fixed our human need for clarity that I didn't even see it as a potential solution right off the bat. Maybe that's another post in the future. How do we get comfortable with uncertainty?

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