Saturday, 7 July 2012  The Born-Again Sickie  Did you ever
smoke? Do you still?    It's a very, very, very long journey.
1. Tracy Newman7 July 2012 18:07      Sad but totally true...I
often get the "but you're too young to have arthritis" line too.
Frustrating and very, very unhelpful. Thanks for putting us
spoonies' feelings into words once again Sue, you have such an
amazing talent for saying what we are all thinking. xx    2. So
true lol!! A book called 'how to be sick' helped me with this a
lot. It helps you to deal with the sickness and live with it. It
is written from a buddhist perspective and all people get sick
and die - even the most enlightened people get sick and die. The
oldest person in the world is one hundred n odd. Nobody gets
past that no matter how 'enlightened' they are. Therefore there
is no golden key.    3. This just reminds me of a bit of
(relatively recent) personal history... not that I'm criticising
you for that.      The worst case is the people who say you
shoul