Thanksgiving thankfullness!

[sassygal]

As we all live daily with the pain and other manifestations of horrible sjogrens, I propose this week to be very mindful each day of the things I am grateful for. I think we all can find gratefullness for things in spite of nasty sjogrens, but sometimes we are too preoccupied with how well we don't feel.

Today I am really, really, thankful for indoor plumbing as the gastric issues are playing with me.

Could you imagine having this disease back in the day when there were only outhouses? In this cold weather? Yikes! So, for today, things just ain't all that bad for me.

What are you grateful for today in spite of having sjogren's?

Sassygal

[Velcro]

I am grateful to have a job and an understanding boss who is willing to work with me!

[tamaran17]

I'm grateful for my boyfriend who understands my need for naps and my creaky joints. He does his best to take good care of me

[Cricket]

I am thankful for chemo, to rid my body of cancer.  And a fabulous family loving me through it!  Only two more years to go of chemo.

Blessed Thanksgiving Everyone!

Cricket~

[grammad97]

I am thankful for a roof over my head and a working furnace today.

[Velcro]

I am thankful for a loving, supportive husband that loves me, in spite of my flaws.

[Katybarstool]

I am thankful for this wonderful site and for all my kind, empathetic and knowledgeable friends on here.

Kathyx

[warmwaters]

It's easy to see the glass as half empty. But....

Today, as I was having a melt-down because I had a sudden onset of diarrhea, my sweet partner looked at me straight in the eyes, and said '"Don't apologize... I understand".  And I know he does... and that if he had a magic wish to spend, he'd use it to make me feel better.

I have a rheumy who "gets it".

Despite having moved after I got sick, I've made a couple of friends who understand that when I disappear for weeks, it's not about them... It's about me.  One of them is so kind, and has such a a good heart, and I know that if I called her tomorrow, and said I needed a ride to the doctor, she'd be right over to take me there.

My just out of college daughter makes me supper most nights, is still speaking to me, and gives me the sweetest and gentlest hugs. And makes me laugh.

Some days it's bad... but there are good people in my world, including a lot of people on this site.