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Kate's avatar

Fan Letter to Author

This is where I thank you for sharing your debilitating pain with me and making me laugh so hard. Then I note that I'm uncomfortable laughing at your pain. Then I give you an "attagirl" for having a great attitude because here in America, you have to have a good attitude even if you got dealt a hand of poop. Then I say I will keep you in my thoughts and that I'm rooting for you to feel better. That part I really mean. And then I subscribe to your SS. Because this was really a genius piece.

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Natalie Mead's avatar

Good point about the great attitude requirement! Sick people must always be inspirational! 😂

Welcome, welcome to the Brainies. Glad you're here.

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Shirley's avatar

🤣 I don't even have words for how much I loved this piece (even though I still might write one of these memoirs one day 🙈🙈). Subscribed! ✔️

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Natalie Mead's avatar

I’m working on one, too 😉 Welcome to the Brainee community, Shirley!

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Michelle Richmond's avatar

Love it...it would be funny to see what happened if you actually sent it out as a book proposal.

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Jude Jones (they/them)'s avatar

Is it bad I kind of want to read it? Except all the boring stuff you copied from Wikipedia, obviously.

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Natalie Mead's avatar

I wouldn’t mind reading it as well, though maybe for the wrong reasons 😅

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Bipolar in the raw's avatar

Some of these chapters are so familiar, that I'm certain you copied and pasted them from my stack of DNFYGTBK (did not finish you've got to be kidding) memoirs. 😂

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Natalie Mead's avatar

I’ve got a stack of those too! DNFYGTBK memoirs are recommended to me almost as often as treatments!

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Colleen Steckel: ME-ICC Info's avatar

I found this delightful! I suspect that says more about me than I would want the world to know. ;)

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Natalie Mead's avatar

Your secret is safe with me! 😆

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Colleen Steckel: ME-ICC Info's avatar

I am ROFLing. 😉

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Natalie Mead's avatar

If you like ROFLing, you should try Rolfing! (Don’t actually, but it is a real thing that has been recommended to me.)

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Colleen Steckel: ME-ICC Info's avatar

I am familiar with rolfing... and so much more... 3 + decades on this road... trying to keep my sense of humor... 😉

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Natalie Mead's avatar

Perhaps you should write a memoir!

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Colleen Steckel: ME-ICC Info's avatar

I kind of am as I write my Substack articles... I wish I could find more humorous things to write about though... https://colleensteckelmeiccinfo.substack.com/

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Kristi Keller 🇨🇦's avatar

Honestly, I don't think chronic illness sufferers should be allowed to write hilarious things 🤣

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Natalie Mead's avatar

You’re right. This probably aggravates the SGLNHPWD 😅

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Elinor Abbott's avatar

...curious who this is subtweeting lol

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