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Endometriosis: My Daily Challenges - Bed

Daily Challenge 3: Getting Out Of Bed

To people who do not suffer with a chronic illness, this may just seem like a 'lazy' excuse. However, getting out of bed on a daily basis can prove to be a challenge. These last few weeks I have seemed to be struggling more. It does not matter if I have had a full nights sleep (unlikely as that is), or have been awake most of the night (more thank likely), I will wake up with no energy and aching all over. Last week I had an appointment at 10:30 am. My alarm was set, my alarm went off.. I couldn't move. I had to make the decision of getting out of bed to have breakfast or stay in bed for an extra twenty minutes. You can guess which one I chose! BED! Just to reiterate, it's not the normal person feeling like "ohh just five more minutes, I can't be bothered to get up yet"... It's literally the fact that I CAN'T get up. It can be too painful, too exhausting, or just take up too much of my energy that I need to save for the day. Some days, my spoons can run out before I've even made it downstairs! Please bear in mind that having endometriosis does not make a person lazy. What you can do without even thinking about, on a bad day we have to plan our every move. 




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