Where it all Started…

A few years ago, I was in a bad place physically and mentally. I had been in a bad place for many years already with my health. I am a pediatric physical therapist and had worked in home health for over 18 years at the time. Work was hard, and stressful, I was always documenting from home so never really away from work, and I was always tired. My marriage of 14 years had ended two years earlier when my children were 5 and 10 years old. I met a wonderful new man, also with two children, and we married in 2017 after a whirlwind romance. It was like the Brady Bunch, with lots of laughs and excitement, but also with lots of stress and worry and heartbreak at the same time. I have been on autoimmune suppressive drugs (biologics) for over 20 years for psoriasis, and was used to getting sick a lot, being around kids every place I turned. But in 2016 I had a severe case of walking pneumonia. I must admit I was also used to ignoring my illnesses for as long as I could, because they occurred so frequently, so even this dire sickness did not worry me overmuch. But I could not bounce back from this one, no matter what I tried. I was falling further behind at work and nothing was getting done at home. Most weekends I would sleep for up to 15 hours a day.