This article rings so true to our experience of ill health and is a good read for anyone supporting someone through sickness.
‘Please don’t make me comfort you about my uncomfortable circumstances. It shuts down my ability to share what it’s really like for me. I can’t be your support person given my own suffering’.
One thing you’ll find us doing often is talking through Isaac’s coughing. This isn’t because we don’t hear or care (tiny sharp daggers through my heart) but because the attention for him is both unwanted and unhelpful. He knows when to ask for help x
