Life with chronic illness | The parts people don’t see
I’m Rob Nunnery. I’ve won 19 pro pickleball titles and I also live with Crohn’s and a colostomy. The newsletter gets sent 3x per week. Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Chronic illness shrinks people quietly. Plans change. Energy disappears. Bodies stop cooperating. Most of us carry it alone. This newsletter is a record of what it looks like to keep living anyway.
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Bag & Paddle: Feel Good Friday
Published 24 days ago • 1 min read
Hi there,I’m laying in a hotel bed in Luzhou right now. This morning I was in Chengdu at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. I finally saw pandas. I’ve been smiling about it all day. I knew I wanted to go through Chengdu because of them. I didn’t know how much I needed it. I stood there watching them eat bamboo and nap and wander around, and I just felt light. It was pure joy. A smile that came easy. I haven’t felt that in a while. It’s been a long stretch. Almost a month on...
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