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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When You Don’t Have Enough Energy for Anything
Published 12 days ago • 1 min read
Hi friend,I went to bed at 7 PM last night. I’m in Saint Simons Island visiting my mom. It’s 65 degrees, perfect weather, live oaks covered in Spanish moss. The island is beautiful and I can barely get out of bed. I’ve seen my mom every day. We’ve had coffee. But I’ve been so exhausted that I keep having to go lay down. The drainage is really heavy. My body is going through it. And I’m carrying this guilt that I came all the way here and I’m not actually experiencing being here. It just feels...
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