W.I.N.K (What I Now Know) That I am sick of being sick!

Are you sick of being sick? Are you sick of feeling the loss of control that comes with constant illness? I have shared with you all in my past WINK's, my struggle with illness, which has been a huge part of my life for over 20 years. I unknowingly became a person who only identified with being sick, dependent and powerless. It was a very lonely time in my life, as I felt the people around me, (as hard as they tried), couldn’t possibly understand how I was feeling both physically and mentally. I thought I needed people to sympathize with me and treat me with a "poor you" attitude.

The turning point in my life came when after yet another medical crisis, I met Kirsty, who's attitude towards me and my situation was, "that must have been awful for you, but what are you going to do now?" My initial response was to do what I was used to doing, which was to just wait until the next medical crisis pulled me under. It was all I had learnt how to do, and I had become very good at it. Somewhere in those 20 years I had stopped believing there was anything I could do about it.

Instead of going with my initial response, I decided there must be more to me than this sad story, so I dug a little deeper. I realized I had no idea what I could do to create a different outcome. Through my coaching with Kirsty and a lot of self-education I have learnt there is a whole lot I can do. I am working towards and putting in place some big changes. Instead of feeling like my body had let me down in the past, I now know that I won't let my body down in the future.

Lynda Alderton
for www.unity-qld.com.au