Are You Inadvertently Zapping Your Patients' Spoons?

Have you heard any of your patients or friends say, “I don’t have enough spoons for that”? If you live with a chronic illness, or if you are close to someone navigating life with a chronic illness, you may already know about “spoonies.” For the rest of us, it is helpful to understand just what this means.
Christine Miserandino developed the spoon theory in her effort to describe to a friend what it is like to live with a chronic illness. She grabbed a handful of spoons to represent the energy required to complete various tasks. “Spoonies,” or people living with a chronic illness, have a limited number of spoons every day (let’s say 12), so spoon usage requires careful consideration, or even altering plans. The only way to replenish one’s spoon supply is to rest...
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Christine Miserandino developed the spoon theory in her effort to describe to a friend what it is like to live with a chronic illness. She grabbed a handful of spoons to represent the energy required to complete various tasks. “Spoonies,” or people living with a chronic illness, have a limited number of spoons every day (let’s say 12), so spoon usage requires careful consideration, or even altering plans. The only way to replenish one’s spoon supply is to rest...
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