Hi, my name is Becca Pava. I have a disease called small-fiber autonomic polyneuropathy which causes diseases like gastroparesis, neurogenic bladder, kidney dysfunction, heart, lung, and muscle damage that is degenerative, labile blood pressure, high heart rate, and more. I also have a brain tumor,
From age 8 I have suffered severe pain, fatigue, nausea, anxiety, guilt, shame, depression, desperation, lightheadedness, a sense of impending doom that really isn’t that far off, isolation, and everything else that goes along with a severe life-threatening chronic illness.
I want this blog to help me reach out into the hearts of others who are also Chronically Alive or those that feel they are more Chronically Dead. I want them to know that they are not alone and that through comments on my blog they can reach out to other commenters that really get where they are. Or they can reach out back to me as well. I want to offer hope, validation, determination, strength, and power.
I also want to reach out to those who are Normally Alive. I want to show you just how much the spirit can endure and stay strong. To you, I also want to offer hope in the face of all odds, validation that all of our struggles are real, and that strength is within all of us no matter what. I want you to take that with you in your normal everyday life to use for any struggles you might face. I also want you to take it in case you have to take care of, and provide nurturing for, someone who is chronically ill. I want you to take this power into yourself in case you ever have to face this crappy situation of life-threatening chronic illness in your own body.