I have endometriosis. Endometriosis is a chronic illness. A chronic illness adds and subtracts different things to life. In order to deal with this chronic illness, I realize I have come to look at much of my life as a mathematical equation. I take a situation (a), subtract the toll it will take on my body (b), and if the answer is a positive number (c), I will attend or interact with that situation. If the answer is a negative number (d), I'm staying home. So, (a-b)>0 = c and (a-b)<0 = d. I just boiled my disease down to some math! Pay attention, all you students who are preparing for the SATs!
Showing posts with label Mathematics. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 17, 2014
The Pain Equation (or The Mathematics of a Chronic Illness)
I have endometriosis. Endometriosis is a chronic illness. A chronic illness adds and subtracts different things to life. In order to deal with this chronic illness, I realize I have come to look at much of my life as a mathematical equation. I take a situation (a), subtract the toll it will take on my body (b), and if the answer is a positive number (c), I will attend or interact with that situation. If the answer is a negative number (d), I'm staying home. So, (a-b)>0 = c and (a-b)<0 = d. I just boiled my disease down to some math! Pay attention, all you students who are preparing for the SATs!
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