Sammy the Service Dog

05/13/2026

Sammy being a good boy while we eat supper last week after doing a little shopping 🐕‍🦺🩵

05/13/2026

People with chronic illness aren’t being “difficult.”

They’re constantly calculating consequences most people never have to think about.

What looks like a simple task to someone else can cost days of symptoms, exhaustion, or crashing afterwards.

That invisible trade-off is one of the hardest parts of living with chronic illness.

Share this to your story if this feels all too familiar.

04/21/2026

Just a dog who loves his momma and a brush!! What started out as a better day then most. Spending time with my boy brushing him. Took a turn at some point while we were just outside. My watch picked up "walking" activity while I was brushing him. Which turned my watch into livetrack mode. I had no idea it changed modes and when I was about to be done brushing him. He alerted me twice. Two minutes after his alert Trea calls to check on me Tori texts and 911 texts me because my watch sent them assistance notification . And since then Sammy has had me on bed rest for the day.
I have absolutely no idea what I would do with out him especially days like today when I am here by myself. Just always remember. Enjoy the good and better days 🩵🐕‍🦺

04/21/2026

This is the part no one prepares you for.

One day you're living your life… and the next, your body just stops working the way it used to.

And no one can tell you why. Or how to fix it.

If this quote hit you hard—you’re not alone.

That fear, that grief, that confusion it’s real.

But so is the possibility of feeling better again.

It might not be quick or easy, but it is possible.

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04/04/2026

04/04/2026

what you see vs what I actually feel ⤵️

🖤you see:
I look “normal”

❤️‍🩹I feel:
like I’m pushing through just to be here

🖤you see:
me smiling, laughing, showing up

❤️‍🩹I feel:
pain I’ve learned how to hide

🖤you see:
me getting things done

❤️‍🩹I feel:
exhaustion that never really goes away

🖤you see:
me out for a few hours

❤️‍🩹I feel:
the crash that’s coming later

🖤you see:
“you seem fine today”

❤️‍🩹I feel:
my symptoms just aren’t visible right now

🖤you see:
me canceling plans

❤️‍🩹I feel:
guilt in a body that won’t cooperate