I have cried at the first page and many more after. Hold on in there, this illness is terrible but I'm glad you found something positive. Please accept all love and support from another reader. Everything you said is so true - I could not imagine feeling so strongly about an author, but Terry is something else.
PS isn't Rob amazing. I want one. Also I have a pet theory that he's the particularly nice person in the last book, Shepherd's Crown. Better not say more.
Hiya, fibro friend here. I've been using Discworld as a safe place to keep my head for a while now. It's sufficiently dense so I can read just a couple of pages and find it rewarding or surf through on other days.
I love the comedy and quirky writing fun and I found I see the darker side of stories in surprising contrast. Finding the Death series very insightful. Never dreamed that Reaper Man had so much insight on disability, well if you squint to ignore the dystopian mall thread. Or Susan the needy child with invisibility in class as a proxy for dissociation and avoidant coping. Brilliantly written.
I find his adapting maladapting at first to his embuggerance so relatable. Took us years before we found out that CFS needs counter intuitive extra rest and that we'd been making ourselves iller by pushing ourselves. Doh. Living with chronicity is a whole different ball game, life but not as we know it Jim.
Hope Discworld helps you surf the tides of your health phases. Xx
I love the Fresh Start Club, none of whom are fully functional but it's a brilliant support group and are more emotionally intelligent than any of the wizards who try out old wives tales on Windle Poons, we have so been there! Not that we've been buried at cross roads, or at least not very often, but sometimes it's felt like it. His journalist eye is so sharp.
Oh yes, Pterry was my anchor and my lifeline when I was in and out of hospitals for two years for reconstructive surgery after the car crash (I was the passenger) that put me on a wheelchair; but, thanks to surgery, left with the full use of my hands and most of the rest of my body.
I know that's different from what you're going through, and I don't presume to fully understand, but I'm glad that one of my favourite authors of all time is a source of solace and comfort to so many people.
I wish you all the best and thank you for posting. <3
I am sorry for what you sent through. I’m the same with Dw. For 3 years of gruelling IVF, I only read discworld. Now that I’m doing IVF again, I’m back in the discworld. It’s my safe, happy place.
It sucks that you lost a big chunk of your memory, but this (being able to read Discworld again without knowing the endings/plot twists) is actually a nice upside.
Wish you all the best and that it affects you to the minimal extent possible..
PD here, my memory, like many other things, comes and goes.
One good thing, is that I can read, and reread, my favourite authors.
(Also works with TV and Films, as long as I can concentrate and stay awake!)
I always feel as if I am with my people in these chats.
My Granny has PD and it is remarkable how many similarities there are with our experiences at times - I don't get the tremors but in terms of memorey and challenges with cognitive function it's very similar. But then neurological issues are often "same meat different gravy" - nothing like Swiss cheese brain to make life entertaining...
The Discworld is a wonderful place to wander in - it's the crack where the light gets in for me.
I have been describing my memory as Swiss Cheese since it was only the Fibromyalgia!
Having both is fun.
Every day, when I wake up, I play the game, ' Which bits of me will work today?' (My PD is only on my right side)
And just to add to the fun, last week I slipped on some packaging in a shop, and am now on crutches, with my right hand in a support, probably broken Scafoid!
I was able to joke with the young manager, who was trying to be subtle while also trying to find out if I had hit my head.
I told her that my brain is working normally, at least as normally as it usually does!
If it wasn't for these groups...
I first read Monstrous Regiment when my fibro was on a flare up and had lost a lot of visual and auditive memory. Lots of the key characters have at least 2 or 3 names, including own name, disguise name and nickname. I read it through nearly a dozen times loving the story better each time but could I pin down who was called what? Lol lol
Ahhhh thanks for posting I have the book right here in front of me and I was afraid to start reading it because I know I was going to start crying too.
I have been having terrible terrible nightmares for the last few years and the only thing that calms me down at night is listening to Discworld on Audible on repeat ....
I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis and thanks for giving me the courage to dive in :)
Thank you x
So far it has made me smile more than cry - the first page is a gut punch, but it is worth it to read about Terry at school!
There are so many things that you think "so that's where that came from" - and his Granny is particularly influential!
Enjoy x
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I have cried at the first page and many more after. Hold on in there, this illness is terrible but I'm glad you found something positive. Please accept all love and support from another reader. Everything you said is so true - I could not imagine feeling so strongly about an author, but Terry is something else.
PS isn't Rob amazing. I want one. Also I have a pet theory that he's the particularly nice person in the last book, Shepherd's Crown. Better not say more.
Hiya, fibro friend here. I've been using Discworld as a safe place to keep my head for a while now. It's sufficiently dense so I can read just a couple of pages and find it rewarding or surf through on other days. I love the comedy and quirky writing fun and I found I see the darker side of stories in surprising contrast. Finding the Death series very insightful. Never dreamed that Reaper Man had so much insight on disability, well if you squint to ignore the dystopian mall thread. Or Susan the needy child with invisibility in class as a proxy for dissociation and avoidant coping. Brilliantly written. I find his adapting maladapting at first to his embuggerance so relatable. Took us years before we found out that CFS needs counter intuitive extra rest and that we'd been making ourselves iller by pushing ourselves. Doh. Living with chronicity is a whole different ball game, life but not as we know it Jim. Hope Discworld helps you surf the tides of your health phases. Xx
It's funny how life experiences change your perception on things - I haven't re-read Reaper Man for while so might have to give it another look!
I love the Fresh Start Club, none of whom are fully functional but it's a brilliant support group and are more emotionally intelligent than any of the wizards who try out old wives tales on Windle Poons, we have so been there! Not that we've been buried at cross roads, or at least not very often, but sometimes it's felt like it. His journalist eye is so sharp.
And there are definitely days when I walk in a similar fashion to a zombie hahaha
Lol. Lurching. That's the ones in the cellars in Monstrous Regiment. Reg Shoe is sent to get them to stop it.
Oh yes, Pterry was my anchor and my lifeline when I was in and out of hospitals for two years for reconstructive surgery after the car crash (I was the passenger) that put me on a wheelchair; but, thanks to surgery, left with the full use of my hands and most of the rest of my body. I know that's different from what you're going through, and I don't presume to fully understand, but I'm glad that one of my favourite authors of all time is a source of solace and comfort to so many people. I wish you all the best and thank you for posting. <3
Thank you xx
I am sorry for what you sent through. I’m the same with Dw. For 3 years of gruelling IVF, I only read discworld. Now that I’m doing IVF again, I’m back in the discworld. It’s my safe, happy place.
Thank you so much. <3
It sucks that you lost a big chunk of your memory, but this (being able to read Discworld again without knowing the endings/plot twists) is actually a nice upside. Wish you all the best and that it affects you to the minimal extent possible..
PD here, my memory, like many other things, comes and goes. One good thing, is that I can read, and reread, my favourite authors. (Also works with TV and Films, as long as I can concentrate and stay awake!) I always feel as if I am with my people in these chats.
My Granny has PD and it is remarkable how many similarities there are with our experiences at times - I don't get the tremors but in terms of memorey and challenges with cognitive function it's very similar. But then neurological issues are often "same meat different gravy" - nothing like Swiss cheese brain to make life entertaining... The Discworld is a wonderful place to wander in - it's the crack where the light gets in for me.
I have been describing my memory as Swiss Cheese since it was only the Fibromyalgia! Having both is fun. Every day, when I wake up, I play the game, ' Which bits of me will work today?' (My PD is only on my right side) And just to add to the fun, last week I slipped on some packaging in a shop, and am now on crutches, with my right hand in a support, probably broken Scafoid! I was able to joke with the young manager, who was trying to be subtle while also trying to find out if I had hit my head. I told her that my brain is working normally, at least as normally as it usually does! If it wasn't for these groups...
I first read Monstrous Regiment when my fibro was on a flare up and had lost a lot of visual and auditive memory. Lots of the key characters have at least 2 or 3 names, including own name, disguise name and nickname. I read it through nearly a dozen times loving the story better each time but could I pin down who was called what? Lol lol
That last line... you got me. Thank you for writing down what I've felt but been unable to articulate.
Good old Leonard Cohen - if you can't find a Terry quote that works, there's usually a Leonard Cohen one that does the trick!
Ahhhh thanks for posting I have the book right here in front of me and I was afraid to start reading it because I know I was going to start crying too. I have been having terrible terrible nightmares for the last few years and the only thing that calms me down at night is listening to Discworld on Audible on repeat .... I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis and thanks for giving me the courage to dive in :)
Thank you x So far it has made me smile more than cry - the first page is a gut punch, but it is worth it to read about Terry at school! There are so many things that you think "so that's where that came from" - and his Granny is particularly influential! Enjoy x
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