A Psalm For Those Living With CVID

Living with Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) can mean learning an unexpected rhythm of treatments, infusions, laboratory results, vigilance, and uncertainty. This gentle psalm honors both the vulnerability and resilience of a body that needs additional support. A contemplative practice for receiving treatment, resting without guilt, and remembering that you are far more than a diagnosis.

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Bless the body that keeps trying. The body whose defenses may not work as they should. Yet rises each morning and continues the ancient work of living. Bless the one who has learned a language they never expected to know. Immunoglobulins. And antibodies. Infusions and laboratories. Numbers. Measured again. And again. Bless the places where needles enter. Bless the medicine slowly received. Bless the hours given to helping the body. Do what it cannot always do alone. Holy Presence. Be near when treatment becomes tiresome. Being here when the body feels unpredictable. Be near when others cannot see how much energy Ordinary life can sometimes require. Let receiving become its own kind of strength. There is no weakness in allowing yourself to be supported. May the medicine that enters the body be received as health. May the hands that prepare it be steady. May the body welcome what it needs. May rest come without guilt. And when fear arises. Fear of illness. Fear of infection. Fear of what the future may hold. Return us to this breath. This body. This moment. For the body is more than its diagnosis. It's still capable of tenderness. Pleasure. Laughter and wonder. Connection and love. Bless the immune system doing what it can. Bless medicine for doing what the body cannot. Bless every person learning the sacred practice. Of receiving help. While continuing to live fully. May there be protection. May there be strength. May there be healing where healing is possible. And through all of it. May there be peace. Thank you for meditating with me today. You