MS Walk Saturday!

Thank you so much to everyone who donated! We raised above our goal of 300.

Why Does Having Chronic Illnesses Suck?

WELLLL...there are a lot of reasons! Here are just a few!

1) Sick all the time (hence: CHRONIC).

2) When your sick you are not able to do as much. Example-I had a family member (I won't name names) tell me, "Sarah, you don't want to do anything anymore."
Correction-I do want to do things, just don't FEEL like it. For someone with a chronic illness, when we say, "Nah, I don't feel like it today" we aren't saying, "I'm too lazy today." We actually mean, "Ugggh, why did I get out of bed this morning? I'm going back to bed." It's frustrating other people don't get that. Which brings me to my next point:

3) Others think we do not have a social life (at least me). I have always been the kid who would rather play all by themselves instead with others, but I still went out with friends every week or so. Getting DX'ed with MS has not helped. I keep having to cancel activities with friends, because I'm constantly getting sick. Sickness tends to cut into your social life. And don't I know it!

4) Cuts into education. I finally had to take the rest of this year off due to falling ill with something new every week. When I get sick, I can't do school--then I get behind. I start to feel better and work to get caught up and whaddya know, I catch something else! Its a never ending circle of inconvenience that is NOT helping me come closer to graduating. I've always been a studious person, now my brain is shrinking. So annoying.

5) Loss of sleep. I am now labelled an insomniac. I don't sleep anymore, all thanks to my friend Multiple Sclerosis. I'm sure fellow MS patients know what I'm talking about. When your nervous system is screwed up, everything is!

Well, that's all I can think of tonight--have anything you want to rant about? Get off your chest, frustrated with due to your sickness/disease/illness? Comment below!

Bleh...Why Monday is GOOD for you!

Everybody hates Monday, for obvious reasons:

For adults, Monday is the day they have to go back to their boring job and it starts off the stressful week of getting the kids ready for school, remembering to drop by and pay this bill. Little Tommy has baseball practice, while Susie Q. needs to be dropped of at ballet lessons.

For students, it's the start of another boring week of study for that math test coming up or you better have page 123 done in your lit book or you get a 0.

For me, Monday is the start of a lonely week with nothing to do but (hopefully) get better and try not to catch any more infection, health problems, ect.

Why should we love Monday?

Adults are allowed numerous hours (depending on how many hours you work) throughout the week to have time away from the stress of worrying about their kids. They can concentrate on what needs to be done at their work instead of what's for dinner or if Shirley finished her homework before she went off to play. I know my mom appreciates it. I was really sick this week due to quite a few health issues and Mom stayed home a couple of days. Let me tell you, I am NOT the most fun person on 'Roids. I know Mom was pretty glad to go back to work this morning. honestly, I would be, too. I don't know from experience, but it's quite stressful for adults to have to watch their kids go through pain, and work is definitely a good way to concentrate on other things.

Even if us kids never admit it, we do like school sometimes. We are  allowed time away from our annoying older/younger siblings to hang out with our pals. Everyone needs to have some time with friends to get together and talk. Communication is a big part of being human. So is learning. School is needed to survive in the "real" world, s we know what to expect when we go out on our own.

 Monday, for me, is the start of my independence for the week. Since everyone in my household either works or goes to school, I'm usually here all by my lonesome (well, except for the birds and the dogs, but we don't speak the same language so it's pointless to count them) I get a chance to be by myself. Not everyone likes being alone, but I LOVE it. I can hang out in my room in the quiet (or semi-quiet because of the annoying ringing in my ears) or get on the laptop and surf the web or work on my blogs. And then, I get my human contact when they all come home for the evening (or when I talk to my buddy Hannah on Facebook).

So Monday gives you:

• Human contact outside of your family.
• Distraction from stressors.
• A chance to learn new stuff.