This year has gone by so extremely fast. As I am sitting here writing this, it is so hard for me to come to terms with the fact that it is already October. Where did time go? If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you will notice that I have been absent and haven’t posted much content during this year. This was not my intention, but in all honesty, I was having an extremely difficult time handling what has been going on in my life during the first part of the year. I have[...]
Here I am, saying something I never thought that I would say; My illness is a sin issue. To give you a little back ground, I was 14 whenever my world was changed forever and I became sick with an illness that causes me to collapse and leaves me with extreme muscle weakness in my arms and legs. During these episodes, I cannot walk, hold anything, or raise my arms. My body is basically dead weight and I cannot do anything until the episode passes. These episodes were so bad and so frequ[...]
Over the last 6 years, body image has been something that I struggled with a lot. When I was a Freshman in high school, my life changed forever. I began having episodes where I collapse and am left with temporary paralysis in my arms and legs. These new episodes changed my entire life. The smallest of things became really difficult to do. I missed half my junior and senior years of high school and doctors told my parents to pull me out of school and not let me out of bed more than 45 minu[...]
On January 5, 2011 my life changed forever when I began having episodes where I collapse and then have temporary paralysis in my arms and legs. Sometimes, episodes last a few minutes. At my worst, I had this ongoing muscle weakness for seven days. I would get up and walk a few steps before collapsing. In these last 2,197 days, I have seen multiple doctors, a multitude of specialists and have collected a thick binder of test results. There are no answers to this mystery, only a couple shots in[...]
