This is my first blog for this project and its about me being sick. About two and a half years ago i started to experience severe pains in my abdomen and stomach. I was unable to keep anything down, i couldn’t sleep at night, and i found myself unable to do any sort of extreme physical activity. Originally my mother as well as my pediatrician thought i had either appendicitis or mono (don't ask me why mono i didn’t know, nor did i care enough to ask) and i trusted there judgement. Sadly after several series of tests and over fifteen different kinds of medication, the doctors were stumped as to find out what’s wrong with me. So instead, i have simply been labeled with several different “chronic” illnesses since then. I’ve been through several different kinds of treatment at lebonheurs childrens hospital in memphis, and enough prescriptions to bore me of medicine till i'm eighty. I even overcame my fear of needles and got used to shots and iv’s. I don't resent whatever is wrong with me, but i have grown a little irritated of the constant supervision and invasive testing i have had to put up with. That was almost two summers ago, and i'm still undergoing several different kinds of treatment and medications that i have to deal with several times daily, but what bothers me the most is that i can’t do all the things i used to be able to before this whole thing started. I can’t wait to long in the sun, because one of my medications makes me more sensitive to sunlight. I can’t all the foods i used to either, which is a bit of a bummer too. I wish things were different, but these were the cards i was dealt and i’ve gotta stick with it, like it or not.
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