To start off this blog, as i am using it as a journal, you need to know about me. You obviously don't know me if you don't know the simple fact that i am sick all the time. I have arthritis, and probably against your better judgement you assume i am on my death bed. That is defenitly not the case. My name it theresa, and i am 15 years old. I was diagnosed with arthritis at the incredibly young age of 9, and because i have this disease, as you probably guessed, i take a lot of pills. my mom calls me the "Pill Pro" because i take close to 12 pills in the morning, and 15 pills at night. I know, your probably thinking that you don't want to be me at this point. And not to be self-centered but, you are dead wrong.
I love my life. I live in a nice house, and i get along with my parents. I would like to like i'm nice but can always admit that i am a bit bitchy when it comes to my disease. Because i have arthritis, i have gone to see probably a dozen doctors for my condition, including rheumatoligists, allergists, pediatricians, and physical theripists. I have gotten sick many a times over the years since my diagnosis, with anything from a simple cold, or flu, to epstein bar. Since i have arthritis, my immune system (which for anyone who doesn't know is what helps you fight off your disease when you get sick) sucks. When i get sick, the sickness ususally travels to my joints, and forces a flair up on me. My joints will start hurting with a lot of pain and have it hard for me to walk. Although you may feel like it at the time Juvenille arthritis is not the worst thing that can happen to you. Most of the time, i am able to function normally and go on with every day life. In some ways i feel so lucky that i'm not nearly as bad as other kids. I thank god i am able to live normally, and will use this blog, to say my thoughts and words i do not like to express to anyone, especially about my disease.
---Theresa--- ;)