Horoscope for March 18, 2009
If you find yourself tired and irritable at the moment, Lana, you should know that this is normal. You may have had a few months that were a little too studious. Would you like to continue on with the same rhythm? Be careful that your ambitions don’t lead you to serious physical exhaustion. If you become sick, you will be even more frustrated. So, be wise and take care of your own basic needs.
My horoscope gave me a reality check this morning so I am going to be taking a break from both my blogs. I plan at making at least one entry a week for the next three to four weeks and after that, I should be able to going back to making two to three entries a week.
I am going to be doing some training for at-home-work opportunity this week. I will be back in a few days to tell you all about it. I am also getting an admissions essay ready that is due in about two weeks. I have made a decision to work on Master’s Degree. So, wish me luck. I will let you all about that as well.
In addition to my already busy life of working a full-time job and taking care of my family, hosting four groups at Twitter Moms (you can check those out at my page), two blogs that I am passionate about, I am adding two new items to the plate. Feel free to make bets on how long it takes this Super Mom to break. Of course, my goal is to leave my full-time position and start working at home full-time, so I will update you on my progress and I will let you know when I am out of breath as well. See ya soon!
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About Lana
I will start by saying that my blog is about who I am and how I have grown, preserved, and endured since being diagnosed.
I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia (FM) nearly five years ago after many years of dealing with symptoms that no doctor could explain. All I wanted was closure and, to me, that meant finding an answer to why I didn’t feel normal. Several days after having my now almost five year old, I awoke to the inability to walk or use my hands and within a week, I finally had a diagnosis and this time, it sank in that it was real thing.
Steroids, a lack of energy, and physical pain take a toll on you. What the illness does to us, we cannot control. How we respond, how we choose to fight back, and how we go on is our defense against the war waging inside of us. Imagine being in a dark room and trying to make your way around. Then, imagine that you find a light switch and the room becomes dim, not bright, but enough for you to navigate your way. For years, I was in the dark about what was happening to me, and then one day, the room became dimly lit. What I wanted was closure but instead I found that there were more questions than there were answers. I learned that I had to change my perceptions on what closure meant to me and in this case it meant accepting that chronic illness was now a part of my life.
One of the things that I do know is that I am not alone and that there were so many exceptional people who, like me, are looking for closure, answers and normalcy. I share my experiences because I want to live a “normal” life and I want others to see that it is okay to have a normal life and to keep dreaming, trying, believing and looking towards the future. I write about my life with RA and FMS, my diagnosis, and my quest to find answers and I continue to do so because when it gives others hope it gives me hope too.
I have found through my experience and the experiences of others dealing with the same conditions that living with arthritis and/or an autoimmune disease gets easier even though the disease gets harder. RA and FM may control how I physically feel but they do not control who I am or how I choose to respond. It is never going to be easy and some days, the emotional part is worse than the physical but we all struggle with something and for me, it is RA and FM.
