Hey all,
I want to first send out my extreme gratitude for everything you guys do here! Even though I've only been a member for less than a day, haha, I've already received some peace/mental ease during what's currently the sickest I've ever been. A special shout out to Nanners for your advice and reassurance! Hugs back to you
If you've looked at my signature and done the math (so much for privacy, haha), I'm 26 years old...so still young ;) Although, I think everyone will agree that CD makes you feel older than your peers--always having to be more responsible and cautious in life. I'm still struggling with accepting the positive in that, but I like to believe that everything happens for a reason. Call it karma, God's plan, or just the way the Universe works...yet everyone here knows that sort of thinking and acceptance can be hard when you're feeling like crap. Still, here's to staying strong!
I listed some of my interests on my profile. I really have this love of learning foreign languages--bilingual so far with English and Spanish, but English doesn't really count since it's my native one. Hope to relearn what French I learned in high school and start to add le francais to that list. Then, who knows--Dutch or German? Any suggestions?
And when I'm healthy and between flares I really do love exercise. It's like I live in opposite world where all I want is to eat healthily and go for daily ten mile runs. I mean, how many Americans can honestly say that! But I suppose some of that is this current jealousy I have for healthy people. I know life holds its challenges for everyone, and that you can't always
see dis-ease, but right now it's hard for me to get past how easy it seems for some people, my family and friends included.
Lately, though, I've been trying to find some peace through meditation and reiki. Usually I'm more of a daily yoga person, but yoga's kind of hard to do after a resection ;) Let's just say that meditating is harder! But I love going in for alternative types of treatments. More than anything, I find some mental peace. And I know acupuncture and energy work have done my body a lot of good during minor flares. Unfortunately, for me I've found that for Chinese Medicine to really be affective I'd have to go in for daily treatments--wish I could afford that! CD is tricksy like that...
Well, gracias y merci and thanks again for being here pretty much right when I needed you the most.
Look up what my "name" means in Spanish. It's what I've found from life so far. But here's to finding more of the sweet :)
Agridulce