Health- an issue
Well, today is day two of G-PACT.ORG's Second Annual Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Week and people are posting away on Facebook about Gastroparesis, Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Tube Feeding, IV Nutrition and more.
It is a hard road to Awareness and it can seem like you are treading water in oatmeal trying to get the word out but every once in a while there is a spark of hope that more people are getting the word and spreading it and that makes it all worth while.
On the home-front, I was supposed to attend a Mini Family Reunion for my Mother-in-Laws side of the family today, but there was just no way I was going to be able to attend so my husband went alone... and it is a good thing he did because it was not being held in a home but instead in a Community Room and from what I was told there was not a single thing there I could have eaten or drank. Even the rolls provided for the pork and chicken BBQ were whole wheat to be 'healthier'. Needless to say, had I gone I would have been approached constantly and asked when I was going to eat, if I was going to eat and why I was not eating and I would have ended up spending my time having to explain why, defend not trying and avoiding helpful hints on what to eat.
And this, my dear readers, is why I, like many of those suffering from Digestive Tract Paralysis, avoid such gatherings. We cannot simply go and enjoy ourselves but must instead be on guard or be the object of pity... sounds like fun, right?
Instead I stayed home and hung out with my number one dog, Loki. (He is my only dog, but he still prefers "Number one cutest dog with softest fur in the whole world who allows Mom to use 'his' pillow".)
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