SWC: A New Blog and the Same Hope!

June is Scleroderma Awareness Month

As I am typing, June 1st is almost over. With that said, I have finally decided to make a post in this new blog. Scleroderma Warrior Chronicles is going to be a place where people will learn about this disease and get tips on how to live with it. Last year for Scleroderma Awareness Month I tried posting daily about my life with Scleroderma but the irony of trying to keep up with that was laughable if not ridiculous. I'm going to try it again this year but things will be different. I'm going to do all I can but this time with all the strength of my Heavenly Father. He is always my inspiration.  The past few years have been tough but I'm still trucking. I'm on the mend after being bed ridden and atrophied. I can feel myself getting stronger and weaker at the same time. I tend to push myself beyond my limits. I feel like I've been stuck in some weird cycle only this time around I am seeing things from a new perspective. I am going to try my best to apply all that I have learned. What I have been through so far has not been in vain even though for a long time I thought otherwise. I won't let it be because with what I know now I will use to share with others to help them in their struggles with this or any disease!

It is now June 2nd, a new day with the same hope I have held onto throughout my battle with Scleroderma. I'm constantly tired and in recovery of muscle building. Every day is a different kind of pain but my hope in Christ remains. I refuse to live in fear of the mornings like I once did, avoiding going to sleep because of the new pains waiting for me. Instead I am excited because I am going to my very first 5k for Scleroderma. I never imagined myself going to one when I was well (eons ago) let alone now with my limitations. I don't know if I will be able to walk the whole way but I will be there! If all I can do is stand at the sidelines and cheer then that's what I will do. The joy of the Lord IS my strength and I am overjoyed that this year I am no longer a prisoner in my own home. Scleroderma has definitely taught me to appreciate the little things in life and that's what I intend to do. I hope anyone reading this will learn something from my life, no matter how small because that's what keeps the pain from being in vain!