Good Health Praise God

Hi! I’’m in my mid 20’s and I have 2 autoimmune diseases along with Celiac disease.

Now some people may think…. “there’s no way she’s sick!?” And honestly I understand why… I’ve always been petite and on the outside I don’t look sick at all. But, on the inside, my body is healing from YEARS of it fighting itself.

I work hard throughout the week to watch what I eat and to stay active. Is it easy? No… but is it worth it? YES!

I’ve dealt with these health issues for about 2 years now, but got the diagnosis last August of 2023. Some may think, “she hasn’t dealt with it that long…” I get it. But for me, 2 years is a long time. Also, if you saw me in the amount of pain that I was in for over a year. You’d understand that I would NEVER want anyone to go through what I went through. At the start of the painful journey, I was in EXTREMELY rough shape. It took over a year to get the help I needed, but once I found the right doctors and got on the right treatment everything started looking up for me.

I have Myositis, which is basically inflammation in my muscles. As well as, Scleroderma which can cause Raynaud’s syndrome and affect my heart and lungs.

Unfortunately, there is NO CURE. But, I don’t let that bring me down. I don’t let what I have stop me from living life to the fullest each day.

We only get 1 life on earth. The worst decision we could make is to waste it away.

Even though it’s possible to go into remission, I’m not getting my hopes up because I don’t know if it will happen.

We only get so much time to live on this earth… don’t waste it away because of bad news.

As for me, I still have fun with my family/friends. I still go on road trips. I LOVE making memories and being HAPPY with life.

Here’s the thing, if you have an auto immune disease like me then you understand. Just know, YOU’RE NOT ALONE ❤️. It is out of our control and there’s NOTHING we could have done to cause it. Life just sometimes takes an unexpected turn…

Through this hard time, I have learned A LOT. Not only about myself, but God has taught me so much through this long season. Often times, we complain about what we’re going through, yet Jesus wants us to realize what He is trying to teach us. People may think “God is punishing me” or “why God are you letting this happen” instead, change it to “what does The Lord want me to learn from this?” Once you change your perspective, you start to view things differently.

Am I happy about what I had to go through? NO WAY!

Did God teach me stuff through it? Absolutely!

My body not only got healing, but I got a heart change from this whole journey. It may have been hard/painful to go through, but once I started my healing journey I began to have a softer heart for others.

We are so quick to judge people based on their appearance, yet we don’t think for a second “I wonder how they feel…”

Here’s the thing, we can’t control an auto immune disease. For lots of them there is NO CURE. For some people, they gain weight even though they’re not trying to. People might be extra moody when they don’t mean to be and so much more. How our body responds can affect us not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. It’s hard and it’s not easy. We didn’t ask for this, yet there’s only so much we can do.

No matter what you deal with, keep being YOU and live your life.

At some point we’re going to look back on the life we lived and ask ourselves if we regretted anything or not…For me, I want to remember that I didn’t give up. That I kept going even when it was hard and that I lived my life the best that I could.

It’s a choice.

We can either wallow away and waste each day being sad… OR… we can get up and choose to live LIFE!