Sclero-what?

I'm not going to lie. Part of me is still in denial about this disease. I still often wonder how I could really have such a debilitating disease, and other times I think that it's going to go away, and I'm going to back to 'normal,' whatever that is. As I am slowly learning to accept the fact that I do have this disease, I want to share more and more about it and inform others about it. It's quite amazing to me how many people have never heard of Scleroderma. Let's face it, I didn't know it existed either. I want to really share awareness and help raise money for research in hopes that someday we'll be able to find a cure. June has been Scleroderma Awareness month, and I did a poor job of spreading the word, but today is World Scleroderma Awareness Day, so I'm making it a priority to not only "rock teal" (the color for Scleroderma), but to also spread awareness via facebook, instagram, and through my blog. Because, by now, you proba

The last few weeks have been a bit rough. It's kind of ironic because I was  going to do a post about my mantra, "This is gonna be the best day of my life," and how wonderful everything has been, and then...well, it hasn't exactly been the "best day of my life." Remember how, when you were younger, and you could eat whatever the heck you wanted, as much as you wanted, and it had no affect on you whatsoever? Whether making you gain weight, lose weight, feel sick, it just really had no affect. My junior and senior years of high school, my favorite snack was chocolate milk and Funyuns. I could eat that and be totally fine, and not gain an ounce. Of course it helped that I was super active in athletics, but I very rarely got sick. I could eat loads of ice cream, seriously, bowl after bowl after bowl. It was awesome. Of course when you quit being so active, when you try to do those same things, it has a different affect on you. For the first 7 years after Gre