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hiddenmuse) wrote2005-03-21 12:27 pm
hiddenmuse) wrote2005-03-21 12:27 pm
Funny, you don't look ...
As someone whose chronic conditions are largely internal - except for the rare moments that they like to rear their ugly heads - I do hear that statement a lot.
What is someone with high blood pressure "supposed to" look like?
What is a person living with severe depression "supposed to" look like?
What is an asthmatic "supposed to" look like?
What is an epileptic "supposed to" look like?
Should I be *harrumphing* around town under the burden of the occasionally overwhelming despondency?
Should I be wearing a crash helmet and a padded bodysuit in case I have a seizure?
Should I be weak and vulnerable, like Mikey Walsh in The Goonies because I have asthma?
Should I be 65 years old with blue hair and arthritis before I deal with the bad genetic hand of high blood pressure?
If you haven't guessed - that's me on the right, and Kellie on the left. :-)
What is someone with high blood pressure "supposed to" look like?
What is a person living with severe depression "supposed to" look like?
What is an asthmatic "supposed to" look like?
What is an epileptic "supposed to" look like?
Should I be *harrumphing* around town under the burden of the occasionally overwhelming despondency?
Should I be wearing a crash helmet and a padded bodysuit in case I have a seizure?
Should I be weak and vulnerable, like Mikey Walsh in The Goonies because I have asthma?
Should I be 65 years old with blue hair and arthritis before I deal with the bad genetic hand of high blood pressure?
If you haven't guessed - that's me on the right, and Kellie on the left. :-)