Invisible Illness Awareness Week

1. The illness I live with is: Multiple Sclerosis
2. I was diagnosed with it in the year: April 9 2012, a day I will never forget 
3. But I had symptoms since: 2006
4. The biggest adjustment I’ve had to make is: trying not to be super-mom/wife, I cannot do everything everyday and I am okay with that now 
5. Most people assume: I will be in a wheelchair
6. The hardest part about mornings are: getting up out of bed after not sleeping all night 
7. My favorite medical TV show is: House 
8. A gadget I couldn’t live without is: honestly my Kindle
9. The hardest part about nights are: not being able to sleep, being too hot, too cold 
10. Each day I take 7 pills & vitamins. (No comments, please)
11. Regarding alternative treatments I: have tried adjusting my diet, tried not doing any treatment, still TRYING!
12. If I had to choose between an invisible illness or visible I would choose: neither, I really want to be illness free!
13. Regarding working and career: who the fuck knows at this point, can't really make any plans yet 
14. People would be surprised to know: I can hardly go grocery shopping on my own it is too much of a daunting task and I get really overwhelmed
15. The hardest thing to accept about my new reality has been: not knowing what is going to happen and the day to day changes in how I feel 
16. Something I never thought I could do with my illness that I did was: so far there hasn't been anything, hopefully one day I will be able to jog again but at this point it hurts too much 
17. The commercials about my illness: haven't seen any, hopefully with some celebrities getting diagnosed there will be more publicity for the disease 
18. Something I really miss doing since I was diagnosed is: drinking alcohol, can't drink makes me feel like I got hit by a train for days afterwards 
19. It was really hard to have to give up: the above
20. A new hobby I have taken up since my diagnosis is: research and blogging which I have been slacking on
21. If I could have one day of feeling normal again I would: spend the day outdoors in the sun walking enjoying my family 
22. My illness has taught me: the true meaning of "never count your chickens before they hatch" you never know what will happen and can never be prepared for something like this 
23. Want to know a secret? One thing people say that gets under my skin is: "I know so and so that has ms and they are fine they still do everything that they used to" I want to respond with "every ms case is different so fuck off!"
24. But I love it when people: give me sound advice, ideas and offer help(and actually give the help and not just say it)
25. My favorite motto, scripture, quote that gets me through tough times is: "it is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself" I have to help myself first or I am useless
26. When someone is diagnosed I’d like to tell them: hang on its a long bumpy ride that never ends, make sure you have a strong support system and get rid of all the negative people early on you will know who they are 
27. Something that has surprised me about living with an illness is: living with an illness
28. The nicest thing someone did for me when I wasn’t feeling well was: brought me food, I still love to eat!!!
29. I’m involved with Invisible Illness Week because: I would love to make invisible illnesses visible so everyone can see what we all go through on a day to day basis, this awareness week will have to do for now
30. The fact that you read this list makes me feel: very anxious and hopeful that at least one person will learn something from me 

Tried this candy through a campaign from BzzAgent. I was very happy to find something that I could feel less guilty about eating. These days nothing is really making me happy but chocolate can somehow always bring a smile on my face. I had the unreal5 chocolate caramel nougat bar and it has no artificials, hydrogenateds, corn syrups, preservatives or GMO's. This is definitely going to be one of my favorite candy bars when get a craving.