ULOG 32: Freewrite Day 360 Dry Lips
Dry lips are one of the many symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis. This is one of over 200 autoimmune diseases and they all have numerous crazy symptoms. They come and go and people think you are insane, faking, or past the point of any help when your health is always bad but different than it was yesterday. And tomorrow will be a whole other story.
If you have dry lips today, you might also have dry eyes, ears, skin, hair and fingernails. No amount of hydration will help. But tomorrow you might be drooling and leaking fluid out of every place you can think of. At least this is a visible symptom, so that your loved ones do not think you are making it up.
The idea of autoimmune disease is that your body is attacking itself (so this is your fault). You are having all these strange symptoms because your body is all messed up, and you need a lot of toxic drugs to control them. The drugs cost thousands of dollars per dose and will make you sick in different ways and might kill you, but that is just too bad. The drug companies are counting on you for their profits, so don’t complain. (Because, science!)
Over the twenty years I have had this disease, I have had a lot of my own theories about it. I have now come to the conclusion that our bodies are compromised in some way and are reacting to the many toxins we encounter in our food, water, air, beauty supplies, cleaning supplies, and laundry products.
A lot of people with autoimmune disease do better when they avoid things like inflammatory foods and chemical additives. I am one of those people. So I try to stay as “clean” as possible and pay the price when I do not.
Dry lips are certainly the least of it, but happen to me on occasion. Today I am having high pain levels, joint swelling, exhaustion, mental confusion, and uncontrollable bleeding, so I really do not care about my lips.
My post is for the #freewrite daily challenge by @mariannewest. Freewrite is a great way to post on steemit when you do not think you have the time, or talent, or anything to say. I know you can do this too! Here is Marianne’s freewrite prompt post for today. Give it a try and surprise yourself.
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