Good story

This is another one of those feel good stories...had to pass it on.
http://tinyurl.com/76bvd

My Life with P

This post is probably going to be a lot harder to write than most. I have been thinking about it for a while, I figure now is as good a time as any to give you some more information about something you may not know anything about. I am going to give you a little glimpse into something I live with. I’m going to try and not make this extremely long but at the same time say what I want to say.

I live with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Most people have never heard of it, and for the past 10 years of my life I’ve had to do the best job I could explaining what it is. I’m not sure how many people reading this interact with me enough to know about it, but even if you don’t it’s good to learn about it and what it does to a person. This isn’t a sob story or anything so I’m not going to get into the weird situations or huge decisions that have been made because of this, my main goal is to educate. I’m going to borrow a few things from an excellent site that I reference from time to time in order to better describe things.

Psoriasis is an immune-mediated, genetic disease manifesting in the skin and/or the joints. It affects more than 4.5 million people in the United States. In plaque psoriasis, the most common type, patches of skin called "lesions" become inflamed and are covered by silvery white scale. Psoriasis can be limited to a few lesions or can involve moderate to large areas of skin. The severity of psoriasis can vary from person to person; however, for most people, psoriasis tends to be mild.

About 10 percent to 30 percent of people with psoriasis also develop psoriatic [pronounced sore-ee-AA-tic] arthritis, which causes pain, stiffness and swelling in and around the joints. Early recognition, diagnosis and treatment of psoriatic arthritis can relieve pain and inflammation and possibly help prevent progressive joint involvement and damage. Without treatment, psoriatic arthritis can potentially be disabling and crippling. More facts about psoriatic arthritis

I guess people asking me why I am wearing long sleeve shirts in the summer time have led to this posting. Or maybe a young child asking what that is on my skin. Most people don’t know what this disease is unless they know someone who suffers from it. There are good days and bad days, but there’s always tomorrow.

If you know me then you know that I’m ok talking about almost anything, so if you have more questions about this then please feel free to send me an email at jccrider75 at yahoo dot com.
Here are a few more direct links that will give you info about this disease:

psoriasis FAQ
psoriatic arthritis

Shamnesty International

This is interesting......could the rest of the world finally get this point? Maybe people will see they are using our own good will (treating someone fairly) and abusing it.

Girls are evil!

Well, I believe that about sums it all up. :-) I have a good friend of mine who agrees..and she basically planted this idea in my head that girls are evil. So this isn't just coming from the man's point of view....other girls know you are evil too.

Ok. All of that aside, there's obviously some point to this tirade. At least I hope there is. I have been out with a total of 4 people (1 date or however many dates, never more than 2 weeks) since being at seminary in 2003. I have a few of friends who would consider that alot.

How many times can I get kicked in the sternum by a horse before I stop getting back onto it. Oh wait...it kicked me again.

Hopefully you can read between all the lines here without me blatantly coming out and saying anything specific about what has recently happened. You really have to have good memory loss for these sort of things (which luckily isn't a problem for me), in order to "keep on keeping on" (quote by Joe dirt).

Are girls evil....some are. Are guys evil...some are. Will I date again...maybe. Will the horse kick me again...for sure.

Disclaimer: (added later after thinking about it) I'm not really saying anything bad about these 4 girls, so please don't read it that way. It's more the entire female race...lol. Just kidding. God's in control so I'm sure these girls had good intentions (from their point of view). Sometimes I just don't understand it.