My First Blog

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My first blog...do I wait to write this until I have my cute 'lil Spoonieista graphic finished and up on my blog site? Do I wait until I have all my t's crossed and my i's dotted? My current background looks 70's hippish to me - what if I decide I want another background?

Why wait. @spoonieista wasn't my first Twitter username - it was @icspoonie (referring to interstitial cystitis, as its symptoms were the worst at the time I joined Twitter). I'm glad I didn't wait for the perfect Twitter name to meet my fabulous spoonie Twitter friends. I'd be pretty lonely right now!

I have to admit...I was a tad unsure about using Twitter at first. I was also unsure about limiting myself to spoonie friends. I wanted to meet people I could relate to, but what if hearing about their illnesses made me sad? What if it brought me down?

So I'd tweet, and step away. Tweet some more, and again step away.

Until the day I got my first direct message from @jenrobinegan. What? Somebody is paying attention to my tweets? She cares about what I have to say, and we have the same interests in areas other than just being fellow spoonies? Wow. That made me feel really special! (Thanks, Jen!) ;)

Next came @lpjph. I simply adore Lisa! We have a lot in common, and I feel like a cyber "auntie" to her precious Yorkie, Tori. (I, too, am a HUGE animal lover with 3 dogs and 2 cats of my own!)

Many precious friendships developed after I met Lisa.

Later on, @julianna12369 tweeted me, and I followed her back. Julie tweets it like it is, and I love that about her! Then she tweeted links to blogs that she wrote, and I was just like, "wow." I want to write, too! If she encouraged me by her writings, maybe I could encourage others by my writing, too!

So here I am!

Thank you, @bydls for creating the "Spoonie" Theory and giving those of us living with a chronic illness(es) a place to belong...a place to connect...a place to EXIST!

I will share about my illnesses in another blog. They are many, and I don't want viewers to see my first blog and run away due to it being too long! ;) Also, many of my fellow Twitter friends know I am a patient at the Mayo Clinic and have asked me to share information. That is coming soon, too!

So, what do you say? Let's get this blogging started!