Hello People of the Internet,
It has been an awfully long time since I last spoke to you and so much has happened. I got my A level results and headed off to uni where I, for the first time, actually have had to work to control my diabtes. For the 12 1/2 years at home everything worked, my hba1c was good, I didn't have too many hypos or many highs. But since coming to uni I've pootled along basically not paying attention to diabetes because I haven't really needed to before and so I've basically een running high for the two months I've been here. Because it's been in the sort of 11-14mmol range I've not felt any different and so haven't been paying attention until the last couple of weeks where I have decided to take action!
But that isn't really what I wanted to write about today. Being at uni I have found I'm almost in a bubble from the outside world. I don't watch the news because I don't have a TV licence, I don't read the papers and so it often takes a while for news to filter through. But last night I logged on twitter as the first reports of Paris began to filter through. I watched as one reporter kept updates going all the way through to my timeline being dominated with support for the people caught up in the horror.
Normally with terrorist attacks anywhere I tend to be horrified by the fact that someone could do such a thing but it doesn't really affect me. I think this is mainly because they don't often happen so close to home. The closest have been the 7/7 London bombings and at the time I was too young to understand really the horror of those attacks. But with Paris the overwhelming feeling I've had today, as the death toll continues to rise, is sadness. Sadness that someone could do this to innocent people in the name of religion. However I think it is incredibly important to remember the number of civilian deaths in the middle east due to the interference of the west.
I do not feel it is right to blame or analyse at this time as Paris enters three days of mourning. But let us not forget about the other disasters that occurred yesterday. Japan was hit with a magnitude 7.0 earthquake which caused a small tsunami. Thankfully, no one has been hurt but it is still a traumatic event. Lebanon spent yesterday in a day of mourning after 41 people were killed in a suicide bombing on Thursday. This is a very small selection of the disasters and horrors that occurred in our world in the last few days. Some of them we have no control over, others you could argue are the fault of the West.
You will see very little reported of Japan and Lebanon over the next few days as the media concentrates on Paris. Because Paris is close to home and a western country there is automatically more public and media outcry and upset. I'm not trying to take away from the horror of Paris but we know so little about what goes on in the middle East, about what impact we, as a country, are having. Many people will wish to increase military presence in the middle East after this attack and I feel it is important to step back and mourn before pointing the finger and trying to find what we believe to be a solution.
Another danger caused by the attacks is the generalisation that all Muslims are terrorists because the attacks were carried out in the name of Islam. We need to remember that IS, Boko Haram and Al Qaeda make up less than 0.003% of the global Muslim population. From my very basic understanding of Islam it is a peaceful religion. The attacks in Paris were not peaceful and they went against the very core message of Islam. Please do not blame Muslims for the attacks. Blaming an entire group of people for the actions of a few is so wrong.
Sorry for a bit of a confused ramble, I needed to get my feelings out. My thoughts and prayers are with all those effected by disasters in Japan, Lebanon, Paris and elsewhere.
Rhona
Sources: BBC News, Al Jazeera, Channel 4's the Last Leg
Saturday, 14 November 2015
Monday, 29 June 2015
Game of Thrones Thoughts
people of the internet,
My exams are finally over and I've been left with more free time than I've had for about a year. Now this may sound like a good thing to many of you but actually it's not. This is because I am so bored and I have no idea what to do with myself. Some people suggest taking up a project for the summer and so I've tried to play the piano a bit more but it doesn't fill the gaping hole left by having to do no more revision. Therefore I've been catching up on a load of TV that I haven't seen or missed because of exams.
I've been intrigued by Game of Thrones since it really took off a few years ago here in the UK and because of this I made the possibly regrettable decision to read the books. Yes I'm reading the book not watching the TV show because the show is arguably more time consuming. The book you can read for as little as 10 minutes whereas with the show you have to set aside at least 40 minutes and usually more because you can't stop watching. So I'm reading the book with some preconceived ideas that have stemmed from the social media outpouring that inevitably follows the show.
Some of these preconceived notions include the evilness of Joffrey, Sansa being an absolute waste of space and Arya being tough and tom boyish. Now I started a few days ago and I'm only about 180 pages in but already some of these ideas are being fulfilled. For example Joffrey. While he's not done anything entirely evil so far he has been manipulative, slimey and basically an arse. Sansa refuses to tell the truth to the king and it results in lady's demise which could be seen to be fair. Arya is already far tougher than most of the characters and I already like her a lot.
Other characters I like so far include Jon Snow and Dany but due to the erruption on social media after series 5 concluded recently I'm trying desperately hard to not get attached to any characters as I'm well aware of George R R Martins love of killing characters. Therefore I'm fully expecting almost everyone over the age of about 25/30 at the beginning of this book to be killed off in so-me form or another reasonably soon so that the group of children can take the thrones and cause havoc.
A problem I often have with fantasy books is the names, which in Lord of the Rings led to complete confusion in the final book. So I may be using the actors matched to the character to keep a rough track of whose who. So I know Ned Stark has the whole winter is coming meme:
Another thing I'm struggling to get my head around is the sear vastness of the setting. Basically it's permanently cold in the North and hot in the South. It snows in the North and is sunny in the South. In the UK that doesn't happen, there are changes in temperature with it being colder up North than in the South but not that bigger difference. I suppose that larger change is found in North America but if I'm being honest I'm amazed at how big North America actually is.
Anyway these are just a few of my thoughts from the first couple of hundred pages of A Game of Thrones, I will update you as I progress and I fully expect to have my heart broken multiple times over the next few weeks.
Rhona x
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
London Calling
Hello people of the internet,
How are you all? Not too stressed about the impending exam season I hope although probably untrue. For my birthday I was very luck to be given, by a large group of friends, tickets to see Les Mis in the West End. I saw the film when it was released and instantly fell in love with the story and the music. I spent a lot of time watching videos of performances from things like the 10th anniversary and without a doubt would be balling by the end of certain songs such as One Day More.
So having been given the tickets I decided to make a bit more of a day of it and took my little brother along. As we left the cinema he said "I don't get it," and so I dragged him along, most willingly, to London. Now getting to London from where we live is no easy feat. You have to get a train to a major station in London which is fine and takes just over an hour. But then to get to the nearest station you have to get a lift or a bus and then once you're in London it's on multiple tubes to get to the right place. This is probably no different for anyone else trying to get into London but for a girl who lives in the middle of nowhere and has to get a lift or drive everywhere it seems like a lot of effort. Plus I never have any money and London is not cheap.
Anyways we got on the train and sat there for an hour in fairly stony silence as the train gradually filled up. We get on at one of the first stations so luckily had a seat. My brother gets the train on a regular basis so this was no big deal for him but I won't lie to you it was quite exciting to sit on a train for all of half an hour. Then I was bored and the silence we surround ourselves with did nothing to cure the boredom.
Then we arrived in London and trecked our way through Victoria to the tube and headed for the museums. Exiting the station we were cheerfully informed by someone from the natural history museum that the que was at least an hour long. I'm way too impatient for that so we headed down the road to the V and A which the brother hated. I placated him by sitting in the cafe for half an hour before wandering round to see the pretty things. He wasn't particularly impressed by a lot of things but he didn't seem to mind too much.
Then the Pièce de résistance. Les Misérables. It was incredible. So much better than I hoped and I cried. A lot.; But I cry at everything, I mean everything. Especially if things are happy. Now I've seen the entire musical online through the multiple concerts that the ever changing cast that have been put on but to see the acting and hear the songs live and in front of you was amazing.The only tiny flaw in the entire thing was the small children in front of us who couldn't sit still and kept moving which would end up blocking the stage so then we would keep shifting to see.
How are you all? Not too stressed about the impending exam season I hope although probably untrue. For my birthday I was very luck to be given, by a large group of friends, tickets to see Les Mis in the West End. I saw the film when it was released and instantly fell in love with the story and the music. I spent a lot of time watching videos of performances from things like the 10th anniversary and without a doubt would be balling by the end of certain songs such as One Day More.
So having been given the tickets I decided to make a bit more of a day of it and took my little brother along. As we left the cinema he said "I don't get it," and so I dragged him along, most willingly, to London. Now getting to London from where we live is no easy feat. You have to get a train to a major station in London which is fine and takes just over an hour. But then to get to the nearest station you have to get a lift or a bus and then once you're in London it's on multiple tubes to get to the right place. This is probably no different for anyone else trying to get into London but for a girl who lives in the middle of nowhere and has to get a lift or drive everywhere it seems like a lot of effort. Plus I never have any money and London is not cheap.
Anyways we got on the train and sat there for an hour in fairly stony silence as the train gradually filled up. We get on at one of the first stations so luckily had a seat. My brother gets the train on a regular basis so this was no big deal for him but I won't lie to you it was quite exciting to sit on a train for all of half an hour. Then I was bored and the silence we surround ourselves with did nothing to cure the boredom.
Then we arrived in London and trecked our way through Victoria to the tube and headed for the museums. Exiting the station we were cheerfully informed by someone from the natural history museum that the que was at least an hour long. I'm way too impatient for that so we headed down the road to the V and A which the brother hated. I placated him by sitting in the cafe for half an hour before wandering round to see the pretty things. He wasn't particularly impressed by a lot of things but he didn't seem to mind too much.
Then the Pièce de résistance. Les Misérables. It was incredible. So much better than I hoped and I cried. A lot.; But I cry at everything, I mean everything. Especially if things are happy. Now I've seen the entire musical online through the multiple concerts that the ever changing cast that have been put on but to see the acting and hear the songs live and in front of you was amazing.The only tiny flaw in the entire thing was the small children in front of us who couldn't sit still and kept moving which would end up blocking the stage so then we would keep shifting to see.
But it was fabulous and even my brother loved it. I will definitely be going again and would quite happily go tomorrow.
Rhona x
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Unappreciated British Things
Hello People of the Internet,
I know this is hard to believe but there is actual sunshine in Britain today. I went outside earlier, crazy I know, and didn't turn into an icicle after 10 seconds. Anyway this got me thinking about how everyone, especially the Brits, doesn't appreciate some of the great things that are British. So I thought I'd make a list.
1. The weather. Hear me out on this one. We spend a lot of time complaining about the weather. It's too cold/wet/grey. But when we go on holiday or have a prolonged spell of "hot" weather (that is anything above about 20 degrees) we complain about how hot it is. For example last summer when we went away Britain experienced a heat wave where it was warmer the 20 degrees daily and everyone we met was fed up of the hot weather after a couple of weeks. Not to mention the gardeners whose plants were all dying due to the drought. Appreciate the weather we tend to have mild winters and warm summers not very cold winters and very hot summers.
2. National pride. This is particularly prominent in sporting events like the Ashes and the rugby. This advert from the BBC for last years six nations just shows how united the Brits are in their dislike of the English rugby team. The ashes is one of the biggest sporting events and it does unite most of the UK because unlike other sports England have actually one the Ashes. So people may be more united in dislike of Australia but they're united all the same. People would be united in other sports like football if we were actually any good at football.
3. Ad breaks on TV. I haven't been fortunate enough to actually watch American television with the ad breaks left in and I am not upset about that in the least. However it is possible to see when there was an ad break on the American programmes and assuming ours are matched up to some of them you're going to spend more time watching adverts than the actual programme. The show runs for an hour but actually only lasts about 40minutes and although we have to sit through the same amount of ads so that the programme lasts an hour it doesn't have an ad break every five minutes. We even have channels with no adverts on them.
4. The Queen. OK so people love the Queen and people also hate her but the Queen agreed to be part of a short James Bond film used in the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Not only that but she improvised some small changes to make it 100 times better. Then there are times when she does things like this, which if it isn't awesome I don't know what is.
So there are a few unappreciated British things there are plenty more.
Rhona x
I know this is hard to believe but there is actual sunshine in Britain today. I went outside earlier, crazy I know, and didn't turn into an icicle after 10 seconds. Anyway this got me thinking about how everyone, especially the Brits, doesn't appreciate some of the great things that are British. So I thought I'd make a list.
1. The weather. Hear me out on this one. We spend a lot of time complaining about the weather. It's too cold/wet/grey. But when we go on holiday or have a prolonged spell of "hot" weather (that is anything above about 20 degrees) we complain about how hot it is. For example last summer when we went away Britain experienced a heat wave where it was warmer the 20 degrees daily and everyone we met was fed up of the hot weather after a couple of weeks. Not to mention the gardeners whose plants were all dying due to the drought. Appreciate the weather we tend to have mild winters and warm summers not very cold winters and very hot summers.
2. National pride. This is particularly prominent in sporting events like the Ashes and the rugby. This advert from the BBC for last years six nations just shows how united the Brits are in their dislike of the English rugby team. The ashes is one of the biggest sporting events and it does unite most of the UK because unlike other sports England have actually one the Ashes. So people may be more united in dislike of Australia but they're united all the same. People would be united in other sports like football if we were actually any good at football.
3. Ad breaks on TV. I haven't been fortunate enough to actually watch American television with the ad breaks left in and I am not upset about that in the least. However it is possible to see when there was an ad break on the American programmes and assuming ours are matched up to some of them you're going to spend more time watching adverts than the actual programme. The show runs for an hour but actually only lasts about 40minutes and although we have to sit through the same amount of ads so that the programme lasts an hour it doesn't have an ad break every five minutes. We even have channels with no adverts on them.
4. The Queen. OK so people love the Queen and people also hate her but the Queen agreed to be part of a short James Bond film used in the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Not only that but she improvised some small changes to make it 100 times better. Then there are times when she does things like this, which if it isn't awesome I don't know what is.
So there are a few unappreciated British things there are plenty more.
Rhona x
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Feminism
Hello People of the internet,
I have several ideas for posts at the moment but none of them really established into concrete ideas that weren't a re write of someone elses article. So I might just waffle for a bit and see where I end up, feel free to leave when you get bored.
So in the past year or so I have noticed the increase in feminism in conversations, in the media and other sources. Maybe it's just my age making me more aware of the issue but also there are videos like this raising the issue. In my opinion the most important part of the speech is when she raises the point of men being subject to inequality. Many people have said they aren't feminists because they're man haters and that's just not cool with me.
Feminism is not about man hating it's about equality for BOTH sexes not just women. As Emma pointed out the main cause of death for men in Britain is suicide. That is a shocking fact, that so many men feel they cannot talk about their feelings because it would make them appear "weak" or a "pussy". I hate the fact that so many people refuse to say they are feminists because they believe they are man haters. Feminism is about equality and every man should feel it is OK to speak about his feelings without being judged. To feel he can seek the support he needs rather than bottling it up and hoping it will go away. Too often people are busy shouting about female inequality that they forget that men face it as well. Male inequality is not often represented in the media and we need to start making as much noise about it as we do with female inequality.
I am incredibly lucky to be in the position I am in, I can go to school and get an education and a job. But so many girls can't. Look at Malala Yousafzai the seventeen year old girl who was shot in the head for wanting to get an education. All over the world girls are forced to marry men far older than them. In studies it has been found that employers, both male and female, would pick a man over a woman for higher ranked jobs. Men are being paid far higher sums of money than women for the same job. That's not OK. I hope that one day I will be in a job where I am paid the same, no more no less, than my male colleagues which at the moment is not happening. These are just a few of the issues that women around the world are facing and they need to change.
In the future I hope for equality for men and women. So that men feel comfortable with their feelings and women are no longer continuously told to "calm down" or "stop worrying." That women can be allowed to take control without being bossy or seen as strong. That men aren't called weak if they're having a hard time. So my children can grow up without feeling the need to fill gender stereotypes, so they can decide for themselves who they are. Stand up proudly and say "I am a feminist! I believe in equality for both sexes."
If your still here thank you for reading my rubbish I'm just as surprised as you are about where this went, it all started with a picture of Taylor Swift and now here I am talking about forced marriages. I'm not sure I've really said everything I wanted to so there may be a part 2 in the future.
Ta-ra person of the internet.
Rhona x
I have several ideas for posts at the moment but none of them really established into concrete ideas that weren't a re write of someone elses article. So I might just waffle for a bit and see where I end up, feel free to leave when you get bored.
So in the past year or so I have noticed the increase in feminism in conversations, in the media and other sources. Maybe it's just my age making me more aware of the issue but also there are videos like this raising the issue. In my opinion the most important part of the speech is when she raises the point of men being subject to inequality. Many people have said they aren't feminists because they're man haters and that's just not cool with me.
Feminism is not about man hating it's about equality for BOTH sexes not just women. As Emma pointed out the main cause of death for men in Britain is suicide. That is a shocking fact, that so many men feel they cannot talk about their feelings because it would make them appear "weak" or a "pussy". I hate the fact that so many people refuse to say they are feminists because they believe they are man haters. Feminism is about equality and every man should feel it is OK to speak about his feelings without being judged. To feel he can seek the support he needs rather than bottling it up and hoping it will go away. Too often people are busy shouting about female inequality that they forget that men face it as well. Male inequality is not often represented in the media and we need to start making as much noise about it as we do with female inequality.
I am incredibly lucky to be in the position I am in, I can go to school and get an education and a job. But so many girls can't. Look at Malala Yousafzai the seventeen year old girl who was shot in the head for wanting to get an education. All over the world girls are forced to marry men far older than them. In studies it has been found that employers, both male and female, would pick a man over a woman for higher ranked jobs. Men are being paid far higher sums of money than women for the same job. That's not OK. I hope that one day I will be in a job where I am paid the same, no more no less, than my male colleagues which at the moment is not happening. These are just a few of the issues that women around the world are facing and they need to change.
In the future I hope for equality for men and women. So that men feel comfortable with their feelings and women are no longer continuously told to "calm down" or "stop worrying." That women can be allowed to take control without being bossy or seen as strong. That men aren't called weak if they're having a hard time. So my children can grow up without feeling the need to fill gender stereotypes, so they can decide for themselves who they are. Stand up proudly and say "I am a feminist! I believe in equality for both sexes."
If your still here thank you for reading my rubbish I'm just as surprised as you are about where this went, it all started with a picture of Taylor Swift and now here I am talking about forced marriages. I'm not sure I've really said everything I wanted to so there may be a part 2 in the future.
Ta-ra person of the internet.
Rhona x
Saturday, 3 January 2015
New Year!
Hello People of the internet,
I hope your Christmas and New Year were smashing and filled with good food and drink. It seems ages since I was in my little corner of the internet, in fact it was. I've just had a look and I haven't been here since October, I'm horrified. I thought it was November. Sorry everybody but it's a new year and I can vow to do better. Which I do intend to, fairly sure I've said that before.
So this year instead of making resolutions I decided to make a list of goals and dreams. Basically because then when I don't do everything on the list I can say it's a dream. Some of course won't become a reality like being happy, it's not possible to be happy especially with everything happening this year (A-levels, uni ect). As Carl Jung said " The word happiness would lose it's meaning were it not balanced by sadness." I have tried to keep them realistic as possible with things like maintain my fitness. Once the hockey season ends at Easter I tend to carry on eating huge amounts and doing little to no exercise. Which has not affected me negatively except starting the hockey season again in September is hell. This year I would like to be able to hit the ground running rather than at a slow jog. Having said that we've had a break over Christmas and I have done very little exercise, I have two weeks to change that. I'm not looking forward to that.
Another goal and dream is to explore more. I really wanted to say travel but I know this summer, unless it's with my family, I won't be able to afford to go anywhere exotic. So by putting explore I can jump in the car, which I can now legally drive by myself having passed earlier last month, and toddle off to somewhere near ish by. So I won't be jetting off to Thailand or Australia in the summer I might make it to Cornwall though.
Several are really generic including: work hard, read, write, take more photos, play more music.
They are all hobbies that I tend to neglect in certain times when getting my violin out or finding inspiration for photos seems like effort. Yet I admire the work of people who have put years into their work and wish I could be like that. I'm a very lazy person and I hate that so maybe I should have changed it to something like put some effort.
My favourite by far is to have more solo dance parties! Basically I put my music on really loud and dance like a maniac. It is amazing. To make it even better my family can't hear each other from the other side of the room so they don't complain that it's too loud.
Another thing I'm trying to do this year, inspired by a friend of mine who did this last year and an article on a similar idea, is to make what I'm calling a happiness jar where I hope to write down all the good memories and happy things that have happened and then go back and read them this time net year. So far I've managed one note which is pretty good going considering it's the 3rd.
The real challenge with these will be sticking to them or acheiving as many as possible.
What are your resolutions/goals/dreams for 2015?
Rhona x
I hope your Christmas and New Year were smashing and filled with good food and drink. It seems ages since I was in my little corner of the internet, in fact it was. I've just had a look and I haven't been here since October, I'm horrified. I thought it was November. Sorry everybody but it's a new year and I can vow to do better. Which I do intend to, fairly sure I've said that before.
So this year instead of making resolutions I decided to make a list of goals and dreams. Basically because then when I don't do everything on the list I can say it's a dream. Some of course won't become a reality like being happy, it's not possible to be happy especially with everything happening this year (A-levels, uni ect). As Carl Jung said " The word happiness would lose it's meaning were it not balanced by sadness." I have tried to keep them realistic as possible with things like maintain my fitness. Once the hockey season ends at Easter I tend to carry on eating huge amounts and doing little to no exercise. Which has not affected me negatively except starting the hockey season again in September is hell. This year I would like to be able to hit the ground running rather than at a slow jog. Having said that we've had a break over Christmas and I have done very little exercise, I have two weeks to change that. I'm not looking forward to that.
Another goal and dream is to explore more. I really wanted to say travel but I know this summer, unless it's with my family, I won't be able to afford to go anywhere exotic. So by putting explore I can jump in the car, which I can now legally drive by myself having passed earlier last month, and toddle off to somewhere near ish by. So I won't be jetting off to Thailand or Australia in the summer I might make it to Cornwall though.
Several are really generic including: work hard, read, write, take more photos, play more music.
They are all hobbies that I tend to neglect in certain times when getting my violin out or finding inspiration for photos seems like effort. Yet I admire the work of people who have put years into their work and wish I could be like that. I'm a very lazy person and I hate that so maybe I should have changed it to something like put some effort.
My favourite by far is to have more solo dance parties! Basically I put my music on really loud and dance like a maniac. It is amazing. To make it even better my family can't hear each other from the other side of the room so they don't complain that it's too loud.
Another thing I'm trying to do this year, inspired by a friend of mine who did this last year and an article on a similar idea, is to make what I'm calling a happiness jar where I hope to write down all the good memories and happy things that have happened and then go back and read them this time net year. So far I've managed one note which is pretty good going considering it's the 3rd.
The real challenge with these will be sticking to them or acheiving as many as possible.
What are your resolutions/goals/dreams for 2015?
Rhona x
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Tell People
Hello people of the internet,
so this is a sort of not really continuation from the last post. I use the term sort of very loosely but it does stem from the type one teens facebook group and the way people handle their diabetes. Somebody asked questions about telling their friends/employers/first daters about their diabetes. My immediate answer is yes, I make no attempt to hide it and am all for answering any questions as this helps diminish the ignorance which is often shown in our media. But it always surprises me just how many people hide their diabetes and are embarrassed about it. So many people wont tell people about it and I'm unsure if they realise how dangerous that can be. What happens if you have a severe hypo and end up collapsing? If the people you are with don't know about your diabetes they won't be able to tell the paramedics and therefore the necessary glucose you would need as soon as possible you may not get.
Another scenario would include drinking and people may assume you're just passed out drunk and again the vital things needed you may not receive. I think my main point here is that you must tell someone about it, especially on nights out. Always have a form of medical id on you that way if you insist on not telling anyone then at least the medical teams will know.
I personally don't see why people are embarrassed about having a chronic condition that isn't your fault. However I have been very fortunate in the fact that I have never encountered the negative reactions many people have experienced due to the ignorance. So maybe I'm being a bit harsh about it bur the seriousness of not telling people is so much worse than being laughed at.
So in summary, TELL PEOPLE about your chronic horrific soul sucking illness.
Rhona x
so this is a sort of not really continuation from the last post. I use the term sort of very loosely but it does stem from the type one teens facebook group and the way people handle their diabetes. Somebody asked questions about telling their friends/employers/first daters about their diabetes. My immediate answer is yes, I make no attempt to hide it and am all for answering any questions as this helps diminish the ignorance which is often shown in our media. But it always surprises me just how many people hide their diabetes and are embarrassed about it. So many people wont tell people about it and I'm unsure if they realise how dangerous that can be. What happens if you have a severe hypo and end up collapsing? If the people you are with don't know about your diabetes they won't be able to tell the paramedics and therefore the necessary glucose you would need as soon as possible you may not get.
Another scenario would include drinking and people may assume you're just passed out drunk and again the vital things needed you may not receive. I think my main point here is that you must tell someone about it, especially on nights out. Always have a form of medical id on you that way if you insist on not telling anyone then at least the medical teams will know.
I personally don't see why people are embarrassed about having a chronic condition that isn't your fault. However I have been very fortunate in the fact that I have never encountered the negative reactions many people have experienced due to the ignorance. So maybe I'm being a bit harsh about it bur the seriousness of not telling people is so much worse than being laughed at.
So in summary, TELL PEOPLE about your chronic horrific soul sucking illness.
Rhona x
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