*Originally Published 4/18/13*
I got my report card last week and I got all A's and one B, so that was good news. But, I also had 15 absences just in one class. So far this week, I went home early on Monday and didn't go to school at all on Tuesday. It's just too hard. Between the fatigue and the constant pain school just adds on to the stress.
Something else that adds to the stress is that kids my age don't really understand what's going on with me. People always make comments to me about how much school I miss. They say "your still here?" or " why don't you come to school?" In one of my classes, which happens to be the one I leave early in most of the time, whenever they call me down to leave, there are constantly snide comments. Kids will say, "oh, there she goes again," or "I wish I always got to leave early."
I know they don't understand, but it makes me want to say: "Try living a day in my shoes." It's just so hard for people that don't have Lyme to fully get what I deal with on a daily basis. Aside from the pain I feel, another thing that make me want to stay away from school are comments like these, that just add to my feeling bad. Since I've missed so much school, I'm not included in a lot of things in class. People don't want to include me in group work because I'm never there to work on it. This makes me so upset; I am a very good student and when I am there I give the project my all. Just because I'm sick doesn't mean I don't have feelings. I may not be at school very often, but I'm still smart and when I pull thorough this I will be stronger than all of the haters.
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