There won't be any walks to raise money or awareness.
There won't be stores sporting plexiglass boxes asking for your spare change.
There won't be telethons on television asking you to call in pledging money.
It's just going to be me, possibly other random people (you never know) asking that you wear green in remembers of someone you know or they know that lives every day with Gastroparesis. We'll ask you, maybe more than you would care for us to do, to post on your social media pages about Gastroparesis and what you know about it. To share links to organizations like G-Pact.org where information can be found, donations can be made, and a little more understanding can be discovered. We'll ask you to link to blogs such as this one [enter cheese-face here] where people can learn what it's like to live with a disease such as Gastroparesis and other Chronic Illnesses. Statistics may be thrown in your face more than you care to see and you may be annoyed or shocked by what you read.
All I ask from ANYONE that encounters the ensuing Gastroparesis spam over the month of August is to consider it with respect as you would Cancer Awareness, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness, and the like.
As a kick off for Gastroparesis Awareness month on Saturday, it would be awesome if people would wear green and post it to social media with the hashtags #GastroparesisAwarenessMonth #GoingGreenForChristine in support of the fight that I (and MANY others) have every day with Gastroparesis so that I can find you! I hope you'll participate!!
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