Arthritis and Me
An Illness is one thing, but my life is everything
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Arthritis and Me came about to inspire young adults to never give up on their dreams and goals. I have made mistakes in my life that I am not proud of; but at the end of the day I was able to learn and move forward to better choices in life with an illness that I have had since childhood. I have struggled as being a single parent and continuously helping others when I could barely help myself. I suffered through bad relationships with men and hanging with the wrong crowd, which resulted in me losing my way. I knew where I wanted to go in life, but didn’t know how to access that motive to further better myself. I gained experiences along the way with certain jobs with the opportunity of becoming promoted to higher positions. My problem was always listening to others tell me what to do instead of figuring out what worked best for me and my child.
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My name is Monique McKenzie, and I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since age six. The doctor that diagnosed me informed me that I would be in a wheelchair and no longer able to walk at fifteen. By the grace of God, I am thirty years old and still standing and determined to pursue my career in event planning. I have struggled with having RA growing up because I was not able to involve myself in sports while in school like other kids could, but that never stopped me. I continued to keep myself active and involve myself in various clubs and organizations, so that I may feel part of a team. I have made mistakes and been in unstable relationships that caused me to lose my character and at times my self-respect. I am also a single mother with no sounds or whereabouts from my baby’s father and have struggled raising my child on my own for ten years. I continue to live my life with no regrets, only because it made me who I am today and moving forward is the only way I remain going!
About the Author
My name is Monique Mckenzie, and I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since age six. The doctor that diagnosed me informed me that I would be in a wheelchair and no longer able to walk at the age of fifteen. By the grace of God, I am thirty years old and still standing and determined to pursue my career in event planning. I have struggled with having RA growing up because of the fact that I was not able to involve myself in sports or any other extracurricular activities, while in school like other kids could, but that never stopped me. I continued to keep myself active and involve myself in various clubs and organizations, so that I could feel part of a team. In my young adult stage, I have made mistakes with people I associated with that I called friends, as well as being in unstable relationships that was filled with nothing but heartache, and causing me to lose my character and sometimes my self-respect. With the thought of knowing the situation was not right, but just could not seem to find my way out of it; which only caused problems to become worse. I knew what I wanted in life and it was only up to me to pursue it, since giving up on my future dreams and goals was never an option for me. I am also single mother with no sounds of my baby’s father and have struggled raising my child on my own for 10 years. I continue to live my life with no regrets, only because it made me who I am today and moving forward is the only way I will remain going!