Dear Diary, 

I finally did something today that I've been wanting to do for a long time! I made Epilepsy Awareness t-shirts to spread the word worldwide! I'm tired of this damn disease. It's time for a cure. 
If you've already talked to me and gotten to know me a little bit on a personal level, you know that I suffer with epilepsy and my life is not as easy as everyone else's. I can't drive. I can't work a real job. I am hospitalized every other week. I can barely eat most of the time. 
I try to be like everyone else. You would never know I was sick if I didn't tell you..unless you question why I'm in the hospital all the time. 
I did pretty good today, but I ended up with a headache after cleaning my pool and spending some time relaxing in the sun. Normally caffeine helps, but it didn't today. Of course, medication was my last resort. Taking a million pills a day gets annoying, but I guess that's the way I'm forced to live my life. It's now 4:39 AM and I'm wide awake. I can't fall asleep every night unless I take sleeping medication. Just another great side effect of my illness. 
Talking to everyone on MFC helps me feel normal. I don't have a social life, so this is my substitute. Sure, it pays the bills..but I wouldn't be able to feel sane if I didn't have these wonderful people. The only way I get through school and medical stress is my online double life. I'm so grateful to have you all. 

-xoxo,  Alexa