Once many years ago I read a book called "The Simple Life." I am fairly certain that I never actually finished the book, but I still have it (sitting all dusty on the shelf) with the eventual plan of reading it again. The message of the book was that people are unhappy and stressed because all to often our lives to do not mirror our values. So there I was thinking deeply, as all those self help books prompt readers to do - making a list of what was most important in my life - a rather difficult task!
Here was my list:
- Health
- Relationships
- Adventures
- Fulfilling Work
- God
Of course as a sickie, nothing is more important than focusing on making sure that I am as healthy as I can possibly be - Right?! It always made sense to me to have health be a number one priority, but looking back, I have not been living my list!
Like the rest of the world - I HATE to make doctors appointments. As a person who grew up in the cell phone era, I literally have to force myself to make phone calls. Why don't doctors offices do text? Then 
comes the actual appointment doctors appointment. EWW!! I have to go drive to a facility and wait an hour for some doctor to come in and see me for 5 min and then send me on my way. Inevitably this will lead to having to make yet another appointment.
As a sickie there are soo many appointments - and I'm not even that sick yet! Might as well get used to it now I guess... BARF
Then there is the ordering of medication. As most sickies will relate with, I cannot just go to the pharmacy and pick up a majority of my meds. Most medications come to me in the mail, which for all intents and purposes seems like it would be the easiest option. Well it is not for this girl! Can I please just go to the pharmacy and talk to a lady behind a counter for two seconds to get my supplies!? Unfortunately not. I have to call in, wait on hold, verify who I am, how I'm feeling, shipping, etc. I HATE calling people. Because I hate the process, every month I wait until the last minute to order these life saving medications - thank god for overnight shipping!
And please could I just remember to actually take the medication!? No sorry. Now that I am adult I have these nifty little pill containers, that I am not too bad a filling up each week. Taking an inhaler four times a day? Now that is the difficult part.
Lets not even get started on how I lost 12 lbs this spring, then gained back 14 over the summer and the fall.
Here I am complaining about how hard it is to be sick, and I know that so many people have it much worse than I do. What I am I going to do later in life!?
Well it is time to get with the program! Keeping this list front and 
center I need to remember that focusing on being as healthy as I can be is really the top priority, and nothing else can really come before. Shouldn't this be the case for everyone? Even non-sickies should make their personal health a priority. Lets face it without our health, we can't live the live we want to live, and there really isn't anything more important than living a good and fulfilling life.