May is
both Lupus and Arthritis Awareness month.
I don’t love these awareness months, as for me, awareness is 24/7/365 –
in other words, every day of the year. And
while I know that these months are designed to make those healthy people around
us aware, with my blog, I hope that I create awareness, again, every day of the
week, every month of the year.
It’s also
walk season, and I have various issues with these fundraisers. I think it’s absurd to have lupus walks
outside, when so many of us are photosensitive.
But moving
away from my critiques, one important thing to take from both the months and
the walks is to get moving.
This year,
HealthCentral is doing a big push for exercise in May for Arthritis Awareness
month. Check out this awesome video of
the RA writers exercising:
Because I
had to video my workouts for HealthCentral, I made this video of myself
kickboxing:
Regardless
of your personal opinions about the awareness months and walks, a good lesson
to take as the weather (finally) gets nice is to get up and get moving!