I am starting my own collection of ribbons guys. I already have a turquoise for Dysautonomia, Purple for Pancreatic Cancer: I had a nonfunctioning neuroendocrine tumor (NET) on my pancreas. It was the only time that I was happy to be in the 5%. There are likely other ribbons out there that I can add to the group but the one that I am talking about today is yellow for Sjogren's Disease.

I would like to start this by stating that this is truly more for me than anyone else. This may also be for my children, if they ever do read this. I did survive 9/11 and it was extremely traumatic for obvious reasons. I have discussed it over the years with those who have asked, but I never wrote about it. I always meant to but when I would try, I would get the visuals all over again. I also avoid all media that day because for some reason, they like replaying the news clips

Before I get into this post I wanted to add that it was not lost on me that I couldn't find one picture to use of a young/ish woman using a walker. This lends to the apprehension that I felt as I struggled through this real time and why I truly wanted to write this post. Many people struggle with invisible illness and that is bad enough but once it becomes visible without context, the attention can be too much to handle. As a person with POTS, I've had to deal with many chall