Moving is hard no matter who you are or what you are facing in your life. It’s scary, intimidating, complicated. Especially if you’re thinking about moving across the country like I am. But it becomes even more complicated when you try to factor in everything having to do with epilepsy.
If I didn’t have it, all I would have to think about would be:
· Housing cost
· Job market
· Transportation
· Weather
· If I can bring my pets
· Should I get a roommate
· How am I going to find the place
· How should I furnish it
· Will my plants survive
· Surrounding areas
· How long will I live there
· Rent or buy
Ok, that’s a lot, but it’s all manageable. It’s something everyone has to face at some point or another in their life and it’s not like they’re going to be facing it alone. That’s always the thing that keeps me going. Having a strong support system available whenever I need them. Moving across the country means that I lose that system.
It’s all doable. I’m not the first person with epilepsy to be moving away from home. But it’s more overwhelming than people might think.
As with almost everything, there are the additional things that people like me would have to deal with in addition to the difficulties that people without any kind of disorder have to face. I also have to worry about:
· Public transportation (can’t drive myself)
· Have someone else drive me or fly and ship stuff
· Nearest epileptologist
· Nearest emergency room
· Transferring medical information
· Emergency Contact
I’ve had to face difficulties before. Getting lost without a working phone, getting diagnosed with epilepsy, going away to college hours away from home. I figured out how to deal with all of those things. This is just a bigger step than everything else.
I can do it though.
Right?
Xx
5 months, 26 days
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