Hi Natalie, I agree that generally I don't care what people think, but it's harder with people like my Grandma who are trying to be sympathetic but failing. She doesn't understand that even with medicine there are things I just will never be able to eat again, she thinks it can be "cured" and that I'm too young to be sick.
Those are the toughies.
But I really wanted to ask where in Kentucky you're from? My husband and I live in Austin but we both grew up in Louisville.