Debate

At work today we were discussing amongst three of us how bad migraines are. The one other female and I were saying how badly that hurt and the boy chimed in that he has had one and it was not that bad. To which I replied that until he has had enough of them that he has to be medicated he has no idea how bad they really are. He then said that he could name something worse that a Migraine, seizures. Having dated a gentleman who has seizures, I can say that for me watching them (and I saw only two in nine years that I have known him) how scary they are for those around the person with the seizures. I do not know from a personal experience how bad they are to the person having them, but I hope that I do not discount what others go through simply because I have "more" disabilities than they do. I firmly believe that everyone is given their personal struggles for a reason. I feel that for me I needed them for a few reasons. One being to learn, another being to help others. I hope that I can be a source of inspiration to someone when they feel that getting an education is outside of their grasp. The same young man said that his reading, math, and written skills are too low to go to college. I tried to suggest to him that he go to a junior college, like I did so that he can work to the point of being able to eventually graduate from college. He then continued to say that if he were diabetic like me (which actually it is insulin resistance, but close enough) that he would not care and would eat chocolate everyday. I started to get a little agitated with him and tried to reason with him. Another co-worker who was working behind us told the kid that I had plenty of room to talk because I have a lot going on with me. He understands like no one else that I work with how hard it is to change my diet, his step-mom died recently from diabetes complications.