This week I've been working on some "Sarcoidosis Warrior" designs. Honestly when I was first diagnosed with Sarcoidosis and was told that the purple awareness ribbon and the snowflake were symbols of the disease, I thought it was all rather silly. To me, it seemed a bit whiny and attention getting. However, I was wrong. The "symbols" are all about gaining awareness, and as sarcoidosis is a fairly rare disease, awareness means money for research, which is desperately needed. Awareness also helps with understanding and helps those who are fighting the disease. Awareness helps those fighting the disease get the government help they need; at the moment it is extremely difficult for people with sarcoidosis to get disability (the disease can kill, causes horrible pain and exhaustion, and can spread through the whole body. Some people can easily work with the disease, others cannot). Many Doctors have no idea what Sarcoidosis is and sadly getting proper treatment is extremely difficult.
Sarcoidosis got purple for their awareness ribbon as it is an autoimmune disease (and they all get purple). We get the snowflake cause we are all a bunch of "special snowflakes" LOL. Seriously, it's because sarcoidosis affects us all differently: I have it in my lungs and lymph nodes, while the next person can have it in their brain and kidney, and the next person in their eyes and heart. It can spread from organ to organ quickly, but it can also magically disappear just as quickly. All snowflakes are different and all sarcoidosis cases are different.
So, here's my new designs :)
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