Mini rant

I'm not sure if I'll be able to write this without sounding rude/crude or offending someone. Probably not, but it is my rant/vent so here goes.

I'm so tired of seeing posts, etc., of disease 'xyz' kills more people than disease 'abc' 'def' 'chi' put together. It doesn't matter how many more or less people a disease kills, it still kills them. Just because your friend, family member, etc. suffered from the 'xyz' doesn't make the other diseases any less important. It doesn't make the heartache of the people who know someone who died from the other diseases any less or the suffering of a person who has one of the other diseases less. Personally I would feel worse, because it makes it seem like people think that the person was less important than the person who has/had the other disease(s) was less important than the one who has/had 'xyz' disease.

This affects me a lot since Olivia has cystic fibrosis. CF is still considered to be a 'rare' disease. So, yes, not as many people die from it because not as many people have it. However, it is considered a terminal disease. She will NOT be 'cured' of it, nor will she ever have a 'remission' from it. It will always be there. And she may not die in 'childhood' but her life expectancy is only about 35 years old. So chances are that I will outlive my child.

HER DISEASE IS JUST IMPORTANT AS ANY OTHER DISEASE AND SHOULD NOT BE LISTED AS AN EXAMPLE OF A DISEASE THAT KILLS LESS PEOPLE THUS MAKING IT LESS IMPORTANT TO TRY AND CURE!! Nor should any other disease be listed in that fashion.

I'm not trying to be insensitive to those who have had to deal with 'xyz' disease. I do sympathize with their passion to find a cure for their disease and what they have had to go through. However, I think it is terribly insensitive of them to post things that make it seem that one disease is more important than another. I don't think they are purposely trying to be insensitive. I think they just aren't thinking about how people who have to deal with the other diseases that they are listing feel.

I hope that makes sense. And I was trying to be sensitive by not listing any specific diseases except for my daughter's.