Friday, January 19, 2018

DBTL: Restless Leg Syndrome Awareness

Well, THIS certainly was an educational month for me!

It's one thing to read about one of our topics that we focus on with the Digi Blog Train List - to try to understand it enough to find appropriate words or phrases to create word art. But it's something completely different to start reading about a medical condition and realize that you, yourself, have several of the symptoms on the checklist.

I always thought Restless Leg Syndrome was something that affected people who were trying to sleep. But I realize now that it could also be an explanation for my compulsive urge to squirm and move around as I sit in the evenings, often watching TV and/or working on my computer. My legs will be up on the footrest of our recliner couch, and suddenly I'll just HAVE to move and stretch them, change position, or even massage them against each other. (For anyone who has given birth...you know that urge to push? And you just can't NOT do it? It's similar to that. You can't NOT move around.) If I don't, it gets that pins-and-needles feeling.

Thankfully, that's the ONLY effect I have linked to this syndrome. Others have it much worse. You can learn more about Restless Leg Syndrome at the Restless Leg Syndrome Foundation website.

In the meantime, our group of designers have come up with mini kits, elements, papers, and even some planner pages this month.


You can pick up all of your freebies by visiting the designers' blogs:


And, as usual, I've created some word art to go along with the theme:



I hope you're able to use some of these, whether it's to scrap about RLS or some other chronic illness.

For those of you who will be back for the Scrap Designers Blog Train, note that we'vre moving our release date from the 1st of the month to the 10th of the month. So come back on February 10th for our next theme: For the Love of Food.