I just think it's unfortunate that this illness already makes us feel bad enough and on top of it we have to feel bad or guilty when it affects others. In my mind I have enough to deal with already, I'm not going to waste more emotional energy on feeling guilty. Personally my family (namely my mother) does not understand my illness and will make it a point to be condescending and try to make me feel guilty, and I'm just done with it. If people don't understand that I have an illness that I cannot control then they don't need to be in my life. Luckily my fiance is VERY understanding and I almost never need to apologize to him because he gets it. I'm not going to spend my life...apologizing for my life. That's just how I feel.