[Anonymous May 18, 2000 at 11:25 pm Post count: 93172]

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Hay Bluesky,

Go for it!! I went back to school after a break for Graves’. It has been good so far and I have been able to keep up and even do very well. It is kind of funny to see the “kids” and the looks you get but what the heck.

It is worth ever efort you put into it.

Jake
On-line facilitator

[Anonymous May 19, 2000 at 3:55 am Post count: 93172]

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Hi.. I to have graves disease and a really shocking memory. I was diagnosed with Graves disease a year to go in my studies. I could say everything was fine but it wasnt. My grades went from a A to a just pass and still battling. Only 6 weeks to go and then finished my degree. My advice to you would be just take every day at a time and if it gets to much just cut back on your units if you can and give yourself a break. I put all of my notes on a dictaphone tape and play it back when i cant sleep in bed.. It seems to help a bit just a suggestion anyway.

Good luck

[Anonymous May 19, 2000 at 11:28 am Post count: 93172]

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Thanks so much, Jake! I really needed yesterday & to entertain the thought. I had my husband holding me last night, while I ran off a laundry list of things I realized I wished for….crying my bloody eyes out! Guess what came out last…the school thing.

Just to see the others, openly talking about now. The present. I’ve had to fight so hard to determine what I could realisticly do! I know exactly why I took 20 years to finish two “incompletes”, in order to receive my B.A. …I just couldn’t see to read! Ahh, the earlier days.

That perfectionist thing – fear of failure, is a new concept for me to try to live. I realize that the fear in me is overwhelming at times. The battles in reality aren’t helpful! Boy, is that a mouthful! I mean, I was sooooooo much younger, faster, quicker the first time. Now, duh, what was I saying? …. it’s extremely frightening. My guts say I’m crazy – I know what level of stamina this would require. My mind has always “rushed on”…even with my body lagging or immobile.

Knowing GD, and the sub-role it would have to take, blows me away. I’m not in control, you see…..from the gut. Even though the distracters of the past are no longer present, externally speaking, I am ravaged occasionally with “Fibromyalgia”, too. God people move fast on a campus! Given all these excuses, I fall short of application!

Yep, I do strongly believe in physc. visits. Try to work those in at least every five years or so. Positive affirmations and cognitive therapies are great for GD. Probably the biggest thing to hold on to for me is that everything is done in baby steps. Law school likes to set a number of years, or your out. Deep breathing exercises don’t do much for that anxiety. Being on SS Disability anyway, I still want to walk into classes as an equal, when I no the “handicaps” that still plague me daily. It’s like jumping a new mountain range. Done it before, can I do it again? Not SHOULD I go to Law School. I conquered that one!

Being a lone cheerleader for ourselves is something I didn’t master. I make stabbing attempts. But, even as I write that, I know I’m better than I’ve ever been. Ugh! Thanks so much for the words of encouragement! I woke up hoping that I’d receive a response…thank you. Take care – I’m still standing.

[Anonymous May 19, 2000 at 5:52 pm Post count: 93172]

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Hear Hear!!

It took me forever to decide to go back. Did the what ifs and such. Finally said OK. So off I went. So far I am doing well. So far I am able to keep juggling everything in my life. So Far!!

I have learned to step back and take a break when my body says I need one. I am having fun (so far).

Go for it!!!!!

Jake

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