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dear Shannon, lot’s of times when you write when things are rough, I figure that it isn’t like there is anything really to say back to you, but that just by your writing and getting it out and not feeling invisible and by the longins and the pain being spoken, acknowledged, that you get enough energy to keep on goingand hang in there.
Your big move is alot to deal with in itself. There is a study which says that when you move you should attempt to establish little patterns that will help you relax with all the newness. For example, go to the same grocery and then if you can for a while get in the same checker’s line, so people start to get to recognize you. I have this feeling that you are going to write back and say that there is only one grocery and one checker! Or maybe you have to drive really far to a store? Or maybe you have to mail order for food? Anyway… just an idea to say sorry it is so long a haul. Hope knowing you can let it all hang out ( yikes I have linguistically dated myself) has helped you through…day by day is all anyone really can do. For today… JeannetteShannon: First, you have every right to feel down. If you didn’t, how could you ever recognize “UP”? And as for having no reason to smile, I am shocked. I mean, you have me and Dianne and Miriam and Glynnis and everyone else on this board and we don’t come cheap! It’s going to cost you a smile and a hug, and I’ll throw in the hug for you! So, from us to you and back to us, here’s a
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ABSOLUTELY HUGE HUG}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Now, to other things. I do understand. My week has been not so lovely. Sometimes, I think we are wasting our time looking for the pony in the room full of horse stuff! But, we can’t quit. There is a book called Tapestries of Life, and in it, I found the following Navajo song:
Walk on a rainbow trail;
walk on a trail of song,
and all about you will be
beauty. There is a way out
of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.I also found the following in the same book under the section on Courage:
In whatever arena of life one may meet the challenge of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience–the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men–each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient–they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDYI also found:
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear–not absence of fear.
Mark Twainthe third thing I found is related to Challenge:
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
William BlakeI feel that all of these apply to anyone with GD, but mostly the last two. And remember synergy? The sum of the parts is greater than the whole. We are all parts and together, we will be greater than the whole.
We are here for each other and I promise to do whatever I can to help all of us, even if it’s listening to someone else cry and gripe and then patting them on the back.
Mitakuye Oyasin
ValShannon:
I told Nancy about your doctor in Labrador not knowing much about Graves.
She has offered to send him lots of reading material!!I know you have faith, Shannon, and I just want to remind you to
“hold unswervingly to the faith you profess for He who promised is faithful.”
He’s not going to bail out on you and He’s gotten you thus far already. Imagine
how dark that tunnel would be without Him? In 2 Corinthians Paul tells us that
“And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is
made perfect in weakness.'” Right now, you are feeling desparately weak
in spirit, but He will lift you up. Even if your faith doesn’t seem
big enough to believe that, I will believe it for you! (Remember what I told
you about Moses, Aaron, & Hur?)In the interim, here’s a silly joke or two from my 9 yr old daughter:
Why are doctors stingy?
First they say they will treat you, then they make you pay for it.Where do squirrels go when they have a nervous breakdown?
The nut house.During the day we breathe oxygen, what do we breath at night?
Night-rogen (nitrogen).Lots of love,
GlynisShannon, so sorry you’re having a rough time right now. GD is hard
enough to deal with without having to uproot your whole life. Have
you given any thought to having surgery? I know, scary thought. But,
having just come through it, I would DEFINITELY recommend it. I knew
I didn’t want to go the RAI route, and was absolutely THROUGH with
taking 9 PTU a day just to keep my sanity. I was looking for a permanent cure to this problem. So, on 8/22 I had a subtotal thyroidectomy. Immediately I was relieved of soooo many symptoms.
I take Synthroid (.1 mg) every day and so far I am very glad I chose
surgery as my option. Let me know if you want more details on it. -
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