RE: Re: Karma

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wen i was first diadgnosed i wanted to die the pain was bad worse than

childbirth but coping great now i have family and friends to help life is

not sposed to be easy its the fighters who last

>From: " glokay20022002 " <glokay20022002@...>

>Reply-Rheumatoid Arthritis

>Rheumatoid Arthritis

>Subject: Re: Karma

>Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:10:38 -0000

>

>

>Bless your heart, you are so young to go through this. I know that this

>seems horrible, life I mean, but you have got to stop and smell the

>roses sweetheart.

>

>RA is a horrible disease and it seems to spin off several other

>diseases.Since being dxd with ra I have developed diabetes, sjogren's

>syndrome, degenerative spine disease, osteoporosis, and when I go to my

>appt on Fri., they are going to check me for ms. I also had to go to an

>allergist and found out that I am extremely allergic to my dog!!! I

>think that things happen in cycles. 6 years ago my 16 mnth old

>grandaughter passed away, then exactly 1 year later, my mother was

>mowing her yard, and just died. She had lupus. Then, 1 yr later, my best

>friend committed suicide.

>

>Baby, what I am trying to tell you is it's just life. Some just have it

>a little rougher than some. I find that prayer helps to calm me, and to

>accept what I am going through. I just look around me and always see

>that there are people alot less fortunate in this world. It is then, I

>realize that I have alot to be thankful for.

>

>Hang in there kiddo, this group is the best thing that has happened to

>me since ra.

>

>Hugs from Ok., Gloria

>

>

>--- In Rheumatoid Arthritis , " newnichol " <newnichol@...>

>wrote:

> >

> > Does anyone out there believe in Karma? I just do not know in which

> > lifetime I went very wrong. I must have been Jack the Ripper in

> > another life and I hope that each since has gotten just a little bit

> > better so maybe one day I can come back as something beautiful and

> > carefree...like a butterfly.

> >

> > I thought that I had been living a good life...a right life. I have

> > always been good to people and animals. I went to college and then

> > law school. I thought my life was just beginning. That is

> > where...somewhere...somehow...it took a major left turn.

> >

> > In 1997 I started to get very, very sick and I went everywhere...and

> > I mean everywhere and no one could tell me what was wrong. Four

> > years later, still undiagnosed and by this time in a wheelchair, I

> > just wanted to know what was wrong. I didn't even care if it would

> > be something that would result in my death...I just wanted to know.

> >

> > Finally...I was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder called

> > Startle Disease. Little did I know that was the beginning of the end

> > for me.

> >

> > No...Startle Disease does not kill you but I have been though

> > hospitalization after hospitalization since then.

> >

> > Than April of last year I got a PE (Pulmonary Embolism) and was

> > hospitalized for that. In june I had to have my gall bladder removed

> > and I finally thought I was done. How much can one person take?

> >

> > Not to mention that in March and April my mom...my best friend...went

> > into a coma because she just stopped breathing. They did not think

> > for the longest time that she would ever come off. Thankfully she

> > did.

> >

> > Then this past November I went to the ER for a migraine. The IV left

> > me with a systemic staph infection that was MRSA. I had to have

> > surgery on my hand to save it.

> >

> > Since November I have known that something has just not been right

> > with my health. Now I know what it is...RA. I am told that it has

> > been caused my the MRSA. So I went from a migraine to MRSA and now

> > RA on top of my Startle Disease.

> >

> > How much can one person take? What on God's Green Earth did I EVER

> > do to deserve all the suffering I have gone through? I just cannot

> > figure it out and am tired of trying.

> >

> > I give. UNCLE for Christ's sake! I am sorry but my shoulders are

> > just not this big! Do you think all of those butterflies were once

> > where I am now?

> >

> > Please just let this end and let me be a butterfly!

> >

>

>

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