Guest guest Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 The Thief of Many Lives © Kathleen Houghton --- Alaska CFS-MCS Association 1996 *Revised 2002. http://www.ourfm-cfidsworld.org/html/the_thief_of_many_lives.html I am constantly on the prowl in search of new victims. I do not discriminate---health care workers, teachers, students, airline personnel, teens, moms, dads, and innocent children are my prey. If you are dynamic and have a lust for life, I will seek you out, and I will find you. Just when you are at the peak of your endeavors, climbing that career ladder or building your family and home, I will find you. There is nothing that you have in your life today that I am not capable of destroying tomorrow, your career, your education, your goals, your dreams, your family, and your life. I will have it all. I will strip you of your ability to function at any level above minimal, and from this day on you will refer to that minimal as a " good day. " I have the ability to create an invalid out of you overnight, and I will. It will take a marathon effort for you just to get out of bed. At a cellular level your immune system will be in a constant war battling itself and unnamed viruses, which will painfully be replicating in your brain. I promise you, I will bring you despair along with pain, isolation and losses far beyond what you can ever imagine. Your mind will be in a constant " fogged " state, your expression will be unable to express, and your eyes will have a noticeable " glazed over/drugged out " look. You will find it most difficult to pay attention, concentrate, or even process the simplest of thoughts. Making change from a dollar may well be beyond your ability now. Your mouth may feel like it is full of marbles when you try to speak, as your tongue twists and nothing you try to say comes out right. Who would believe your level of education when you can't even string enough words together to make a complete sentence ... or one that makes any sense for that matter. I promise, I will bring you at any unsuspecting time, severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea along with a host of gastro- intestinal disorders. I will make you weak and lifeless as one could be without being confirmed dead. You will be housebound or in bed for several years if not the rest of your life. As part of incapacitating you, I will make your heart race and your head pound; your throat will constantly be sore and your lymph glands will swell. That will all seem trivial after I inflame and spasm muscles throughout your body. Crushing a grape between your fingers may take too much energy or be too painful now. On those nights that I allow you to sleep, you will awaken drenched with sweat or throbbing with pain. Perhaps I might even throw in a little seizure activity. On those nights that I do not allow sleep to occur; I will torture you with thoughts of death.... Not suicide, but death. Simply because you have not come to realize that this is your new life, and that you are not living. You will need to re-create your being every day, as every day I will bring you unpredicted symptoms and suffering. I have also done a few things that you may not be aware of yet. I placed some lesions on your brain (have you noticed how you have difficulty with balance and memory yet?) and I have permanently altered your immune system. I have shorted out your nervous system so that you have intermittent numbness and tingling, which might resemble an electrical current zapping you from time to time. This is called neuropathy. Nope, it's not curable either! Now I have you. I have taken over your body and mind. I have stolen your life but left you alive, not very functional, but by clinical definition you are still alive. Your family will not be able to give you all the constant care that you need on a daily basis. As for your friends, well, they're still on that ladder climbing up. Rest assured, I am looking for them too. By now, chances are good that most of your family and friends have abandoned you, so you must have learned the definition of isolation. This newfound isolation will save you from having to explain how sick you really are to others, they won't understand anyway. Isolation will save you all that energy. Your health insurance has already been or will shortly be discontinued as you lost your job from not being able to " keep up. " Perhaps you got caught dozing off or called in sick one too many times. Now that you are no longer employable or insurable, when you seek medical care, any medical professional that figures me out will diagnose you and say that what you have is presently not curable. Now it is time for you to seek out medical care, nation if not worldwide. However, most so called medical professionals will not even have the ability to recognize me when they see me, as they have not learned about me in medical school. So, chances are good that you will be misdiagnosed. You will give more blood samples and have more examinations than you ever imagined existed. Then you can take the results to dozens of doctors in search of a diagnosis. One that is valid as well as socially and medically acceptable. One that does not label you as depressed or say that " it is all in your head!!! " Most doctors will suggest a vacation, weight loss diet, new or increased love life, help with the children, or change of scenery as the " cure, " mainly because you may look like the picture of health. This is my mask of deception. You will pray for a positive word from current research. Research, which you will soon learn, is quite limited due to lack of funding and government support. You will learn new vocabulary which contains words like: T- Cells, Cytokines, Nuclear Antigens, Natural Killer Cells, Immunoglobulins, Cytomegalovirus, Seratonin, Cerebral lesions, and Immune Dysfunction are among a few. However the most important words that you will need to know and fight for are Social Security Disability and Medicare. At one point I may give you a false sense of recovery or remission. Let me assure you, I will be back, as you are my prisoner and that makes me your keeper. I have placed the lives of millions of people nationwide in limbo, I continue to do the same world wide. I would consider this an epidemic, wouldn't you? Eventually I will bring the government, health care workers, and society to its knees in search of unraveling my complexities, which are crippling humanity. I leave it up to you, my victims, and your caretakers, to educate the public and let them know that I am very real and that you are very sick. Unfortunately, I have been given a totally ridiculous name, which will make your job even more difficult. Until that name is changed, I am. CHRONIC FATIGUE AND IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME The Alaska CFS-MCS Association, in conjunction with other national & international health organizations, researchers and medical professionals provides information, education and awareness about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Environmental Illness & Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Kathleen Houghton also assists businesses, schools and hospitals in implementing No Fragrance Policies in the work place. cfs-mcs@... " Just one little person, doing one little thing, to help solve one HUGE problem! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 WOW...KC, thanks, touched me so deeply, I'm speachless. > > The Thief of Many Lives > > © Kathleen Houghton --- Alaska CFS-MCS Association 1996 > *Revised 2002. > > http://www.ourfm-cfidsworld.org/html/the_thief_of_many_lives.html > > I am constantly on the prowl in search of new victims. I do not > discriminate---health care workers, teachers, students, airline > personnel, > teens, moms, dads, and innocent children are my prey. If you are > dynamic > and have a lust for life, I will seek you out, and I will find you. > > Just when you are at the peak of your endeavors, climbing that career > ladder or building your family and home, I will find you. There is > nothing > that you have in your life today that I am not capable of destroying > tomorrow, your career, your education, your goals, your dreams, your > family, and your life. I will have it all. I will strip you of your > ability > to function at any level above minimal, and from this day on you > will refer > to that minimal as a " good day. " > > I have the ability to create an invalid out of you overnight, and I > will. > It will take a marathon effort for you just to get out of bed. At a > cellular level your immune system will be in a constant war battling > itself > and unnamed viruses, which will painfully be replicating in your > brain. I > promise you, I will bring you despair along with pain, isolation and > losses > far beyond what you can ever imagine. > Your mind will be in a constant " fogged " state, your expression will > be > unable to express, and your eyes will have a noticeable " glazed > over/drugged out " look. You will find it most difficult to pay > attention, > concentrate, or even process the simplest of thoughts. Making change > from a > dollar may well be beyond your ability now. Your mouth may feel like > it is > full of marbles when you try to speak, as your tongue twists and > nothing > you try to say comes out right. Who would believe your level of > education > when you can't even string enough words together to make a complete > sentence ... or one that makes any sense for that matter. > I promise, I will bring you at any unsuspecting time, severe > abdominal > pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea along with a host of gastro- > intestinal > disorders. I will make you weak and lifeless as one could be without > being > confirmed dead. You will be housebound or in bed for several years > if not > the rest of your life. As part of incapacitating you, I will make > your > heart race and your head pound; your throat will constantly be sore > and > your lymph glands will swell. That will all seem trivial after I > inflame > and spasm muscles throughout your body. Crushing a grape between your > fingers may take too much energy or be too painful now. > > On those nights that I allow you to sleep, you will awaken drenched > with > sweat or throbbing with pain. Perhaps I might even throw in a little > seizure activity. On those nights that I do not allow sleep to > occur; I > will torture you with thoughts of death.... Not suicide, but death. > Simply > because you have not come to realize that this is your new life, and > that > you are not living. You will need to re-create your being every day, > as > every day I will bring you unpredicted symptoms and suffering. > > I have also done a few things that you may not be aware of yet. I > placed > some lesions on your brain (have you noticed how you have difficulty > with > balance and memory yet?) and I have permanently altered your immune > system. > I have shorted out your nervous system so that you have intermittent > numbness and tingling, which might resemble an electrical current > zapping > you from time to time. This is called neuropathy. Nope, it's not > curable > either! > > Now I have you. I have taken over your body and mind. I have stolen > your > life but left you alive, not very functional, but by clinical > definition > you are still alive. > > Your family will not be able to give you all the constant care that > you > need on a daily basis. As for your friends, well, they're still on > that > ladder climbing up. Rest assured, I am looking for them too. By now, > chances are good that most of your family and friends have abandoned > you, > so you must have learned the definition of isolation. This newfound > isolation will save you from having to explain how sick you really > are to > others, they won't understand anyway. Isolation will save you all > that > energy. > Your health insurance has already been or will shortly be > discontinued as > you lost your job from not being able to " keep up. " > Perhaps you got caught dozing off or called in sick one too many > times. Now > that you are no longer employable or insurable, when you seek > medical care, > any medical professional that figures me out will diagnose you and > say that > what you have is presently not curable. > > Now it is time for you to seek out medical care, nation if not > worldwide. > However, most so called medical professionals will not even have the > ability to recognize me when they see me, as they have not learned > about me > in medical school. So, chances are good that you will be > misdiagnosed. You > will give more blood samples and have more examinations than you ever > imagined existed. Then you can take the results to dozens of doctors > in > search of a diagnosis. One that is valid as well as socially and > medically > acceptable. One that does not label you as depressed or say that " it > is all > in your head!!! " Most doctors will suggest a vacation, weight loss > diet, > new or increased love life, help with the children, or change of > scenery as > the " cure, " mainly because you may look like the picture of health. > This is > my mask of deception. > > You will pray for a positive word from current research. Research, > which > you will soon learn, is quite limited due to lack of funding and > government > support. You will learn new vocabulary which contains words like: T- > Cells, > Cytokines, Nuclear Antigens, Natural Killer Cells, Immunoglobulins, > Cytomegalovirus, Seratonin, Cerebral lesions, and Immune Dysfunction > are > among a few. However the most important words that you will need to > know > and fight for are Social Security Disability and Medicare. > > At one point I may give you a false sense of recovery or remission. > Let me > assure you, I will be back, as you are my prisoner and that makes me > your > keeper. I have placed the lives of millions of people nationwide in > limbo, > I continue to do the same world wide. I would consider this an > epidemic, > wouldn't you? > > Eventually I will bring the government, health care workers, and > society to > its knees in search of unraveling my complexities, which are > crippling > humanity. I leave it up to you, my victims, and your caretakers, to > educate > the public and let them know that I am very real and that you are > very > sick. Unfortunately, I have been given a totally ridiculous name, > which > will make your job even more difficult. Until that name is changed, > I am. > CHRONIC FATIGUE AND IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME > > > > The Alaska CFS-MCS Association, in conjunction with other national & > international health organizations, researchers and medical > professionals > provides information, education and awareness about > Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Environmental Illness & Multiple Chemical > Sensitivity. > > Kathleen Houghton also assists businesses, schools and hospitals in > implementing No Fragrance Policies in the work place. > cfs-mcs@... > > " Just one little person, doing one little thing, to help solve one > HUGE problem! " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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