college with MS, giving up on dreams......Re: book called chronic Illness experience

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Congrats on finishing your BA, DQ. Were you already feeling the MS at that time? I'm sorry you haven't been able to use your degree yet. Hopefully you will be able to in the near future. I went back to college when I was over 40. I planned on getting my degree in social work but MS came along in a big way and I gave up on that. I was working at Child Protective Services at that time and loved my job so was sad when I had to give it up. hugs SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar

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PMSubject: Re: book called "chronic Illness experience"

Hi again Sharon~ this is squasch, DQ, and Dee lol. Dairy Queen indeed! add that to Dee as in Dog and you have my life's ha-ha in a nutshell. Actually, as my life has changed with health issues and self definition I have considered returning to the name "Dee Dee" as my family use to call me. The book is by Cheri Register. I like how she breaks down the chapter topics, etiquette is one that I figured I better re-read periodically as I have terrible tact...it addresses the person with the illness as well as those encountering people with a chronic illness. Much of it I could relate to, some of it I couldn't. Every day though I am thankful that I am provided for very well by my husbands skills and talents

(PTL) so I don't have to go find work because I would likely have a hard time of it. I finished a bachelor's degree in 2006 (I think) in criminal justice and haven't been able to use it unless I was interested in guarding juveniles or adults. Even the juveniles is merely guarding them as they have specialists that come in and work with them these days. Other than the satisfaction of completing it, and being on the dean's list regularly, it seems that it was for naught. Anyway, good book.Dee