Count your blessings

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, I can really relate. I'm glad that you are able to work. In 2003 I had to give up my 20-year career/vocation as a certified nurse-midwife, after attending about 3000 births. It became too much of a safety issue, with me having to depend on the nurses & other midwives to back me up. That was a big loss to deal with, as it meant losing a big part of my identity, my social life, my immediate income & my future financial security. But you know what, that was 7 years ago & I'm still in a home, with plenty of food (too much!) to eat, all the essentials & many of the luxuries, family that love & support me. I know that most people in the world would consider my little home a palace & that I live like royalty. And they would be right. I am truly blessed & I have gotten better at recognizing that over the years. There is a song from the movie "White Christmas" called Count Your Blessings. The chorus goes, "When you're weary & you can't sleep, count your blessings instead of sheep, and you'll fall asleep counting your blessings." I actually do that sometimes & it works for me.

Ramblin' RoseModerator A merry heart is good medicine. Proverbs 17:22

> To: Neurosarcoidosis > CC: neurosarcoidosis > Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:53:16 +0300> Subject: Re: words> > Hi Rose,> > This memory loss is starting to affect me also. I thought it was just> something that was naturally progressing as I grew older, but it seems> to be accelerating. I guess like most people, I try to hide it,> especially at work. It does frighten me, though, as I am not sure what> it is I am missing. I filled some expenses in recently and made a> complete nonsense of them, so they got thrown back. Even knowing where> the problem was, it was difficult to work out why - at least, I found I> couldn't see my way through the errors straight away. On some> occasions, things just don't "click" the way they used to.> > Best regards,> > > > > > Mitch, I also have trouble thinking of common words. I'll say to> > someone, "You know, that thing that goes around & gets you cool," and> > they'll say, "A fan?" My kids & grandkids think it's funny, and> > sometimes it is, but it can also be very frustrating. Embarrassing> > too, when it happens in the checkout line or somewhere. But I just try> > to mellow out & accept it as another thing to live with. Like you, I> > sometimes leave a blank spot in a message & try to fill it in later.> > Sometimes I forget & send it with the gap, so the message doesn't> > quite make sense! Might as well laugh about it; better than cussing or> > crying. > > > > __> > > > -------------------------> > To: Neurosarcoidosis > > > Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:46:14 -0500> > Subject: Re: Update> > > > Count me in on this one. > > I've had memory issue's that I just thought were age related but now> > I'm not sure at all. After this last month's episode that almost> > landed me in the Hospital for a week or two. I have been worse then> > ever. In fact it took me 5 minutes to think of the word "episode" , I> > had to write the whole thing around it until it came to me (and I'm> > not even sure if that's the word I wanted but it fit so instead of> > making myself crazy, I went with it),. Since that month's bout with> > Sarc (the worst in over a year and a half, I can't think of easy words> > that I use all the time in every day life. It's actually scaring me a> > bit. > > > > Mitch> > > > Re: Update> > To: > > Date: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 3:55 PM> > > > It is that I believe that chemical exposures , un-approved shots and> > the infamous PB pill could have contributed or caused my> > Neurosarcoidosis. So I have applied to the VA as a possible Gulf War> > illness. All of my symptoms' I can apply to my Neurosarcoidosis lead> > all the way back to 1991. Extreme headaches, extreme sinus blockage,> > memory lost, depression, lost of balance , well I could go on but also> > one of my symptoms is the inability at times to speak, pronounce> > words. My doctors can not identify one thing or a group of things that> > have caused this. Heck since 1991 I have been misdiagnosed with Hep> > – B and or Meningitis at least during the initial test but when the> > actual test for those were done the were negative. So since the Gulf> > War I have had a lot of issues that I now know were symptoms of Neuro> > growing. When I found and identified it , it almost took my life (I> > had a stoke) and since Aug 2008 I have not been allowed to work. Was> > it the Golf War that caused it or accelerated my Neurosarcoidosis??> > That I think is the real question. Not sure if I could prove either> > one, so lets see if the VA can disprove one or both.. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > >