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HEPRANDI
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About Me:
I was born and raised in Los Angeles and relocated to Colorado in 1996 for a better quality of life. I have a wonderful husband and 2 fantastic daughters age 17 & 21 and a super son-in-law age 23.
We live on 2 acres overlooking the Rocky Mountains with 3 dalmatians, 1 welsh corgi, 1 greyhound/black lab, 2 cats, 1 iguana, 2 chamelians, 1 desert lizard, 1 JC Lizard, 1 quaker parrot, 1 cocktateil and 150 gal fresh water acquarium.
I spend most my time helping others with Hepatitis, Cirrohsis and End Stage Liver Failure on the Internet. I also enjoy reading mystery novels when I can focus.
"Life became worth living when God showed me the way"
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My Hep Story:
I was diagnosed with Hep C, in April of 93,
I had tried to get Life Insurance you see.
I was so confused when they told me that day, I didn't know what to say.
I had a biopsy and lots of tests,
they said this had been lurking for 20 years at best.
Enzymes were hi, cirrohsis was severe, the damage progressed over many a year.
4 years went by the fatigue increased,
I was achy and tired, it just wouldn't cease,
At times I felt I could fall on my face, especially if I didn't slow down my pace.
5 years went by I felt like a jerk,
I was just too tired to continue to work.
I found myself queasy, and lost all my perk.
I got a computer and started to play, met some great friends that I knew would stay.
My questions were answered, they gave me support,
we laughed and we cried I knew I found my port.
I gathered up info and joined in my fight,
I would not let this Dragon out of my sight.
A new treatment was out that sounded good, I wanted to try it if I could.
First my Dr., said no, my Cirrhosis was bad,
I was now in 4th stage and it sure made me mad.
I told him I still wanted to try, he looked at me and let a big sigh.
Since my positive thinking at that time was good,
he finally agreed and said he understood.
I did try and to his dismay, my viral load went negative within 60 days
I proved to the Drs., my family and me, that a positive attitude is the key.
I figured out quick what Gods plan was to be, I was to help others you see.
Sometimes the Drs., are unable to see the obvious treatments for you and me.
I am now told a transplant is most likely in store,
my liver might not hold out much more.
I wonder if treatment had not been delayed, would my liver be this bad?
No one can say!!
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Not So Grim Reaper
Cyrus McCormick, who invented the reaper and founded the company
that became International Harvester, was a generous contributor
to Chicago's Presbyterian Theological School. Because of that
fact, the school later changed its name to McCormick Theological
Seminary. Faculty and students have quipped that death is never
referred to as "The Grim Reaper" at McCormick, but always as "The
International Harvester."
"Grim" is not a word which describes the experience of many
people who find themselves nearing life's end. Like Dr. Abraham
Maslow commented after a heart attack which made him realize
that his own death was not far away: "Death, and its ever present
possibility makes love, passionate love, more possible. I wonder
if we could love passionately, if ecstasy would be possible at
all, if we knew we'd never die."
Likewise, psychiatrist Irvin Yalom, who worked with terminally
ill cancer patients, reported that "grimness" was far from their
attitudes about passing on. According to Dr. Chris Thurman in his
book "The Truths We Must Believe" (Nashville: Thomas Nelson
Publishers,1991) Yalom tells us that once his patients accepted
the fact that their lives were rapidly drawing to an end,
positive and exciting changes occurred:
They felt a sense of freedom to do what they wanted to do;
They began to live in, and enjoy, the present;
They learned to vividly appreciate the world around them;
They joyously anticipated holidays;
They communicated deeper with loved ones;
They feared less and risked more.
Because these people knew they were dying, they figured out how
to live! Nothing grim here. They came alive in ways they never
dreamed possible.
Oh, maybe you don't want to volunteer to leave this life today,
but we'll each set off on that journey soon enough. And it
promises to be an exciting adventure. But in the meantime, what
if you set out to live every moment as if your short days here
were truly numbered? I believe when "The International Harvester"
someday reaps your life, it will have been joyful, fearless and
well-lived.
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