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Lori, God is the only Strength I have to get through today. Yes, some days it’s more than I can handle. He doesn’t promise that He won’t give us that but He does say He will give us the Strength that surpasses all understanding and I can get through anything with Him.
Did I count on it being a life with congenital hearing and sight difficulties, IBD, a frozen shoulder for two years and arthritis for 15, and now, of all things, CRPS? Of course not.
But I stopped looking in the past and dwelling on my future long time ago. I can’t waste energy on them. Lol
You probably know exactly what I’m talking about too!
My body is ravaged every single second and I must focus on quarantining my mind from that torture.
Most everyone in this nation is preoccupied about COVID-19 right now. I could care less. Why?
Why worry about getting a virus that has a 2% mortality rate when I already live in hell today.
And if the truth be known, I’ve seen a multitude of physicians since 2017 and only one has listened AND understood what I’ve told him about my life of pain and that was Dr. Angelo Santiago, the neurologist who spent 9 hours diagnosing me the day I saw him in February of 2018. Why? He spent a year learning how to walk, speak, and practice his craft again after an automobile accident nearly took his life.
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@faithwalker007 Renee, I too, feel like Covid could not make me feel worse than I already feel, but I do know that Covid could kill me. Don't know if that would be a blessing or a curse, actually. A life of suffering is not a life. I try to keep occupied as best I can, because distraction can help. I try, I try, I try, and get exhausted trying. You know exactly what I am talking about. And yes, your fabulous doctor got it, because he was in that accident. Unfortunately, that's what it takes to fully get it. So when people in my life forget to ask me how I am, respond inappropriately, etc., I feel kind of blessed knowing that they are well, and can't fully get it. Especially if I really care for them. Lori Renee
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@faithwalker007 you make absolute sense. I shouldn’t be scared of Covid but if I get it I am afraid my lichen planus will go out of control and it isn’t pretty all over your body. It’s embarrassing and disgusting to apply cream everywhere, in embarrassing places, twice a day looking forward to your skin getting thin. I do live in hell and unfortunately my husband has to, too, because I can’t do much