Geneal
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Hi all.
Since Katrina (lost my house and most all in it),
I tried to find one thing a day to be grateful for.
Sometimes it wasn't much, but it was something.
I read a quote the other day about loving yourself and having something in your life to be grateful for.
Even if all you could be grateful for was that your dog didn't bite you that day.
I have so many things to be grateful for.
Some days more than others, but always something.
I do believe that the healing of my spirit began there.
I also believe, for me, that spiritual healing went hand in hand with my physical healing as well.
Maybe, just maybe, if you think about it....
You may have something to be grateful for too.
Sometimes that little glimmer of light is all we have to guide us through the darkness.
Sending out a message of hope to all for wellness and peace.
Hugs,
Geneal
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Wonderful Geneal. This crucial to our recovery. Speaking of my blessings helps me to stay on course.
I am thankful for my job, my beautiful mother (who is my rock), my husband (who stands by me through thick and thin), my beautiful, wonderful amazing girls (who are the sunshine of my life).
And thank God for the ability to endure this pain, for my perseverance through too many months of ups and downs. For the glimmer of hope I hold on to when I read stories of those who have gotten "well".
Ahh we DO get well, that is what I am looking forward to and trusting GOD all the way.
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Geneal
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I looked at Katrina as a blessing. How could I not?
I lost my house, but all my family and animals survived.
What a blessing!
I have always been grateful for Lyme. Not for being ill but because....
It allowed me to see the disease in my children and get them diagnosed and treated.
It allowed me to develop a better relationship with God and myself.
It allowed me to grow in ways I don't think I would have.
Prayer led me to this site.
Lymetoo answered my prayers by telling me about my LLMD.
Just my diagnosis was such a blessing.
I was so relieved to know I wasn't crazy or that I didn't have a brain tumor like I thought.
Hope and faith will carry you when everything else seems bigger than you.
Sometimes we provide that for others who have lost all hope.
That in itself is a blessing.
Sending prayers of healing and peace to you.
Hugs,
Geneal
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Right now, I'm grateful to have YOU back here! You provide positive support and light!
I'm grateful to be well even though I have other health problems ... I have nothing to complain about!
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fflutterby
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Geneal, I am so glad your family and animals survived Katrina. I can't even imagine. May God bless you and yours in tenfold of what you lost.
Lyme too, nothing to complain about sounds amazing. I try not to complain but haven't had many great days the past month. I have to consciously think about what I do have in order to survive.
Knowing you are well is very encouraging for so many of us.
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Geneal
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My dear friend Lymetoo.
It's great to have nothing to really complain about.
Same here.
I felt as though something was missing.
I neglected my friends here.....I am sorry.
It wasn't lack of thought so much as lack of any time.
We go back to school on Monday.
We've been off one week for Mardi Gras holidays.
I haven't posted a success story yet...not sure I'm a "success" as much as a work in progress.
Great to see so many people who have been there for me keeping the light shining for others.
Hopefully, I can contribute something to someone else out there.
Love ya' lots!
Hugs,
Geneal
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kam
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Yep. I am grateful to see you back here. Missed you.
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I'm grateful that God gave me a wonderful husband and daughter. I don't know how I would've been able to endure this illness without their love and compassion and tolerance of me.
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kam
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Thinking about this thread this am since I am such a grump right now. HA!
Trying to refocus.
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I am grateful to have a place to live and plentiful food to eat (there are so many that have neither)..praying for the people in Japan.
I am grateful to have a husband that stands by me no matter what.. I'm also grateful for a wonderful mother & step father. The three of them give me the strength to get through this.
I am grateful for my dogs, they are like my babies and they bring a smile to my face daily. Somehow it is always right when I need it the most..
It may sound crazy, but there is one way in which I am grateful for having to go through this.. It brought to light the fact that my mother has been struggling with this disease for years without proper diagnosis..and because of what I'm going through and my symptoms, she insisted on a test from her regular doctor about 5 months ago, which was positive.. And now today is her first LLMD appointment. I'm thrilled that she is able to start seeing someone that can actually help her.
I am also grateful that all of this has strengthened my relationship with God.
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You go girls!!!, this is exactly where we need to be. Yes, this disease(s) is horrible and very depressing, but we really do have a lot to be thankful for. How we handle the injustice of the Lyme controversy, how we react to the next change in meds, it's all an example to those around us,
We lose our lives, we lose today ,this minute, if we waste it being bitter and ungrateful. We need to LIVE every day, not waiting until "when I get better" to live. I love reading these kinds of threads, thanks. Posts: 246 | From south florida | Registered: Mar 2010
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sammy
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I grateful for so much...
May faith in God. I would not have hope without Him. He's walked with me through the good times and bad.
My family and friends that love me and have not given up on me.
My pets that make me laugh and comfort me.
My doctor that continues to try to help me feel better.
That I have access to medication, supplements, and treatments.
That I have a home, food, clothing, and so much more.
That I live in this great country where I'm free.
For my education and the jobs that I've had.
For the opportunities that I've had to travel and see different parts of the world.
There's so much to be grateful for, all we have to do is look around.
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kam
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I am grateful that the excedrin helps to take the edge off of the inflamation in the brain.
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I am grateful for the many lessons I have learned from having this disease.
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lyme in Putnam
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I'm grateful for the few times I feel back to myself home with my Husband that sticks by me and a 15 year old that is a typical 15 year old. Can't be grateful for any part of this disease that has taken much of what made me me, but I have a life, hopefully that will become whole again. Grateful I have docs trying to help and friends. My immediate family sister has this too, but we don't talk often. It's taken much of her too. God bless.
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I agree with RESOLVED - I want to live every day. It's been 30 years with Lyme for me and I'm not waiting to get better to enjoy the things I can.
I am so grateful for my family, my friends, my pets, my LLMD & LLND.
I am more than grateful for my daughter's Lyme recovery.
I have no idea who or where I would be had I not been bitten 30 years ago, but I would not have my husband or my daughter, and I find that I quite like the person I have become, so there is much to be grateful for.
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although i just started treatment & going thru a hard time trying to cope. im grateful i caught this disease early & im still able to speak even tho some days i thought i couldnt... I'm grateful for support from my mom although she live 7hrs away.. & im grateful for this website to help me
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kam
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I am grateful for the reclining power chair with leg lifts and that I was able to get up and get dressed and get Rosie out to toilet this am for a short bit.
it was good to be out. Amazing how just being able to get out of the house helps.
Grateful for the computer and for it being next to my bed so I can lie down and rest and be on the computer which helps take my mind off of lyme and gives me something I can do.
Hoping I will be able to take a sit down shower some time today. It always is a treat when I am able to get cleaned up and put clean clothes on and have clean hair.
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Geneal
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Kam,
I am grateful for you.
Give yourself and Rosie and big hug from me, okay?
Hugs,
Geneal
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Geneal, I may not know you, but I love you already for your amazing attitudes!! Thank you!! This is inspiring to me.
I am grateful for this thread, and for the reminder to stay gratitude-focused instead of worrying about things. YOu are so right.
And we must live every day, right on, to the fullest!
I am grateful for the absolutely beautiful people in my life!
That I have a love of my life's work which gives me inner joy and fulfillment.
That I have a husband who is such an unswervingly solid support and such a wonderful man.
For all those who show up in our lives at just the right moments, who have *Exactly* the right things to say, all the matching experiences, and the ability to support and "hold" us along the way.
These are all signs of God, Higher Power, Guardian Angels, Fate....call it what you will...being with us every step of the way, watching over us and guiding us every moment.
I am grateful for the laughs and coincidences in life!
For the little kid jumping like little jumping beans on the hopscotch board and making me laugh instead of worry about things!
The book drops off the shelf...to just the right page which I Need to read at the moment! This has happened to me on a few occasions in my life, and is one more reminder that the Powers that Be are watching and are there...down to such details!
Best wishes to all, much recovery, and hope!
Hope, gratitude and laughter may be our best medicine! Love you all for this, and thank you all!
Best wishes, CI ps google Laughter Yoga, the youtubes are fantastic, you will love it. PEople laughing for absolutely no reason at all, no jokes cracked, no sense of humor required, just group laughter infecting each other...and immune rates respond, clinically proven! Interesting, interesting.
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This journey has been long and rough but I am grateful for many things, people and experiences/knowledge. OM, the virtues learned, changes for the good in my being.
I've felt that there was a purpose for me. I just don't know yet where this is heading.
I'm grateful for my angels. Without them I wouldn't be here today.
Thanks be to God.
Pam
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This is my first reply on the flash board. I am thankful to have found it and thankful to you guys. It feels like a great community. I have not been officially diagnosed. However, I believe that after almost 30 years (since summer of 1983) and MANY, MANY doctors, that I will most likely to have finally found a diagnosis which is correct. I am thankful for that. I am thankful for the person who suggested (more and more often) that I check out lyme disease. I said I was about to go to a good rheumatologist about my joint pain. Yeah, right?! I am going to get in touch with a LLMD today who I hope will see me with Medicare as my insurance. I pray to my higher power to make that happen. I am thankful. I am thankful for the prospect of doing better...
Besides, being thankful in my heart for things, I try to thank others frequently, even about little things. I also try to help somebody in some way every day. When you give you also receive.
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