Re: thanks to all.......

From: cindy shruhan (cindyandbobby@webtv.net)
Sat Nov 2 10:47:41 2002


At Wed, 30 Oct 2002, kann wrote: >
>Thanks, especially to Cindy for the extra sweet, encouraging email. I
>read the posts every evening. LOTS OF EMAILS!! It is worth it
>though--this is such a great group of people. Just wish it was a better
>subject like "brownie addicts" or something! We could just discuss
>recipes, how many we've eaten, nuts or no nuts.....you get the idea.
>Unfortunately we are tied (no pun intended) together because of a
>horrible condition. I gave up years ago on doctors helping my daughter.
>I had prayed for years, each time we went to a new one, "God give
>him/her wisdom to find out what is wrong"...........2 years ago I
>realized that we had built a "patient-nut case file" unknowingly. The
>more doctors we went to, the bigger her file became and the more the
>doctors labeled her a "depressed--hypocondriac". Every doctor would
>ignore what we were saying and tell her, "you need an antidepressant".
>It got to the point that you want to smack them--we lost it with a
>few.....Thank goodness for a doctor in Temple Texas at the "renowned"
>Scott & White facility. He looked over the top of his glasses at my
>daughter and said, "You need an antidepressant"...this was after
>spending less than 5 minutes with her---oh, but he had that "file". When
>we left, (2 1/2 hr. drive for that diagnosis), my daughter was so angry
>and said, "I give up, no one can help me." A PATIENT cannnot understand
>WHY a doctor (especially at THAT facility) won't get down to business
>and find out the problem!! That doctor changed my prayer life. From
>that day on, I began praying, "God give ME wisdom to find out what is
>wrong with her". It was the same year (2001) when I came across the
>endometriosis web site. She had had, (repeated) endoscopes, upper/lower
>gi's, colonscopies, sonograms, etc....but not one doctor had ever
>mentioned a lap!! The last doc thinks all her problems are endo related
>and does not believe she has Crohn's. (She has never had granulomas
>present in any biopsies. I just know ONE thing. I want my baby girl
>well. I want all of you out there well. I told my sister in an email
>yesterday that I just believe if I keep "kicking the mountain, at some
>point it has to fall over"......I DO believe that. Today I received an
>email from a friend I had not heard from in a long time--it was just one
>of those "forward" emails...she does not know Melissa has had surgery.
>The email was about God telling a man to Push a rock each day outside
>his home. The man faithfully did it each day, but the rock never
>budged. Satan began taunting the man and told him he'd never move the
>rock. The man, discouraged, told the Lord he was weary of it--he hadn't
>budged it, Satan was right. God told him, "I never said you would move
>it, I just told you to push it with all your might, and you have been
>faithful to do just that. Now, I will move the rock".......Isn't that
>tremendous?? How great is our God!! I am the energy for my daughter. She
>is too worn out to search for an answer. Sick people need cheerleaders.
>I hope I can be that to this group and as I kick for her and search for
>her, let me assure you, I am kicking and searching for you all also.
>There is hope. His name is Jesus. I am not perfect by any means. I
>screw up quite often. However, I believe God is the answer and he knows
>me inside out (better than I know myself). I believe with all my heart
>He will see us through this nightmare that never seems to end. Let's
>all push this mountain together.
>
>--
>Karen S.
>

MY SWEET KAREN, THIS POSTING IS GREAT, AND IM SO PROUD OF YOU, TAKING ON THIS QUEST FOR YOUR DAUGHTER IS TRULY A WONDERFUL THING THAT YOUR DOING, AS WE TRAVEL THIS JOURNEY IN OUR LIVES, AND WE NEED HELP, REAL HELP, I FOUND THAT MY SECOND FAMILY...IAS, AND MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS HERE, WERE JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, AND NEEDED SO DESPERATELY..KNOWLEDGE IS THE WORD, TAKING CHARGE IS ALSO SO IMPORTANT...AND YOUR DOING THIS, JUST BY REACHING OUT TO ALL OF US HERE..CONTINUE TO POST, AND KNOW THAT WERE ALL HERE FOR YOU, AND YES SWEETIE, EMAIL ME AT MY PERSONAL ADDRESS ANYTIME, GOD KNOWS IM HERE FOR YOU...HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO READ THIS...YOUR IN MY THOUGHTS, AND PRAYRS..GOD BLESS YOU, AND YOUR FAMILY..YOUR FRIEND, CINDY SHRUHAN

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I'M VISUALLY IMPAIRED, I NEED THE CAP'S IN ORDER TO TYPE, NOT TO OFFEND ANYONE..THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING...

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