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Although I do not post much, I'd like to take this opportunity to list what I am thankful for this year. First and foremost, I am so thankful for my diagnosis and finding the Potty People! For 10 years I really believed what was happening to my body was all in my head, but with the guidance of this community I have started reclaiming my life. No more hot flashes, no more headaches (cluster and migraine that would last for weeks), no more hip and joint pain, the pain in my neck lymphnodes are GONE! I had constant pain in that area for over 5 years!. It still has been almost a year since I have seen norman, but none the less, there have been noticable improvements to my health both physically and emotionally. I wake up now in the mornings looking forward to the day instead of dreading it. The 'leg dandruff' has disappeared along with a severe skin separation on the sole of my foot. (I used to use super glue to keep it closed). Besides my Potty People, the only other person who had any idea of what I had been going through is my husband. I am so thankful for him and his support - I don't know what I would do without him. It was tough dealing with my diet in the beginning and he has walked through this land mine of a diet side by side with me, at times in the beginning he had to be my conscience when I would think 'oh a little gluten just this one time might be ok'. This year will mark my 25th anniversary with him and we still really like each other I'm looking forward to getting better and better in the coming year. I know I still have quite a ways to go and along the way am discovering more intolerances (dairy is now a definite no no). I know my insides must have been quite a mess as I have had this condition undiagnosed for many years, but I am trying to do this drug free and I realize it took a while to get to this point - healing will not happen overnight. So a great big thank you to EVERYONE here. This has been the best resource for me in educating myself and taking control of my health. I wish all here a most wonderful Thanksgiving.
First of all CONGRATULATIONS to you and your husband on the 25 year mile stone (and for still enjoying each other). You are certainly very fortunate to have found each other.
Thank you for sharing your story. It resonates quite strongly with me, as I was also sick for 10 years before finding the diet connection and the PP. I also mostly kept it to myself for all that time, as I thought it was something I could learn to live with. My healing over the last 16 months has been slow, but steady, and Norman has not visited frequently. However, like you, I feel soooo much better, and this forum has helped me immeasurably.
I wish you the best of progress going forward, and am so happy to read that you've come far in your healing process.
Love,
Kari
"My mouth waters whenever I pass a bakery shop and sniff the aroma of fresh bread, but I am also grateful simply to be alive and sniffing." Dr. Bernstein
Hi Linda,
Your story sounds a lot like mine too. We sure do have a lot to be thankful for, especially a warm, caring group of people who've walked in our shoes.
That's a lovely message, and thank you for sharing it. Here's wishing you and your husband many more happy, healthy years, and a delightful Thanksgiving.
Congratulations on the upcoming anniversary, and thanks for the upbeat update. I hope you continue to do better and better as time goes on.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thanks for this wonderful update, LindyLou. I am so incredibly grateful for this forum, too. Every time I have a problem, I come here and know I will get some suggestions that will help me find a solution. I don't even bother going to a doctor anymore.
I've got some years to go before I catch up to your 25 years of marriage, LindyLou, but I'm celebrating a little over a year of marriage with my wonderful husband, and it just keeps getting happier and more fulfilling. Considering that when I was 17 I literally couldn't think of anything to say when someone asked me what I was grateful for one Thanksgiving, I think it's extraordinary that my gratitude list is so long I can't keep up with it!
Hooray for healing and for patience and for remembering that all of the craziness eventually passes, regardless of its form.
Thank you for sharing your success with us. Congratulations on your 25th anniversary. For sure our spouses go through this condition right along with us. We definitely owe gratitude to them, also.
Gloria
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I'm looking forward to getting better and better in the coming year. I know I still have quite a ways to go and along the way am discovering more intolerances (dairy is now a definite no no). I know my insides must have been quite a mess as I have had this condition undiagnosed for many years, but I am trying to do this drug free and I realize it took a while to get to this point - healing will not happen overnight. So a great big thank you to EVERYONE here. This has been the best resource for me in educating myself and taking control of my health. I wish all here a most wonderful Thanksgiving.
