Hi everybody,
Just writing to say Merry Christmas to everybody here, and wishing you
all a happy, safe, peaceful, and healthy Christmas with your loved ones.
It's a year ago today that I went into hospital; very scared, but at
that time expected to be out again a day or so with nothing more than a
bad virus. I never would have dreamed I'd not leave there till 5wks
later, undiagnosed, and in a wheelchair! This has been the worst year
of my life, and is a year I'll be glad to see the end of.
I am so grateful to this list, and to the wonderful support network that
exists here; to be quite honest, I think I may not have had the will to
keep on going, without this. Being able to find information that even
our doctors and specialists here don't know about, and to be able to
read from others that have gone through all the same trauma and loss
that this condition causes, as well as all the various symptoms and
difficulties - and so it doesn't feel so alone and devastating - has
helped so much! Thank you all!
Take care,
Best wishes,
Kathryn Keen
PS: Here in Australia we've had searing heat in much of the country,
and dreadful drought conditions, and fires burning out of control that
have taken out huge tracts of land, and destroyed wildlife habitat. In
Vic there have been over 120 fires burning out of control. Where we
live in NSW Central Coast, our community water supply is down to 14%
capacity - a level never considered even drinkable before - and we're on
level 4 water restrictions, which means no outside water use at all, as
well as many other draconian restrictions. I wish you people up north
could send us some of your rain - and we could send you some of our
heat. :-)
