Saundra Blankenship

To Know or Not to Know?

I cry daily remembering me and how I'm losing the battle of HD. Not a moment goes by do I not know how great the effects of this disease has a hold of me. I wanted to go to school to be a Nurse but there is no way I can pass the tests needed, I've tried to get my GED and I just can't get passed the tests.

I cry for my grandchildren that won't know who I really am or was and more than that I cry for me. I just feel sad and very alone. I am not coping very well with this it has taken a toll on me to know my fate. I really thought I could beat it and I really think somehow I will give it my best shot. Just not right now and I have to let right now take it's toll and try to find peace somehow. I so get tired of trying to be bigger and stronger and so on and so forth. I've lost so many parts of me and maybe you think otherwise this disease is so good looking on the outside it 'll make you think that those of us suffering or quite normal. LOL Now that is why we have the disease and you don't and why you can't understand the deep regret we feel about losing our very own life right before our very own eyes.  Think about this if I transported you into the future right now this very moment and you could see the good the bad and so on you would want to change all things that you didn't like but for those of us with HD we don't get the option to change nothing it is what it is and our future is already in place and all moves have been moved and adjusted and is HD.

Don't cry for me, I am not looking for sorrow from you only for you to have a greater understanding of what we are living every moment of every day. Just listen and just be my friend no matter what I say or do or how I look or how I am today.

I watch my momma so lonely so misunderstood by her friends, what friends she has only her girls that love her enough to see her through her battle of this deadly disease. I love my momma and it hurts me to see her own family and friends stay away because it's better for who her ( don't you know my momma cries too) yes she does, more than anyone momma knows her past but can't understand her present situation anymore than she can.

I have a voice right now and I intend to be heard and I am not going to icing the cake for you or anyone it is what it is a battle we are in the FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES.

How about you what is your live like today?

I Don't Like the Looking Glass

Now that I think about it I've felt different all my life the way I handled things and the way I felt deep inside. I wondered why all the time I would feel the way I did and how upset and hurt I was over the relationship with mom and now the profound effects of it all deep inside of me.

I am struggling with my own daughter understanding that HD is real it is now and present and has been all my life and has profoundly changed my life to the degree it was never normal. It seemed everyday growing up we were under fire with mom for some reason or another and never knowing why until now that we all know that HD was in control and driving our momma to do things she would never of done if it was not in her don't you get this folks HD is in those of us from birth and active from birth by the time you see it, it has already been destroying our life with this little quirk or abnormal behavior those that are not subtle the ones you say now why did he or she do that and at that moment you must look back and see that is how powerful HD is in our lives those of us that live with it and suffer because OMG if you can see it you've forgotten what we deep inside is living with and feeling. I lived my life in turmoil for years thinking my mom didn't love me and hated me and I truly thought I was not worthy of her love I had to have done something for her to hate me so, when emotions and feelings are involved and no human reasoning can analyze a lifetime of misplaced love nothing in the world can make it happy and all full of love again each little piece takes away little bit more love and more until your either numb or dead.

I don't like the looking glass I don't like seeing and feeling those same emotions with my mom with my own daughter now I pissed off now I'm mad now if I could kill HD I would and if I could change I would this moment this lifetime but I can't change it and I can't make it any prettier than it is because the real truth is it gets worse day by day moment by moment breath by breath. You get to go through life and be happy really happy and able to have understanding has to why your up or downs peak up and down. Sadly for us with HD has no control and no true understanding just that what we are experiencing is beyond our own understanding as well as yours.

So love those with HD for who you know them to be deep in spirit and not from the surface. I didn't like looking in the glass to find it was I now going though what I grew up with but that is OK now because now I can look past the past with mom and love her as a mother should be honored and loved just as we all should be.

I've decided no icing on the cake is going to help me and my family through just the brutal truth HD is out to destroy us and it is going to make you hate me and think how could she just look in the glass with me and you'll never ask it again.

Huntington's To Be Or Not To Be!

You say try not dwell you can be better you can stop at anytime and be NORMAL that is what your asking of someone that is sick. Deal don't dwell get over it grow up be big and strong believe in Jesus and he'll heal you or oh no wait your cursed your family is a cursed you must rid your life of this horrible curse. OMG, are you really hearing what I'm hearing and feeling from fear adn denial here I am trying to face this headon and be in reality about this and try to keep a grip on it (lol) right if I could do such a thing I WOULDN'T HAVE HD and because I have been strong and overcomer and aggressive and above fear of my life fought that cancer and won what a joke. I lost HD has been here the entire time of my life making things harder and laughing waiting for me to come out of the dark into its wonderful light of knowledge to know that it has opened up things into my life that will go far beyond reason and NO I don't get up and dwell on who I want to upset today or be angry just because I like it and want to have bad life and be a bad person. Why would anyone want to think the worst of someone.

Now my heart cries for Momma and how she suffered so and us her family turned against her so we could feel justified in only our own feelings and not hers after all this is what this tit for tat stuff is and one is going to be right and the other is going to be wrong and that is how the world goes round and la t da. I'm pissed off right now that I have to deal with my own family with this stupid crap wait no I CHOSE HD for ME so I deserve it and now I get it, your right and I'm wrong there I said it Happy now because I want to make sure all the WELL people are happy now.

You say nothing more to me and be still, because until you can walk a day in my shoes and still be breathing that's reason enough for you to leave the HD stuff to me and you set your feelings on the back burner just has you chose to do when I was fighting CANCER or any other sickness in my life. I'm a little tired here of being super conquer of nothing because the fact is HD is HERE and this is the sweetest and most beloved time compared to what it is going to become so enjoy your day just as you told me to do since it's a choice for you, BUT FOR ME IT'S A DISEASE THAT'S EATING AWAY AT MY BRAIN EVERYONE SECOND OF THE REST OF MY LIFE. See I'm Happy now Real frickin Happy. It's like this a person with alcholism or drug addiction is sick and it's beyond them to help themself without professional help so when people expect me to be NORMAL what a joke and how must you really think that makes me feel or helps me through a hard moment in our day together, oh wait it was about you being right not about me having HD so in the name of Jesus when did I become so powerful enough to take control over myself, oh yea your in denial or your in HD land were it wants you to believe less in me because you can't deal with HD because it's to hard for you even if it's killing me and I'm trying to face HD on my own sorry to have bothered you I will truly try to get rid of this perky little tiny problem but it won't be today or tomorrow or 100 years from now so I'm just a terrible person because I just can't get a good enough grip on this thing like you think I should or expect me too. WOW Had alot on my spiritual being that is trying to help me stay NORMAL (NOT) Realistic is what my spirit man says don't put yourself up for the fall everyone else will do that for you but instead lets get a little knowledge of what your up against and lets get yourself aware atleast that the wall is going to break more and more and more untill it collaspes and there is no more house or me because HD took away me the day I was born with it in ME.

Well to conclude its HD its the BEST I CAN BE so take or leave it but just don't BELIEVE what it has said through ME. I CRY because you want to BELIEVE IN HD instead of ME your MOM, SISTER,FRIEND I thought you could LOVE ME through this but its harder than we all thought because HD has no spirit just an agenda to tears us apart and take away ME.

Tribute to Shana Martin

                                                         

                                                     http://.shanamartin.com/hd.html

Please visit Shana Martin's beautiful website about Huntington's Disease and her family. Excerpt from Shana's website posted here:

Thank you for taking a look at this page. May of you already know, and some have no clue about how Huntington's Disease affects my life. During my birth, my mother displayed some abnormal movements. Five years later it was determined to be Huntington's Chorea. My mom was not aware she was at risk for this disease because she had been adopted. While growing up, my dad and I took care of her until eventually we could not safely leave her side. At that point we made a decision to put her in a nursing home. She is currently living at Ingleside Nursing Home in Mt. Horeb, where they take wonderful care of her. We visit her every week, and take her out as much as possible.

      I have a 50% chance of also getting Huntington's Disease. This is a scary thing, but I have known about this for most of my life. There is a test available, but I haven't had the guts to take it yet. I'm sure I will before I start a family though. I am very open about all of this, so if anybody has any questions about the disease, or the personal factors of it, feel free to contact me. I really do want more people to have knowledge about it, since it is such a rare disease.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel did a wonderful article on Huntington's Disease and my family.  Please click here to take a look.

What is HD?

      Huntington's Disease (HD) is a devastating, degenerative brain disorder for which there is, at present, no effective treatment or cure. HD slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to walk, think, talk and reason. Eventually, the person with HD becomes totally dependent upon others for his or her care. Huntington’s Disease profoundly affects the lives of entire families: emotionally, socially and economically.

      Named for Dr. George Huntington, who first described this hereditary disorder in 1872, HD is now recognized as one of the more common genetic disorders. More than a quarter of a million Americans have HD or are “at risk” of inheriting the disease from an affected parent. HD affects as many people as Hemophilia, Cystic Fibrosis or muscular dystrophy.

      Early symptoms of Huntington’s Disease may affect cognitive ability or mobility and include depression, mood swings, forgetfulness, clumsiness, involuntary twitching and lack of coordination. As the disease progresses, concentration and short-term memory diminish and involuntary movements of the head, trunk and limbs increase. Walking, speaking and swallowing abilities deteriorate. Eventually the person is unable to care for him or herself. Death follows from complications such as choking, infection or heart failure.

      HD typically begins in mid-life, between the ages of 30 and 45, though onset may occur as early as the age of 2. Children who develop the juvenile form of the disease rarely live to adulthood. HD affects males and females equally and crosses all ethnic and racial boundaries. Each child of a person with HD has a 50-50 chance of inheriting the fatal gene. Everyone who carries the gene will develop the disease. In 1993, the HD gene was isolated and a direct genetic test developed which can accurately determine whether a person carries the HD gene. The test cannot predict when symptoms will begin. However, in the absence of a cure, some individuals “at risk” elect not to take the test.

      Since the discovery of the gene that causes HD, scientific research has accelerated and much has been added to our understanding of Huntington’s Disease and its effects upon different individuals. By continuing to increase our investment in both clinical and basic HD research each year, breakthroughs in treatment – and a cure – will be forthcoming.

Thank you Shana for all you are doing to help us all with HD. Your AWESOME!

I am Struggling!

I don't know how to say it but I'm struggling with this diagnosis. I'm mad and angry and I don't like the changes and sleepless nights. I constantly move in my sleep and I'm exhausted on a regular basis and my thoughts run off and I get upset with myself over them and then I try to reason with ME my heart says to fight and my spirit says I'm to be a warrior and fight this and then my mind makes me think other thoughts like people don't care about me now that I have this disease and I hate the phone ringing why I don't know it bothers me and I really don't know why I only know it bothers me. Then there is my shortness with myself and others the funny thing is I do it to myself too. It is weird and I'm being very honest about this out loud and it is not easy. I've been scared to get up here and be real for quite sometime the adjustment to this disease has thrown me a curve ball and I didn't catch it and now I trying to and I don't know if I can so to speak.

I feel my family thinks I'm tainted and crazy for taking the test and I'm at arms length like they are scared of me or of it in me. I never thought of this being like this for me and I don't even feel like I actually feel as though I should just stay away from everyone and go reclusive so I don't put them through what I can't even control and that is probably the worst thing for me is losing control, I'm not a follower and it is making me follow to some place I don't want to go and it has no light at the end only sadness. Maybe I'm sad for me and I don't know how to get a grip on it maybe I'm depressed and trying to figure it out with an unreasonable mind or maybe I'm not as strong as I try to let on to be and I believe it's a little bit of all of them and I want to think I'm a good person and compassionate and all those wonderful traits we all wish to have.

I feel like the person I thought I had finally fought so hard to find was never there to begin with and it was all just a figment of my own imagination seeing how nothing really seems real because it's tainted by HD and it's got me and I'm begging it to let go and it won't and it's laughing at me because it is in control and I am so confused at how I got here that tunnel vision as set in and I'm struggling.

Happy Birthday Ricky!

Oh how our little niece Taylor loves her Uncle Ricky and how she makes him feel very special and loved and ditto for you Tay. It is so nice to share his birthday with the world of www lol.

Happy Birthday Booh, I love you and wish you many, many more and not only you but all that has a birthday today with you. It is a special day and gosh darn it you have to work so smile and be happy for this is your day regardless of what comes your way celebrate.

I think of how long we have been together since 1985-2008 and still going strong and I remember those young years and lets say hallelujah they are gone and we have grown together and I'm singing God is an Awesome God because he has seen us though and we are in the prime of our life's.

I pray all your dreams come true and peace unto you and I forever. I so have longed for this time for years and now here it is and I love you with all my heart and soul for we are soul mates my love.

I have a dream that everyday will be your Birthday Booh just because I Love You.

So from all of us that loves you "HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY" (1955-2008)

Happy New Year (2008)!

Happy New Year Everyone and many more to come. I'm excited about this year I hope lots of dreams come true for you and me and I pray a blessing of hope, health, love, financial, whatever your needing in your life I pray God bless you and fulfill all your dreams and needs. In Jesus Name Amen

It is never to late to dream a little dream and I'm dreaming big this year. I want to see greater changes in my life and all things be added unto me. The Bible promises that we will have all things added unto us and I am expecting all things to come to fulfillment in my life. I think I'm tired of waiting and I just want to jump in full force give it to me Jesus. Come on and light up my life and my home and my husband and lets not forget the kids and the family and molly too. If we're gonna believe in the word of God lets get past the little stuff and get on with the BIG and the word says nothing is too BIG for God (Hello) all=everything and big=huge what are we asking for the small stuff when he's been telling us all along it's ALL been waiting on you and me if we can Believe and yes I am believing for it all. It's like this when cancer came knocking I fell to my knees only to find it was my soul that was in need and now that has been fulfilled with the love of Jesus and now Jesus is looking down and saying (Dad their missing it they only believe for bits and pieces when they can have it ALL. 

Now I've been thinking about this for a long time and sometimes I tell myself now can I get a grip on the ALL and if I think like Jesus I can slowly began to know what I knew in the first place he (God) (Abby)(Father) meant ALL Things because he never limited nothing for the promises of the word of God (Truth)(Life) he created us in his image and he is the every lasting ALL. So lets start believing like GOD made us too and not how the world wants us to.

That's my New Years Resolution, how about you what's yours?

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

HO! HO! HO! HO! HO!  Happy Holiday's!

Momma's Birthday!

            12-1-07        I couldn't think of anything better to get her for her birthday present than a day at the beauty shop so I bought the shop to momma and here she is getting her nails done and having a blast. I get excited when she gets happy see that beautiful smile is her signature she lights up all over and it does my heart good to share all these and more beautiful traits with my momma.

Laughter is good for the soul!

Patience my dear.

Happy Birthday Momma!

How Positive is Your Life?

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Herm Albright
(1876 - 1944)

I love this and it is so true. I have been thinking how can I rise above HD and bam, God shows up with a quote for the day. Don't we all ponder on the moments and things that are negative because they hurt us and make us feel unworthy and so we try to analyze and counter react it with the same negative attitude. I truly want to put God first and do the right thing, yes we all really do.

So lets pray: Dear God give me your positive attitude help me to overcome in health and in sickness the negativity of the world. AMEN

Huntingtons Disease Program - AMARIN

Source: Amarin

AMARIN ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF COMPREHENSIVE DATA ANALYSIS FROM PHASE III HUNTINGTONS DISEASE PROGRAM

LONDON, United Kingdom, November 19, 2007, Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) ("Amarin" or "Company") today announced that management has met with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following the completion of a comprehensive data review from its large-scale Phase III studies of Miraxion to treat Huntington's disease (HD). The FDA indicated that one additional Phase III trial demonstrating robust results, in conjunction with the confirmatory evidence from the existing clinical data, may be sufficient clinical data to support a New Drug Application.

Rick Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of Amarin, commented "We are pleased with the results of the comprehensive clinical data review and are encouraged by the outcome of our recent dialogue with the FDA. We are now in discussions with the Huntington Study Group to determine the optimal design of such a single Phase III trial. We are also considering whether Amarin will conduct this study itself or seek a collaborative partner with which to advance Miraxion in Huntington's disease."

Since the most recent update on Miraxion to treat HD on August 1, 2007, the Company has continued a comprehensive analysis of all clinical data with its advisor's. This additional analysis supports the preliminary findings, suggesting a clinical benefit from a longer treatment period for Miraxion.

Positive 12-month results from U.S. Phase III Trial (TREND-HD)
The TREND-HD trial, conducted by the Huntington Study Group in the U.S. and Canada in 316 patients, was a 6-month, double-blind placebo controlled study followed by a further 6-month extension period where all patients received 2 grams per day of Miraxion. The primary endpoint was the 6-month change in TMS-4, a scale that measures motor symptoms. As previously announced on April 24, 2007, at the 6-month time point, there was no statistically significant difference in efficacy between the Miraxion group and the placebo group.

Analysis of the 12-month data showed a statistically significant difference in TMS-4 between the long term Miraxion group (12-months treatment) and those patients who had switched to Miraxion at 6-months. Treatment codes were not broken at the switching point so investigators and patients remained blinded to receipt of Miraxion or placebo in the initial 6-month period. These results suggest that there is benefit from a longer treatment period with Miraxion and are consistent with the 24-month open-label data from the earlier 135-patient trial completed in 2003.

Positive Additional Analysis
A longitudinal analysis, which is a widely accepted and validated alternative statistical methodology, was applied to all available clinical data as part of the comprehensive review.

TREND-HD Trial Outcome
The longitudinal methodology was applied to both the 3 and 6-month combined results as well as the 3, 6, 9 and 12-month combined results. A statistically significant difference between the Miraxion and placebo groups was identified in each of the 3-6 month and the 3, 6, 9 and 12-month analysis.

Earlier 135 patient Trial Outcome
In the earlier 135-patient study, the longitudinal analysis showed a statistically significant difference between Miraxion and placebo in the per protocol patient groups and, additionally, a greater degree of statistical significance in the intent to treat genetic sub-group of patients with a CAG< 44 than in the previous analysis.

Analysis was also conducted on the 24-month open label data from the 135-patient trial, in which patients initially randomized to treatment with placebo had been switched to Miraxion and treated for 12 months. After switching to Miraxion, these patients demonstrated an effect of similar magnitude to patients randomized to treatment with Miraxion at baseline.

About Amarin
Amarin is committed to improving the lives of patients suffering from central nervous system and cardiovascular diseases. Our goal is to be a leader in the research, development and commercialization of novel drugs that address unmet patient needs.

Amarin's CNS development pipeline includes Miraxion for Huntington's disease, two programs in Parkinson's disease, one in epilepsy and one in memory and cognition. Amarin is initiating a series of cardiovascular preclinical and clinical programs to capitalize on the known therapeutic benefits of essential fatty acids in cardiovascular disease. Amarin also has a proprietary lipid-based technology platform for the targeted transport of molecules through the liver and/or to the brain that can be leveraged in a wide range of disease applications for its own product pipeline or with potential partners.

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Contacts:
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Keep up the Great Work AMARIN.

Life is full of Surprises and how we study them is how we overcome the impossible"!                

Quote by: Saundra

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In Remembrance - Gregory Branum

Gregory Branum

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Gregory Clay Branum, 52, a resident of Columbia, Mo., formerly of Sikeston, Mo., and Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday evening, Oct. 23, 2007, near East Prairie, Mo.

He was born Dec. 16, 1954, in Sikeston, to Emma Jean Branum Van Duson who survives of Sikeston, and the late Bill Branum.

He graduated from Sikeston High School in 1973 and from Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor's degree in agriculture. He was active in farming in Scott and Stoddard counties during his high school and college years and continued after college until March 1981 when he became a congressional aide for the late U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson. Following Emerson's death in 1996, he continued his work in the office of U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson as special projects manager.

On March 18, 2001, President George W. Bush appointed him Missouri state director for USDA Rural Development, a position he held at the time of his death. Greg was a member of First United Methodist Church in Sikeston and an avid sportsman with membership in Ducks Unlimited and the NRA.

In 2006 he was honored as the recipient of "Outstanding Agriculturist of the Year" award by Southeast Missouri State University.

On July 24, 1976, he married Jeanie Finley who survives of the home.

In addition to his mother and wife, he is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Alisa and Brad Haertling of Raleigh, N.C., Kristin and Tony Riley of Cape Girardeau; a brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Mary Katherine Branum of Charleston, Mo.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Julie and Randy Norman of Judsonia, Ark., Mona and Rob Porter of Cape Girardeau; also several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

The memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. The Rev. Grant Gillard, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, will officiate. Rep. Emerson will serve as eulogist.

Arrangements are under the direction of McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston and Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions to: Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45250-0301, attention Gift Processing, or to VFW Foundation, 406 West 34th St., Kansas City, Mo., 64111.

In Remembrance - Michael Camp ll

Michael Camp II

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Michael David Camp II, 26, of Scott City, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff.

He was born Sept. 25, 1981, in Poplar Bluff, son of Michael and Josie Morrill Camp.

Camp was a deckhand with Luhr Brothers in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City. He was an avid hunter, enjoyed music, cooking and spending time with family and friends.

He is survived by his parents of Poplar Bluff; two sisters, Amber Camp of Benton, Mo., and Amanda Camp of Scott City; maternal grandmother Myrime Morrill of Scott City; a special aunt, Geneva Camp of Scott City; and a niece, Vanessa Adams.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Charles Morrill; paternal grandparents, Lilbourn and Mamie Camp; and a special uncle, Bob Camp.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at St. Joseph Church. There will a parish prayer service at 6:30 p.m.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at the church, by Rev. Oliver Clavin. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

In Remembrance - Cousin Ed "Faithful Man of God"

Edwin Lee Sr.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

COMMERCE, Mo. -- Edwin Gene Lee Sr., 66, of Commerce died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 24, 1941, at Swinton, Mo., son of Jimmie and Sylvia Helen Morris Lee. He and Delores Faye Knight were married July 14, 1961, at Commerce.

Lee was a riverboat captain with Luhr Brothers. He was a member of Christian Mission in Benton, Mo., and Operators Local 513.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Edwin "Butch" Lee Jr. of Scott City, Tim Lee of Thebes, Ill.; two daughters, Brenda Morton of Lakeside, Calif., Barbara Burger of Commerce; a brother, James Lee of Scott City; four sisters, Mary Helen Crader and Jackie Lee of Scott City, Beulah Lusk of Greenville, Mo., Elsie Rose Hagan of Deering, Ga.; and 11 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two grandchildren and a sister.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the chapel, with the Rev. William Marshall officiating. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery at Commerce.

Changes-Weight Loss "Alli"

My weight gain came from the use of steroids during the war Cancer was raging in me from 1999-2000. The weight gain was @ 70 lbs due to two life threatening illnesses from 1996 acute pancreatitis with the use of sandostatin  for 19 months which was given six time a day in a shot and from that time on I was fighting to live daily and the battle was on and so was the outrages weight gain.

Now that HD has knocked on my door I intend to be the best that I can be,                              to TRUST GOD & BE HAPPY.

Earlier this year I went to the Doctor and ask about weight loss and that I needed help and my doctor prescribed Xynical which was over $200.00 month and I had to buy by the week because I couldn't afford the whole month. I have a heart condition from tumor compressing on my heart valve due to NHL is in operable and a fat blocker is safer for me to take. I did loose 10 lbs took months because of my financial ability. Then Alli came out and in July 07 I started and now have lost 21 lbs total to date and the cost is awesome you get 150 per a bottle at Sam's for @ 67.00 and that is affordable.

A new me is emerging from the battle field of life. Wow I can actually see me in the mirror now, I had forgotten what I truly looked like until now and praise God that I am alive and well in my spirit and soul. I remember how I felt death knocking on my door and tried with all its might to swallow me up, but in came the light of Jesus and saved me and he healed me so that I can praise his Name. I get excited that Jesus saved me healed me and gave me back the gift of life.

I have went from a size 22 to 16 , hello now you can relate and rejoice with me. I have set a goal of 100 lbs to loose and I am winning the battle over obesity for once and for all.

NOTE: EVERYONE SHOULD SEEK OUT A DOCTORS APPROVAL BEFORE TAKING ANY MEDICATION, I DID!

Thinking!

I know I have not been posting and I have been going through a lot of thinking on things and about HD and I feel the effects in my life daily and some I can be ok with and others I hate. I notice many things and the things that really bothers me is my ability to get so upset on stuff that normal people pass off and I seem to not be able to do that and it hurts me more than words can express.

I feel like I am living in a cage and cannot get out of this and the truth is I can't and it is driving me inside and I am dwelling lots on it and I know I need to try not too, but the fact is I have HD and that is the way its going to be now and forever with one exception it gets worse and I feel alone with it very alone.

I see now why momma became so upset with us we just had to have something to say back to her because we was putting our own selves before her and she was not in control and could not help how she was acting and I am hoping my family and I could step back and realize I have no control when it happens it just happens and its HD it is a sickness and thats part of it and I can't stop it if I could I wouldn't have HD. People who don't care to educate themselves to help out a family member and gain a better understanding of this disease causes those of us with it more agony and pain. You must realize we have HD we know those things that are our weaknesses just like the rest but for you, you can go back and stop and we can not it's HD.

I feel afraid sometimes that I won't be taken care of in the end because just like momma by the time we got there with her everything was PERSONAL. Everyone wants to be RIGHT and when we learned she has HD we stopped and we let her be in peace. So just because I am in the beginning stages I have those same weakness just not has progressed as momma but they are real and they have great control over some situations and my mind is one of them.

Please educate and help us those with HD live a longer more peaceful life.

Tom is Home

I want to say thank you for all who have been praying and hoping for Tom to get well and he has recovered with great speed. He is home and doing well and basking in his family's love.

He went through a life threatening event that he will carry with him forever and I know he is thinking of all those things he should of done he will do and carry forward with hope, grace and love.

Be well our friend and live, laugh and love!

Prayers for Our Friend (Tom)

Special requests for our friend who was injured in a motor cycle accident and has been on life support for past few weeks. We are praying for a miracle from God to touch his body and heal him whole.

Tom and Lynn are very active in their community. They have a daughter and twin grand children that are praying and hoping for their loved one to get well. It is now our time to give back to such wonderful friends and help and support them through this time. Words just can not describe the magnitude of grief and pain this event has brought into their lives, family and friends.

Our friend is in need and we are all praying and asking for your precious prayers for his family.  I want to say Thank you to all who come and share.

GODSPEED ahead Tom, Jesus bore the strips for your healing.