re: Happy B'Day

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I will second that ! EVery birthday we have is another year to celebrate

life! May you have many more!

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/22/2006 12:03:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

linnmiller@... writes:

> Happy Birthday Hollis!!

>

> Linn

>

Linn,

Thanks, Linn! So far it's been a nice day. After i get off the computer,

i'm going to mosey on down to the farmer's market and buy myself some

flowers. . . . And then tonight i'll find out if my somewhat

socially-challenged boyfriend (when it comes to dealing with birthdays, at

least) has picked

up on any of my numerous hints and has anything planned. . . . lol.

I wanted to tell you, while i have the chance, how much i appreciate your

posts on the various lists that we have in common. I always look forward

to reading yours and always find them thoughtful and informative. You're a

good writer and communicator!

Hollis

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/22/2006 7:12:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

artisticgroomer@... writes:

>

> I will second that ! EVery birthday we have is another year to celebrate

> life! May you have many more!

>

>

Thank you so much, Val.

Five years ago i was 65 pounds and very close to death, after having

spent eight bed-ridden years with my eyes completely covered, my ears

plugged, unable to feed myself or even lift my arm to my face unsupported.

I have a tremendous number of things to be grateful for today -- starting

with the basic one, from which all others flow: being alive!

Hollis

[Guest guest]

Happy Birthday Hollis! I hope you enjoy it!!!

in NY

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> Happy Birthday Hollis!!

>

> Linn

>

> > in post-menopausal range

> > even though i'm still having regular periods at almost 51.

> > (Actually i'll

> > be 51 in 18 minutes. I need to get to bed!)

> >> .

> >

> >

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/22/2006 12:12:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

Zdamask@... writes:

Five years ago i was 65 pounds and very close to death, after having

spent eight bed-ridden years with my eyes completely covered, my ears

plugged, unable to feed myself or even lift my arm to my face unsupported

hollis:

I am sending you a warm, love filled birthday greeting. Your post moved me

and made me realize that healing and transformation of this disease is

possible.

Many, many more!

Helen

[Guest guest]

Helen:

That is very sad about your being so ill for so long. How are you doing

now?

-- Re: re: Happy B'Day

In a message dated 9/22/2006 12:12:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

Zdamask@... writes:

Five years ago i was 65 pounds and very close to death, after having

spent eight bed-ridden years with my eyes completely covered, my ears

plugged, unable to feed myself or even lift my arm to my face unsupported

hollis:

I am sending you a warm, love filled birthday greeting. Your post moved me

and made me realize that healing and transformation of this disease is

possible.

Many, many more!

Helen

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/22/2006 7:16:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

heltrim1@... writes:

> hollis:

>

> I am sending you a warm, love filled birthday greeting. Your post moved me

> and made me realize that healing and transformation of this disease is

> possible.

>

> Many, many more!

>

> Helen

>

>

Thank you so much, Helen!

Yes, even though i lived through it and survived, i still find it hard to

believe where i was not all that long ago and where i am now.

Sometime during my long " down under " years , my nutritionist,

during one of her few house visits to see my in my darkened room,

said something that i held on to fiercely: " I've learned to never

underestimate the resiliency of the human spirit. " So many times

i thought there was no way out for me except through death. . .

but here i am. She was right. The human spirit IS very

resilient and, for me, my will to live was very strong. I really have

no other good explanation for why i withstood what i did for so long.

Hollis

[Guest guest]

Hello Hollis,

I am interested in hearing your story in more detail.

Would you mind sharing it with the group and how you have made so

much progress? I know of only one other person who was quite so

severe, but it sounded similar...darkened room...couldn't feed

himself...heightened senses so smallest noise or light was

excruciating, etc. His story is posted on the Adrenal Insufficiency

board.

Recoveries like yours are always inspiring to the rest of us!

--Steve

>

>

> Thank you so much, Helen!

>

> Yes, even though i lived through it and survived, i still find it

> hard to believe where i was not all that long ago and where i am

> now. Sometime during my long " down under " years , my

> nutritionist, during one of her few house visits to see my in my

> darkened room, said something that i held on to fiercely: " I've

> learned to never underestimate the resiliency of the human

> spirit. " So many times i thought there was no way out for me

> except through death. . . but here i am. She was right. The

> human spirit IS very resilient and, for me, my will to live was

> very strong. I really have no other good explanation for why i

> withstood what i did for so long.

>

> Hollis

[Guest guest]

Hollis:

The hair growth was getting ridiculous with the GH! I have no clue what

happened except that it must have amplified what hormones I had at the time.

Now I have none and did the T3 stint for Temperature Syndrome,

without my doc informing me and he had me on high dose, plus the mercury

toxicity. I don't think this hair will be coming back.................

frown.

-- re: Happy B'Day

In a message dated 9/22/2006 7:16:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

heltrim1@... writes:

> hollis:

>

> I am sending you a warm, love filled birthday greeting. Your post moved me

> and made me realize that healing and transformation of this disease is

> possible.

>

> Many, many more!

>

> Helen

>

>

Thank you so much, Helen!

Yes, even though i lived through it and survived, i still find it hard to

believe where i was not all that long ago and where i am now.

Sometime during my long " down under " years , my nutritionist,

during one of her few house visits to see my in my darkened room,

said something that i held on to fiercely: " I've learned to never

underestimate the resiliency of the human spirit. " So many times

i thought there was no way out for me except through death. . .

but here i am. She was right. The human spirit IS very

resilient and, for me, my will to live was very strong. I really have

no other good explanation for why i withstood what i did for so long.

Hollis

[Guest guest]

Hollis:

Was all this from adrenal problems? I played in a symphony for years and

quit due to getting confused during the music and finger swelling from Lyme.

I could probably play again but do not have the guts to join back up and am

not as good as I used to be, they would not need me. Last concert I was in I

walked off the stage just before it started, I hit my peg on a stand cause I

was trying to move way to the back cause my fingers would not move well for

the piece. I could not take it anymore so that was the last time, 2 years

or so ago.

-- re: Happy B'Day

In a message dated 9/22/2006 11:04:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

smann writes:

>

> Helen:

>

> That is very sad about your being so ill for so long. How are you doing

> now?

>

>

>

,

That was me, Hollis, not Helen.

Compared to where i was five years ago, i'm doing wonderfully -- living

independently, working very part-time from home for a unversity department,

doing political action work, and able to do most of those things that all

of us take for granted when we can do them. . . like talk, listen to music,

watch movies, hold a pen to write and draw, feed myself, cook and bake,

use my eyeballs to see the world, read (which i missed SO much) etc. etc.

Seriously, when came back into the world after all those years, it was truly

like being reborn. I had a LOT of catching up to do. Before my descent

into that awful existence, i was a VERY active person.

I do still use a wheelchair and an electric scooter, which i love, since it

allows me to bop around town and even do things like go on rails-to-trails

paths in beautiful places with my boyfriend. Next month we're planning

a trip to Lloyd 's Falling Water house at what i hope will be

the height of the autumn colors.

There are many limits to what i can do (i'm no longer able to do choral

singing or play the violin, two things i used to love) and how much i can

tolerate in the way of sound, which can often be very frustrating -- and

i have regular set-backs with my muscle/exercise tolerance and ears

-- but compared to where i was, life is VERY good.

Hollis

P.S. Even at my absolutely worst, unable to do much of anything except

hurt and be taken care of, i did find ways to keep my mind active and

hold off going totally crazy (which i think i would have, given a few more

months. . .). I wrote a series of sonnets in my head over a period of

several years that were eventually published. Definitely a case of art

being born out of pain. I honestly don't think it ever would have happened

if i hadn't been so isolated and cut off from the world. So, that's one good

thing that came out of the whole thing. More importantly, though,

it gave me a chance to really appreciate what's important in life. . . .