A few words and thanks to all

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I became a memeber in August 2000. I am so glad that I have found

this forum. Everyone is so nice. I never thought that there was a

lot of people out there that had the problem that I did but I found

out wrong. Yall have all been there for me when I was down and I

really wanted to thank you.

Tuesday, I fell. Really don't know how but I did. In a hurry for

one reason. When I fell I caught myself with my hands but I kept

going until my face hit the cement and scratched my right cheek and

my chin up. When I looked in the mirror in really frightened me

because my face on the right side was covered in blood. My rosacea

went crazy on that side. Also I couldn't go get my 7th photoderm

treatment the next day. My skin is still all scratched but is

looking a lot better. The rosacea is calmed down some. Wed I stayed

home because of it and I prayed hard. Thurs. I went to get a tetnus

shot. The reason I'm telling you all of this is because I've had a

lot of time to think. I know its very hard dealing with rosacea. If

we could just get it under control. I know we don't like being on

medication. The thing is that when I was sitting at the doctor's

office, I saw this woman that was probably in her 50s, she came in

with a huge bag of medication, all of which she had to take

everyday. I was thinking we might not want to be on medication when

we get older but we might have to in order to live. Also accidents

happen all the time, like when I fell. You never know what life is

going to have in store for you. We are lucky in a lot of ways. We

could have cancer or be in a wheelchair. We could be on our dieing

beds. Life is hard but rosacea we will have to deal with but we can

deal with it. I do think and hope that photoderm will help us until

they have a cure. I don't know if photoderm alone will do it, but

maybe photoderm, diet and the right skincare will help us through

this. I feel like I need to start trying to enjoy my life and my

family. You never know what might happen in the future. Which I

pray to God that this is the only thing bad that I will have to deal

with for the rest of my life. But just think, one day we will be in

Heaven with God with no worries. God loves us!!! We can all do this

and with all of you helping me it has helped me a lot. I just wanted

to speak my mind. You don't have to agree with me on this but I feel

that we need to stay positive. Because here lately before my fall I

was so negative. Lets help all of us to be positive. We can all

pray for one another.

Sheila