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Re: How has Endo changed or impacted your life? Positively
From: Lori (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Apr 28 16:26:39 2004
Because of Endo. I am infertile & so we looked to adoption as an
alternative plan although we had such fear of it & wondered what it
would be like?
Our children are such a Blessing to us! & am so grateful now that it all
happened this way instead of the way we wanted it.
God Bless
Lori
I would Love to post this message again from a wonderful woman, Jules!
At Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Jules wrote:
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>I won't say that endo has ruined my life, because it hasn't. I love
>life and I am grateful for the one I have. Endo does however effect
>every aspect of my life. Because of it I have learned that I can
>accomplish anything anyone else can, but as my husband says, having endo
>is like having two hands tied behind my back. I am at a severe
>disadvantage being in constant pain, sometimes unable to move my right
>leg at all, but I keep going because I have to, and because I want to.
>Endo has taught me that I am a lot stronger then I once thought, and it
>has humbled me, too. The biggest impact that endo has had on my life is
>that it has made me appreciate small things much more. I think that
>most people take for granted being able to take a shower or cook a meal,
>as if being able to do something like that is just a given in life. But
>for me, on the days that I feel up to doing what is considered "normal"
>I feel ever so grateful for the opportunity to do my share. Life really
>is what you make of it, and I refuse to let anything get me down.
>Looking at my wedding pictures and video, no one would know everything
>that went horribly wrong (icluding my husband getting jumped by two guys
>four weeks before our wedding and beaten so badly that he had back
>surgery four days after our wedding), just let me know if you want to
>everything else that happened, it is too much to put in this post. But,
>again, I truly believe that life really is what you make out of it. You
>can choose to complain about your circumstances or you can choose to
>accept them. I choose to accept them and be grateful for all that I do
>have instead of focusing on what I don't have.
>
>God Bless,
>Jules
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