Comments on: Onward Through The Fog http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/ No Need to Panic. I'm a Professional. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Theresa http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2459 Theresa Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:09:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2459 Hi Amy. I found you through Kim's blog. I have enjoyed reading some of your posts.<br/><br/>I have been experiencing health issues that were leading to a MS diagnosis. Last week I received the news that I definately don't have MS. Relieved as I am, I am still in medical limbo as to what has been wrong with me. <br/><br/>I can totally related to not having the energy to do things but wanting people still to ask because you aren't sure when you will have a good day and want to go do stuff. You are in my prayers. You have a great outlook and I really appreciate your openness. Hi Amy. I found you through Kim’s blog. I have enjoyed reading some of your posts.

I have been experiencing health issues that were leading to a MS diagnosis. Last week I received the news that I definately don’t have MS. Relieved as I am, I am still in medical limbo as to what has been wrong with me.

I can totally related to not having the energy to do things but wanting people still to ask because you aren’t sure when you will have a good day and want to go do stuff. You are in my prayers. You have a great outlook and I really appreciate your openness.

]]> By: Anonymous http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2175 Anonymous Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:28:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2175 Amy,<br/>This is really great writing. You have a gift - I know you know that....So thanks for sharing your experiences with your gift. It makes us all more like Christ.<br/><br/>Lori Amy,
This is really great writing. You have a gift – I know you know that….So thanks for sharing your experiences with your gift. It makes us all more like Christ.

Lori

]]> By: Sandra dodd http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 Sandra dodd Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:51:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2174 This is not Sandra, this is Brad, Amy's dad.<br/><br/>I do not follow Amy's blogging like here mother does, however I did read here comments on he MS.<br/><br/>Dearest daughter Amy:<br/>Thank you so much for sharing your insights to your life's struggle. Your words helped me understand so very much concerning MS. The main thing it helped me to understand is exactly how proud I am of you. You have been given a challenge in your life and are handling it in a way that so many are totally uncapable of doing. I want all to know that I am so very proud of you and of all that you have and most certainly will accomplish.<br/>Love, Dad<br/><br/>P.S. I am sorry for the time I told you to PERK UP. This is not Sandra, this is Brad, Amy’s dad.

I do not follow Amy’s blogging like here mother does, however I did read here comments on he MS.

Dearest daughter Amy:
Thank you so much for sharing your insights to your life’s struggle. Your words helped me understand so very much concerning MS. The main thing it helped me to understand is exactly how proud I am of you. You have been given a challenge in your life and are handling it in a way that so many are totally uncapable of doing. I want all to know that I am so very proud of you and of all that you have and most certainly will accomplish.
Love, Dad

P.S. I am sorry for the time I told you to PERK UP.

]]> By: Alyson http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2173 Alyson Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:48:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2173 Amy, you're amazing and I knew that to some degree (just because I think you're a cool chick) but now knowing more about the disease you have just makes me in awe of how much you do DO (not doo doo) and how fun you are to be around and talk with because you could so easily just be like "life sucks, I'm not even going to try being fun to be around". Wow, that was a run-on sentence. :) By the way, given the glove over glove over glove analogy... I'm impressed with your typing skills! Amy, you’re amazing and I knew that to some degree (just because I think you’re a cool chick) but now knowing more about the disease you have just makes me in awe of how much you do DO (not doo doo) and how fun you are to be around and talk with because you could so easily just be like “life sucks, I’m not even going to try being fun to be around”. Wow, that was a run-on sentence. :) By the way, given the glove over glove over glove analogy… I’m impressed with your typing skills!

]]> By: Sarah http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 Sarah Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:38:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2172 Every day I think of you and think of what we CAN do together rather than what we can't. I treasure you and your friendship. Thank you for sharing, and you know you can always call on me. Love you. Every day I think of you and think of what we CAN do together rather than what we can’t. I treasure you and your friendship. Thank you for sharing, and you know you can always call on me. Love you.

]]> By: Ruth Ann http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 Ruth Ann Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:34:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2171 Thanks, Amy for sharing and explaining so well. Thanks, Amy for sharing and explaining so well.

]]> By: Christy http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2170 Christy Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:08:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2170 Amy, thanks for being so open and honest about the reality of living with MS. You are a strong woman with a beautiful outlook on life, and you inspire me beyond words. My husband lives with a rare, very painful chronic arthritic condition, and reading your entry is inspiring to me because you remain optimistic and not beat down emotionally. Your positive nature has inspired and encouraged me. I'm looking forward to reading more. Thanks for sharing so freely and letting us know more about MS and its affects in your life. Amy, thanks for being so open and honest about the reality of living with MS. You are a strong woman with a beautiful outlook on life, and you inspire me beyond words. My husband lives with a rare, very painful chronic arthritic condition, and reading your entry is inspiring to me because you remain optimistic and not beat down emotionally. Your positive nature has inspired and encouraged me. I’m looking forward to reading more. Thanks for sharing so freely and letting us know more about MS and its affects in your life.

]]> By: Susan http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Susan Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:57:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2169 Thanks for making my mascara run. <br/> <br/>While I think I have known most of this prior to reading it today, through conversations with you throughout our 12 years of friendship (good grief we are old) it is nice to be reminded why you cancel plans and aren't always the chipper Amy that I remember from my "youth". I think it is very true what people say about people, especially loved ones they have known for years. I really, don't "see" you as you are today, unless I forcefully make myself. I look at you and see punk rock Amy giving herself a shot in her dorm room, with me cheering on the side lines. That is the first Amy I ever knew and the one that I love so dearly that oftentimes I ignore the sometimes very obvious signs of your deteriorating health. So it is good to hear that life sucks for you. :)<br/> <br/>I am also very glad you were able to get your message across in such a thorough, thought provoking, yet not snotty or "sickly" way. I know what that must mean to you. I am proud of you, and your life expectancy must not be cut short, as you and I have plans, big ones that can not be cancelled or postponed. Thanks for making my mascara run.

While I think I have known most of this prior to reading it today, through conversations with you throughout our 12 years of friendship (good grief we are old) it is nice to be reminded why you cancel plans and aren’t always the chipper Amy that I remember from my “youth”. I think it is very true what people say about people, especially loved ones they have known for years. I really, don’t “see” you as you are today, unless I forcefully make myself. I look at you and see punk rock Amy giving herself a shot in her dorm room, with me cheering on the side lines. That is the first Amy I ever knew and the one that I love so dearly that oftentimes I ignore the sometimes very obvious signs of your deteriorating health. So it is good to hear that life sucks for you. :)

I am also very glad you were able to get your message across in such a thorough, thought provoking, yet not snotty or “sickly” way. I know what that must mean to you. I am proud of you, and your life expectancy must not be cut short, as you and I have plans, big ones that can not be cancelled or postponed.

]]> By: Kim P. http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 Kim P. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:47:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2168 Thank you for being so open about MS. I know I am shamefully unaware of what it's like for you (and others) to have this disease. I look forward to tomorrow's post. Thank you for being so open about MS. I know I am shamefully unaware of what it’s like for you (and others) to have this disease. I look forward to tomorrow’s post.

]]> By: Ginger http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 Ginger Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:46:00 +0000 http://ericswife.com/index.php/2008/03/onward-through-the-fog/#comment-2167 My heart has ached from day one of this MS journey. In reading this, I am again reminded of the many times in the beginning of how I didn't understand any of this. Not that much has changed in all honesty. I still don't understand most of it. What I do get though is how much of a sacrifice it is for you to do things that I take for granted. And for that lesson, I am grateful, though I wish it weren't at your physical expense. My heart has ached from day one of this MS journey. In reading this, I am again reminded of the many times in the beginning of how I didn’t understand any of this. Not that much has changed in all honesty. I still don’t understand most of it. What I do get though is how much of a sacrifice it is for you to do things that I take for granted. And for that lesson, I am grateful, though I wish it weren’t at your physical expense.

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