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03-10-2011, 09:28 PM
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I'm Baaack
It's been years since I've posted on MSWorld, mostly due to health issues. In 2007, I was in and out of the hospital three times, not due to MS. In 2008, I crashed, physically,withwhat turned out to be a long standing adrenal insufficiency and ended up inthe hospital, coded, then a rehab center, then a nursing home for 4 1/2 months. I came home in a pretty fragile state, and it was discovered that I had a dislocated hip. This was due to an idiot doctor decreasing my spasticity drugs in the rehab center. Nothing could be done about it because of a long standing open sore encircling my left leg - they were afraid of infection. I slipped into a deep depression (gee, I wonder why) where I was crying almost every night.
My neurologist recommended a psychiatrist and a psychiatric social worker, both at the center where he worked. The psychiatrist started working with me to find which medications would be best and we finally found the right combination. The psychiatric social worker and I worked on my messed up psyche and she and the psychiatrist diagnosed me with post traumatic stress disorder. I am now able to communicate on the computer, again, and in November I had surgery on the sore on my leg and the skin grafts took, healing the wound I'd had for 3 1/2 years. So, here I am, again, mentally in one piece, more or less, mostly more, ready to type up a storm!
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Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow." 
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03-11-2011, 08:29 AM
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welcome back gem(though i came later and don`t know you)!!!!!!!! wow, you went thru a TON!!!!! glad you`re healing.
dave
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hunterd/HuntOP Co Administrator message boards MS World "There is no normal, just life." Val Kilmer in Tombstone
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03-11-2011, 01:45 PM
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Hi GEM
 Welcome Back! Sorry to learn that you had to go through so many health issues over these past few years. Quote:
 Type away! Looking forward to seeing you around again!  Take care, KoKo
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~DX PPMS, 12 Years~ ~ Worrying will not take away tomorrow's troubles ~ But it will take away today's peace. ~
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