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Flora M Brown's avatar

I’m definitely going through a period of tough times where I’ve been served up

one health challenge after another over the last 5 years.

At first I plunged into researching, changing my eating habits and learning to manage each one, telling myself I’d get back to full speed once I was back to full energy.

As soon as I was comfortable with managing one issue, a new one would pop up. That built anxiety and made we want to stop making big plans until I was back to “normal”.

I finally had to do what you did: keep going with my business of writing and creating courses in spite of the health challenges.

What if this is “normal” for now? I look for lessons and blessings and keep

moving. If nothing else, my health journey is certainly part of my life story now.

Thanks for sharing your inspiring story.

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jlp's avatar

You have written exactly what I needed to read. My husband and I decided about a year ago to sell our home of 40 years, move to another state up in the mountains with our two dachshunds. We have been here less than a month when one of the doxies had a flare up of IVDD causing him to be paralyzed in the back legs. This requires 8-10 weeks minimum of crate rest along with 24/7 monitoring and care.

To put it mildly, I am learning to love the life I'm living and not the one I had planned.

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