tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post6908424723738069303..comments2008-10-14T10:33:25.403-04:00Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-38758274126606065732008-10-14T10:33:00.000-04:002008-10-14T10:33:00.000-04:00Thank you, Rico, for your blessings and for visiting my blog. I want to respond gently to your comment, but I’m not having gentle feelings about it. So, let me tell you a little of where I’m coming from.<BR/><BR/>The only thing 100% guaranteed to any of us is death. That’s not pessimistic; it’s just our situation. I have had autonomic symptoms for over thirty years. They have never gotten better; they have gotten much worse. And that is not my only trouble. I have gotten better at managing my dysautonomia and I have gotten good drugs. (I love my drugs.) But, despite years of healing work, I continue to be radically limited, and nothing seems to clear the way for me to get stronger. I don’t know what will happen in the future. <BR/><BR/>I don’t think health has much to do with deserving or not. Lots of people, billions actually, do not get the good things they “deserve.” Life is not a synonym for justice. Hope that denies this reality is cheap and, frankly, useless to me. I’m interested in other species of hope, the kinds we can share with each other in our shared place of not-knowing.<BR/><BR/>Please forgive my directness if it stings; this is a subject which matters to me.<BR/><BR/>I’m glad to hear you and your father have gotten the medical help you needed.<BR/><BR/>My blessings to you, as well,<BR/><BR/>PriscillaPriscilla Gilmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-3030233725980811972008-09-29T09:02:00.000-04:002008-09-29T09:02:00.000-04:00Dear Priscilla,<BR/><BR/>Another Bahá'í friend of mine pointed me to your curent state of illness. Its symptoms sound all too familiar to me, having undergone something similar myself on a daily bases for many years, but the chances for you to recover is 100% (not a joke!).<BR/><BR/>Also, I almost lost my father to such an illness, be it that he was in a more advanced stage before being 'saved' by who is now our from certain death 5 years ago. Apparently, Bahá'u'lláh had other plans than death.<BR/><BR/>If you seek a "competent physician", I can recommend you mine. You deserve a life of health and vigor. Don't hesitate to email me at ricolicious at gmail dot com.<BR/><BR/>Many blessings, RicoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com