Autumn greetings from Vermont
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Andi,
Your posts are really inspiring. Which is just what I need lately! For the past couple weeks, I've really tried to "not sweat the small stuff!"
I have alot going on in my personal life, but nothing negative, just stressful.
Each day, I just tell myself that I am thankful for my family and my daughters and for their health. Right now, I'm actually grateful for my job and the security of it. Meaning the panic over the economy. I've learned to deal with my D schedule and continue to experiment with diet, etc. Since I have decided not to take any more meds at this point.
I'm near Syracuse, NY. I was born about 30 minutes from where I live now. I moved to my husband's home town right after high school. I married him when I was 18 and it's been 20 years and two beautiful daughters!
I'm happy this site brings us all together. It's the one positive that comes out of having MC!
Your posts are really inspiring. Which is just what I need lately! For the past couple weeks, I've really tried to "not sweat the small stuff!"
I have alot going on in my personal life, but nothing negative, just stressful.
Each day, I just tell myself that I am thankful for my family and my daughters and for their health. Right now, I'm actually grateful for my job and the security of it. Meaning the panic over the economy. I've learned to deal with my D schedule and continue to experiment with diet, etc. Since I have decided not to take any more meds at this point.
I'm near Syracuse, NY. I was born about 30 minutes from where I live now. I moved to my husband's home town right after high school. I married him when I was 18 and it's been 20 years and two beautiful daughters!
I'm happy this site brings us all together. It's the one positive that comes out of having MC!
Gorgeous.
DD#1 and some friends are going to Mohonk Mountain House soon. We were fortunate to visit a few years ago the week before the peak leaf peeping week. Absolutely gorgeous.
www.mohonk.com
DD#1 and some friends are going to Mohonk Mountain House soon. We were fortunate to visit a few years ago the week before the peak leaf peeping week. Absolutely gorgeous.
www.mohonk.com
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LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
Thank you all for your beautiful posts. Autumn is my favorite time of year, and it's wonderful to read so many tributes to it in all of its glory. I also have been taking some time, (usually during my commute as that's the only time I have although it's always on my mind) to think about how MC, and autoimmune in general, are affecting my life and how it will affect the choices I make in the future. Right now I have a very stressful job that requires me to work long hours and take work home. I'm very good at it, I've made some important contributions, and I know that many people would call me crazy (and probably worse) to walk away from it. But I don't know. I like to work hard and always have, but right now I am wondering if, since I have a limited amount of energy, I really want to put all of it into my career. This is a big switch for me, since I have always been very driven. I'm still driven, and would be at anything I did since that's just my personality, but I guess I just want to make sure I'm driving in the right direction (hopefully, the getting better direction :-) I am fortunate in that I do have several options, but really confused about what to do right now. I'm trying to accept that MC is life-altering and, I suppose, accept for my former self that the current me has already accepted it. Sorry, that's kind of cryptic.
Peace,
Courtney
Peace,
Courtney
Hypothyroid 05/05
LC/CC 07/08
Celiac 07/08
LC/CC 07/08
Celiac 07/08
Courtney,
I certainly understand what you are saying, because when my symptoms started, I was similarly "challenged" by work that had more demands than I had the energy to meet, and the long hours, and 7-day a week schedule, no longer appealed to me. Since I had my own business, and it took me so long to achieve remission, I had to back down on some of my more ambitious projects, and have others do some of the work that I should have been doing. Looking back, that was probably the worst part of the whole ordeal. I had to shelve plans for conquering the world - the sky was no longer the limit.
Bear in mind, however, that once you are able to achieve remission, your energy will return, and so will your appreciation for every aspect of your life. IOW, once you get your life back, you may be even more ambitious than ever.
That said, (as you have already discovered), MC does seem to have an effect on our mindset, and our values, (at least this applies to some of us), and it makes us appreciate things that we didn't properly appreciate, before, (at least it did for me). For me, it made me aware of aspects of my life that I had been pretty much ignoring, and it made me realize just how important friends and family are to my sense of well-being. IOW, it caused me to rearrange my priorities. Now, I get much more satisfaction out of helping others, than just about anything else - that wasn't the case previously. Now, the seasons mean more to me, every sunrise seems more inspiring, and I notice birds, insects, and plants that I never noticed before, and they all seem so much more significant.
I've said this before, but I'll say it again - for me at least, (and this is probably true for many of us), having a truly miserable disease for which I couldn't get any help from the medical community, so that I eventually resigned myself to the prospect of living that way for the rest of my life, and then suddenly discovering a solution, and being able to actually get my life back, was a true epiphany, so it's no wonder that it changed me so significantly. YMMV, of course.
Tex
I certainly understand what you are saying, because when my symptoms started, I was similarly "challenged" by work that had more demands than I had the energy to meet, and the long hours, and 7-day a week schedule, no longer appealed to me. Since I had my own business, and it took me so long to achieve remission, I had to back down on some of my more ambitious projects, and have others do some of the work that I should have been doing. Looking back, that was probably the worst part of the whole ordeal. I had to shelve plans for conquering the world - the sky was no longer the limit.
Bear in mind, however, that once you are able to achieve remission, your energy will return, and so will your appreciation for every aspect of your life. IOW, once you get your life back, you may be even more ambitious than ever.
That said, (as you have already discovered), MC does seem to have an effect on our mindset, and our values, (at least this applies to some of us), and it makes us appreciate things that we didn't properly appreciate, before, (at least it did for me). For me, it made me aware of aspects of my life that I had been pretty much ignoring, and it made me realize just how important friends and family are to my sense of well-being. IOW, it caused me to rearrange my priorities. Now, I get much more satisfaction out of helping others, than just about anything else - that wasn't the case previously. Now, the seasons mean more to me, every sunrise seems more inspiring, and I notice birds, insects, and plants that I never noticed before, and they all seem so much more significant.
I've said this before, but I'll say it again - for me at least, (and this is probably true for many of us), having a truly miserable disease for which I couldn't get any help from the medical community, so that I eventually resigned myself to the prospect of living that way for the rest of my life, and then suddenly discovering a solution, and being able to actually get my life back, was a true epiphany, so it's no wonder that it changed me so significantly. YMMV, of course.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Joan,
Thank you!!
Babsey, the picture of NY is as beautiful as any in Vermont. I go to NY sometimes with Dave and I do see the beauty, even in the city and I am not a city girl.
Courtney, I am sympathizing with you, I am going thru exactly the same thoughts. I have had my career for 22 years and it is stressful. I am also thinking maybe it is time to slow down and do something that is not as worrisome with MC (my job requires long hours in the woods) and less stressful.
I am pretty much where you are, maybe we can help each other thru the process. My co-workers dont really understand.
Tex, like you, I found that having a chronic medical problem made me really go inside myself and think about what really matters. I have always been the type of person who spends a lot of time in their head, but having MC really made it even more so (not much else to do when half you life is in the bathroom!!).
Thank you!!
Babsey, the picture of NY is as beautiful as any in Vermont. I go to NY sometimes with Dave and I do see the beauty, even in the city and I am not a city girl.
Courtney, I am sympathizing with you, I am going thru exactly the same thoughts. I have had my career for 22 years and it is stressful. I am also thinking maybe it is time to slow down and do something that is not as worrisome with MC (my job requires long hours in the woods) and less stressful.
I am pretty much where you are, maybe we can help each other thru the process. My co-workers dont really understand.
Tex, like you, I found that having a chronic medical problem made me really go inside myself and think about what really matters. I have always been the type of person who spends a lot of time in their head, but having MC really made it even more so (not much else to do when half you life is in the bathroom!!).
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kate_ce1995
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Andi,
I didn't realize there was another Vermonter on board! And the last couple weeks sure have been perfect Vermont fall weather, haven't they. Best foliage season we've had in years for sure. We're picking up a load of firewood on Saturday. I could also go on about Vermont all day. Hubby turned over a new garden location last weekend as the current garden is being taken over by strawberries, which I love, so I'm not arguing with them
. I spent 14 years living in the Boston area and came back to my hometown 4 years ago last month. It truely was a coming home experience.
Whereabouts are you from? I'm in Springfield.
Katy
I didn't realize there was another Vermonter on board! And the last couple weeks sure have been perfect Vermont fall weather, haven't they. Best foliage season we've had in years for sure. We're picking up a load of firewood on Saturday. I could also go on about Vermont all day. Hubby turned over a new garden location last weekend as the current garden is being taken over by strawberries, which I love, so I'm not arguing with them
. I spent 14 years living in the Boston area and came back to my hometown 4 years ago last month. It truely was a coming home experience.Whereabouts are you from? I'm in Springfield.
Katy
HI Katy,
I am excited, another Vermonter! I live in Berlin, just outside of Montpelier.
Springfield is nice, the home of the Simpsons! I used to go to Chester for work a lot and drove thru Springfield. It has been a few years since I went down that way. I love the Montpelier area though, moved from Burlington 5 years ago (after spending many, many years in Burlington).
This is definitely the best foliage season I can remember in a long time.
Yes, our gardening season is very short in Vermont, but it sure makes you appreciate it all the more.
Glad to meet you, i wondered if there were any Vermonters on this site.
I am excited, another Vermonter! I live in Berlin, just outside of Montpelier.
Springfield is nice, the home of the Simpsons! I used to go to Chester for work a lot and drove thru Springfield. It has been a few years since I went down that way. I love the Montpelier area though, moved from Burlington 5 years ago (after spending many, many years in Burlington).
This is definitely the best foliage season I can remember in a long time.
Yes, our gardening season is very short in Vermont, but it sure makes you appreciate it all the more.
Glad to meet you, i wondered if there were any Vermonters on this site.
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Carol Arnett
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Vermont
Hi Andi,
Thank you so much for taking us on such a lovely tour of your beautiful state.
Since I saw my first picture of Vermont (Summer) I have dreamed of living there. Hugs, Carol
Thank you so much for taking us on such a lovely tour of your beautiful state.
Since I saw my first picture of Vermont (Summer) I have dreamed of living there. Hugs, Carol
Carol Arnett
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kate_ce1995
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Andi,
Berlin is beautiful...really the top of the world up there. I am a civil engineer and have worked on a few projects up that way...the Barre Public Safety Building, the addition at CVMC, and at the Knapp Airport.
Once you find out whether you are gluten intolerant or not, if that is a route you are going to go, I found out there is a new pizza place in Chester that offers gluten free pizza! They don't always have the gf crust I guess, so you have to call ahead, but it was SOOOOO good. You'd never know it wasn't normal. And they are going with a local theme and have different Vermont cheeses, and locally grown veggies (although what they'll do all winter????).
Anyways, gotta run to work. I'm only working 3 days this week and then on Friday my husband and I are going to Lake George for a few days. Will be a nice break!
Katy
Berlin is beautiful...really the top of the world up there. I am a civil engineer and have worked on a few projects up that way...the Barre Public Safety Building, the addition at CVMC, and at the Knapp Airport.
Once you find out whether you are gluten intolerant or not, if that is a route you are going to go, I found out there is a new pizza place in Chester that offers gluten free pizza! They don't always have the gf crust I guess, so you have to call ahead, but it was SOOOOO good. You'd never know it wasn't normal. And they are going with a local theme and have different Vermont cheeses, and locally grown veggies (although what they'll do all winter????).
Anyways, gotta run to work. I'm only working 3 days this week and then on Friday my husband and I are going to Lake George for a few days. Will be a nice break!
Katy