Mary
7/25/2015
3:01:25 AM | Hi Lyle, you're right about that, God does have other plans for you! It is so great to hear from you and to hear that you are still making good progress! That's wonderful. I know from your past posts it has been extremely challenging at times. But you stayed strong and stayed in the fight! Yay!
You're also right about stress being a primary factor for the illness to take a hold. For one thing, cortisol, a stress related hormone is pumped into our system when we are stressed and this does not do our internal organs or immune system any good. All are compromised. So, I think many of us (if not all) with MD, will agree that we were under a lot of worry and/or stress of some type when we got ill with this. So, keeping stress down, is imperative and prayer does just that, give it to God, He's in control, not us. Also, helpful in stress management is support from our support systems like here on the forum. And, taking care of ourselves with exercise, diet, sleep, and sunshine. How many people just stop eating properly, stop exercising, not taking breaks at work....I know I was one of those. Not anymore, though.
Well, again, I am so happy to hear from you, Lyle. Thanks for checking in. I hope that things are better with your kids, too. I will keep you all in my prayers.
Warm Regards,
Mary |
