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I have had so many of these but there are two situations I would like to ask prayer for. The first one is for my family. My mom and my sister have been having a difficult time lately and having to help take care of me is a burden I wish they didn't have to deal with.
The second one is two fold. Part of my disease is having to deal with dementia. I am finding it is becoming more and more difficult to do simple things. I have found my grammer to be way off lately- both verbally and written. Sometimes I can catch my mistakes but they are happening so often now that many mistakes are slipping through. The most difficult part of the dementia is not being able to trust my own thoughts. It is a difficult thing when you can't trust yourself as to what you are thinking. The second part of the prayer is that I find someone to help me . . . (finding it very difficult to find a way to put this) . . . get some peace of mind back for lack of a better way of stating it.
When I was first told what the disease was (MSA), I was concerned about the dementia part of it. Dementia is caused by many things going wrong within the body. It is known that the fluids in the brain are affected by the disease and one of the main problems with the disease is not enough blood is sent to the brain as needed. It is known that in death, the brain is damaged in some way (doctors and books aren't very clear on this) that is viewable in death but not in life (apparently any operation to get to the part of the bain infected is going to end up as an autopsy).
I didn't know how far the dementia would affect me once I got to that part of the disease but figured I would deal with it once it came up. Only recently did I realize I have been dealing with it for some time now, almost from the time the disease first started back in 2000. My pet prayer was that I would meet a healer who could explain the problems in my head and help make them right. A couple of years ago I went through a battery of tests that were designed to help test a person without them being able to influence the test in anyway. At the time I found those tests to be annoying but they were helpful in showing that the disease was present but not adversely affecting anything. Now I look forward to taking the tests again.
Thank You in advance for your prayers.
The second one is two fold. Part of my disease is having to deal with dementia. I am finding it is becoming more and more difficult to do simple things. I have found my grammer to be way off lately- both verbally and written. Sometimes I can catch my mistakes but they are happening so often now that many mistakes are slipping through. The most difficult part of the dementia is not being able to trust my own thoughts. It is a difficult thing when you can't trust yourself as to what you are thinking. The second part of the prayer is that I find someone to help me . . . (finding it very difficult to find a way to put this) . . . get some peace of mind back for lack of a better way of stating it.
When I was first told what the disease was (MSA), I was concerned about the dementia part of it. Dementia is caused by many things going wrong within the body. It is known that the fluids in the brain are affected by the disease and one of the main problems with the disease is not enough blood is sent to the brain as needed. It is known that in death, the brain is damaged in some way (doctors and books aren't very clear on this) that is viewable in death but not in life (apparently any operation to get to the part of the bain infected is going to end up as an autopsy).
I didn't know how far the dementia would affect me once I got to that part of the disease but figured I would deal with it once it came up. Only recently did I realize I have been dealing with it for some time now, almost from the time the disease first started back in 2000. My pet prayer was that I would meet a healer who could explain the problems in my head and help make them right. A couple of years ago I went through a battery of tests that were designed to help test a person without them being able to influence the test in anyway. At the time I found those tests to be annoying but they were helpful in showing that the disease was present but not adversely affecting anything. Now I look forward to taking the tests again.
Thank You in advance for your prayers.
