Joan Rea wrote to Marty on  and announced ..
 JR> In telling you of my accomplishments since getting sober, I neglected to 
 JR> mention the other stuff.  Besides alcoholism, i suffer from diabetes and 
lupus both auto-immune disorders which means that my body destroys parts of 
itself because it thinks that these parts are foreign bodies.
        Not  one of the better things to have to deal with I'm sure.
  
 JR> Well, there are many other things that I could have going awry and I was 
 JR> given 6 months to live in 1962 from kidney failure.
        Sounds like about the time that doctors were telling most everyone
        with any kinda problem that death was very likely. :(
 JR> Trouble with me is that I'm too nosey to sit still long enough to be 
 JR> really bothered by all this crap.
        Same with me.
 JR> I've been into overtime for 13 years so what the heck.  
        Well at least you don't sound like life has to be some kind of
        chor that no one wants to do.  And that in itself is half the
        battle of living.
 JR> The only difference between a disaster and an adventure is my attitude.
        Boy have you got that right. :-)
                                                        TTYL
                                                           Marty
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