Hi Cindy,

>> Find your own kind?? Lol, what a line! :)  I bet you had to hold off
>> from slamming them in the head   I don't know if I could have
>> :) :) :)

> THANK YOU! Bless you bless you bless you!!! You don't know how close
> I had come to wanting to do that very thing.

Ah, I probably do know somewhat .. there have been times when
I've had to hold back on what a person deserves for comments such as that
one :)

[...]

> Two words not printable here to them. And the Italian Brush off made
> famous by the Godfather (TM) besides.

No kidding :)

>> > Note on MS: please research online as there are many many very good
>> > support groups. And even though this sounds cruel, please if it
>> > helps... just remember this when you are down, " At least I can
>> > hear"...

>> Actually deafness, blindness, and much more can be a part of MS.  It
>> depends on the type of MS you have, more so what part of your brain is

> I know. I've an aunt and a cousin inflicted with it.

Sorry to hear about that.  Not uncommon to find it in families.

> Oddly the
> daughter came down with it first, then her mother. I often do wonder
> now if they regret being so vain- especially toward me.

One would hope they've thought about it.

> Pretty harsh
> way to learn  a lesson.

People like that have a built-in self-defense mechanism.. don't worry about
them, they probably forgot already what problems there were.

> IOW: If "you" dislike someone because they're different by no fault of
> their own: just wait!

> You'd think this sort of thing would make people think twice before
> castigating someone- but it doesn't. Few people seldom learn the easy way.
> *by example.

Very true.

> I hate to sound spiteful and yes I KNOW it is spiteful! But ...
> uh do I have to say it?

> To those who have cast me out because I am deaf, but now they suffer
> conditions they can do nothing to change either and by no fault of
> their own: I got my cross to bear, that the likes of you made all the
> heavier... now you got yours. Sorry, but don't expect sympathy or
> even empathy- from me. I'll never say this. But I feel it. I make it
> go away because I know it's not healthy to be spiteful-  and anything
> unhealthy isn't worth the added burden considering the source-
> taking on.

Sometimes you just have to forget garbage that goes on, and the completely
stupid things people say.

>> being affected at the time.  For me, it  happens with
>> Replapsing/Remitting MS like I have, "now and then".. 
When MS first
>> hit my ears and eyes, my right ear was just "gone" one
day, and so was
>> my vision in both eyes.  My vision and hearing came back though. For
>> some people with MS, it never comes back.

> Don't be shocked if when you are in remission someone says you['re
> pretending....  when remission occurs.

Lol, I've heard every one over the course of 30 years, believe me :) :) 
"You don't look sick", "it's all in your head", etc.
etc. etc..

>> taught myself to program computers, and then I taught Ron ... I
>> don't know if I would have even bothered to get a computer way back
>> then if I hadn't gottten MS . Sometimes it takes a shock to
>> one's system to realize one's potential.

> That's adapting; channeling energies abilities positively :) And that
> is great!

> We are very fortunate to have this technology. Very much indeed.

Yes, we are fortunate :)

Take care,
Janis

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