Last I heard from Norma's family c/o pastor's wife on Saturday (March 1, 2008) was that she was ready to go to heaven,and her feet were turning blue; & she couldn't eat any more
Her daughter had called pastor/Carol ... and said it was only a matter of time. Norma is in a comfort room and they are keeping her heavily medicated.
She has had this recurring dream that she is falling, falling, falling ... down and down and down, even into the depths of the ocean ... and when she comes back up, she has a full head of hair like when she was a young woman.
Norma is a couple years older than me: I think she is 64
If she doesn't get a miracle, and should die, they will think it is the cancer/ pancreatic/liver ... but it might be the fatigue that goes undiagnosed:
FATIGUE? * * |
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If
red
blood
cells
die
off
too
soon,
how
much
harm
to
life
does
that
do?
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After
the
flu
went
through
my
friend's
community,
she
started
having
horrible
headaches,
rippling
pains,
and
she
told
me
she
had
'the
chills'
....
I
asked,
"Do
you
have
FATIGUE?"
Oh,
yes,
I
have
had
for
years
...
&
gall
bladder
removal
long
ago,
too.
The
doctors
said
she
had
anemia
and
a
month
later
found
pancreatic
&
liver
cancers.
Two
months
later
they
were
still
trying
to
determine
'the
anemia'
If
the
cause
of
all
of
these
is
exposure
to
2-butoxyethanol
in
various
ways
over
the
years,
and
even
before
she
was
born
*
...
the
anemia
would
be
autoimmune
hemolytic
anemia
or
immune
mediated
hemolytic
anemia,
and
she
would
(or
someone
in
the
family
line
would)
have
Chronic
Fatigue
Immune
Dysfunction
Syndrome
(CFS,
FM,
ME
as
subsets)
BUT
it
does
not
show
up
as
doctors
expect
it
to
In
my
last
brief
conversation
with
her
I
asked,
"Have
they
found
the
anemia?"
to
which
she
replied
that
she
had
heard
no
more
about
it. |
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This
is
Norma
with
Michelle
in
the
photos:
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Norma and Michelle
A delightful Summer Day in Aug, 1995 near Tangle Lakes, Alaska
Two Friends pause for a photo after picking blueberries |
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I've
lost
Helen
...
I'm
loosing
Norma
...
and
I
know
it
is
the
chemical.
I am
so
sad,
&
cry
about
it
now
whenever
I
think
of
Norma.
Having
just
had
my
eye
exam,
I
realize
that
I
have
had
a
significant
vision
loss
...
I
think
it
goes
to
the
time
I
did
a
lot
of
cleaning
with
no
gloves
or
eye
protection
in
summers
a
few
years
ago.
Heels
of
my
feet
hurt
so
bad
I
could
hardly
walk
And
along
with
that...
the
autoimmune
metabolic
issues
getting
much
worse
when
I
had
no
problem
prior
...
bad
triglycerides,
bad
cholesterol;
but
I
don't
have
'the
fatigue'
and
I
think
I
don't
have
the
memory
loss
...
(Farting
and
diarrhea
are
start
up
clues
to
this
chemical
exposure)
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