I am posting per Cindy S.'s request.
-------Original Message-------
From: kann
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:43:48 PM
To: BOBBY LOVE'S HIS MY CYNTH
Subject: Re: Fwd: OPRAH ORDER!
CINDY,
YOUR LETTER BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES AND A SMILE TO MY FACE! YES, YES,
YES---OH, HOW WELL I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE SAYING, "YOU LOOK SO GOOD".........
IT IS A STATEMENT THAT GOES TO THE CORE OF MY DAUGHTER. GUESS THAT STATEMENT
IS EVEN HARDER ON A YOUNG PERSON--AS THE TRANSLATION MANY TIMES COMES ACROSS
"YOU'RE FAKING"..........HAS MADE ME WANT TO MAKE HER A SWEATSHIRT WITH A
PHOTO OF HER ADHESIONS THAT SAYS, "YES, I LOOK GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT TAKE
A LOOK OF MY INSIDES"..........AND MAKE HER WEAR IT EVERYDAY SHE IS ABLE TO
GET OUT!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!! PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND MOST HAVE NO
SYMPATHY! THAT IS WHY I WORK SO HARD--TO LET MY DAUGHTER KNOW THERE IS ONE
PERSON THAT DOES UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN LOOK BEAUTIFUL AND BE HORRIBLY SICK
I EVEN SPENT YEARS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO MY HUSBAND THAT A "SHOWER" WOULD
NOT CURE HER!!!!! (HIS CURE FOR WHEN YOU "FEEL BAD").......HE ALWAYS SAID IT
WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT HE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IT SOUNDED OR HOW IT WAS
AFFECTING HER. ONE DAY AFTER HE HAD SAID IT AGAIN, I JUST LOST IT---(THIS
WAS BACK WHEN WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON).......I YELLED OUT HIM, " A
SHOWER WON'T CURE HER!!!!!!!" (HE'S NEVER GIVEN THAT ADVICE SINCE). IT WAS
AN ACTUAL BLESSING TO COME BACK FROM THE FIRST LAP WITH REAL PHOTOS OF HER
ADHESIONS!! PEOPLE WERE HORRIFIED--SOME COULDN'T BEAR TO LOOK!! BUT, FINALLY
YOU HAVE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT IS IN THEIR FACE!!! WE HAVE TO GET THIS WORD
OUT ABOUT ADHESIONS AND ENDO.....SO MANY WOMEN ARE BEING MISDIAGNOSED JUST
LIKE MELISSA WAS. SHE TOLD ME, "MOM, I WAS SO YOUNG WHEN I GOT SICK, THAT I
REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY PELVIC AREA OR MY
BELLY--TO ME, MY BELLY JUST HURT"......IT WAS YEARS LATER WHEN SHE STARTED
FEELING LIKE PART OF IT WAS FROM FEMALE PROBLEMS--BUT EVEN THEN, WE GOT NO
HELP FROM OB/GYN'S!!!!!!
LOVE,
KAREN
-------Original Message-------
From: BOBBY LOVE'S HIS MY CYNTH
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:34:07 AM
To: stew@cowtown.net
Subject: Re: Fwd: OPRAH ORDER!
MY SWEET GIRL, SO PROUD OF YOU, AND HAPPY YOUR DOING SOMETHING SO
WONDERFUL, AND IF YA NEED HELP, AND I CAN DO IT, LET ME KNOW....IM IN
BED, AND ONLINE MOST OF THE DAY ANYWAYS...GO GIRL, AND ONCE
AGAIN...OUTSTANDING JOB ON THIS ONE....I KNOW THIS IS GONNA REACH ALOT
OF PEOPLE, A FACE WITH THIS DISEASE, AND WE SHOULD ALL LOOK REAL REAL
UGLY, KIDDING, BUT ONE BIG PROBLEM I ALWAYS HAVE....NO ONE BELIEVES IM
SICK, THEY SAY YOU LOOK SO GOOD. WELL PUT FORTY POUNDS OF MAKE UP, AND
BAGGY CLOTHES, AND THERE YA GO.FAKE FAKE FAKE..THIS HAS TO STOP, AND
WHAT YOUR DOING IS WONDERFUL, SO KEEP ME POSTED, AND LET ME KNOW WHAT I
CAN DO..LOVE YOU TONS...GO MAMA, YOUR MELISSA WILL BE SO PROUD..MORE
LETTERS LATER..LOVE YOU TONS, AND GOD BLESS..CINDY SHRUHAN