I couldn't agree with you more on both points that you made.

I learned Sign Language at a young age. Fun fact: I went to high school in Illinois with Marlee Matlin (she's an actress who is deaf if you don't know who she is). We were friends and hung out together. She's a great person by the way. She won an Oscar for her role in Children of a Lessor God. The high school was half hearing and half hearing impaired. Anywayyyyy....... I learned through Sign Language just how import body language is, and all of that is lost in simple text. It is so easy to misconstrued another sometimes when we don't have that body language and voice inflections to pull the conversation completely together.

Anger: I was mad as hell for a while, a long while. I was in my mid 30's when this happen to me and I felt robbed. Then I learned that there are some who have had this most, if not all of their lives, and have never known a day without it. My heart goes out to them for sure.

I still get angry from time to time, but I sure don't spend my days wrapped up in anger any more. I try to keep light, but I fail at times. About the time I am getting used to one phase of this disease it will change / worsen. I guess it might be slightly easier if I wasn't still raising kids, trying to keep up with home and a business (that I am bringing to a halt in the next couple of months). See it's things like that. I have worked my buns off for ten long years. Sacrificed in every way to build it. Watched it become successful and then not be able to keep pace any longer, and yet the money would be fantastic! And it's not just money, I love what I do. I became a damn good video producer and have an eye for it. Just stinks that I am having to slow WAY down or quit all together. Anywho it is what it is.

Just my two cents.