Darlene, Maryann and Vini,
Thanks for the kind welcomes!

I am Very Happy to be here, to have found this wonderful group!
I hope, that I can be of assistance, to anyone I possibly can, and hope you are all as well as can be.

I have one thing to ask, or just comment on.
I've had these disorders for so long now, that I've kind made a "Pact with God".
I do hand over my bigger problems to him, after I've done my best (sometimes I forget, and I'm the one who pays, although I understand that God wants us to love him).
I've gotten myself to a place where I don't think of my body as "Me, or Myself" any longer. I think of it only as a "Vessel, or a Carcass" to serve me in this life, and so it does deserve the best care I can give it. But, the Pain and other symptoms are "Not Me".
They remind me that I'm alive. They remind me to stop and rest, take my meds.
But there is a difference, not a line so much, but a difference, between my "Body" and my "Soul".

I wonder if anyone else feels this way?

Peace!

ASB
Pete