Great post.
As hard as it is, I agree with you about trying to keep a positive attitude. However, I recall another recent study saying that outlook did not influence morbidity in cancer patients. Still, I figure it's always better to try and make the best of whatever time you've got. I don't like what happened to me, but life isn't a video game I can pause or start over when it doesn't go the way I'd hoped. I've mourned and now I want to go forward.
Anyway, my saliva glands are pretty much DOA now. (The positive is that my pillow is no longer soaked in drool.) Does that mean my adrenal gland is messed up? My neuro never said that. I can't even get him to give me artifical saliva to help with digestion. My stomach is killing me.