HI, Don,
I have been in this group for years and have talked to
you before. I actually had not been on this email for
several weeks and happened on to it tonight. I am so
thankful and I was reading your email to Sue, I began
reading it to my husband who has the arach. It was
such a familar story regarding the loss of the life we
once knew. We are facing forclosure and have been
fighting it for about 5 years ever since my husband
had to finally quit working. We too have lost it all
the money, new cars, etc. This house is the 1 last
thing we had left and now it is looking pretty grim.
We still have our LORD and although I know some see it
as an excuse we know without him we would probably
never made it through and still be intact as a family
of almost 24 years.

I'm telling you this only so you know that you know
that your email was something my husband really needed
to hear tonight. God, brings us through and we all
things work together in his perfect will, but life is
hard and we are only human. It brings comfort to hear
others stories and be reminded once more that there
are many others out there just like us.

Thanks
Teresa

--- Don Goeglein <tlmblizzard@...> wrote:

> Sue,
> Hi Don here.
> I too had a really well paying job and was in the
> $150,000.00 plus area. I had a business I built up
> over a 33 year period. It is all gone. All my money
> is gone too. The lake house, the boats, the
> everything except my wife. Praise God for Jeanie.
>
> I tried to work for two years after I found out but
> I finally had to give into not being able too at 48
> years old. It sucked big time. And then everything
> had to be sold just to try to pay medical bills etc.
> I am sure you know the story.
> I got very depressed and as a man that could not
> support my family any longer it was so hard on me.
> When you get depressed you either do not eat or you
> do eat. I sat around and could not do a thing
> physically any longer and I got up to almost 370
> LBS. I know it is bad but I did it. It was out of
> Character for me. As I gained weight my pain got
> worse as well as other things.
> Last November 30 I decided to loose weight. I got a
> book at WalMart called (A WEEK IN THE ZONE) it was
> $7.95. I followed it to the letter and now I am down
> 120 lbs. I am in better shape than when I played
> High school football. I feel 19 years old again. It
> is awesome.I can out shovel my boys as we move dirt
> & rocks.I still hurt as the weather changes, I can
> not walk as well as before, I lose my balance
> sometimes but not too bad.
> I have a Morphine Pump and it was set at 22 but now
> is at 7. I was on 38 pills a day but now take only
> 4. NO PAIN KILLERS. I used to take 5 shots a day for
> diabetes but NONE now.
> I was able to get my older boys interested in
> landscaping as I had done for 35 years. The three of
> us are going slow but we work almost everyday. I
> love it. I can only work 5 or 6 hours a day but I do
> not care.I am able to be my own self again. Praise
> God.
> I will never be the same as I once was just because
> if for no other reason, we get older but I just go
> on and try to forget that I have these troubles and
> do the very best that I can. I just give it 150%
> everyday and I am getting the smile on my face again
> that was lost I thought for ever.
> It took a lot of hard work, Not giving into the
> doctors ways of doing things but rather following my
> heart. I give all the credit to God first and then
> to Jeanie my wife of 27 years. She is awesome. If I
> can help, just ask. I do not know everything but I
> have seen a lot since this came into my life 6 years
> ago.
> Take care, God Bless, Don
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Donald R. Goeglein "( Big D)"
>
>
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Teresa





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