Dear Fellow Hepper's and Friends and Family of,

Greetings and happiness to you all!! I sit here at my
computer this AM in a considerable amount of pain. Both physical and
emotional. I only took my 2nd injection last evening. I was told that
it would not be as bad as the 1st . It was! Maybe a little worse. Its
ok that I was hoping for an easier time from what I was told. I
understand that all our bodies react differently to TX and it was
with good intention that others shared their experiences with me. I
cast no blame, just the opposite. I am so grateful to have the
benefit of all the good hearted people whom bless these room's
looking to comfort and to be comforted. I was so depressed the four
day's prior to my beginning TX on 2/15 and continued to be until
Sunday 2/17. You see I lost my position as an over sized load escort
driver here on the east coast (Maine to S. Carolina and west as far
as Ohio). I was not an employee, I was an independent contractor. The
owner told me he talked to some people who knew someone that went
through TX and was unable to work and he didn't want to take the
risk. What a garbage excuse! I used to work as a chef. That's the
field my professional training is in. I apprenticed under a master
German Chef in what was once Giessen, West Germany. My wife works but
upon losing my position I knew there would not be enough household
income to support the needs of our four children. Oh me of little
faith! I hung my chefs hat up about 8 years ago, because I needed to
stop drinking and there is much booze in a fine dinning restaurant. I
didn't want to be around the booze in my early recovery. I have
always liked the line Julie Andrews says in the movie The Sound of
Music "when God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window" In my
humanness I to often forget that this has been shown to me by God
time after time, to be true. When I give my will back to God, he
always comes through. I feel its important for me to remember that he
does this through other people. I received a call Sunday evening and
a local fine dinning restaurant owner who I had worked for, for many
years requests that I come back to work for him as his executive
chef. So its time to wash the hat or get a new one. I can not allow
my TX to get in the way of this quite lucrative offer. As I have
written this, my pain has subsided a bit. I know that even if every
injection I take causes me the pain it has thus far through the late
night and early morning hours. I will push on with the coming light
of each new day. I pray for 4 kinds of people. Those who can't, those
who can, those who won't and those who do.
You are all in my prayers, please pray for me.
May God Smile Upon You All,
SIMPLYME