Hi, all. My name is Darrell and I live in Lexington, Kentucky. I
have never been a Cougar, and I wonder if my month at the MTC
counts, since it is on the BYU campus (or at least right next door
to it). I went on my mission to the Canada-Montreal Mission twelve
years ago (it's hard to believe that I was at the MTC twelve years
ago, and that I will have been home for 10 years on March 1!), and I
was always sick during the entire time of my mission after I got
into the field. In fact, at one point I was in such pain and was so
fatigued that my mission president sent me to the doctor, who told
me that I was probably just constipated. One month ago I was
diagnosed with CD, and all the pain and suffering over the last
twelve years make sense to me now. I'd like to be able to contact my
mission president to tell him that I have finally found out what the
problem was, and that I wasn't just a slacker. I spent a lot of
time in the bathroom, and my MP actually suspected that I was hiding
in there so I wouldn't have to work, and that my complaints about
pains in my gut were so I could have attention and get assigned to
the mission office. Oh well, my mission was great and I have no
hard feelings, but it's finally wonderful to know what's been wrong
with me all these years. I have been (mostly) pain free for three
weeks now, and I have more energy than I've had in years!
Thanks,
Darrell