Posted by diajosette on Mar 16, 2009 in
life,
pain My fellow Arachnoid Cystians,
http://www.arachnoidcystawareness.com
Arachnoid Cyst Awareness has teamed up with Arachnoid Activist and Arachnoid Cyst Friends to bring you a website that educates and supports all Arachnoid Cyst patients. We now have a very active forum which brings a blogging application free from spammers, a medical article and journal base, an Arachnoid Cyst Mall which is a compilation of 4 or more shops (and it will keep growing), a pamphlet, networking page and much more.
We at ACA want all Arachnoid Cyst patients and family members to be in the loop on the latest information. We want everyone to be connected. ACA was founded in 2003, and has been here to bring support to newly diagnosed patients and to the family and friends of Arachnoid Cyst patients. We would like to help educate those who have also suffered from their Arachnoid Cyst for years. In addition to this we would like to invite our neurologists, our neurosurgeons and our GPs who have doubted us in the past to take a look around and learn what it really means to have an Arachnoid Cyst.
The usual comment a doctor makes when diagnosing a patient with an Arachnoid Cyst is, “These are congenital and will not cause any symptoms.” This is a false comment. Will there be patients that do not present with symptoms? Sure, but that does not mean that every patient will never experience symptoms. This is the one point neurologists and neurosurgeons forget.
It is important to do your own research as an Arachnoid Cyst patient, and on the Arachnoid Cyst Awareness Website, we have put together a nice collection of journals and articles to get you started.
Do not forget to stop by the forums to register, as this in itself is the perfect way to find out about Arachnoid Cysts.
If you would like to contact the website please email us.
Sincerely,
The ACA Team
http://www.arachnoidcystawareness.com
http://www.arachnoidactivist.com
Tags: aca, arachnoid, arachnoid activist, arachnoid cyst, arachnoid cyst awareness, arachnoid membrane, cysts, neurologist, neurosurgeons, the aca team
Posted by diajosette on Mar 15, 2009 in
dreams I grew up going to Sunday school, DVBS, Missionettes, etc. One of the beliefs I wanted so badly to be true was that of having an eternal life after this imperfected one ends. It wasn’t until I went to university and started studying theology,I was suddenly slapped with the notion that there may not be an afterlife at all. In fact all of my athiest and agnostic friends tell me this often,”You will cease to exist when you die”, “there is no life after this one”. “Gee Thanks,” I thought. Any life so plagued with sickness and strife would long for the time when, “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”(Rev. 21:4)
Last night I had the most wonderful dream, which is quite odd, since I am constantly having nightmares. In this dream I was checking into an enormous Vatican style building with the most gorgeous gardens surrounding it. I kept asking my friend to come to the window and look how beautiful it was. Many people were walking around the grounds, but none were coming inside. Later on in my dream, while wandering the building, I lost my way. I was greeted by a young priest who led me to this sort of check in counter. There was another priest, one I actually knew in real life, although in my dream he was aged by 30 years or so. He knew I recognized him and I knew he recognized me, but neither of us said anything. I asked for him to point the way to my room, and he said, “Those rooms are scattered all around the building. I don’t know which one is yours.” The young priest and I decided to keep looking, but then suddenly I was back at the window of my room asking my friend to look out the window again. I just remember it being so beautiful. I didn’t realize it was a dream because it was so vivid. Then my dogs came through the back door and I woke up. Maybe heaven is wherever our mind goes to when we die. I don’t know, but I would love to go back to that building and finally be able to walk into the garden.
Tags: dreams, garden, priest, vatican
