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Continue reading →: The Bo YearsI believe I was about 25 at the time of my stroke, like I said, my memory is a little shot surrounding that particular timeline. When I got back to Salt Lake after the stroke, I was let go from my job for not having the same memory I had…
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Continue reading →: With an Issue of BloodAfter reading the last blog, you can maybe see while I would relate to this story in the bible. I only recently connected this story with mine. Had I been alive at the time of Christ, I believe I could have been her. I don’t know her exact illness, only…
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Continue reading →: Moving on and Moving Up (Literally…. North)Well, if you are still following along, you know I have finally made it to Salt Lake City. Here, I hit the jackpot again. I found a house with just one roommate, Vanessa. Vanessa was an awesome roommate. For a time, life seemed to be rolling along smoothly. I was…
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Continue reading →: BacktrackingI got to Salt Lake in the fall. I thought I remembered it being 2010, but now I’m not so sure. I had been commuting from Provo to Salt Lake /Sandy area for a few months. So, I was so glad to be anywhere in Salt Lake instead of making…
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Continue reading →: The End of Summer, BYU and my Hair?
Years ago I wrote this post on another blog I had at the time and it was epic. Now, of course, the blog has been deleted and I’m not anywhere near as funny as I was when I was “high” on drugs, literally, and had lots of friends that think…
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Continue reading →: Forging Friendships
When I returned to Utah, I was, as I said previously, I was not in the best place spiritually, physically or socially and had to re-write some habits. I had not been attending church regularly for a time, because I felt so lost and alone. However, upon returning and after…
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Continue reading →: Correct Diagnosis and Treatment of it AllLIke I said, it took some time to get it right, but I was eventually able to get a correct diagnosis with the doctor who I believe, ultimately saved my life. I was re-diagnosed with acute lupus erythematosus, which is essentially, Lupus of the internal organs. My medicines were switched,…
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Continue reading →: Swelling, Steroids and Sores
Unfortunately, the partially wrong diagnosis lasted a few years, during which time I underwent a number of medicinal trials and errors to try to get me a medicine that worked. I started on Prednisone, which is a steroid meant to treat acute cutaneous lupus. However, the only thing that medicine…
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Continue reading →: The DiagnosisWell… I kind of left you guys hanging, so I’m here to finish the story… sort of. Ironically the story is nowhere near finished even now, but I will at least continue to fill you in on my healing journey and all the twists and turns it has taken along…
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Continue reading →: The Power of Suggestion: My StoryFor years people have been telling me to write a book or tell a story of my health journey, and to be honest, I have tried both, but have never gotten beyond the beginning. I think I was trying to be funny or tell an actual story, but the ironic…






