my conditions 7/23/09

Since my update, a lot has happened. It begins with a rough two weeks. But, I experience further progression of this disease. My arms will only elevate to about a twenty degree angle. My hands are now at a critical stage. Picking up a newspaper and even turning the page have become a very difficult task. My voice has become very hard to understand and communicate. Ive been working on my communication device in hopes of programming it to its fullest. I will be using an eye attachment very soon as my only way to be able to type, communicate, and express how I feel. Ive had lately been noticing cramps in my legs which signals the beginning of the deterioration of my ability to stand and walk. Just recently, I was involved in a situation with my members in my family that had resulted in a freak accident where I was pushed to the ground and suffered a severe blow to the head, and resulted in six staples and two stitches and a severe headache. And then, in the past couple days I had eaten a piece of broccoli that had gone down sideways and scratched the inside of my throat which affected my ability to swallow and sent me to the hospital overnight. I had received the feeding tube which has begun to be acceptable and dependent upon to eat. I'll be updating in the next couple of days to a week with further conditions and comments, so please come back . Further updates will be typed by someone else to help me. Thanks to everybody for all of their prayers and all the medical professionals assisting me and comforting me.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

These are words of a wise man and spoken from the heart...

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of those days is yesterday with its mistakes and pains. Yesterday has pass forever beyond our control.

All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. We cannot erase a single word we said.

Yesterday is gone.

The other word that we should not worry about it tomorrow with its possible adversities, its burden, its large promise, and poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.

Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds--but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.

This leaves only one day--today.

Any person can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when you add the burdens of those two awful eternities--yesterday and tomorrow--that we break down.

It is not the experience of today that drives people mad; it is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.

Therefore, by the grace of God, live one day at a time.





by Dr. Charles W. Edwards, Jr.

my condition as of 7/8/09

it's been a over two weeks since my last update. I've been very tired lately, trying to stay focus and positive. Just last monday the feeding was attached to my stomach. A lot of pain mostly from the disease, my neck, shoulders and back. I recieved a conmunication devise, thank God, now I need it more than ever. My voice has faded to the lowest, and it hard for me to speak and for others to understand me. I'll be writing more by saturday, please come back, thanks for you're patience............ also, I have something really good to read go to "Yesterday, today and Tomorrow"