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Posted 1/15/2014 5:58 PM (GMT 0)
I'm always hoping for the best, looking for improvement...trying to find ways of feeling better. There are days though that maybe I expect too much and get frustrated. Giving up on hope can lead to despair so things I might of hoped for in the past have changed. My expectations have to fit with what i'm capable of doing and sometimes trying to figure that out is difficult. I usually think I can do more than I can and it gets me in trouble at times.

Today, I'm hoping just to some grocery shopping done and a decent meal on the table for supper.

Tomorrow, I see the pulmonologist for more testing...another hope...that the testing reveals there is no more pleural effusion going on and if it is it isn't malignant. The last few days I've been becoming moire short of breath again and so hope is high on my list that everything will turn out well.

Keeping hope alive is an ongoing thing for me. I believe in the future, I have lived the past. I live for today and make moments last. Today is today and will slip away fast. Today and for always hope is forecast wink

Hoping great days ahead for all of us!!!

Hugs, Robin
Posted 1/15/2014 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
I think hope and faith are interchangeable. The Bible says that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. I don't see how anyone could be happy without hope for the future. It seems to me that without hope/faith, you have despair.

We don't know what the future holds and projecting ourselves in the future does nothing but cause worry. We are given this one day to live and enjoy so that's what I do. Of course, I hope for good days the rest of my life. I do look forward to each new day with anticipation. Yes, it very well could be a good one.

Robin, I'll be praying for a good report for you tomorrow. What you are going through sure can give you pause, but you are handling everything very well. As far as being a little more short of breath....you have been doing deep breathing exercises for quite a while and right now you aren't doing the exercises so this could be why you seem a little short of breath. I do deep breathing exercises, too, because of the AS and, if I don't, I feel like I'm not getting a good breath. So that could be the reason for your shortness of breath.

Sherrine
Posted 1/15/2014 7:01 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck Robin - I hope it goes well for you :o)

Fibro has given me hope actually, hope to exercise and make myself stronger...hope to find answers like you - I always live in hope
Posted 1/15/2014 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Sherrine and Wackers :)

This morning, some anxiety was getting the best of me...setting off worry and fear. I took the time to do some meditation and got myself calmed down. The deep breathing exercises are more shallow than deep, nowadays and I've been trying to do them...I'm able to get the rhythm down...just can't do them the way they are meant to be.

I only have so much control over things and need to learn to let the other stuff go. Trying to stay positive.

Hope to report some good new tonorrow :)

Hugs, Robin
Posted 1/15/2014 9:38 PM (GMT 0)
My 'hope' for today is that you get good news tomorrow. Each day brings new challenges along with the decisions that have to be made to address them. You have had more than your share of challenges.

I'm thinking of you, my friend, and pray all your news is good.

Huggies
Donna
Posted 1/15/2014 10:14 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck on the results tomorrow.
Posted 1/15/2014 10:32 PM (GMT 0)
Praying also you get a good report tomorrow. Your positive spirit is always a plus, Robin. Hope is such an important thing, for both the little and the big 'things' in life.

Be good to yourself and have a nice, relaxing evening. Your friends are here for you! :)
Posted 1/15/2014 11:38 PM (GMT 0)
Good news, we is a'hoping.
Posted 1/16/2014 12:18 AM (GMT 0)
Thoughts and prayers for you Robin. I wish I could master half of your positivity. You truly are an inspiration to us all.
Posted 1/16/2014 1:30 PM (GMT 0)
Thank You for your kind words, prayers and well wishes. I appreciate all of you. You have been there to support me, through and through and I am lifted by your generous spirit. You have lifted me up when I've been down and calmed anxieties. You have cheered me on through some tough times and I'm forever grateful.

My appointment is not until 3:00 PM today and is just over an 80 mile drive. I will update you some time this evening.

Thanks again my fibro family for caring :) You all are a great inspiration to me!!!

Hugs, Robin
Posted 1/16/2014 1:38 PM (GMT 0)
I just came on to wish you an excellent report and you beat me to the forum! I've been praying for that and I know the other members have too. I'll be waiting and hoping for a great report.

Hugs,
Sherrine
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