Trail to Old West Ways

Can I start by saying that I make my fair share of mistakes?  To add to my collection, I have the missed newsletters that are promised quarterly to the Wagon Train members on my web site. I have now two of them to my credit. I apparently have trouble with the January post.  My Mammaw used to say "the road to H_ _ _ (you know where!) is paved with good intentions". I guess it is.  I was so confident when I began my journey that I just knew I could do it all. I was sure full of it, huh? There is, of course, a lesson in each mistake that we make. As one of the herd, we are so busy running for fear of being left behind that we don't even see what or whom we are stampeding over. I think that some of the herd even forget why they started the drive in the first place. So, the lesson here is simply that everyone makes mistakes, and I am no exception. Recognize it, then mosey on my friend, but perhaps at a slower pace so you can enjoy the scenery. To continue with the metaphor,  this heifer has strayed to a quiet pasture and she really likes it here! Come on in and see for yourself.

Happy Trails!

Carol

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Well friends, I have not posted in a while. It seems I keep gettin' thrown out of my saddle, so to speak. This chemo stuff is getting rough. It makes no real sense to me to have a cure or effective treatment for a major disease that is actually WORSE for you in the long run than the disease itself.  And if the treatment don't get you, surely the drug cost will! So,  Congress may finally be doing something right- or at least taking a hugh step in the right direction!  Legislation has been introduced by Congress to name May National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month (ADAM). This is a legislative milestone folks. There are more than 80  known autoimmune diseases (one of them is mine, Polymyositis) and figures from the National Institutes of Health show that there are 24.5 million Americans who suffer from this type of disease.  To make it worse, the prevalence of these diseases is rising.  They go on to say that autoimmune disease  is one of the top 10 leading causes of death of children and women under age 65.  The sad fact remains that this family of diseases is still not well-known or well-understood by medical and research communities or the general population. 

Please help push for more awareness and research. For more information, go to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association web site at http://www.aarda.org   OR   the Myositis Association at http://www.myositis.org  .

As always, Happy Trails

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Don't forget to visit my web store,  Old West Ways  at http://www.oldwestways.com/