dovelady’s Profile

About Me

I live with my husband of 41 years, in the peaceful country near a large lake. Being an elementary teacher for about 12 years, I became victim to bi-polar. This was a real crisis in our family as our two children were young then. We had little outside help, so we four worked together to make our life work and function. During this time, I had to learn to walk again, talk in complete sentences and in years to come, I did gain strength to do small jobs in our home. One of the things I did was to read all I could about managing our home and my illness. Our daughter was age 8 and started lots of work in our home with the help of her dad and sometimes her brother. That began 25 years back and now I have kidney failure due some meds I took back then. I have been in the care of a kidney specialist all these years and am doing peritoneal dialysis quietly in my home for the past few months. My doctor and nurse are great. This has been a long HARD roller coaster road for all of us. Each of us face it differently, of course. I am thankful for God for sending various supportive people in my life at different times. It only took a few at a time to be all I needed. After doing dialysis, I feel better than I have in years - getting the toxins out of my body. My mental health staff have been very supportive all these years. Enough said.....

Interests

My interests are shallow at times, including piano, enjoying our grandkids at times, some crafts, getting back to sewing and mending, light housework, decorating shows, reading slightly, taking time to pray for others, etc.