Ms Dale C. Thurlow
MsDale@thedline.com

A PATIENTS VIEW

We did not call or walk into this medical facility today just to purposely make anyone's job more demanding or difficult. We called or walked through the door because we have a legitimate health challenge -- it is called "Sarcoidosis." This disease presents itself in our bodies in many ways and symptoms. Sarcoidosis has the power and the ability to knock us off our feet with the same force as an undertow. We take our lives and well being very seriously. We were not always people who now hold the title of "patient." We are educated men and woman who have/or once had - a career and a future full of plans - but we have been struck down by a vicious disease - which has forced many of us to have to change those plans. It makes us no less of a "person" - we have just had to adapt to a different way of life - and many of us have fought a long and hard battle to get to where we are today.

But one thing we will not sacrifice - is our feelings of worth as human beings. We have families - friends - children and grandchildren - who would like to keep us around for a long time to come. We are as baffled as you are with all the symptoms we experience and we don't need any extra hassle. Your employment depends on "us" the "patients" - so remember that - when you are doing your jobs - as without us "you" would not have your title or your job. We need - each other - so work "with us" -- please....

We who are afflicted with Sarcoidosis, are surely not alone in our fight against a disease for which there was once thought no cure. Unfortunately, the world is full of illness. But the biggest fight we are continually confronted with - is the lack of medical education and public awareness of the ticking time bomb that Sarcoidosis truly is. This disease plays by no rules, nor has any bounds, to the degree of havoc it can and does cause within our bodies and within our lives.

Some of the most important advancements in sarcoid pathogenesis and treatment are now available. It is called The Marshall Protocol. This "new science" is proving itself to be effective treatment in combating Sarcoidosis.

We ask you to take our hand and join us on The SILL of Sarcoidosis. Study - Investigate - Learn - Listen --- It is called Sar - coy - doh - sis. And remember. . . Sarcoidosis, as with many other diseases, picks its victims at random. So all of you continue to pray . . . you stay healthy. For as quick as the strike of a match, your life can flip to "the other side of the coin."

Ms Dale