Mike - Hang-in.... it's one of life's bumps in the road. Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: Shuler Michael <grinch42@mindspring.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:20 PM Subject: [BSChat] To All My Fellow Black Sheep! > Well, sheepers, I decided to share this with all. I had to go to the >doctor on Thursday, and after his "tentative" diagnosis, I had to have time >to recover before sharing...it is his opinion that I am suffering from >congestive heart failure due to a substantial number of factors. Since >that is still a "death sentence", I told him that I wanted all possible >tests to be done, and would insist on at least two other opinions. > He was pleased to see that I was thinking "out of the box", and agreed to >refer me to a coronary specialist for an echo cardiogram. Now, at this >point in time I will certainly not "throw in the towel", nor even be >condescending to a "death sentence". While I had never expected to live to >be 60, I still figure I have a great deal more misery to inflict on >humanity before I agree to accept my eternity in Hell! > But of all those with whom I currently correspond on-line, those in the BS >site feel more like the family I have never truly been able to relate with. >After all, all of us have at least that much in common...being black sheep! >Over the short period of time that I have been involved, I have come to >realize that many of us have a great deal in common with each other, even >though few of us are actually, documentably, related to each other. > That doesn't matter! You fellow sheep ARE my family. And that fact is >something which I will take to the here-after with me, regardless if it is >to be soon or many years distant. In short, I want to take this >opportunity to thank each and every one of you, lest I find myself not able >to do so in the future. > Now, please don't get maudlin on me...if I have anything to say about it, >I'm going to have at least another century to inflict misery on my fellow >man! > >Mike >IBSSG > > >--- Shuler Michael >--- grinch42@mindspring.com >--- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. > > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the subject, CHANGE the subject. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >