Re: [TMIC] I need you guys....

2011-06-19 Thread Dalton Garis
Hey, Jeron;

It is true, that all we have sometimes is our pain.  Like you, my TM acted
so as to give me fits whenever under stress, either physical or mental.  I
just lost my job as a result.  I was associate professor of economics at a
small engineering school in the Middle East, and I got to the point where I
just couldn't perform in the classroom anymore.  So, they fired me and sent
me home, to NYC.  We face economic oblivion if something doesn't turn
around.

I know the TM-ers are there and suffering along with me, some who are
paralyzed, who used to dance.  For me, the thought of how to support myself
another two decades until natural death is likely is depressing to say the
least. In this country, you eat what you kill, or you don't eat.

But for me, Jeron, I truly believe that this life is the womb of the soul,
just as the uterine world was the womb of the body.  God wants us to become
reliant only on Him, and not on our spouses, our friends, our smooth
circumstances, our health, anything outside our own selves and His guidance.
So, what might be happening right now, for you, Jeron, is a time where He is
forcing you to give up all worldly associations, of love or hate, and of
reliance on anything but Him, and THEN will He inspire your soul with a way
out of your difficulties.

The Lord promises us that as soon as we have freed ourselves from these
nether-worldly attachments, of anything of water or clay, then He will guide
us and solve our problems through means and inspirations from the unseen
world.

O My servants, sorrow not if, in this world and on this earthly plain,
things contrary to your wishes have been ordained and manifested by God.
For days of blissful joy, of heavenly delight, are assuredly in store for
you.  Worlds holy and spiritually glorious, will be unveiled to your eyes.
You are destined by Him, in this world and hereafter, to partake of their
benefits, to share in their joys, and to obtain a portion of their
sustaining grace.  To each and every one of them, you will, on doubt,
attain.

This gives me hope in my dark alone, every morning and evening.  And we know
that tests and difficulties have always been the lot of those who He has
chosen to be near to Him in all His worlds.  I truly believe this.

Jeron, please email me anytime, and I will try to be here for you.

Love,

Dalton Garis

From:  Jeron Rampersad rumc...@hotmail.com
Date:  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:10:43 +
To:  john snodgrass jcs...@yahoo.com, tmic-list@eskimo.com,
j.d...@shaw.ca j.d...@shaw.ca
Subject:  RE: [TMIC] I need you guys
Resent-From:  tmic-list@eskimo.com
Resent-Date:  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:11:48 -0700

 Thanks,
 I guess I just need to catch a break. I wish I wasn't so alone right now
 though. It's really tough having no one there for you in a time of need. All I
 truly have is my pain.
 Jeron
 
 
 Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:47:56 -0700
 From: jcs...@yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: [TMIC] I need you guys
 To: rumc...@hotmail.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com; j.d...@shaw.ca
 
 Jeron,
 perhaps the subject is quiet on here in the social list,perhaps you have been
 getting private emails,hope so,
 
 My mind just goes blank to think about it.
 
 we are survivors or we wouldnt have lasted this long!
 
 I trust that you will find ways and means to get by another day then another
 then another.
 
 you have my prayers,and Im not just saying that.
 
 God knows we dont have the answers for these things but we do have each
 other,friends to lean on,to vent on.
 
 Im not gonna spew about me,,this is about you,and you are special.
 
 wish I was close enough to punch you in the shoulder and say,,hang in there.
 
 when you have opportunity think right thoughts.
 
 you will have to force it,we all do with one thing or another.
 
 things will change,,they always do.
 
 Love in Christ.
 
 John the red-neck transverse myelitis mangled Baptist in WV
 
 
 
 --- On 
 
 
 Sat, 6/18/11, j.d...@shaw.ca j.d...@shaw.ca wrote:
 
 From: j.d...@shaw.ca j.d...@shaw.ca
 Subject: Re: [TMIC] I need you guys
 To: Jeron Rampersad rumc...@hotmail.com, tmic-list@eskimo.com
 Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 2:45 AM
 
 Oh Jeron
  . . . just know that we are here, for you.
  
 Janet
  - Original Message -
  From: Jeron Rampersad http:///mc/compose?to=rumc...@hotmail.com
  To: tmic-list@eskimo.com http:///mc/compose?to=tmic-list@eskimo.com
  Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:24 PM
  Subject: [TMIC] I need you guys
  
Hi guys, 
 Sorry I have been away for so long. I've been through hell since January 1st
 this year with my complications with TM. I started having really bad spasms
 then and I just thought they were normal, but here was our little friend TM
 acting up again through an infection I managed to pick up in Brazil. I was
 treated and got better and my wife and I were relocated to the Caribbean,
 where we are from, by her company just after that. We moved and things
 settled nicely for a while, but with TM a while is all you have. I

Re: [TMIC] I need you guys....

2011-06-19 Thread john snodgrass
I agree with Dalton  Jeron
not that i have already atained but am learning the best i can to be content 
whatever state I find myself in,and I have not learned that.

I have not found myself at the point where all i can do is up when the bills 
are mostly paid and 2 freezors full of food.
I may never have to but i mightdepends on what The Lord has planned for you 
as far as His use of influence for you.
But like I mentioned to another,,the suffering we have now cannot 
be compared to the glory He will share with us soon.
some would say to each their own,,but we are right now all right here together.
Im off to the health dept and a free clinic this week to see what I can find 
myself.
zero insurance.
poverty income.
rich with friends as far as the bandwidth will take me.

--- On Sun, 6/19/11, Dalton Garis malugss...@gmail.com wrote:

From: Dalton Garis malugss...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [TMIC] I need you guys
To: Jeron Rampersad rumc...@hotmail.com, john snodgrass 
jcs...@yahoo.com, tmic-list@eskimo.com, j.d...@shaw.ca j.d...@shaw.ca
Date: Sunday, June 19, 2011, 7:59 AM

Hey, Jeron;
It is true, that all we have sometimes is our pain.  Like you, my TM acted so 
as to give me fits whenever under stress, either physical or mental.  I just 
lost my job as a result.  I was associate professor of economics at a small 
engineering school in the Middle East, and I got to the point where I just 
couldn't perform in the classroom anymore.  So, they fired me and sent me home, 
to NYC.  We face economic oblivion if something doesn't turn around.
I know the TM-ers are there and suffering along with me, some who are 
paralyzed, who used to dance.  For me, the thought of how to support myself 
another two decades until natural death is likely is depressing to say the 
least. In this country, you eat what you kill, or you don't eat.
But for me, Jeron, I truly believe that this life is the womb of the soul, just 
as the uterine world was the womb of the body.  God wants us to become reliant 
only on Him, and not on our spouses, our friends, our smooth circumstances, our 
health, anything outside our own selves and His guidance.  So, what might be 
happening right now, for you, Jeron, is a time where He is forcing you to give 
up all worldly associations, of love or hate, and of reliance on anything but 
Him, and THEN will He inspire your soul with a way out of your difficulties.
The Lord promises us that as soon as we have freed ourselves from these 
nether-worldly attachments, of anything of water or clay, then He will guide us 
and solve our problems through means and inspirations from the unseen world.
O My servants, sorrow not if, in this world and on this earthly plain, things 
contrary to your wishes have been ordained and manifested by God.  For days of 
blissful joy, of heavenly delight, are assuredly in store for you.  Worlds holy 
and spiritually glorious, will be unveiled to your eyes.  You are destined by 
Him, in this world and hereafter, to partake of their benefits, to share in 
their joys, and to obtain a portion of their sustaining grace.  To each and 
every one of them, you will, on doubt, attain.
This gives me hope in my dark alone, every morning and evening.  And we know 
that tests and difficulties have always been the lot of those who He has chosen 
to be near to Him in all His worlds.  I truly believe this.
Jeron, please email me anytime, and I will try to be here for you.
Love,
Dalton Garis
From:  Jeron Rampersad rumc...@hotmail.com
Date:  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:10:43 +
To:  john snodgrass jcs...@yahoo.com, tmic-list@eskimo.com, 
j.d...@shaw.ca j.d...@shaw.ca
Subject:  RE: [TMIC] I need you guys
Resent-From:  tmic-list@eskimo.com
Resent-Date:  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:11:48 -0700


Thanks,
I guess I just need to catch a break. I wish I wasn't so alone right now 
though. It's really tough having no one there for you in a time of need. All I 
truly have is my pain.
Jeron

Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:47:56 -0700
From: jcs...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [TMIC] I need you guys
To: rumc...@hotmail.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com; j.d...@shaw.ca

Jeron,
perhaps the subject is quiet on here in the social list,perhaps you have been 
getting private emails,hope so,
My mind just goes blank to think about it.
we are survivors or we wouldnt have lasted this long!
I trust that you will find ways and means to get by another day then another 
then another.
you have my prayers,and Im not just saying that.
God knows we dont have the answers for these things but we do have each 
other,friends to lean on,to vent on.
Im not gonna spew about me,,this is about you,and you are special.
wish I was close enough to punch you in the shoulder and say,,hang in there.
when you have opportunity think right thoughts.

you will have to force it,we all do with one thing or another.

things will change,,they always do.
Love in Christ.
John the red-neck transverse myelitis mangled Baptist in WV


--- On 

Sat, 6/18/11, j.d...@shaw.ca

Re: [TMIC] I need you guys....

2011-06-19 Thread Barbara H.
I'm so sorry, Jeron. No offense to your wife -- I know it is hard to watch
someone suffer, but I just can't understand leaving.

I know it is not quite the same, but we're here for you. I'll be praying for
you, I know others are as well.

Barbara H.

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Jeron Rampersad rumc...@hotmail.comwrote:

  Hi guys,
 Sorry I have been away for so long. I've been through hell since January
 1st this year with my complications with TM. I started having really bad
 spasms then and I just thought they were normal, but here was our little
 friend TM acting up again through an infection I managed to pick up in
 Brazil. I was treated and got better and my wife and I were relocated to the
 Caribbean, where we are from, by her company just after that. We moved and
 things settled nicely for a while, but with TM a while is all you have. I
 got another attack. I've been hospitalised on 7 separate occasions since
 then just to deal with pain, because sadly neurology is not a practised
 science in the caribbean. My wife endured all the while at my side. At least
 she did for a while.
 She finally got fed up of it all, seeing me spasm out of control in loads
 of pain must have been hard. She left me in mid April and I have been trying
 to cope since, but it's really hard. I love my wife and hate that I put her
 through so much, but I never thought she would have left. We haven't spoken
 in a month now and I have medical bills piling up and it's getting scary
 now. I just need to catch a break. It's more challenging now than when I was
 first hit by TM, because for the first time in my life I'm truly alone. I
 know my faith is being tested; I wish I knew what God wanted from me. I need
 you guys.
 Jeron



Re: [TMIC] I need you guys....

2011-06-18 Thread j.dunn
Oh Jeron
 . . . just know that we are here, for you.  

Janet
  - Original Message - 
  From: Jeron Rampersad 
  To: tmic-list@eskimo.com 
  Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:24 PM
  Subject: [TMIC] I need you guys


  Hi guys, 
  Sorry I have been away for so long. I've been through hell since January 1st 
this year with my complications with TM. I started having really bad spasms 
then and I just thought they were normal, but here was our little friend TM 
acting up again through an infection I managed to pick up in Brazil. I was 
treated and got better and my wife and I were relocated to the Caribbean, where 
we are from, by her company just after that. We moved and things settled nicely 
for a while, but with TM a while is all you have. I got another attack. I've 
been hospitalised on 7 separate occasions since then just to deal with pain, 
because sadly neurology is not a practised science in the caribbean. My wife 
endured all the while at my side. At least she did for a while.
  She finally got fed up of it all, seeing me spasm out of control in loads of 
pain must have been hard. She left me in mid April and I have been trying to 
cope since, but it's really hard. I love my wife and hate that I put her 
through so much, but I never thought she would have left. We haven't spoken in 
a month now and I have medical bills piling up and it's getting scary now. I 
just need to catch a break. It's more challenging now than when I was first hit 
by TM, because for the first time in my life I'm truly alone. I know my faith 
is being tested; I wish I knew what God wanted from me. I need you guys.
  Jeron


Re: [TMIC] I need you guys....

2011-06-18 Thread john snodgrass
Jeron,
perhaps the subject is quiet on here in the social list,perhaps you have been 
getting private emails,hope so,
My mind just goes blank to think about it.
we are survivors or we wouldnt have lasted this long!
I trust that you will find ways and means to get by another day then another 
then another.
you have my prayers,and Im not just saying that.
God knows we dont have the answers for these things but we do have each 
other,friends to lean on,to vent on.
Im not gonna spew about me,,this is about you,and you are special.
wish I was close enough to punch you in the shoulder and say,,hang in there.
when you have opportunity think right thoughts.

you will have to force it,we all do with one thing or another.

things will change,,they always do.
Love in Christ.
John the red-neck transverse myelitis mangled Baptist in WV


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Sat, 6/18/11, j.d...@shaw.ca j.d...@shaw.ca wrote:

From: j.d...@shaw.ca j.d...@shaw.ca
Subject: Re: [TMIC] I need you guys
To: Jeron Rampersad rumc...@hotmail.com, tmic-list@eskimo.com
Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 2:45 AM



 
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Oh Jeron
 . . . just know that 
we are here, for you.  
 
Janet

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Jeron 
  Rampersad 
  To: tmic-list@eskimo.com 
  Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:24 PM
  Subject: [TMIC] I need you guys
  

  
  
  Hi guys, 
Sorry I have been away for so long. I've been through hell since 
  January 1st this year with my complications with TM. I started having really 
  bad spasms then and I just thought they were normal, but here was our little 
  friend TM acting up again through an infection I managed to pick up in 
Brazil. 
  I was treated and got better and my wife and I were relocated to the 
  Caribbean, where we are from, by her company just after that. We moved and 
  things settled nicely for a while, but with TM a while is all you have. I got 
  another attack. I've been hospitalised on 7 separate occasions since then 
just 
  to deal with pain, because sadly neurology is not a practised science in the 
  caribbean. My wife endured all the while at my side. At least she did for a 
  while.
She finally got fed up of it all, seeing me spasm out of control 
  in loads of pain must have been hard. She left me in mid April and I have 
been 
  trying to cope since, but it's really hard. I love my wife and hate that I 
put 
  her through so much, but I never thought she would have left. We haven't 
  spoken in a month now and I have medical bills piling up and it's getting 
  scary now. I just need to catch a break. It's more challenging now than when 
I 
  was first hit by TM, because for the first time in my life I'm truly alone. I 
  know my faith is being tested; I wish I knew what God wanted from me. I need 
  you guys.
Jeron
 


RE: [TMIC] I need you guys....

2011-06-18 Thread Jeron Rampersad

Thanks,
I guess I just need to catch a break. I wish I wasn't so alone right now 
though. It's really tough having no one there for you in a time of need. All I 
truly have is my pain.
Jeron

Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:47:56 -0700
From: jcs...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [TMIC] I need you guys
To: rumc...@hotmail.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com; j.d...@shaw.ca

Jeron,
perhaps the subject is quiet on here in the social list,perhaps you have been 
getting private emails,hope so,
My mind just goes blank to think about it.
we are survivors or we wouldnt have lasted this long!
I trust that you will find ways and means to get by another day then another 
then another.
you have my prayers,and Im not just saying that.
God knows we dont have the answers for these things but we do have each 
other,friends to lean on,to vent on.
Im not gonna spew about me,,this is about you,and you are special.
wish I was close enough to punch you in the shoulder and say,,hang in there.
when you
 have opportunity think right thoughts.

you will have to force it,we all do with one thing or another.

things will change,,they always do.
Love in Christ.
John the red-neck transverse myelitis mangled Baptist in WV


--- On 

Sat, 6/18/11, j.d...@shaw.ca j.d...@shaw.ca wrote:

From: j.d...@shaw.ca j.d...@shaw.ca
Subject: Re: [TMIC] I need you guys
To: Jeron Rampersad rumc...@hotmail.com, tmic-list@eskimo.com
Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 2:45 AM



 


 
 
Oh Jeron
 . . . just know that 
we are here, for you.  
 
Janet

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Jeron 
  Rampersad 
  To: tmic-list@eskimo.com 
  Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:24 PM
  Subject: [TMIC] I need you guys
  

  
  
  Hi guys, 
Sorry I have been away for so long. I've been through hell since 
  January 1st this year with my complications with TM. I started having really 
  bad spasms then and I just thought they were normal, but here was our little 
  friend TM acting up again through an infection I managed to pick up in 
Brazil. 
  I was treated and got better and my wife and I were relocated to the 
  Caribbean, where we are from, by her company just after that. We moved and 
  things settled nicely for a while, but with TM a while is all you have. I got 
  another attack. I've been hospitalised on 7 separate occasions since then 
just 
  to deal with pain, because sadly neurology is not a practised science in the 
  caribbean. My wife endured all the while at my side. At least she did for a 
  while.
She finally got fed up of it all, seeing me spasm out of control 
  in loads of pain must have been hard. She left me in mid April and I have 
been 
  trying to cope since, but it's really hard. I love my wife and hate that I 
put 
  her through so much, but I never thought she would have left. We haven't 
  spoken in a month now and I have medical bills piling up and it's getting 
  scary now. I just need to catch a break. It's more challenging now than when 
I 
  was first hit by TM, because for the first time in my life I'm truly alone. I 
  know my faith is being tested; I wish I knew what God wanted from me. I need 
  you guys.
Jeron
 
  

Re: [TMIC] I need you guys....

2011-06-18 Thread Janice Nichols
Jeron,
It sounds like the only way you can go is “up”. You have been through hell. 
  Check into what your insurance will do for you and also check into 
organizations that can
help a situation like yours – I know there are some out there.

I really feel for you and your situation and hope for the very best.   You need 
to also turn to your church and let them help you in any way they can.   They 
can be a tremendous
help.

Keep us up on what you are doing and how you are feeling. We care.

Janice

From: Jeron Rampersad 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 3:24 PM
To: tmic-list@eskimo.com 
Subject: [TMIC] I need you guys

Hi guys, 
Sorry I have been away for so long. I've been through hell since January 1st 
this year with my complications with TM. I started having really bad spasms 
then and I just thought they were normal, but here was our little friend TM 
acting up again through an infection I managed to pick up in Brazil. I was 
treated and got better and my wife and I were relocated to the Caribbean, where 
we are from, by her company just after that. We moved and things settled nicely 
for a while, but with TM a while is all you have. I got another attack. I've 
been hospitalised on 7 separate occasions since then just to deal with pain, 
because sadly neurology is not a practised science in the caribbean. My wife 
endured all the while at my side. At least she did for a while.
She finally got fed up of it all, seeing me spasm out of control in loads of 
pain must have been hard. She left me in mid April and I have been trying to 
cope since, but it's really hard. I love my wife and hate that I put her 
through so much, but I never thought she would have left. We haven't spoken in 
a month now and I have medical bills piling up and it's getting scary now. I 
just need to catch a break. It's more challenging now than when I was first hit 
by TM, because for the first time in my life I'm truly alone. I know my faith 
is being tested; I wish I knew what God wanted from me. I need you guys.
Jeron