Re: Alice's Daughter Mandy
William Rogers (billroge(AT)gte.net)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:30:14 -0500
Hi Stacey,
I don't have any insights to help you, I wish I did.
Mandy was about 25 when she was diagnosed. She had three kids by then. I don't
know what I would have done had she been a teenager, that's such a hard time for
kids, young adults, any way. Although I'm a complete stranger to her tell her that
I think of all of you all the time.
We had our troubles with boyfriends and girlfriends, we have 4 girls and 3 boys.
Sometimes we were right but don't you know we were wrong sometimes too. I'll be
darned if a couple of our "favorite" kids-in-law weren't, at first, kids that we
didn't approve of. Our kids run from 25 to 35 now and it's been heart breaking at
times and heart warming at other times. One thing I can tell you, as they get
older they start realizing that we weren't as dumb as they thought we were when
they were in they're teens.
I'll call my aunt about the gluten free diet, she's in Minn. and we're in Fla so
if she send any recepies it will come snail mail.
Bill
THous65004(AT)aol.com wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> It is nice to hear from you. I am most interested in a gluten free diet for
> my daughter. Which brings me to another question that you and Alice are
> experts in by now. First of all, how old was Mandy when diagnosed? I seem to
> recall that she is now a young adult. I would like to know how to cope with a
> teenager, (18-high school senior) diagnosed last April 98. She was doing so
> well for so long, but her attitude has been slowly changing over the last
> month or so. I think there is alot going on inside her head right now. Out of
> state college plans are on hold, and I think her boyfriend (which we do not
> approve of) seems to be making a reappearance. It's a long story, but we won't
> let her see him. Anyway, I think it would be good for her to see a therapist,
> but she refuses. Any insite from you would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Stacey