You are So sweet Randi and I immensely appreciate the offer but I could never accept a financial contribution (no matter how sweet and kind the donor)...I would be thrilled just to find work again...to be a living, breathing part of society and contribute my fair share...My dream is (and it is a pipe dream but heck....What are dreams for?) to create a Poucher's fund that will allow pouchers in need to have their surgeries, be able to stay in foreign hospitals if need be and have their families by their sides...a kind of give-and-take fund that people repay when and if they can....every time that I play the lottery (and I am ashamed to say that I play 1€ a week but that is my little luxury!)I dream of setting it up with the winnings and creating a fund for surgical residents to help them to specialise in k pouches and fistula surgery.
Maybe one day the dream will come true.
Until then I am sending out C.V.s and I have a r.d.v. with a potential editor for my book....pray that someone will want to read it! (or even publish it!).
Surgery can wait until the money comes in...until then, thank you for your kind offer and even kinder words.
Sharon