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ClarkSpencer Creative Values
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Attempting to create value in our world through the sharing of information.
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Welcome to our internet home. The home of the Spencer Family and ClarkSpencer Creative Values where we CAN walk by faith.
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Please come back to see us often. Our website is continually "Under Construction" - as we all should be - attempting to grow and create value in our world through the sharing of ideas, information and, occasionally, offering a One-of-a-Kind moment of "Oh". We need help with the "Oh" moments. We cannot do this alone and need your imput. Email us (see below).
We hope to evoke thought and set spirits, hearts, minds and bodies in motion. Please read, relax, think and most of all, ACT. 2011 Blessings - I prayed for revelation, understanding and wisdom in 2011. During the last half of 2011 amazing revelations have been shown themselves in the form of preception. In the realm of understanding I have had to really struggle to comprehend my surroundings or why I stayed in those surroundings, particually in my current physical condition. I feel like old suitcases have been lifted from my shoulders in so many ways. My heart loves being rebuilt by God. So now I get "still" and bow my head in reverence asking for more wisdom to make the RIGHT choices - we all know if we ask for wisdom, we get it from everyplace! So watch out, now is our time for wisdom, obediance and action in 2012.
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You know we have to share our "Pet News" - With all the revelation and information 2011 blessed our family with, we still co-habitate our first canine, Rustolia - we call her Rusty. She will be 4 years old in March. When she came to us she was all "head". Now every spring and fall, she is all "grooming". She and her "sister" Nala, who will also be 4 in the last summer have shown their (unconditional canine love), and protection for our human family. My situation calls for all of the above and I am thankful. Think about adopting a feline or canine housemate. With dilligent training and love, you never know what kind of (or how good) a relationship of this kind can be. If you are interested, go to the hsrcpets.org website for a look.
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January 2012 - Good News! I have weened myself down to 1.5ml oxygen on a 18 to 20 hours per day from 4ml of oxygen on a 24 hour per day schedule. The ticker and the small pulminary hypertention - discovered in 2011 is being kept calm via medication. The hormones must still be taken for the duration but God is good - the change of life seems to have been enacted! I've lost two pants sizes too!!!!! Not so Good News - These knees don't like walking but I make them walk more and more every day - don't get it twisted - short walking. Last but certainly the most uncomfortable, emotionally and phycologically is uninary incontenance (day & night). Oh year, I no longer have medical insurance - I buy full price prescriptions and hormones but, on the up side I'm saving for a Bladder Staple so I can go out side without the embarrisment - Our Father is still here with me. More importantly, my baby girl has been diagnosed with Opposition/Defiance Disorder. She has been having a very hard time dealing with her lack of emotional control, diabeties II, Hashimoto's Disease and Precous Pubity. We are training to become more effective parents and she is in therapy 3 times a week. We are praying and taking action for her best outcome. ******************************************************************** February 2011 - Well, the lungs need 24 hour per day oxgyen and the ticker contracts but one side just doesn't completely seem to relax - my two best friends said the problem sounds like my personality - I squeeze but never really relax - ah what do they know :). I get to have my 4th heart test next week - we shall see what the Lord says. I would also like to have my right knee repaired - The first fall left me with a torn left lateral meniscus. The second fall probably has left me with a fullout ACL situation. Oh yea, last but not least, please take a pin and pop me so I can reach my shoelaces-----I'm walking with a walker again (not sexy) but I still have my Heavenly Father, family and friends. I am the richest person I know! June 2009 - Our Family has had another "event" involving my health "ARDS" Adult (or Acute) Respiratory Distress Syndrome. ARDS occurs when there is severe inflammation in both lungs resulting in an inability of the lungs to function properly. ARDS is a devastating, often fatal, inflammatory lung condition that usually occurs in conjunction with catastrophic medical conditions, such as pneumonia, sepsis (or severe infection throughout the body), and trauma. It is a form of sudden and often severe lung failure. My lungs could no longer carry out their normal function of getting oxygen into my blood and removing carbon dioxide from my body. http://www.ards.org/learnaboutards No specific therapies currently exist for ARDS patients. ARDS has no magical cure. No so-called wonder drug exists. My treatment was care in ICU, being on a ventilator and supplemental oxygen to breathe me. The goal of being on a ventilator was to give my lungs time to heal. I was deeply sedated into a drug-induced coma and intentionally paralyzed so I could NOT fight the ventilator (nor the Nurses) and to ensure all oxygen was made available for my critical organs. I was even placed on a special rotating "air bed" to help prevent anything else from happening to me. THE DOCTORS TOLD MY FAMILY I HAD A 50/50 CHANCE OF SURVIVING! Can you imagine, me, a 50/50 chance - NO WAY - NOT ME - Now the kicker: I don't remember any of this personally. This is the kind of stuff that changes your reality - it has surely changed mine! *********************************************************** June 2010 - I had to be taken out of work the last friday of September 2009. My body begain to weaken and tire. I now am one of the many people in the county who are unemployed do to illness. Everyday I get a little stronger but I am comming to accept that I am no longer the same, and may never be. I am learning to live with that and appreciate the life I do have. Life is sweet, Family is wonderful and Friends are great! I'll be back!******************************************************** September 2009 Now I'm back at work full-time. Yes I have some serious leftovers (smile) - most of which I don't like talking about - I even have a little stiff walk - ARDS combined with the "PartHypoPanaPit" - (See Below) is sometimes more than I want to know - BUT, I'M STILL HERE! My Family is still together and I thank everyone single person I know for the prayers and good thoughts - that got me through. Let's see what's next? ******************************************************************* 2006 - "Partial Pana-Hypopituitarism" (PartHypoPanaPit). A deficiency of some pituitary hormones. When first diagnosed, Partial-Pana-Hypopituitarism is frightening and there seems to be a limited amount of information, understanding and support for women experiencing this particular illness (or should I say, illnesses). I was finally diagnosed with multiple disorders of my Pituitary Gland in 2006, The "disorder" is called "Partial-PanaHypopituitarism".
HISTORY: diagnosed with a Pituitary "Mass" in 2004 - was told not to worry about it unless it became "symptomatic". Over the next 3 years I began to experience "symptoms" - migraines,blurred vision, memory loss, mental confusion, depression, frequent urination, fatigue, joint pain, brittle hair & nails, hair loss, dry skin , and my body began to emit heat (not hot flashes) & now I sometimes have trouble keeping warm also.
I had the mass removed from my pituitary gland in May 2006. It turned out to be a non-cancerous cyst (like Jello). Since the surgery my diagnosed disorders include the following:- - - - - 1. Pituitary (Central) Diabetes Insipidus ("DI" or water/salt diabetes) - [not insulin diabetes mellitus]. DI is caused by my body's inability to produce an antidiuretic hormone called vasopressin (ADH). I had DI symptoms before my operation although none of my doctors diagnosed DI until after my Surgery. - - - - 2. Secondary-Hypothyroidism, I have a deficiency in my Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH). Nothing was found "wrong" with my actual Thyroid. My pituitary gland is unable to send enough TSH to my Thyroid. - - - - 3. Secondary-Hypocortisolism or Cortisol Deficiency (low cortisol [stress hormone] levels) - Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal gland. Prolonged low cortisol levels cause enhanced stress sensitivity, pain, and fatigue. I take 3 replacement hormones daily, most likely for the rest of my life.
Because of these hormone deficiencies, I "felt" like NO ONE understood what I was dealing with. There are many women experiencing life changing issues relating to Partial or Full PanaHypopituitarism, that are UNIQUE TO WOMEN. If anyone, needs information on how this combination of disorders affects women, please use the links below to begin your search for information. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ PLEASE REMEMBER: Both our Girls (Dogs) are Spayed - Let's help control the pet population and the number of animals put down every year due to over-population! SPAY & NEUTER!! For Local Spay/Neuter Information please contact the "Humane Society of Randolph County" NC by going to www.hsrcpets.org, Facebook or calling 336-629-PETS (7387). Your donations to HSRC are also appreciated and much needed. Thank you for supporting our local Humane Society.
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Nala Coco - Our Honored Gift of Love from the late Dave Hancock. Nala was the most gorgeous female I had ever laid eyes on. When I looked at her, she stared back at me with two of the most beautiful emeralds I had ever seen. Her nose reminded me of a strawberry shortcake hat. I couldn't believe the size of her head. It reminded me of a bowling ball in size and solidness. Her ears looked as if they had a mind of their own; tall and pointy. She had a tan complexion with a strong, built frame. Her socks and her belly were as white as the freshly fallen snow. She stared at me with such intensity. A look of concern and curiosity masked her face. She looked as though she were a fighter and would pounce on me if something didn't smell right. Her neck was thick and muscular like that of a bodybuilder but her legs were short and stocky. She wasn't mush taller than my knee but she carried herself as if she was six feet tall. When she jumped up on me, she almost knocked me down with her strength. I estimated her weight to be about 60 or 70 pounds, but she only weighed 42 pounds. When she licked my face, her tongue felt like wet sand paper. It was so long I knew she could just lick her whole face with it. When she put her nose in my ear, I felt as if someone had given me a wet wily. It was cold and wet but really pretty dry. Nala had the deadliest tail. It was long and powerful. When she wagged her tail against my leg it felt as if someone had just hit me with a whip. Her nails were no better. They were like little fork teeth just sticking into your leg. Now when Nala opened her mouth, that's where the real teeth were. Her teeth were pearly white like she used Crest everyday. The thing that stands out the most about Nala is her big smile. It sums up her personality with one glance. ****** By: CORTLYNN ALYSSE CLARK-SPENCER (1/28/09) Footnote: Nala is now 50 Pounds! My puppy is a "Dog" now!
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