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I am a married, 53 year old woman with a wonderful husband, Richard.I live  in  the suburb of Thornlands, which is a suburb in Australia .As you can see by my hubs, I have had a lot of problems with my health but if I didn't have Richard there with me by my side, encouraging me to hang in there, I don't know if I could have made it this far because I find it hard to stay positve when things go wrong. We have had to weather some very bad storms in our relationship, due to my illnesses putting me in the hospital more time than I care to remember . On the good side of things, I have so much to be grateful for as well. I grew up with two wonderful parents and three sisters, who are all married with children.

Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with a rare neurodegenerative Disease, Multiple System Atrophy in 2006, which doesn't  have a cure, bummer. It has affected all the systems of my body. This is why I joined hubpages, as I needed something to keep my mind from wondering and thinking of all the bad things that were happening at the time.  I am so pleased I have joined the "Hubber Family", because this is what it feels like, because it seems that everyone is looking out for each other and you see this in "fan mail" and "comments. I am enjoying it so much and have had some lovely people saying nice things about my "hubs"

I am a trained singer, and  up until  two years ago, I used to sing in the church choir. My voice has now been damaged from my disease, which saddens me a lot because I love to sing and I have been doing so since I was three. I sang in my first eisteddfod when I just five years of age and I can still remember the song "I love to blow bubbles".Over the years, I sang at lots of weddings and other functions. I even entered a talent quest when I was just 17, having only just started having singing lessons,I did it on a dare. The band playing at the time was "Wickety Wak", and I won.

In 1980 I joined a Musical Comedy Society and sang in a number of productions, including "Sound of Music", "Oklahoma, "The Merry Widow" and last but not least  I was in a Gilbert & Sullivan Opera called "Trial By Jury".  I played the female lead , the Plaintiff, in this. I was thrilled to get the part because up until then, I had only sung in the chorus.

I was in RAAF, where I was in the mustering, the term they refer to for your type of employment, where I did a course in being a "Nursing Aide". I loved this so much, until I became sick, but I still was able to use the knowledge I gained from this experience to get employment as a Medical Secretary, which I really loved.

I love meeting people and I guess this why I thought it would be another good idea to join Hubpages. I have been doing some reading on how to carry out the various functions and have really enjoyed reading some of the other Hubber's stories and articles. You can find something on just about anything and everything here.

I am looking forward to meeting a lot of people, so thankyou HubPages for giving me this opportunity to express myself so openly. I love being here and hope to stay a long time. BB