Rose
Luker
I'll
try to condense my Bio, so not to take up too much room.
I
married Jim Hutchason the day after I graduated. Jim was in the navy and we
were transferred to the Philippines three months after we were married for two
years. Our two boys were born in the Philippines in 1961 and 1962 and our
daughter was born in Tyler, Texas in 1970. We moved all over the United States
until Jim retired in 1972. We moved to Irving, Texas that year and have been
here ever since.
I started
a work career in business and worked myself up the ladder to become an
Administrative Assistant to the department head. I managed the office and what
ever else my boss assigned me, which was everything that no one else would do.
Ha Ha Ha you know how that goes!!!!
I
retired in 1990 with a medical disability due to a disease I contracted called
vascalitis. It is a rare disease that affects the blood vessels in your body.
It can attack anywhere in your body, and I had to get it in the worst place and
that was in the brain. I suffer from severe headaches worse than migraine.
There is no cure for it and it will eventually kill you. While they were
treating me with the onset of the disease they gave me massive dosages of
steroids. The steroids alone can kill you. For two years I was bedridden due to
the steroids deteriorating my muscles so I couldn't stand or walk. The steroids
also attack your joints. So far I've lost both my shoulders and my hips are now
hurting, so they are next to go and be replaced. My immune system is at 0 so I
contract everything that is floating in the air or people have. I wear a
facemask sometimes, but it scares kids so that I usually don't bother with it.
I try not to think about the disease killing me because we all will die some
day, but I won't live long enough to die of natural causes. I just enjoy each
day as best I can. Trust me, I do enjoy living. I keep myself busy with crafts,
sewing, gardening with flowers and shrubs.
I
enjoy getting on the computer and messing around with various things it offers.
Our oldest son is a big help when I run into problems because he specializes in
computers - that's what he got his degree in college in. Our second son works
for the power company but is also a minister. We are very proud of him. Our
daughter is another story-- she just does what ever to get by, I don't know how
she does it, but she has changed jobs so many times I've lost count. I told her
one day if she ever came to my company for an interview, I would not hire her
due to her changing jobs so many times. She just laughs. Some people are just
like that but no matter what, they always land on their feet. It wouldn't work
like that for me, I'm sure of it. Ha Ha Ha.
I'm
sure I have left a lot of things out but that's O.K., I think you have the gist
of things.
Oh,
by the way, I heard from Linda Hilderman. She was funny. She said she had been
complaining about things in general but after hearing about me, she is going to
count her blessings.