What ails you?

[WhatAClumsyGirl]

I belong to a support group, but honestly it is mostly just informative...i didnt feel comfortable posting there.

Yep...i think this group is blessed...I certainly wouldnt have posted what i did otherwise.

I dont think you have to post private things if you dont want too..i just had a moment and decided to share.

There are certainly people in much more pain / anguish than i am...i have a positive attitude in most things, just sometimes life can be hard. You make the best of it, i guess.

 

[sensay]

I belong to a message board that's made up of the few that have the condition I have. But it's mostly news and what's happening health wise with people in the group. I've never opened up like I have here - in this new group.

I know what you mean about that! I am a member of sos (survivors of suicide) for family ans friends who have lost someone that way and I have never felt open enough to post there. This is an amazing group

 

[lilith79]

I am on some other boards, but they are mommy boards. lol

 

[mpetva]

I am trying to go on living with a broken heart:

• View topic - DUCATI - December 22, 2003 to April 09, 2010

 

[WhatAClumsyGirl]

I am trying to go on living with a broken heart:

• View topic - DUCATI - December 22, 2003 to April 09, 2010

So sorry .....its hard to lose a loved pet. The only cure is to save another after a time. Good luck and wishing you the best.

 

[GoodDog]

Sometimes I'll be in the ECF forum for hours playing games/contests, laughing and having so much fun that I forget about my pains. Especially when I win or make a new friend that sends me a handmade mod!!

Whats so nice about this sub-forum is I don't have to read hundreds of posts with people .....ing about every little thing. We just go around naked hugging each other here.

 

[MastiffMike]

Naked hugging?!?!? Totally count me IN!

 

[GoodDog]

Ducati is very lucky to know love. He's a beautiful baby and I'm sorry for your heartbreaking feeling of loss.

 

[MastiffMike]

Mpetva,

Sorry about your loss. It hurts but know that every day you shared will always be cherished.

 

[aschmidy]

I've found that reaching out to others can be a huge help. I have 2 boys (adults now) with ADHD and I went to lots of informational meetings and groups as they were growing up. It helped a lot to keep my sanity, share ideas and understand what they were going through, too. We had a very active household

 

[Bubbakinns]

(((mpetva)))

I'm so sorry for your loss

I've not been diagnosed with any particular ailment but I have a stressful job that has me working long hours and I suspect that I have depression issues off and on. It's just something I can't quite put my finger on, don't know if that makes sense or not. If I didn't have my 3 bassets I'd surely go insane. They keep me pretty busy and make me feel so loved. Because of them I'm heavily involved in basset rescue and belong to several basset hound message boards.

 

[Jules22871]

Naked hugging?!?!? Totally count me IN!

No nekkid hugging for you, just COOKIES

I am trying to go on living with a broken heart:

• View topic - DUCATI - December 22, 2003 to April 09, 2010

I'm so sorry for your loss. It's never easy to lose a loved one, either two legged or four legged.

 

[GoodDog]

Hey Mike, you missed out on the nekud group the other night so now you have to wait. Besides you need to get a note from your wife first!

 

[bestthingever]

I am trying to go on living with a broken heart:

• View topic - DUCATI - December 22, 2003 to April 09, 2010

Big hugs to you, mpetva. Gut-wrenching, losing a beloved pet.

 

[shatner]

It just started with right shoulder Bursitis for me. I was on a dodgeball league and didn't warm up sufficiently.

Then I divorced my ex wife and quit smoking and fell into a major depression. During the depression I was using opiates, and being a recovering IV amphetamine addict I'm no stranger to needles, so it very quickly escalated to IV dope. Then the one time I shared a needle my number was up. I got Hep C. Still ...... at myself for that one.

Hypothyroidism- Could actually be a huge part of my depression. I've been on thyroid meds for ~6 months. I need to get some blood drawn and checked.

Extremely suspect Fibrobyalgia from IV ..... I have these triggers or points in my body. Also a weird spot on my upper left thigh. Even if the weight of something touching it is as light as a sheet in bed, if I turn or move when it's touching my leg it feels like there's a fire inside. I also have a hyperactive Pituitary gland which besides pain, is a very suspect symptom of Fibro. But since DRs don't really know what causes it/what to look for, us with Fibro are kinda stuck. I will say my A/D, Cymbalta, does wonders for me. If I forget to take it, I'm staying in bed!

And I'm only 26. Now a days though I make a conscious effort to eat well. I swim laps in the pool when it's not too cold. I don't drink-my liver can't take it. And seriously, this is the last time I'm getting off drugs. Sick of the lifestyle, sick of the hurt, tired of being sick and tired. blah blah.

 

[leannebug]

Sick and tired of being sick and tired.

ah, how many many times I've said that one!

Blessings and hugs to all of you for sharing. So many common threads running through these stories

(Clumsy, my son is also a drug addict. Last year was the hardest, most painful year of my life, I can't even put it into words yet, and it had nothing to do with my own physical shortcomings.)

On the "illness/disease" forums: I have lurked on a few, posted on a couple, and browsed some others. Even went to a local meeting (against my doctors recommondation) and surprisingly, I found them to be very depressing, and not much help. I find more information just reading, and more compassion in a group like this. I think because it's not based around our illness, we are not focused soley on that topic. It is so easy to fall into the rut of "why me" or "poor me". Groups that have other things to talk about are more uplifting, and I think we are 'free' to feel bad OR good.

My 3cents

 

[UntamedRose]

I'm poka dotted...but the gov is paying for my spots(chemical burns from soaking DFM for hours while repairing a leak) So I dont have a whole lot of room to complain I guess.

 

[WhatAClumsyGirl]

Shatner....very proud of you ...keep up the good work....!! Drugs are a very terrible thing, not only being a disease in a way...it destroys your life and somewhat the lives of the ones who love you. Wishing you all the success in the world.

Leanne...i feel your pain. Son has been addicted for quite a few years..and maybe , just maybe this time he will realize what it has done to him and what it has done to the ones who love him. We can hope and pray they overcome....and someday they just might ! Love my son to pieces, but he absolutely needs to be where he is.

Hugs to you both

 

[martha1014]

I have Bipolar I and migranes. I do belong to the Bipolar forum which helps me. Not only are they supportive but you can find out about treatment and disability issues. I have also found a couple of friends with which I correspond daily.

I by far enjoy this forum because I constantly learn something new about ecig usage, debates on different topics and reassurance from members.
The ecig is constantly changing where as bipolar is not.

 

[Lab]

i got into drugs when i was 14.. quit when i 22.. dea and fbi did a extacy and ... sting and busted 34 ppl that i delt with.. before i quit was using around a gram of ...... a day, would take over 100 hits of ... at a time... was meeting planes flying in from Peru, and bringing mobile ... labs into NW IN. went on vacation every weekend and only dealt 2-3 hours of the day.. was bringing in around 375,000.00 a yr..

it was easier to quit the drugs than give up the money.. went cold turkey on everything i was using, then checked myself into rehab to get away from everyone so that i would not go back to selling..

no interest now in using anything if i wanted could go to the doctor and get a bunch of pain killers for my back.. its the whole being broke and knowing that i can make a few phone calls and in a day have atleast a grand in my pocket..

the thing with most of the groups.. a lot of them are court ordered to go to them.. they do not want to quit.. the drug counselor most have never used drugs.. maybe a bit of weed.. so ppl that use a lot dont want to listen to them.. and most are used to dealing with ppl that are rock bottom spending all the money they have on drugs and lost everything they had..

If i did not break my back and mess up my arm would be working a labor job or computer work.. but since i did now i have time to draw.. able to spend time with nephews, and next yr will start up classes to become a drug counselor, i do volunteer drug rehab counseling at my church now..