It's been raining here most of the day, which is a good thing since we've been under a severe drought. Typically this would have been a day that would have made me want to stay in bed ALL day, but that wasn't the case. Instead, I spent most of the day on the phone with a woman that I met through my (this) blog. Obviously, we had a lot in common & had a blast talking to each other :)
I never realized how many people are in the "boat" so to speak, with me in regards to Mental Health issues. She is a couple years older than me & is of a different religious affiliation, but other than that there was little to no difference! I'm wondering now, why people, say, back when my Grandmother was younger, didn't talk about these kinds of issues. Everything had to be kept quiet, secretive, let's pretend nothing is wrong. Talking to people who get where I'm coming from makes me feel sooooo much better.
I've lost quite a few friends the past few years because of our situation. Mainly because I couldn't just drop what I was doing & run to the Mall or pack up a picnic lunch & go play at the park. I'm free now, Mom is in a facility, maybe I should give those people a call & we could get together with our kids - NOT!!! I try really hard not to judge others, I wish others would stop judging me for the decisions I've made. I hope that those same people are never in my "boat" because there wouldn't be enough room with all of their opinions....
It's now 6:42 am & I'm STILL up...I need to take the puppies out & get ready for church so there's really no point in trying to sleep right now! I think part of my problem is that I've had to take my Prednisone the past few nights & that tends to keep me awake, but I feel better sooooo....it's definitely a trade off! I have Crohn's disease or Crohn's Disease , anyway, I've had it since I was 16 & for the longest time we never knew where it came from since we where told that it's genetic, & no one in our family has ever had it - I know now that in my case it was definitely stress induced!!! I've got to be honest here, if I had to choose between Crohn's or Mental Illness, I would definitely go with Crohn's, even though it can be extremely painful & debilitating at times, in my case anyway it is manageable! Obviously I'd prefer to have neither, but, we all have our "crosses to bear".....???
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I followed your link from QVC, and noted that you, too, have Crohn's disease.
I've had it, along with fibromyalgia and migraines, ever since suffering vaccine-induced polio at age 12. The Crohn's and fibro were, of course, not diagnosed until I was in my mid-40s and nearly died (a long, sad, ugly story), at which point the gastroenterologist told me I was NEVER to work again. In spite of that, I tried, three more times, and ended up hemorrhaging and hospitalized. In fact, in the past six years, I've been hospitalized 16 times because of widespread Crohn's and Crohn's ulcers, some very large and ugly, and innumerable small ulcers everywhere one looks on colonoscopy. For the past 4-1/2 years I've been only a weight to keep the bed from levitating! Fortunately, my doctor takes good care of me, and allows me nearly anything to keep the agony at bay.
Will return to your blog when I have a bit more energy. Would like to read your story.
Lakaw (from QVC)
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