New to Forums tired of pain

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Hi! My name is Laurie and as the topic says I've never joined any kind

of online forum. I live in AZ and have a wonderful husband a son (27)

and 2 dogs. In May of 2000 I got my first DVT. It was about 2 1/2 feet

long in my left leg. I found out I have 3 blood clotting factors protin

S and C defishance and facter 5 lydon (sorry about the spelling I'm not

the greatest). I also have May-thurner syndrom. The veins in my legs

are being smashed by the arterys. The Dr.'s put in 4 stints to open

veins and a filter in my chest to keep clots from going to my chest or

head. The serculation in my legs is very poor because of the damage the

clots and dvt's have done. I live on pain pills. I've been hospitalized

9 times in the last 10 years. Somedays are better then others. I'm so

tired of being in pain all the time. Some days I just want to end it

all. I see a counceler once a week and I like him alot pluss all my Dr

are great. Someone sugested getting online and talking to people that

have to live in pain too. I've just started the paper work to get

disablity. I really hated having to quit my job but I just can't do it

any more. Anyway thats what I get to live with. I know there are people

out there in worse shape then me and I don't know how they do it.