Sadness

[Guest guest]

I don't know about you all but I have discovered that pain robs you

of your life. All the togethers with friends, going places, pain even seems to

rob you of your name. Rarely do I get sad but I am really down today.

I had a convention to go to this weekend and couldn't go due too pain and not

feeling well, and i am not only sad but angry. I am angry that my body has

turned on me.

Out here in the west (Tucson),I got Valley Fever, which can disseminate into my

bones. Can't take any of my Rheumatoid arthritis so that is getting worse by the

day. Fibro is flared something awful.

I feel bad that all of us and millions more are in pain. I just so tired of

it..had to vent.

Skye

PS by the way hello Desert.

[Guest guest]

Hello Skye

I understand your anger and your sadness all too

well and share it. I have had fibromyalgia for about

15 years. It is ever present to some degree.

I once ran, then jogged at good pace, then jogged slowly, then walked, and now

painfully hobble. The flares

come and go and wield their wrath on my body and

my Being.

To make things worse, I was prescribed Levaquin

for walking pneumonia at Thanksgiving. The Levaquin

took the pneumonia and left me with acute tendinitis

in several parts of my body. I have been dealing with

horrible Achilles tendinitis in my ankles since

Thanksgiving. It does not ever go away, but like

the fibro, flares producing much pain and greatly

limiting my mobility.

This weekend has been rainy and cool; not good

for the fibro or tendinitis that hold me ever captive.

I may go sit in rain and pull weeds to vent some

of my anger and frustration.

Skye, I wish you the best at finding a less sad and less

angry day.

Peace and may God bless you

donpat

>Skye wrote:

>I don't know about you all but I have discovered that pain robs you

of your life. All the togethers with friends, going places, pain even seems to

rob you of your name. Rarely do I get sad but I am really down today.

[Guest guest]

Hi Skye,

I am so sorry to hear that you were in so much pain. I no how it is when you

want to do something. I hope you feel better soon.

Take care,

izzie

[Guest guest]

I know, I have always been a physical person, sports, hiking, climbing, volley

ball so many things i did took physical strength.

It was very difficult when my disability sat in, i was very angry at the wheel

chair that was necessary for me to use. When i got used to the concept that it

was merely my transportation from point A to point B. It became a tiny bit

easier.

I began diving into my writing, my painting, carving, etching and things like

this, it gave me focus and caused me to once again feel hopeful.

I call my pain, the silent monster who steals, kills and destroys. I will never

allow this monster to win, I will enjoy life to my very end. There are days i

cannot move or even sit up, and i have days that are wonderful and full of

laughter and joy. I choose to focus on the better days, when i have to suffer

through the bad ones. i keep telling myself, just wait, the good day will come

again.

When I do have a suffering day, its severe, there are times I do not think i

could go through it anymore even for a minute, but then that moment passes and i

survived. I take each day as it comes to me, for i know through diversity i

only grow stronger.

i do not know how to give up, there are times that i would like to though. i

must admit. today is not as bad as some and not as good as some, so i am

grateful.

Blessings,

K