Re: Sorry not participating - Painful and Emotional

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much Debra. You make me feel so much better. I guess I'm stuck in

a beating myself up phase. Hope to come out of it soon.

Marti

debra van ness wrote:

Marti, don't EVER leave unless you absolutely have to for some reason.

It does not matter that you cannot keep up. Honey we all understand that you are

sick. You are going through so much. Just get on when you are able to. There are

no rules that say you have to be able to participate all the time. Let us give

you support, that is why we are here.

love and hugs,

Debra V.

Marti Boguski wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry I have not been an active member in this great group. I can stay

caught up for a little while and then the pain gets worse and emotionally I'm a

wreck and my eyes won't work and I give up. That doesn't make me a very viable

member of this site. I've been thinking about leaving because I don't really

participate enough but then I would be all alone and that really scares me. I

start chemo next week. I go in for some consultations this week to set every

thing up. I'm going to drive myself into Hartford, which I haven't done in over

a year and I'm really scared.

I'm so afraid I'll get there and spend a couple of hours and be too tired or

overcome with fibro fog I won't be able to drive back. I think it's just a fear,

but I know it used to happen when I drove to the mall. They are both about 30

min away. My eyes do fine usually at a distance right now; it's the close up

reading that's become too hard to do. I not only can't read most of the posts

without some type of enlargement, I can't read magazines or books either - and I

love to read.

It's raining here. It snowed Sunday and some of Monday and now the temp has gone

up and it's just raining. I used to love the rain, but now it makes me cold and

achy and makes all my symptoms worse, including emotionally.

Well, that's me for now. I will keep trying to participate in the group if

that's OK. I would really be lost without you, but I will try hard to answer

posts too.

Thanks to you all for your thoughts and prayers as I enter yet another stage in

life - beating this bone cancer.

Blessed be, Marti

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[Guest guest]

Marti - You are very much in my prayers. No one has to leave this group for

not participating. Heck, there are what, 1400 members and how many of them

regularly post to the group? Only a small percentage. You take and give

what you can to the group. I know I've seen magnifying screens that are

available to buy. I'm talking about a screen you can place over a book or

magazine print to enlarge it. Just a thought. Take care.

Jeanne in WI

P.S. Will you be hospitalized for your chemo?

> Hi everyone,

> I'm sorry I have not been an active member in this great group. I can

> stay caught up for a little while and then the pain gets worse and

> emotionally I'm a wreck and my eyes won't work and I give up. That

> doesn't make me a very viable member of this site. I've been thinking

> about leaving because I don't really participate enough but then I would

> be all alone and that really scares me. I start chemo next week. I go in

> for some consultations this week to set every thing up. I'm going to

> drive myself into Hartford, which I haven't done in over a year and I'm

> really scared.

> I'm so afraid I'll get there and spend a couple of hours and be too tired

> or overcome with fibro fog I won't be able to drive back. I think it's

> just a fear, but I know it used to happen when I drove to the mall. They

> are both about 30 min away. My eyes do fine usually at a distance right

> now; it's the close up reading that's become too hard to do. I not only

> can't read most of the posts without some type of enlargement, I can't

> read magazines or books either - and I love to read.

> It's raining here. It snowed Sunday and some of Monday and now the temp

> has gone up and it's just raining. I used to love the rain, but now it

> makes me cold and achy and makes all my symptoms worse, including

> emotionally.

> Well, that's me for now. I will keep trying to participate in the group

> if that's OK. I would really be lost without you, but I will try hard to

> answer posts too.

> Thanks to you all for your thoughts and prayers as I enter yet another

> stage in life - beating this bone cancer.

> Blessed be, Marti

[Guest guest]

> I'm sorry I have not been an active member in this great group. I

> can stay caught up for a little while and then the pain gets worse

> and emotionally I'm a wreck and my eyes won't work and I give up.

> That doesn't make me a very viable member of this site. I've been

> thinking about leaving because I don't really participate enough

> but then I would be all alone and that really scares me.

From someone who recently deleted about 7,000 unread messages from 2

Fibro groups, I suggest you don't leave if these lists give you some

support. We need all we can get. If one person isn't feeling well

enough to participate, another person will. I'm not a moderator, but

if I were you I wouldn't worry about it. Sounds like you've got

enough on your plate.

But I seem to remember reading some interesting and useful posts that

you made not too long ago...

Z

[Guest guest]

>

> > I'm sorry I have not been an active member in this great group.

I

> > can stay caught up for a little while and then the pain gets

worse

> > and emotionally I'm a wreck and my eyes won't work and I give

up.

> > That doesn't make me a very viable member of this site. I've

been

> > thinking about leaving because I don't really participate enough

> > but then I would be all alone and that really scares me.

>

> From someone who recently deleted about 7,000 unread messages from

2

> Fibro groups, I suggest you don't leave if these lists give you

some

> support. We need all we can get. If one person isn't feeling

well

> enough to participate, another person will. I'm not a moderator,

but

> if I were you I wouldn't worry about it. Sounds like you've got

> enough on your plate.

>

> But I seem to remember reading some interesting and useful posts

that

> you made not too long ago...

>

> Z

>> all I can say is I adore this group already, it's good to know

that when I go into one of my, " I don't want to talk to anyone

modes " ,I can still come back and be ok.