Re: The non believing nurse.... at work

[Guest guest]

Yep, you are right. I is never going to be understood by most people. They

refuse to even begin to try to understand. Just another frustration.

love and hugs,

Debra V

Melody wrote:

She just doesn't understand. If she could live in our bodies for just

five minutes, she'd probably scream from the pain.

I really do hope that being around so many will help her to gain some

wisdom and a little compassion.

I still deal with people that act weird when I mention it. I figure

it's THEIR problem, not mine. Right?

I rarely even talk to my best friend about it at all. In fact last week

when I was having my crying kick, she called right in the middle of my

sob fest. I gained my composure and answered the phone trying to sound

normal, I honestly did NOT want to talk about why I was upset. I know

she doesn't understand. But she was crying too! I said what's wrong,

she said " I'm having the worst day EVER! " Being there for her helped

yank me out of my own sob fest and then I felt better about things. But

anyway I was glad I didn't have to try and explain why I was crying, she

had no idea.

Hugs,

Melody

debra van ness wrote:

> I know I have told most of you about the nurse I work with. We have been on

the same shift for about 4 months now. She is a wonderful nurse and I really

like working with her. I feel like she is a friend..... except for the

fibromyalgia.

>

> She told me the first week we worked together about a " friend " she has with

fibro. She said she does not talk to her anymore because she is on too many

drugs and is just wanting someone to feel sorry for her all the time. (this did

hurt my feelings because she knows I have FM). I have mentioned fibro in passing

to several people... she goes dead silent. She says nothing. Silence is probably

worse than someone just saying " you are full of shit " .

>

> Anyway, another nurse came to work for us. I found out she has fibromyaglia.

We started talking about it at the desk the other day. My " friend " went silent

again. The other woman and I talked about it for several minutes. I think that

this nurse who dumped her friend would have to face the fact that fibro is real

if she believed me. That might be too much for her to handle because she would

have to admit to herself that she threw her friend away for an imaginary disease

that is actually REAL.

>

> Well, just venting again.

>

> hugs,

> Debra V.

>

[Guest guest]

Debra,

You work in a nursing home or is it somthing else?

Lori

debra van ness wrote:

Thanks. I just have to deal with it. Yesterday was an especially bad

day. I did not say much when I first went to work. Of course, they thought I was

mad about something. I was having a really bad fibro day. I could not tell them

that or they would have really had something to talk about.

hugs,

Debra V.

Doolin wrote:

I truly hope these people who are so insensitive to another's chronic pain

disease such as fibro never have to suffer chronic pain. The best thing I do in

these situations is ignore people like that.

I am so sorry that you are being treated like that.

hoping you have a pain free day,

D in CA

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[Guest guest]

It is a small nursing home. It is the lesser of evils when it comes to stress

in nursing. I like it there for the most part.

hugs,

Debra V.

Lori Hammer wrote:

Debra,

You work in a nursing home or is it somthing else?

Lori

debra van ness wrote:

Thanks. I just have to deal with it. Yesterday was an especially bad day. I did

not say much when I first went to work. Of course, they thought I was mad about

something. I was having a really bad fibro day. I could not tell them that or

they would have really had something to talk about.

hugs,

Debra V.

Doolin wrote:

I truly hope these people who are so insensitive to another's chronic pain

disease such as fibro never have to suffer chronic pain. The best thing I do in

these situations is ignore people like that.

I am so sorry that you are being treated like that.

hoping you have a pain free day,

D in CA

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