Re: Yikes! What next? :)

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Thank you for your support and words of encouragement. Times sure get real tough to bear at times.----- ----- -----

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From: snofyre00

To: VulvarDisorders

Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:50 PM

Subject: Yikes! What next?

I have been a member of this group for a good long time. I have also been fighting PFD and had had suffered from IC.That was 3 months ago. On Dec. 10th, I had a severe auto accident, in which I rolled my car several times. Ended up with a head injury, broken arm, broken finger and broken bones in my neck.I was put in ICU and my family was told I might not make it. That is whcn they harvested a bone from my ribs to put in my neck.Thankfully, the brain injury didn't damage my brain (no jokes HEH . I have been left with some chronic pain in my neck and back but I am alive.So, what about my pfd? I have no idea, but I suspect it is still lurking in some manner, as I had no way to obtain good PT.My husband and I exist differently now. When you almost lose your life, you change.I pray that the changes in my life will be positive. I am still alive, can even drive and am thinking about going back to work.What all does this gobbleteegook mean then? I am thinking maybe that our lives go in stages - sometimes we have good times and sometimes we don't ---->like when we suffer from pelvic conditions. However, from this site and a few other friends, I have learned that chronic pain is not NOT taken lightly among educated folke. It will also become even more of an issue, as baby boomers are swiftly reaching the retirement age.Let us hope that this will inspire more research and willingness among the medical community at large, to expand their interests, go beyond just the barest responsibilities and realize that patients ARE smart and accomplished. Professionals of all kinds need to acknowlege this, or they will soon behind, left in the dust of yesteryear.Hugs and hope for all of you,Snofyre00