Guest guest Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Timo, Take a deep breath... it is OK. When I had the staph infection and high fever and was in intensive care this past Feb. I did the same thing. Everything and everyone caused me to feel over stimulated. Too much noise, too many questions, too much pain, too much light, too much of my husband trying to make me feel loved. I even unplugged the phone from the wall and would not talk to ANY of my dear friends that called. If would plug it in and answer it, I would refuse to talk. It was just all too much with the amount of pain and suffering that I was going through. Over stimulation. For 13 days, I stayed rolled up in a fetal position with the room as dark as it could be. coming to visit me was an aggravation because I knew he wanted to talk and give me a hug and I just could not take anymore. I even asked the doctors who were caring for me to find me a rehab hospital or nursing home to go to when I got out because I was afraid of going home with my husband and emphatically told them that I would NOT go home with him. Many times when he came in to visit me I would pretend to be asleep just so I would not have to be bothered with his questions. I felt like I was being persecuted by him. I would invent things just to make him go away. This was a horrible time for him because NONE of the nurses or doctors that were caring for me ever told him that it was due to the infection and high fever... you might say I was certifiably nuts at the time all the while I was thinking that I was just fine and it was the others that were out to get me. Then, just as was about to give up, thinking that I would be this way for the rest of my life and that he had finally lost me... I snapped out of it. I didn't remember any of it. It was the reporter who was doing my story and the doctor that told me stories of what I had said and done. I felt so much guilt for having put him through so much. It was the 14th day there that I " got my mind back " and just as quickly as you can turn a light bulb off... I came back on... with no memory of what had happened. So hang in there Timo... you haven't lost Anne... She is just overwhelmed and tired of all the pain that she is going through. She will return to you being the lady that you have loved and admired for so long. Try to understand that she does not do this on purpose and there is a good chance when she comes out of it, she will not remember it at all. Hugs and Warm Fuzzies, Deborah aka Tenacity Personal website & photo's http://www.pdhangout.com http://community.webshots.com/user/tenacitywins _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Timo, Take a deep breath... it is OK. When I had the staph infection and high fever and was in intensive care this past Feb. I did the same thing. Everything and everyone caused me to feel over stimulated. Too much noise, too many questions, too much pain, too much light, too much of my husband trying to make me feel loved. I even unplugged the phone from the wall and would not talk to ANY of my dear friends that called. If would plug it in and answer it, I would refuse to talk. It was just all too much with the amount of pain and suffering that I was going through. Over stimulation. For 13 days, I stayed rolled up in a fetal position with the room as dark as it could be. coming to visit me was an aggravation because I knew he wanted to talk and give me a hug and I just could not take anymore. I even asked the doctors who were caring for me to find me a rehab hospital or nursing home to go to when I got out because I was afraid of going home with my husband and emphatically told them that I would NOT go home with him. Many times when he came in to visit me I would pretend to be asleep just so I would not have to be bothered with his questions. I felt like I was being persecuted by him. I would invent things just to make him go away. This was a horrible time for him because NONE of the nurses or doctors that were caring for me ever told him that it was due to the infection and high fever... you might say I was certifiably nuts at the time all the while I was thinking that I was just fine and it was the others that were out to get me. Then, just as was about to give up, thinking that I would be this way for the rest of my life and that he had finally lost me... I snapped out of it. I didn't remember any of it. It was the reporter who was doing my story and the doctor that told me stories of what I had said and done. I felt so much guilt for having put him through so much. It was the 14th day there that I " got my mind back " and just as quickly as you can turn a light bulb off... I came back on... with no memory of what had happened. So hang in there Timo... you haven't lost Anne... She is just overwhelmed and tired of all the pain that she is going through. She will return to you being the lady that you have loved and admired for so long. Try to understand that she does not do this on purpose and there is a good chance when she comes out of it, she will not remember it at all. Hugs and Warm Fuzzies, Deborah aka Tenacity Personal website & photo's http://www.pdhangout.com http://community.webshots.com/user/tenacitywins _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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