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Tuesday November 24, 2009

Painful Stories

  • A New Update on My Problems

    Friday, May 30, 2008

    My wonderful friends,
    More problems had mounted upon my previous list. Financial, family friction, problems at work. It seems the more I pray , and the more people pray for me thev worse things get.
    At work yesterday, two of my administrators, held a meeting with me about my behavior at work. One, who has known me the longest, said I haven't been performing like the usual Vicki she's known...

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  • Journal Entry for June 8, 2008

    Sunday, June 8, 2008 | A Painful story

    Hello everyone I am sorry I have been gone for so long.  I practically moved in with my Mom for a while to help take care of my dad and she doesn't have a computer.  I regret to inform you my Dad died a horrible death in his home on June 5, 2008.  He died at 10:40PM with all of his children their.  All of his organs started shutting down at once.  His kidneys, Li...

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  • well as i look at these pictures i still can't believe i wont see her beautiful face or talk to her again, i know they say you will in heaven, but i prayed for mom and begged with him to make her well and he still took her from me.i dont know how to go to the store or anywhere that doesn't remind me of mom.it makes me sick to my tummy and i hurt all over. she was the only parent i had lef...

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  • Trying to survive

    Sunday, September 7, 2008

    well its saturday, i made it this far .mom passed away on 7/29/08 and i have been hurting so bad i could barely move,think,just feell like an empty shell,i met with the pastor today i called him for help because i was afraid to see what would happen next. i feel like someone took a wrecking ball and knocked all of my things down and demolished them. he told me its ok to grieve, that i can miss he...

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  • My Mom,Getting ready for hurricane Ike

    Thursday, September 11, 2008

    getting ready for hurricane IKE and missing my mom.in 2005 we were threatened with hurricane rita and then it turned,well this one looks like its coming for sure,three years ago we packed a few things and went to my sisters home,cause we live in a trailer,i had to get all moms stuff and oxygen and meds and now i don't, i really miss her.she was my world and i hope she knew that,she always tho...

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  • The days are so long without mom being here to talk to, i find myself wanting to call and talk to her more and more each day. i know i can still talk to her but i won't ever hear her sweet voice again and that hurts alot. i guess its just that now mom and dad are gone and i feel all alone in the world, i don;t care what anyone says, theres nothing like the feeling of having your parents aroun...

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  • One sugery down, one more to go....

    Sunday, October 19, 2008 | A Painful story

    What was supose to be a 5 minute painless surgery,
    turned into the worst half hour of my life.
    Went in for a minor surgery, which I had done 17 years ago,
    and it had took 5 minutes and no pain at all.
    Well this time around, It was done at the hospital,
    the doctor even put the green sheet on my face, and had a small hole for the one eye.
    The nurse proceeded to freeze my eye,
    and then the Lady surgeon s...






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  • Almost Died Today.

    Monday, March 16, 2009 | A Painful story

    I almost died today,
    I won't go into the details, this is the first I get to write something on the computer.
    Richard wanted to bring me to the hospital,
    but having an idea of what I did wrote,
    I decided to treat the several issues that was making me soo sick.
    I tell you guys, I was sure I was dying, and it lasted all day.
    I am still very weak and in pain, but much better than earlier in the day.
    I...






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    28 Comments

  • Thankful for having you guys...

    Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | A Painful story

    Thank you soo much everyone, you are soo special to me, all of you.
    I will call the doctor's office, cause I am not getting any better, I do believe I have a pneumonia on top of it all.
    I pulled a muscle, I think this is it, I have a major pain when I breathed, between my liver and breast, boy it hurts this morning. 
    It goes right through into my back.
    Still coughing blood, now this is a ...



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    9 Comments

  • My Mother

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | A Painful story

    I got a call today that my mother is in the hospital with heart failure again.  She has had a heart attack in the past and right now the doctors are doing tests to determine what is actually going on.
    It's wierd because she was been on my mind for the past week and I have been so tempted to call her but I can't.  I haven't spoken to my mother in over 2 years.  I financia...

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