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Monday November 30, 2009

Frustrating Stories

  • Journal Entry for April 30, 2008

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008

      I'M SO FRUSTRATED! I SAW MY DOC TODAY. SHE HAS DECIDED THAT SHE WANTS ME OFF OF ALL MY MEDS FOR FIBRO! APPARENTLY, THE NEURO SAID I NEEDED TO BE OFF OF ALL
    PAIN MEDS FOR PROPER EVALUATION OF MY CONDITION! THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT WHAT SHE SAID TO US! MY HUBBY HAS REQUESTED A COPY OF THE LETTER STATING THAT FACT!
    WHEN I SAID THAT I HAD BEEN DOING BETTER THAN I WAS A YEAR AGO, SHE SAID HOW W...

    3 Recommendations

    6 Comments

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  • Kidney Stones Slow Series of Stories

    Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | A Frustrating story

    Hey!
    Yah, I spent all day Tuesday in the emergency ward coping with a couple of kidney stones and the necessary tests. I have been plagued with pain that has been getting worse on the lower left side of my abdomen and finally Monday night - Tuesday morning it got to the point where I told my Mom the night before if it got to, that I would do something. So after weighing everything I hopped one of ...

    1 Recommendation

    5 Comments

  • My latest fall

    Saturday, July 26, 2008 | A Frustrating story

     
    Falling is a nightmare.  At a certain stage in MS, when your balance gets bad, you start falling.  I have had bruises everywhere, including my face from falling flat on it.  When I went to the wheelchair, I quit falling so much, but now when I do, I can't get up by myself.  This is what happened to me yesterday. 
    I was taking a nap and wearing compression hose. W...

    1 Recommendation

    7 Comments

  • down.

    Friday, September 12, 2008 | A Frustrating story

    i dont think i like my new placement...its not for me...im going to give it anouther day and if i dont like it ill ask to move... there are more cons than pros to this place i just hate it.
    the clients and tutors...kept using 'GAY' as  derogeratary term and they just took the mick i hate it =(  dont think i can work in this setting i jusy felt so upset and lost....today sucked. i...

    1 Recommendation

    6 Comments

  • Walk

    Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | A Frustrating story

    I've got to learn to walk again.  You know,,,the heel-toe way.  I noticed this morning that I'm not walking.  It's a kinda long shuffle.  My first thought was it was the new shoes I'm breaking in.  They're regular shoes.  Not the athletic type I've been wearing for so many years.  They're about twice as heavy and stiffer than the othe...

    1 Recommendation

    5 Comments

  • my 2 year problem in a nutshell

    Saturday, December 20, 2008 | A Frustrating story

    so heres the story . . .
    i've been raised in a house were mental weakness is just unacceptable . . . and if my parents ever knew that i was trying to get help for "eating disorders" or "depression" or any of those (in their minds) "sicknesses that don't exist" . . . i dont even know how'd they'd react. not well, that's for sure.  But my frien...

    1 Recommendation

    5 Comments

  • So much anxiety and fear..

    Sunday, November 8, 2009 | A Frustrating story

     
    Why do i keep letting this ms get the best of me i am so anxious all the time, why cant i just be at peace, i was suppose to start lexapro but didnt, i think ill start tonight. Im trying to deal but feel like im trying to claw my way out of a hole. when wil it get better GOD?

    2 Recommendations

    3 Comments

  • I just wanna be left alone

    Monday, November 30, 2009 | A Frustrating story

    Today just sux, I hate the hot weather, it makes me tired and sweaty, which makes me itchy...I stress over everything cos I'm so frustrated and stress makes me itch too, have to have the Air- Con on because it's too hot to stand, but that dries my skin out, so its itchy through that too....I sit there for like 5 minutes just rubbing and rubbing the one spot like crazy and it mak...

    1 Recommendation


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