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TLeigh 
7:40pm, October 15, 2009
Well hello everyone! I almost dropped off the face of the earth, but I'm back!! And there have been a LOT of changes. First of all.. I have moved on from the "ex". I am with a wonderful man now who loves me, who is clean and sober, who has real goals, works hard and accepts my past baggage, my daughter, me for what it is and loves us anyways!! We've been together since July 4th. He's awesome.
The next news I have is that I am clean and sober also...I don't take pain meds anymore for my Fibro or anything else. I did it for me, my own reasons, I had a problem with them and I fixed it. I still hurt plenty, but I don't think I hurt more without them! I used them to cover emotional pain and 1 was too many and 1,000 was never enough! So, done done done. It wasn't easy, and there are days I wish I had a pain pill, but I deal, and I am hoping to not ever have to use them again. I am NOT even judging anyone who does...I was abusing them, and I know it, and I had to stop.
I have missed you all and I will try to get on here as much as possible. I am very busy. VERY busy, but I think of you all often and hope you are doing well. Blessings always,
Toni
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Congratulations Toni! That is so awesome & must not have been easy to distance yourself enough from the situation to see that maybe there was a problem with the meds - when you have a lot of pain to deal with it's got to be very difficult to not cross the line over what's "too much"! As you know from my lengthy writings, my husband has the same difficulty. He is trying, though, I can see it now. And I hope that he is trying for HIM because, indeed, that's all that works. Are there other methods that help you cope with pain from your Fib. and bone pain? Chet sometimes get a lot of relief because many body parts are kind of broken, from time in a hot tub, biofeedback, and years ago before the meds took over, a "Tens" unit was helpful along with massage.
Best wishes, your friend when you need one, Sue
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