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i'm want2bwell, and i live in west virginia. i have 2 daughters and three sisters and my mom is still with me. they all support me alot but when they see me not taking my albuteral or not wearing my oxygen they get very mad at me and say i have given up, but i am not giving up i just hate the way i feel on albuteral and having oxygen tubes strung across your face makes me look like i'm sick. now i know i am technicaly sick but i have been trying to get a divorce from a very abusive alcoholic for the last 2 years and i find myself getting very lonely. i just want someone to hold me again and snuggle with. you know just a companion. but i think that most guys are going to look at me like i'm a freak or look at me like i'm already dead instead of someone who needs a hug. could someone please give me some advice on how am i supossed to cope with this disease and not spend the rest of my life alone, cause i would rather be done living if this is it.
It don't matter bout the oxygen mask.Your heart is speaking louder than anything.
Life is worth living.You do have people who love you and you are not alone.
The abuse that you have suffered from your husband is awful.
I always figure:I've got pain in one habnd and pleasure in the other.If the pain is heavier than the pleasure...let the pain go.
It is a very lonely place being alone.
I was with someone for 10 yrs.Wonderful relationship.One day we woke up and she just left.I was so afraid of being alone.I will tell you I was not ok.
I looked and searched for someone, anyone to "just hold me"
2 yrs. down the road I was much better off.I know now that it's okay to be alone.Sometimes it is better to be alone than to be with someone for the wrong reasons.
Just try to relax.Go easy on your self.Hold on because you don't know what's next.
One day at a time,Sweety.
Take time for you.You can do this.
Granny here, wanting to tell you a man can love you no matter how many tubes you have up your nose, and quite often we are as sexy as we think ourselves to be!
I have a man in my life, and we laugh about the oxygen. We have made it funny rather than a disaster. He also realizes I am stubborn and fiercely independent and he knows that to treat me as an invalid would be the fastest way to lose me.
So, you see, if a semi-old lady like me who relies sometimes on oxygen, is overweight, and whose hair is getting grey can have love and laughter in her life, there is no reason you won't be able to also!
And being alone is not such a bad thing...it allows you to do a whole bunch of things you thought you could never do before, but I know when we are sick we just want to be held and loved....it is natural and we all want and need that. Might be a good time to give your daughters lots of extra hugs!
Best to you....
and I hope you get rid of the abuser too!