OH Michelle, I am so sorry to hear that! You know that we are all here for you. You are in my prayers.
XOXO, Sue

I will ask the Lord to send you some Angels to lighten your load.
So sorry you have all this on your plate
(hugs my sister) Mary

Eloise, I;m sorry. It does seem so unfair to hve to carry multiple burdens. One cross per person would be nice.
At least you are reaching out and we are here.

Eloise,

I'm very sorry to hear about your COPD and I hope the pulm. can get you some relief.

I fully understand your frustration and I wish I could take it away.

I also have multiple chronic conditions to contend with and I think one of the hardest struggles I face every day is trying to live with them - to accept, manage, endure what each throws at me. I too want to be positive, but it feels like I'm going to burst apart sometimes - which sounds like a great relief.

Please don't let yourself believe that the COPD is any worse or better than the other conditions - each has its load to bear, but you are strong and you will be able to manage it.

I don't know if I believe in God - how can we be made to suffer all this afterall - but I do know that we as human beings are strong and can endure.

Please know that this place is always here for you to vent, cry, and scream to.

I am sooo here for you. Yes, there are many people with multiple diagnosis, my entire family has multiple. But the point is this is about you. Don't beat yourself up for feeling sorry for yourself. Of course you feel scared and alone even with a million people around you saying you will be ok. It's ok to feel that way. Sometimes a good cry helps. You know you have support with all of us here. And I feel the same way some day like My God what are the odds. Is it our environment, the foods we eat. What? It is so frustrating. Know I feel the same way some days I just want to scream, and maybe you just should. Can you take some time and have a massage or even a pedicure and read one of those terrible tabloids to forget for a while? maybe a fav movie or go to the movie. I don't know just trying to help you. Remember no matter how much other people have or don't have when you have it, it is real and you have a right to let go once and a while and grieve. Then pick yourself back up, don't go too far down. :-) Cheers to you and a hug, Dragonfly

oh michelle im so sorry to hear this news hun u have enough to cope with as it is u are in my prayers and im her any time u need me loads of love lizxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank-you all so very much for your comforting, caring, positive words. The warmth and support I feel in reading these posts makes me realize that I WILL persevere! I am thinking positively again, but I wouldn't have gotten there nearly as fast had you not all offered your support! So thank-you, thank-you, thank-you. Words just don't seem to be enough sometimes and this is one of those times. I appreciate all in DS, but especially each of you. Take care all; I'll keep you up to date.

Many Hugs,

Michelle

I pray for anyone who has to winter in the Dakota's, I didn't know yer sick too? OMG

Michelle, you are not alone. I have had enough so far, kidney surgery at 24, two sinus surgeries, histerectomy, and on and on....When they come they come in battallions but you are not alone...

I feel for you. I have had one chronic disease after another added to my list as well...just when I think "enough is enough-I can't take anymore" I take a deep breath and I keep going. Hope you're feeling better soon.

I to will send you angels to help light your way. We are all here for you

Eloise.... humor.. you have to find some humor to get you through... it does not matter what souce you use or where it comes from...t.v... neighbours..family..the damn cat..grin...but find some humor...it does help and it gets you through the tough times...

i to deal with multiple illness as does our whole family...smile.. considering opening our own clinic..im sure we could keep a dr. busy with our family.. hell i cant even get a family dr. at this point.. sigh.. fill out the application form and never hear from them again...grin...

i have hypertension.. past stroke..secondary progressive ms.. intractable epilepsy.. asthma.. osteo arthritus..b-12 defiancey.. torn muscles in both rotar cuffs in shoulder and knee..broken feet..grin..cast looks lovely by the way..
husband has high cloherstor..and type 2 diabeties...and youngest son has epilepsy and aneimea..and father in law who now lives with us has althermizers...grin...

we use alot of humor to get through it all...it is the only way....that and this site for me works...grin..

stay with us... we shall get you through this...

hugs
heather

hell after reading through all that..no wonder i cant get a family dr..grin...

Massive hugs to you. You are being hit with one thing after another, and in no way am I trying to trivialize the way you feel, BUT, please try to stay positive and HUMOUR is the BEST to get you through the hard times.

I too have multiple health issues. It is a right Royal pain in the butt.

Please try to remain positive and YOU WILL be okay, you have the strength to get you through and the support of all here.

I know excactly how you are feeling. I keep saying now what could happen. I also have MS, fibromylgia, diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, degenerative disc disease, cervical spondylosis and arthritis. I will be turning 49 next week, but feel much older. I spent the other day in the hospital with a severve asthma attack. When I start feeling sorry for myself, I remember it's one day at a time. I have a wonderful husband and 2 grown boys who love me. I also have great faith in God.
I know you will get thru this. Remember just one day at a time.
take care,
Jan

All of your replies have meant a great deal to me and pulled me out of my self-absorbed moments! I tend to get bad news, let it sink in, and then go bonkers for a couple of hours. Then I do start the humor. I love to laugh...especially a falling on the floor laugh so that your stomach hurts! I discovered, after my brief 'escape' from Avonex (it's been 12 days since my last shot) that some of fun 'craziness' had disappeared and I didn't know it was gone until it came back! Does that make sense?
Anyway, I love all of you! I mean that. All I had to do was reach out when I really needed help and boom! So much support. I feel like I fell into a large black pit and there were so many hands pulling me up out of it. As I read about what each of you has on your plate, I actually feel quite lucky.
Amazingly, the clinic got me into the specialist (pulmonary) next week already! So I'll know more about what I am facing and where to go from here. The steroids hit their max last night (day three) and now I'm on the down side again as I begin to taper. Steroids due a big number on making me an emotional basket case.

Okay, here's a peek at my humorous side. I still can't believe I did this. Three years ago, on an educational trip to Boston, my group went to a very nice restaurant (upscale) for supper. We were all dead tired, but hungry. Two of us had lobsters and while in ND we generally just get the tail, we got the whole thing at this restaurant. Okay, so I'm beginning to experience what I think is called 'sleep-drunk' and I take the shells of the lobsters off our plates and put on a puppet show from my table with a lobster on each hand. The entire restaurant was howling. Then I started laughing so hard that I tipped over backwards in my chair. Fortunately, it was too close to the wall to fall all the way over, but it wedged between the wall and the table and I couldn't get out. Someone took a picture. Sure wish I had a copy of it. I've done lots of other things as well. I get into these really neat humorous modes and try to make life interesting for myself as well as for whoever else wants to be entertained. I agree...humor is really important. Unfortunately, it sometimes leaves Thanks for helping me find it again!

Michelle