Teesa you are welcome, life is so tough sometimes pain filled all the time, but we must keep going .
Hi Teesa
Sorry I didn't reply quicker...
i'll send you a friend request and then you can message me privately
Bare with me...
Ok. I just sent a friend request :-)
I look forward to hearing from you
{HUGS}
I understand what you are saying, I have felt that way to many times and before you let your anger get the best of you, find something soothing for your pain. My family has no mercy for me either. They don't believe, it is because they don't understand. Your young and you do have talent under all that pain. I know you will find your strength. I recently made a new friend and already I can see this friend leaving me behind. This friend is not one of us. They just don't get it. We just have more to deal with than others. And they don't get why we need to take better care of ourselves. I am so glad I found this site. I'm 47 and looking for a new man, praying to find some one who can love me. I'm striking out everywhere I turn. But these men that I am hoping to get a date from are not like me. They too will not be able to stay around me for long and they usually go after the first date. I think men can sense my hesitations. Well what ever it is. I am looking in other places now for friends. Friends understand friends who are more alike. I'm not chasing after what I will never catch.
I pray for a cure and all of our pain to go away.
Gentle hugs to you, today, Teesa. I hope you're feeling somewhat better too.
You have every right to be majorly pissed with being saddled with this monster illness at such a young age!! I don't know why it strikes some people when they're very young and others very old - plus those of us in the middle.
Concerning your Ssdi claim, do you have an ssdi lawyer representing you? If not, I suggest getting one right away. and you could always apply again with a new claim if you've gotten a new diagnosis since the start of your claim. But the lawyers know how to play the Ssdi game and we don't. And they only take a fourth of your lump sum payment. When you take into account the time lost in appealing over and over, it seems like a small but wise investment to have one.
I need to get to bed shortly but I wanted to weigh in. Please come here for validation and support. Some people just can not wrap their heads around this illness, period. Others halfway get it. Some get it later rather than sooner. Bringing your parents on a doctor visit might be helpful. Or printing out some of these pages to show to them, so they see that MANY others suffer from the same nightmarish demon.
I want to send your warmth and friendship so you know that you're okay and we're here for you. You have every right in the world to vent! Come here and scream it out! We all do that. Not all of the time but whenever the urge strikes. And it's usually from people not understanding or believing us or from pain.
Hugs and a nice cuppa tea,
Petunia