Guest guest Posted May 31, 2002 Report Share Posted May 31, 2002 -Hi Walt, Staying at home is really stir craziness for me as my TV wasn't working for the past 5 months (the sound was messed up) and no stereo system. I finally got my TV repaired & am hoping to have my stereo hooked up soon. I hated reading when I was in high school & college. I was the queen of the Cliff notes. Since my illness has left me unable to work the past 6 months I have read in excess of 100 novels. I hope the TV however crummy it can be even with cable will give me another outlet from the 4 walls. I hope you are feeling better. I just started with some pain & am disgusted as I thought I might have a pain pill free day. Good luck with your surgery on tuesday. My prayers are with you. in New Orleans -- In pancreatitis@y..., " w_nelson2002 " wrote: > These are the days I wish I was someone else or this was not > happening to me. But, after the major surgery I just have to look in > the mirror and at me stomach and see the foot long scar. I have to > try to stay busy most days. I drive over to the library almost every > day. If I were to stay at home I would go crazy with bordom. OH, did > I mention I am stay with my parents, this is the best thing that > happened to me I a while they are really great and understanding. My > mother also had a cyst, just a different type. > > Walt > Tacoma, WA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2002 Report Share Posted May 31, 2002 Hey Walt, Hang in there buddy. I moved back home after having a nervous breakdown, losing a 50k+ a year job, losing a home I had just recently purchased, losing a four year relationship that I thought would become a marrige, trying to drink myself to death, going on a gambling binge that could have put me in jail, two major acute panc attacks, the second of which almost killed me, being robbed of most of my worldly possesions by a roomate that went on a coke binge, including my Honda Prelude XI, which was found on the south side of Chicago , up on blocks and completely stripped right after my insurance lapsed, being turned down by SSA and Medicaid numerous times, being thrown out of an ER because they thought I just had a drug problem, released from treatment by the Doc at the hospitals pain clinic. All I have left is a TV and this computer that I never paid for. But things are looking up. I have a comfortable place in my parents basement that I share with my two adorable cats, I have DSL and Digital Cable, my psychiatrist finally told SSA that I couldn't work and I finally got approved for SSDI last week, my Internist decided to take over my pain management and is willing to treat me at no cost over the phone, and I now have sufficient pain medication, I'm not a drunk anymore, and I try to create projects with my computer to keep my mind occupied, I really don't like to go out much unless I have to, which is only a few times a week, my stepfather has finally come to understand the nature of my illness and is not abusive to me anymore since he talked to his cousin who happens to be a doctor and gave him the lowdown on CP, and I have this board that I thank God I can go to for help and to help others. The past three years have been an incredibly humbling experience. All things considered, things could still be getting worse, but for the first time in a long time things seem to be getting better. Praise the Lord and knock on wood. Who knows what life has in store for me from here, but day by day, it is getting better than it has been. Hope your having a pain free day! Your Friend, Mark --- w_nelson2002 w_nelson2002@...> wrote: > These are the days I wish I was someone else or this > was not > happening to me. But, after the major surgery I just > have to look in > the mirror and at me stomach and see the foot long > scar. I have to > try to stay busy most days. I drive over to the > library almost every > day. If I were to stay at home I would go crazy with > bordom. OH, did > I mention I am stay with my parents, this is the > best thing that > happened to me I a while they are really great and > understanding. My > mother also had a cyst, just a different type. > > Walt > Tacoma, WA > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2002 Report Share Posted May 31, 2002 Hi Walt, Hey recovery is recovery, that scar will about disappear in a couple or three decades. Just focus on the today and the future and I hope that time is on your side now as opposed to being against you Best wishes, Poncho - GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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