Re: Gloria & every one else

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Trudy,It's not silly at all and yeah, this is how we help each other...  this group is going to help you and a whole lot of other people get thru treatment.  You have a place where you know you are not alone and someone gets it even when no one around you seems to.  Unless  you've been there...  I can safely say there are no words that are descriptive enough to explain this treatment.

I'm glad you are finally drinking more.. it's still not enough but it's a start.  Water and calories are what you need right now.  As much of both of them as you can handle.  Did you make soup?

When I went thru treatment I had this amazing nurse named .  If it wasn't for I'd have never finished that 48 weeks of hell.  I was able to tell her I was scared out of my mind but I couldn't let that be seen at home..  my husband and son were scared enough for me they didn't need to know that I was as scared as I was.  I stayed up at night for fear of falling asleep.  I was sure if I fell asleep I wouldn't wake up.  I called one day and told her my leg broke while I was sleeping... that it just snapped in half and it hurt like hell.  She very calmly told me to stand up.  I did.  She said my leg wasn't broken.  She was right.  It was the meds.  But she was the only one that understood that.  I didn't have a group like this.  I wish I did.  Hell, I wish I had Facebook back then.  I didn't even have internet access.  Strange.. now I can't live without the net.  

Yeah, I can only speak for myself but yep, paying it forward.  I promised I would do that if I ever made it thru that treatment..  and now.. I've been doing just that.  And even better, you guys let me do it.  I'm grateful for that.  Beyond grateful.  (I will not get teary eyed... I will not get teary eyed... too late) Each one of you has a special place in my heart and when I go out to Cambridge in a few weeks, I'm taking you all with me.  I have a feeling I'm going to be paying it forward in a big way pretty soon!  

Trudy, in 6 months, you're going to be doing what I'm doing right here.  I can't wait for you to experience how it feels.  

Now, go drink more water woman!

Hugs,

TeriOn Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:31 PM, trudykinsey@... <trudykinsey@...> wrote:

 

It feels kinda silly now, looking back. But this is how we help each other . The extreme weakness and pounding heart( water fixed that too LoL) ; I thought this tx was killing me. I honestly was so sick that I thought I could die any moment. But just hearing from others about the same thing, was really huge for me. Then I decided to cooperate and DRINK the damn WATER.

But I know for sure I could never have done this without this support group. Now I also understand why you guys that have cleared stick around. Paying it forward.

Anyway, I've got to go drink my water.

Everybody have a peaceful night.

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TrudyTo me, hanging out to help others face this horrible dragon, is not very different than what my AA program taught me. Sure, I haven't had a drink for over 24 years; but, I still try to be available to help another suffering alcoholic.You know some of my story and how I felt about not getting any kind of support from my husband's kids or the one sister. I'd don't want another person anywhere, to feel so betrayed!! On my clinical trial, I had almost uncontrollable mood swings and depression was definitely the biggest. Even to this day, those kids or my husband seem to think that I somehow could have prevented those emotions and thus, their fingers are pointed at me as the culprit for bringing down the relationships.All I really want to do, is work in

the field of chronic illnesses and try to get the message out to others how such diseases affect us, the patient, in ways that they could never understand unless they have been through it themselves. It would be like a non-alcoholic trying to understand the absolute insanity of alcoholism. Gloria

It feels kinda silly now, looking back. But this is how we help each other . The extreme weakness and pounding heart( water fixed that too LoL) ; I thought this tx was killing me. I honestly was so sick that I thought I could die any moment. But just hearing from others about the same thing, was really huge for me. Then I decided to cooperate and DRINK the damn WATER.

But I know for sure I could never have done this without this support group. Now I also understand why you guys that have cleared stick around. Paying it forward.

Anyway, I've got to go drink my water.

Everybody have a peaceful night.

http://facebook.com/people/andTrudy-Kinsey/1340460877 "

"A well- behaved woman never made history"...Mae West

http://oktravels.wordpress.com

http://allrecipes.com/cook/TrudyK/profile.aspx