Re: Recovering from surgery

From: Sally Grigg (lostcst@mcn.org)
Tue Feb 13 13:43:38 2001


Stacey, I don't know what to say. Do you have any other family to help you? Do you have a church or other religiuos center? God loves you, but you need physical touching and real hands on helping. I've been to the point where nothing seems to mattter and I decide to "checkout early", but that's not the answer. Try to read uplifting books, or talk to God and give him all your problems. I know its easy to say, but please don't give up and try to think positively. This site has many wonderful people with similar problems to yours. At the very least you can talk to us and we'll be here for you on line. We care. Love, Sally Grigg

Stacey wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I just want to thank each and everyone of you for your support and
> prayers. The surgery I had on 1/31, went well...so far. I came through
> it very good....My surgeon who was expecting a hour long surgery ended
> up in the OR with me for about 3 1/2 hours. My insides were a complete
> mess again....and this is just after having surgery just 4 months ago.
> So, this is 2 surgeries in 4 months. I am still in a great deal of pain
> and I am just not sure if it is all post-op or adhesions already. I am
> beginning to feel a little better, although I can't eat anything. If I
> do my stomach swells up to the size of a watermelon and boy am I in
> pain. I am not doing so good emotionally right now though. I am not
> getting very much support from my boyfriend of 7 years anymore. I think
> he is just tired of my sicknesses. We were together 7 years and then we
> split up and were apart for 3. We just got back together about 10
> months ago and the whole time we have been back together I have either
> been in the hospital or laid up in pain. I love him very much. He told
> me today that he doesn't know how much longer he can take this. It
> broke my heart...I am feeling all alone right now because he was the one
> person that I definetly thought I could depend on for support. He does
> love me he just says that he can't handle this and if I were to ever
> need another surgery he doesn't know if he would ever want to be with me
> again. I have already had 5 open abdominal surgeries and I don't want
> or plan on having anymore, but with our disease you never know. I just
> hate having to wonder in the future if I will just be swept under the
> rug because of my sickness. I feel like no one wants to be with me
> because of my illness. I married a man after my boyfriend and I split
> and he left me because of my illness. I have been crying all day long,
> I am in a very deep depression right now which I know does not help my
> healing process. Could everyone please keep me in your prayers I am so
> scared and don't know what to do about all of this. Thank you again for
> everyone's support I don't know what I would do without this website.
>
> In loving friendship,
> Stacey
>
> --
> Stacey
>


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