Re: going to get better!soon -to Toni
From: toni welsh (twelsh1@hotmail.com)
Tue Jul 17 20:46:51 2001
At Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Sally Grigg wrote:
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>Dear Toni, I'm sorry your are having such a hard time of it. Sometimes it
>feels like it will never go away and life is just unbearable. I don't know
>what to say except that we are here and feel the same way a lot of the time. I
>do remember a few days last year when I felt good. Boy, was I enthusiastic.
>And I'm not joking. But God gives us this life and we have to live it to the
>best of our abilities. We may come up short in our own expectations, but its
>not good to beat yourself up all the time either or get bitter, it just
>doesn't help. I'm sorry to sound so preachy (I almost said bitter myself
>without thinking). Anyway, there is so much research being done now that
>before too long, there will be something to prevent adhesions from coming
>back. And we will be pain free. I really believe that. Please act like you're
>cheered up, sometines, you forget and actually feel better. Also, Dr. R and R
>are not magicians, they are only human beings, and even thought they are good,
>maybe the best, people who have surgery there still have their adhesions come
>back. They are not Gods or the answer to all you pain. I still hurt from my
>surgery there. It's not their fault. It's my body. You also might donload
>some pain information from the site and take it to your pain specialist and
>try to get your dosage increased. Tell it like it is and be firm. and Present
>them with reams of papers concerning the California Pain Act which mandates
>that your pain be treated adequately. Love and prayers and all good wishes to
>you, Sally Grigg
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Sally,
I feel so bad that you have been through all that suregry again. And
still in pain! I will write more tomorrow!!!
Toni
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