Re: Bad day...Need Friends!!

From: Sue Ann Murray (murraysa@penn.com)
Tue Aug 24 03:26:01 1999


Ginny, Just wanted to say that I hope you're doing better by now. But I definitely understand about the lashing out. Before my diagnosis and first surgery for endo, it had gotten so bad that I was almost constantly in a bad mood and as hard as I tried, sometimes it was impossible not to take it out on whoever was nearest. I used to think there was something wrong with me emotionally only to find out that almost all of it was not feeling good. People around me noticed the instant mood change after the first surgery.

Sue Ann

>Hey Guys,
>
>I really had a bad day today. The pain has been horrible and the
>numbness in my fingers and feet are making me stumble around and drop
>things. I think today I feel official depression. (I do take an
>anti-depressant for pain, I wish it helped more when I feel down) You
>know how when an a normally nice animal is in pain it can lash out at
>you? Well, that was me today. I lashed out at my business partner and
>my family for no real reason. I just feel so angry sometimes when I
>think I am doing everything that the doctors tell me to do and I still
>feel so lousy. Most of the time I can keep my composure (my co-workers
>and husband might disagree with that), but today was one of those days I
>feel so overwhelmed by it all. Then to add insult to injury, I get to
>feel guilty for not being in control. Pain can make you feel so
>isolated from the world. I wish one of you guys lived nearby so when
>the loneliness takes over you can just pick up the phone and call for
>help. Not that my friends and family aren't supportive, but they just
>can't understand...not the pain or the emotional wreckage it can cause.
>In the mean time, I thank God that this forum is here. Thanks for
>listening....Ginny
>


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