Re: [TMIC] Anybody else been there?

2008-11-19 Thread Balmatmic
I totally agree with all the comments. I also know that if we didn't have this list to be able to communicate with about our feelings and "vent" occasionally, we would be a lot harder to live with, and not as well off mentally. Then again, my anti-depressants help a lot too, lol. Once

Re: [TMIC] Anybody else been there?

2008-11-19 Thread jrushton
...and hugs to you, too, Gilly!! As a matter of fact, hugs to ALL of you Jeanne in Dayton

Re: [TMIC] Jims surgery today at Port Huron General

2008-11-19 Thread Jan Hargrove
Glad all went well!! am sure home will be heaven on earth!!   janh --- On Wed, 11/19/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [TMIC] Jims surgery today at Port Huron General To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 7:24

Re: [TMIC] Anybody else been there?

2008-11-19 Thread kimr1999
Rob, you just hit the nail on the head! I don't post much but do read all the post. Was just talking to my husband tonight about the never ending pain and how we have to deal with it everyday and how sometimes it does get the best of us.. Thanks! -- Original message from T Kanon

[TMIC] Jims surgery today at Port Huron General

2008-11-19 Thread CJBJWB
Jim had his gall bladder surgery today. All is well so far. Having TM really makes a simple Laproscopic surgery a bit more of a challenge, just as having had a radical prostatectomy makes TM more of a challenge. Jim has had an artificial sphincter since 1992 as a result of the surgery. His nu

Re: [TMIC] Anybody else been there?

2008-11-19 Thread Gillian Clark
Anybody else been there?Ahhh Rob, I hear you, as they say in the classics! I feel it so hard to be empathetic these days when someone (usually Trev) complains of "minor" ailments. I also get people coming to me to explain all their woes and I'm just so over it! I have noticed that those who c

Re: [TMIC] Anybody else been there?

2008-11-19 Thread jrushton
Rob, I didn't get your message but reading Tobe's I just needed to tell you that could not have said it any better! Jack is always saying he would not be able to live with the TM like I do, as we all do, but everyone does what he or she has to. We try to keep the best attitudes we possibly can

Re: [TMIC] Anybody else been there?

2008-11-19 Thread T Kanon
Rob, you said what I have always thought and felt.  My brother said those exact words to me over a year ago and they still come back to haunt me.   I don't say much on the list however I read it everyday and am so thankful for it. Tobe  :O) Brooklyn NY --- On Wed, 11/19/08, Robert Pall <[EMAIL P

Re: [TMIC] Anybody else been there?

2008-11-19 Thread Todd Tarno
I know what you mean.  My partner / caregiver has just stub his little toe again.  He does this every few months.  So, I say " Do you want to use my walker, so that you wouldn't stub your little toe again? "  While I use the walker, I can see that my walker would hit something way before either

Re: [TMIC] Support Group Meetings

2008-11-19 Thread kevin weilacher
After reading this post...I was thinking...I'm not sure if I mentioned this before or notbut my wife has created a Facebook group just for Caregivers. Since my TM started she has been on many of the websites and message boards to try and understand better what we TMr's go through...and many

Re: [TMIC] Support Group Meetings

2008-11-19 Thread Parkerswebe
What a great guy your husband is, Debbie! You are right that it is important as a caregiver to go to support meetings. It gives one a much clearer knowledge of the effects of TM. Not to mention, you meet the greatest people! **One site has it all. Your email accounts, your

[TMIC] Support Group Meetings

2008-11-19 Thread Deborah Nord Capen
Anybody else been there?Hi Rob, Since my husband has become more involved in attending our TMA symposia, and has attended a few of the support group meetings in other states, he has become MUCH more enlightened! I can recall when he used to actually accuse me of taking "illicit" drugs, because

[TMIC] Anybody else been there?

2008-11-19 Thread Robert Pall
My wife has been sick for around 5 days with a sore throat/cough (she is getting better). Anyway she asks me last night if I ever recall her feeling bad this long..what I should have answered was "no"...which is truebut instead I answered "imagine how it feels to be sick for more th