I am thinking of someone I knew with cancer who felt that only someone else with cancer could truly understand what he was going through. While that is true on one level, on another it wounded his wife that he seemed to be shutting her out. I would urge you not to shut others out of your life. If my husband was the one with TM and he shut me out, even in an effort to spare me pain, it would be devastating to me.That's what "for better or for worse, in sickness and in health" is all about -- pulling together, supporting each other through the hard times as well as enjoying the good times. It bothers me when any of my loved ones considers themselves a "burden."
It's usually not good to quit some of these medications suddenly. I would see your doctor and see about trying different kinds or combinations to see if you can't get better relief. Barbara H. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:10 AM, j ra <rumc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Have anyone of you ever wondered what it would be like without this? I've > put so much pressure on my family that I now know what loneliness feels > like. I haven't seen my wife for months and I prefer it this way. I have so > much pain and it's mine and mine alone to bear. I have fibromyalgia, > vasculitis and TM.....and I just quit pain meds one week ago....just to see > what it all feels like again. I'm suffering from withdrawal symtoms of > valium, nuerontin, cymbalta and seroquel all at the same time. I'm just > about given up hope.....what's the use...I can't even feel the earth > underneath my feet anyway, with or without them. I've decided to live until > death with the pain and the agony....be it alone or with my shadow. I love > my wife too much to see her cry again for me in a hospital bed...so I've > decided to go it alone....no cure...no questions...no more burden to my > loved ones. I now live alone and try to get by each day....one day at a > time, until the end.....I give up! > Sorry to all of you who have been there before for me. > Jeron > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now.<https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969> >
