Re: HELEN C.
From: Nancy E. Hale (nanny@nbnet.nb.ca)
Tue Oct 2 23:16:08 2001
What now? Ah yes. Personally, I push myself until I simply can't go any
further, then I take another pill and carry on. Or get carried on. I
can't give up. It took me 17 months to get a diagnosis, and another 17
months after that to get anything stronger than Ibuprofen to manage the
pain, and I am still waiting to see the pain management unit - that's been
since the first of May, and will probably be another 4 months or so. For
now the Oxycodone (Vicodin equivalent) is letting me do some things, but I
never know from one dose to the next how weak and/or sleepy I will get, so
I no longer drive anything bigger than my sewing machine, my computer, or
myself. There is no alternative but to wait for the medical
system. Meanwhile, I carry my walking stick, because it's easier to answer
questions about why than it is to pick myself up off the floor if my legs
go numb. Resignation has set in.
Hmmm - I guess depression comes next. Oh Sh**!!!! Gotta hate feeling that
way.
Love you.
Nancy in NB
At 10/1/01 10:45 PM -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Nancy:
>
>Oh thank you Nancy! But, what do we do now? I've been sitting now for
>over a year waiting, and then I think what am I waiting for? Shall I
>continue to live my life like this, but yes of course I shall, because
>there is no alternative is there?
>
>Love you,
>
>Helen C.