Re: Recent diagnosis

Molly (alamolly(AT)mindspring.com)
Mon, 11 Aug 1997 11:32:19 -0500

thanks for sharingm <molly
-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Ellen Finkelstein <ghellen(AT)ninenet.com>
To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Saturday, November 15, 1997 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: Recent diagnosis

>Sticks1116(AT)aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Hi Joellen. I'm having a terrible time. I can't except being paralyzed.
I
>> wish I wouldn''t wake up in the morning. I just hope and pray (alot) that
I
>> may be in the group that recover and walk again. I'm scared beyond belief
>> that this is it and I'm going to be like this permently! I wish you luck
!
>> Take care.
>> Bill
Dietrich
>> (sticks1116)Hi Bill, sorry you're having such a hard time. It was
really hard on me
>too at first (actually I still have my moments!) I'm lucky that my
>friends and family are really supportive. I was suiciadal at first but
>they gave me counseling and Zoloft (thank god for happy pills! LOL) I
>tried this last week to go without the Zoloft and it just sent me into
>a spiral of dispare I ended up quarreling with my boyfriend and almost
>distroyed that relationship! Fortunately we both settled down and I
>realized that the Zoloft is still something that I need to keep myself
>on an even keel. So I guess I'll stay with them until I can get myself
>back to feeling better about things again. I hate to use them as a
>crutch but right now I need them, drugs are not a total answer but I
>guess as long as they help me to cope I'll continue to use them.
> jOELLEN
>