Re: family support
Maureen Wroblewski (wroblews(AT)frontiernet.net)
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 18:49:24 -0500
Hi "guys":
Just reading through all your posts tonight I find myself so very
jealous of all of you who have just been diagnosed with TM and have
found this listening, responding, real-live source already! And angry
sometimes too, because of all the years I 'crawled' through one day at a
time for nearly thirty years before all of THIS was even possible. I
remember coming home from the hospital after three months away from
parents and four brothers and sisters and I could just crawl around on
the floor after complete paralysis from the waist down, and I never even
heard of a support group! There was no offer of support. True, I was
only fifteen at the time and it was different then. I was dependent upon
my parents and what they knew. I suppose they assumed that if I didn't
ask for help, I didn't need any. We didn't talk very much about it and
when I did break down they just wanted to "fix" it quick. No one
guessed the half of it. I guess I just wanted to tell you all how
blessed you are to have each other now, before some of the hidden damage
that FOLLOWS TM begins to develop. Talk to everyone that is affected by
your TM and tell them what's going on in you if they are willing. I'm
not sure how I would have reacted to this way back then, but today I am
convinced that I would have wanted them to try.
I gain so much by listening in to all of your thoughts, but sometimes I
just want to scream that it's too late. I've come to know all of you
too late. Still I realize I can't go back and do it over so here I am.
Maureen