Re: family support response
Larry Throne (lbthrone(AT)hotmail.com)
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 16:37:28 PST
Maureen,
I just found this group this summer after 24 years of having TM, I
know how you feel. I went through a lot of self doubt and pain alone.
After finding this group I have felt like I have returned home to my
family! I can't wait to read the mail when I get in from work. I
didn't realize how isolated I had felt until finding these folks that
understand even the things that I was unaware I was feeling.
Welcome Home Maureen!
Larry from Oklahoma
>Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 18:49:24 -0500
>From: Maureen Wroblewski <wroblews(AT)frontiernet.net>
>To: JHarper33(AT)aol.com
>CC: Silvercaul(AT)aol.com, tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
>Subject: Re: family support
>
>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
>
>
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