--- Diane Mayer <mongoe(AT)sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I was reading your note to RCookHook and I could
> feel your pain. I too
> am feeling so low in the last couple of days. I'm
> new at this still (tm
> since Jan this year). I have improved a lot but I
> still live with
> limitations. I thought I was so strong and so smart
> and then on Monday,
> I started to feel sorry for myself because I was
> alone -- again. My
> hubby and I both took early retirement. I told him
> to continue as
> before - he golfs 2 or 3 times a week, horseshoes
> one night a week and
> breakfast with his sons Sat morning. It means I'm
> alone a lot. I can
> drive but I can't walk enough to do simple shopping.
> I've had to give
> up "looking after my mother" because I don't have
> the energy. I also
> gave up the volunteer work I was doing twice a week.
> My energy level
> lasts about one hour so that leaves out long lunches
> with friends,
> movies, etc. I still can't concentrate enough to
> read much more than
> short magazine articles. (I was an avid reader) No
> going for walks, not
> even housework and very little cooking. Whereas I
> used to watch about 4
> hrs of TV a week, I now watch 40 hrs a week or more.
> It suddenly hit me
> how much my life has changed. Didn't see it coming
> at all it hit me
> broadside. However, you are right in that we still
> have voices and can
> at least sympathize with those who are worse off. I
> still have my sense
> of humour, my family that are a great support,
> friends who will listen
> when I just want to vent. The leaves are out on the
> trees and the
> gardens are flowering. I am alive and I am kicking.
> Diane
> Anybody else out there from the Ottawa, Canada area
> ?
>
>
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