I think sometimes it's great for people to try to think about walking in
other people's shoes who are living a different life style from yourself.
An example is single Moms with ex-husbands who are behind in child support
payments, I myself can understand the problem because everybody needs some
money in order to live, but I'm sure that I don't totally understand the
Mom's actual feelings when it's Christmas time and the children want the
newest game system and the Mom wants to buy it for them but the money isn't
there.
Thanks,
Anthony
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----- Original Message -----
From: Barber, Kenneth L.
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: My Mom, my physiatrist in Ottawa
i can understand some of the why they can't, but, it is so frustrating
that
they can't seem to get it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Arnold [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:56 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: My Mom, my physiatrist in Ottawa
Kat,
I don't want to cause any hard feelings here, but I'm like your Mom before
she had an terminal illness because I haven't ever experienced great pain,
so I understand why she didn't fully understand before.
Anthony
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----- Original Message -----
From: Kathleen Salkin
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: My Mom, my physiatrist in Ottawa
Unfortunately, it took a terminal illness for my mother to understand
living with pain every day. Just before she died, she said, "I want you
to
know, I'm sorry for not believing how hard it is to live with pain from
day
to day." By that time she was on morphine.
Kat
"St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Betty, it's been my experience that almost nobody who has not
experienced
chronic pain can appreciate it. You would not beleive some of the crap
I
hear from well-meaning family and friends. I've been called everything
from
spiritually bankrupt to a drug-addict. None of the naysayers has ever
dealt
with pain lasting more than a week. They can sometimes understand the
idea
of palliative care in terminally-ill cancer patients, but that's about
the
extent of their understanding. "F" 'em all!
-Kyle (who's just as tired of it as Jenn)
-----Original Message-----
From: Betty B [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 1:58 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: My Mom, my physiatrist in Ottawa
In a message dated 2/22/2002 11:08:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
> ... but I was so hurt w/ my
> Mom's comments.
>
> Any comments, suggestions, etc.
> Jenn
>
Kyle had some thoughtful and considered comments to make. Did you check
out
the website he suggested? www.asappain.com?
Moms have a special way of pushing buttons. This seems to be a
universal
condition. I'm sorry about your pain, and the fact that your Mom isn't
understanding about it.
Betty
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