Glojer
04-09-2008, 01:50 PM
I have realized with this last few week absence from the board, how much I need to be here with all of you. Honestly you all help to make me feel better. It is the sharing with others that can understand the way you feel. This has been a bad winter for me as well as many others and I realized about a week ago that I really miss reading and communicating with everyone on the board. I realized that just reading your posts and trying to help someone else has some sort of healing effect.
I am very fortunate to have family and friends that are very supportive, but it is amazing what a help it is to talk to others that understand this disease. So I am going to try to be here more often and not go awol for as long. It is a goal I have set anyway!
A big thanks for being here!
Glojer
I am very fortunate to have family and friends that are very supportive, but it is amazing what a help it is to talk to others that understand this disease. So I am going to try to be here more often and not go awol for as long. It is a goal I have set anyway!
A big thanks for being here!
Glojer
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sweetjerseygirl
04-09-2008, 02:53 PM
I agree with you, this is a beautiful place to be and i love it. My husband is happy that i found it also ! Now we talk about things a little more. Sometimes i just tell him i feel lucky after reading some of the threads. His attitude towards me has changed also since he see's me on the board so much. He feels grateful that i have a place to come to where people understand what us fibro folks go through on a daily basis. Those are some very kind but true words that you have said, so i want to say Thank-you for reminding me of how lucky i feel also for finding all of you......:) Have a great day and i hope you get to feeling better soon. Sending someone to sit with you :angel:
gorgee
04-09-2008, 07:40 PM
I, too am appreciative for this board. I can not express how much help I get from coming on here, and chatting with you all. I love to read your posts, and write in my experience if I can. You all have helped me with my health and better understanding fibro.
Most days my phone does not ring, and the only people I talk to is my 2 and 4 year old sons. My husband now approves of my being on here and writing to you all. At first he did not, and actually took the computer away. It was a horrible time for us. He now knows how much it helps me, and makes me feel better about what I am going through, or actually what we all are going through.
I love being on here and I look forward to having my coffee in the morning and reading posts, and writing if I can help. I also, look forward to reading and being an adult.
Thank you all for helping me with my fibromyalgia. It feels like we are all long distance friends now who check in everyday.
Kassandra
Most days my phone does not ring, and the only people I talk to is my 2 and 4 year old sons. My husband now approves of my being on here and writing to you all. At first he did not, and actually took the computer away. It was a horrible time for us. He now knows how much it helps me, and makes me feel better about what I am going through, or actually what we all are going through.
I love being on here and I look forward to having my coffee in the morning and reading posts, and writing if I can help. I also, look forward to reading and being an adult.
Thank you all for helping me with my fibromyalgia. It feels like we are all long distance friends now who check in everyday.
Kassandra
baserockermom
04-10-2008, 04:46 PM
That's such a true statement, Glojer. I gripe so much less to my husband and I have improved so much in some of the social stuff since finding fingertip friends who would not judge and who would encourage. Like Kass, I live with all guys. It's nice to be around gals who understand and it has been so much more healthy a way to live the fm life than all alone! Thanks all!
mista0316
04-10-2008, 04:56 PM
Hello,
I also feel so good when I read the post and respond to one here and there. I feel like I have joined a club and a new home. I know we only write. But, it's just so powerfull and knowledgeable. It's like I have known everyone for ages, You are all there when I am down or on the verge of crying because of the pain. Then I come here and it seems to calm the pain some. I've directed my negative concentration to a positive one. I don't know if this really makes sense. I love you all and I send you all a bunch of hugs!! But most of all I wish you all better days :):):angel:
Thanks to everyone for being there.
M
I also feel so good when I read the post and respond to one here and there. I feel like I have joined a club and a new home. I know we only write. But, it's just so powerfull and knowledgeable. It's like I have known everyone for ages, You are all there when I am down or on the verge of crying because of the pain. Then I come here and it seems to calm the pain some. I've directed my negative concentration to a positive one. I don't know if this really makes sense. I love you all and I send you all a bunch of hugs!! But most of all I wish you all better days :):):angel:
Thanks to everyone for being there.
M
Glojer
04-10-2008, 06:09 PM
Mista you make perfect sense and so does everyone else. We are sisters and brothers in this strange disease. Every night when I finally lay this achy, hurting old body down and I haven't had a chance to be here with everyone, I start thinking about the board and wondering how everyone is doing. We all get busy and a few days away is just the way life is, but when it starts turning into a week or more, well, that's when I realize how much I need this board. I'm in pain, I'm starting to isolate myself from sharing the pain and put on that stoic face and get things done and all I really need to do is come here and check up on everyone and try to share and help and learn from all of you. Bluelake and I have been on here for a while and you all know how wonderful her messages and advice can be, I miss that communication when I am away.
Let's face it, it all boils down to the fact that even though we don't see each other face to face what we really share is what is inside of us. We don't know what each others outside looks like but we sure know how we feel about each other and how we want to help one another to survive this disease.
Glojer
Let's face it, it all boils down to the fact that even though we don't see each other face to face what we really share is what is inside of us. We don't know what each others outside looks like but we sure know how we feel about each other and how we want to help one another to survive this disease.
Glojer
gaudet2
04-10-2008, 10:29 PM
I think that everyone has hit the nail on the head. I am so grateful for this board and the people who are here. I have my friends and family to talk to but it isn't the same. I am only 28 and don't have a significant other, as most of you have, and to be honest I am not sure that I could find someone who really could accept who I am and what I will become.
Now, I am able to talk to my friends and family, and for the most part they are really supportive, but there is nothing like talking to someone who really knows what you are going through. Someone who doesn't have fibro, can only understand and help you to a certain extent, but all these beautiful women here have made my new journey into the world of fibromyalgia less scary than it was before I found this site.
Tonight I explained to some of my family and friends about this site and how excited I was to be able to talk to people who really understand, and to my surprise, they were excited for me too! I guess seeing me mope around and become a hermit has taken a toll on them too...since finding you all, I finally have the courage to get up and do something. I feel so alive again.
The knowledge and even the support that we all give to each other cannot be replaced by anything and for that I am eternally grateful.
Now, I am able to talk to my friends and family, and for the most part they are really supportive, but there is nothing like talking to someone who really knows what you are going through. Someone who doesn't have fibro, can only understand and help you to a certain extent, but all these beautiful women here have made my new journey into the world of fibromyalgia less scary than it was before I found this site.
Tonight I explained to some of my family and friends about this site and how excited I was to be able to talk to people who really understand, and to my surprise, they were excited for me too! I guess seeing me mope around and become a hermit has taken a toll on them too...since finding you all, I finally have the courage to get up and do something. I feel so alive again.
The knowledge and even the support that we all give to each other cannot be replaced by anything and for that I am eternally grateful.
bluelakelady
04-11-2008, 10:57 AM
there is no more healing magic than that which is found thru compassion and love.
a safe haven is always a good thing.
peace,
bluelakelady
a safe haven is always a good thing.
peace,
bluelakelady
bluelakelady
04-11-2008, 10:59 AM
ps to glojer,
i know you are thinking of her. i will send out magic energy to draw her here.
blue
i know you are thinking of her. i will send out magic energy to draw her here.
blue
Glojer
04-12-2008, 12:28 AM
blue, you read my mind!
Glojer
Glojer
bluelakelady
04-12-2008, 05:37 PM
giggle, she's easy to feel. no worries. time. twilight zone, giggle.
hugs,
blue
hugs,
blue
Glojer
04-13-2008, 12:04 AM
I trust your feelings. When I let myself relax and think on it, I believe I can feel her also. My feelings are good, my thoughts are good, she will return.
Glojer
Glojer
bluelakelady
04-14-2008, 11:23 AM
and she feels you. trust me you are in her thoughts too.
peace,
blue
almost 60 huh! buff babe!!! another thread, but it sure made me laugh.
peace,
blue
almost 60 huh! buff babe!!! another thread, but it sure made me laugh.
Glojer
04-15-2008, 10:15 PM
It made me laugh too! To think of me at 20yrs. old as a 90lb. twig with no curves. Now almost 60 and too many curves in all the wrong places. Oh my how life does change. I don't even know if you can build muscle at my age with all the hormones dropping. What made me laugh even more was not remembering how old I was! You would be surprised up until this last year I didn't show my age at all. For some reason it all caught up with me, but not too bad I'm am now showing a few of the fine lines they talk about in commercials. I can live with that!
Glojer
Glojer
bluelakelady
04-16-2008, 10:04 AM
youth lives on within the heart and mind. age is a body thing we watch from within. gonna do a dick clark thing are ya? giggle. me? age has come gently so far. i like my silver hair and little lines. proof i am a crone.
healing magic to all, and golden ropes to cling to,
peace,
blue
healing magic to all, and golden ropes to cling to,
peace,
blue
poppy7
04-16-2008, 10:34 AM
I am so glad that I logged on today and read your posts about age. I hadn't actually realised that some ladies on here are "slightly" older than myself (30), and i'm now feeling great about things. The way you talk about yourselves and how you deal with things such as jobs and families puts me to shame some days when i'm curled up on the sofa like a sack of spuds. Thank you for giving me a reality "kick up the butt".
poppy
poppy
bluelakelady
04-16-2008, 10:48 AM
hi poppy,
always happy to give a kick up, giggle. in many ways we do not age within. each birthing day i joyously add another number to my time here. soon to see 53.
if pain were only for the old we would have babies in our 70's. what a horrid thought!
peace,
blue
always happy to give a kick up, giggle. in many ways we do not age within. each birthing day i joyously add another number to my time here. soon to see 53.
if pain were only for the old we would have babies in our 70's. what a horrid thought!
peace,
blue
sweetjerseygirl
04-16-2008, 08:08 PM
Speaking of healing Bluelakelady, i hope things are going well with your daughter. I know she was trying to on work things and i hope you enjoyed the grand-kids.
I'm constantly sitting by your lake, do you ever see me ? It is the best place to be.... sending blessings to you and your lake........;)
I'm constantly sitting by your lake, do you ever see me ? It is the best place to be.... sending blessings to you and your lake........;)
bluelakelady
04-17-2008, 11:22 AM
i see all of you here with me by the lake. sometimes i feel the breeze of your energy brush my face. i know how much my lake means to so many here. i love sharing it and feeling the energy each time one of you thinks yourself here.
my daughter and her hubby are doing councelling and i am hopeful. the reuniting with my daughter in law and grandkids i have not seen in over 2 years was a healing like no other. love is timeless. none of my daughters (4) or my grandkids (9) are mine by blood. they are my family of the heart. gifted to me by men long gone from my life. one daughter and 2 grandkids from a close girlfriend who died 7 years ago. i always wanted a large family.
thank you for asking. very kind of you to remember. come up to the mountain anytime and we will watch the sunset and the sunrise. healing quiet time.
peace,
bluelakelady
my daughter and her hubby are doing councelling and i am hopeful. the reuniting with my daughter in law and grandkids i have not seen in over 2 years was a healing like no other. love is timeless. none of my daughters (4) or my grandkids (9) are mine by blood. they are my family of the heart. gifted to me by men long gone from my life. one daughter and 2 grandkids from a close girlfriend who died 7 years ago. i always wanted a large family.
thank you for asking. very kind of you to remember. come up to the mountain anytime and we will watch the sunset and the sunrise. healing quiet time.
peace,
bluelakelady
sweetjerseygirl
04-18-2008, 10:08 AM
You are welcome Bluelakelady, glad things are working out for the kids. Thats a nice healing and yes you have been gifted. Wonderful !!! See you get what you give..........What would we do without you here, such a blessing :angel:
Glojer
04-18-2008, 10:06 PM
I second that, we would miss blue soooooooo much if she were not here. Her positive opinions are healing for all of us.
Glojer
Glojer
bluelakelady
04-19-2008, 11:19 AM
blush, thank you ladies. we all inspire each other. it is the gift we share. the love we create. the peace we have here.
love and peace,
blue
love and peace,
blue