Why does the well want to be sick?
I wonder if it's just me, but I have a family member who I feel that they would like to be sick or with ailment for the attention it brings. This individual just found out that they have a legitimate problem with their leg after several months. Problem I have is that since the diagnosis they have magnified the pain X10. I can totally sympathize(sp) with them on the pain...when I get the migraines they are real weather someone understands what I am going through or not. Before the diagnosis they did complain of the pain but it didn't hinder them from trying to keep moving. They are an older individual and I can understand that they are sometimes lonely.
My issue is I would have given anything in this world not to have had a stroke. It struck me down in the prime of my life at 34 when it seemed that everything was finally working out in my favor. I had just purchased my home, car, and my son was soon to be 15 so he was becoming more independent of me. I hate to be selfish about this matter because one ailment is not to be compared to the other everyones pain level is different, but if I was diagnosed with a problem after the fact I would just continue living, I know I have a high tolerance for pain. As a matter of fact, after my stroke and the MRI I was told that I have a old TIA. I never know when it happened but I must have just kept pushing forward. I have had different things happen at different intervals in my life but nothining has allowed me to stop living, even the stroke ONLY slowed me down.
The stroke struck me down to where I could not just pop back so quickly but I did find my initial recovery was in leaps and bounds.
Shelia
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