Several people have mentioned having severe longterm health problems so i thought i would open up a topic for people who wanted to speak about their health prob and the various limitations their particular illness imposes on them. No need to read if you are in good health and really dont want to know ( I dont blame you if this is how you feel) but for those wanting to read, it can give some insight and maybe help you help a friend or family member should they fall ill. I have had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for 12 years. The name does not really describe the illness very well, the 'fatigue' you feel is like no other tiredness you have ever felt, it is like running on empty completely, like your battery has gone dead and there is no spark left anywhere in yr system. Nor does the name convey the myriad of other symptoms along with fatigue - muscle soreness, joint pain, dizziness, memory problems, weakness, noise andl lght sensitivity are just a few - and of course,depression can strike when you lose yr ability to do even basic things, like have a shower. I am much improved now thanks to having reflexology and reiki and through carefully and commitedly following a programme designed by M.E. clinical practitioners, which is running at various hospitals throughout the country. (Get details by googling M.E.Clinical Champions...) I have gone from taking a complete morning to have a shower and get dried ( and then spending the afternoon in bed recovering) to being able to do a little something every day, or at least on most days. It has taken many years to get this level of recovery, and I would ask people to have empathy, as gainsborough said in a recent topic. It is sometimes hard to feel sympathy when it may not be obvious at first glance that someone has a health problem, but take my word for it, this is a devastating illness leading to so many losses, including loss of self esteem, salary, life style - even to loss of friends who dont want to know when you are suddenly made different by illness.
wELL YOWZER HUN I CAN REALLY SYMPOTHISE HERE WITH YOU HUN, i HAVE SEVERAL CHRONIC ILLNESSES, heres a list i have Rheumatoid arthritis, Diabetes, sjogrens syndrome ( for those who dont know look it up on google) wich is an anti immune disease, wich has already damaged my hearing, and with taking a certain medication for my arthritis, wich damaged my lung, but the spacialists say i have rheumatoid lung, depression for 14 years, so i personally can sympothise with yowzer on the fatigue, muscle & joint pains it is crippling, and to be told by several specialists that you will only deteriate & never get better is kind of guttering to me , all the medication you have to take , and i have not hit 40 yet but feel as if im in my 60's... But you have to keep going aint ya girl , best wishes to you yowzer & chin up hun
Ok people please post any jokes or amusing and funny stuff you can on this opinion thread. Please keep it cool and amusing. Here it goes.... A successful businessman flew to Vegas for the weekend to gamble. He lost the shirt off his back, and had nothing left but a quarter and the second half of his round trip ticket -- If he could just get to the airport he could get himself home. So he went out to the front of the casino where there was a cab waiting.
He got in and explained his situation to the cabbie. He promised to send the driver money from home, he offered him his credit card numbers, his drivers license number, his address, etc. but to no avail. The cabbie said, "If you don't have fifteen dollars, get the hell out of my cab!"
So the businessman was forced to hitch-hike to the airport and was barely in time to catch his flight.
One year later the businessman, having worked long and hard to regain his financial success, returned to Vegas and this time he won big. Feeling pretty good about himself, he went out to the front of the casino to get a cab ride back to the airport.
Well who should he see out there, at the end of a long line of cabs, but his old buddy who had refused to give him a ride when he was down on his luck. The businessman thought for a moment about how he could make theguy pay for his lack of charity, and he hit on a plan.
The businessman got in the first cab in the line, "How much for a ride to the airport?" he asked. "Fifteen bucks," came the reply. "And how much for you to give me a blowjob on the way?" "What?! Get the hell out of my cab asshole!" The businessman got into the back of each cab in the long line and asked the same questions, with the same result.
When he got to his old friend at the back of the line, he got in and asked, "How much for a ride to the airport?" The cabbie replied, "Fifteen bucks." "Ok," the businessman said, and off they went. Then, as they drove slowly past the long line of cabs, the businessman gave a big smile and thumbs up sign to each driver.
