tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753685376168608657.post6140149525645214032..comments2023-12-02T03:37:15.740-05:00Comments on New Voice, New Life: Appointment AnticipationKayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637653451031426942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753685376168608657.post-35934862970462872822013-10-17T22:16:12.946-04:002013-10-17T22:16:12.946-04:00Fingers crossed for some good news tomorrow, K.
(...Fingers crossed for some good news tomorrow, K.<br /><br />(And wow, how exciting about your research! Very happy for you.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753685376168608657.post-73062496256040969812013-10-17T08:02:56.781-04:002013-10-17T08:02:56.781-04:00Teresa, your comment means so much to me—thank you...Teresa, your comment means so much to me—thank you. Anecdotes can be the best kind of info, especially with issues that the medical community doesn't really seem to have a handle on (chronic pain, anorexia, etc). I am so sorry that you have been in such terrible pain for so long, but it's really heartening to hear that you saw improvement after gaining weight. I try to tell myself that although it feels like forever, I've only been truly weight-restored for about 6 months and my hormones are still a mess, so I should be hopeful that things will continue to improve with time. I definitely hear you on other people—they definitely want to be sympathetic, but there's no way to understand how emotionally ravaging it is to be physically miserable every second of the day, you know? And really, what can they do or say that would help? Anyway, thanks again for your comment and I hope you are well.Kayleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637653451031426942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753685376168608657.post-87420460647083200642013-10-16T22:18:59.054-04:002013-10-16T22:18:59.054-04:00I'll keep fingers and toes crossed for your ap...I'll keep fingers and toes crossed for your appointment! Even though maybe the words didn't exactly come out at first with Dr. P, I think you guys came up with a good plan on how to handle it. Plus, hopefully you can run everything down with your mom ahead of time in case you do get upset and unable to articulate yourself well, she can jump in. <br /><br />Really exciting about the publication! Good luck! Aliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10715046132281175549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753685376168608657.post-22563366893857038592013-10-16T21:10:01.878-04:002013-10-16T21:10:01.878-04:00So I've been reading your blog for quite a whi...So I've been reading your blog for quite a while, but as I don't have a blog of my own haven't commented before. That being said, I can really relate to what you're talking about. I've had chronic back pain for 12 years. Sometimes it was bad enough that I was wheel chair bound, sometimes able to get about with a cane, sometimes doing better, but the pain was never gone and I was always on a cocktail of meds to help me deal. I guess what I want to say is that when I finally got into recovery from AN, things began to improve. It was about a year after weight restoration before I noticed a change, and another year before I really felt it. And don't get me wrong, I'm still in pain everyday. But the intensity is much less and the frequency of really bad days also a lot less. I read this and just know how isolating pain is, and how people who are not in pain all the time just literally cannot relate. How they try to be sympathetic--they really do--but eventually people stop asking you how you're feeling as regularly. And, after it's been going on for a while, you stop bringing it up because you don't want to think about if more than you already do. I'm not trying to say "hold on it'll get better, chin up" either, because I know how annoying that can be. Anecdotes aren't data, but I just thought I'd like to give you a little hope that it may get better at some point. That was long for a first time comment--hope some nugget of it was helpful!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581030545909504209noreply@blogger.com