Feeling sad

[Roessner541]

It makes me sad that there are so many of you that are so sick and you are all so nice. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make you all feel better. It just breaks my heart to hear all of your stories. Take care of yourself.

[mellyme]

But it is folks like you that make this whirling ball shiny and bright.

[Roessner541]

That is what I mean you are all so nice. Thank you.

[Weeannie]

No need to feel sad Roessner541, where there's life, there's hope x

[sassy59]

Roessner you are really nice too and it's great to be part of HU. Enjoy your weekend. Xxxx

[Hacienda]

Yes, I agree with everyone else, Roessner, You are very Nice too. and Care, lots of People don't understand, but you do. Thank You, Have a lovely week end. xxxx

[katieoxo60]

Lovely thought shared Roessner541, think of it this way you make us feel better by popping in and posting nice thoughts, enjoy your weekend , I am doing a bring and buy sale at my group in a local church, we are all widowed. xx

[Carnival567 in reply to katieoxo60]

Hope you make lots of money for your cause

[Roessner541 in reply to Carnival567]

What cause?

[katieoxo60 in reply to Carnival567]

Did make a little for our group plus some books left for church library and some taken to building societies to help our local blind resources center. So a productive day in many ways. Enjoyable too

[Roessner541 in reply to katieoxo60]

Yes I am trying to become more mobile to help those in need more. It has been a very slow process Feel like I have to force myself. I know I will improve if I do it. Always have to contemplate everything is it to hot to cold. Can't just get up and do things like I want to. Now just waiting to go to bathroom because unable to right now but know as soon as I go out it will hit me. Oh well...

[katieoxo60 in reply to Roessner541]

That's the idea, all we can do is try our best. Do what you are able ignore the things out of your capability. as said every little helps. Enjoy your day although rain is forecast.

[Roessner541 in reply to katieoxo60]

Not in Portland Oregon 95. I would welcome the rain don't do well with heat.

[katieoxo60 in reply to Roessner541]

We got the usual English weather as forecast Rain, Rain,Rain and it is still raining this morning. Do you have some fans in your home? for the hot humid weather. It is raining in some parts of USA right now as the news says floods too. Anyway have a good day I am off to get paint for the decorater.

[Carnival567 in reply to katieoxo60]

Good, every little helps x

[Roessner541]

You have a nice one too.

[Katinka46]

I read your post very much earlier this morning and I have been giving it a lot of thought. A few months ago a woman who was dying of cancer wrote about her situation and one of the things she said really stayed with me. She said that when dear friends were with her she could see the thoughts in their heads, and they were thinking "Oh my goodness how does she cope with knowing that she has a terminal illness? I would never manage it as well as she does. I would be a hopeless mess." And she knew that was what they were thinking because she could remember thinking the same thing when with friends going through difficult times. And she wanted to say to them, "You know, you would manage, you would cope, you would be all right. Because we do, we just get on with it. It's not nice, it's not easy, and we all have three-o'clock-in-the-morning moments, but really, we do it because we have to, we have no choice." And I think this is what we share here, in various ways and stages. It is both our strength and our weakness and we are prepared to be vulnerable and real, brave and weepy, funny and sad. And we know we will be listened to. It was no surprise to me to read a few weeks ago that these patient forums have been proved to be beneficial physically, mentally and emotionally.

Keep it coming.

Kx

[Roessner541 in reply to Katinka46]

Thank you that helps. I guess it just hurts. My husband had a quad bipass only to get diabetes and losing both legs with possibly more amputations in the horizon

I watched my niece deal with ra since she was 5. My mother died from cancer and I just hate the suffering.

[Katinka46 in reply to Roessner541]

You should hate the suffering. But it is part of being human. We must grieve for what we lose, our health, our friends and families, our mobility.

Love K x

[Sparkywoo]

We all have our crosses to bear. A good friend lost her son in a traffic accident. Another has terminal breat cancer. Yet another cares for her parents both of whom have Alzheimer's.

55 years have taught me that nobody has a perfect life, whatever we may think in our darkest moments. We all get through it one way or another - humour helps x

[Dragonmum]

It's being so cheerful as keeps us goin' - that and not letting a condition take over our lives!

We are a great deal more than our pesky diseases - have a great week-end.

[2greys]

The one thing that makes me sad is seeing someone potentially destroying a full life by smoking, Knowing that should I tell them that they could end up like me, it will not make any difference. That is really sad and hard to accept.

[Roessner541 in reply to 2greys]

I know my family still smokes after seeing me almost died. I have a real hard time with that.

[2greys in reply to Roessner541]

Yes I agree wholeheartedly, especially if youngsters. But that is the nature of addiction, I was the same "It won't happen to me".