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Old 03-19-2014, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by IllPn View Post
I don't work... I don't know how some of you do it when read some of these posts. I am in my early 60's and glad this condition hit me later in life. (I hope one day I won't need chemo to make this worse like Deb had -I am at risk for breast cancer.) My husband has about 10 yrs left to retire. He is diabetic. I sure hope this does not affect him one day. He takes things more in stride than I do and adjust to meds much easier too.
I am the bread winner for my family and really struggling to work. I took a leave through the SFN diagnosis and while trying different pain mgt options. I received a pain pump implant in January, which does help me manage the pain much better while getting off all of the other meds. But I am working from home and trying not to let the stress kill me. I find I can't cope with stress as well as used to, and I can't buckle down and produce work like a I used to. The result is relying more on others to get it done right, and trying to stay calm and healthy while I trust them to do it. I feel trapped though, hard to extricate myself from clients who are relying on me, and very few replacements for what I do. And to extricate my self from the trickiest projects, is basically saying goodbye to my career. This stress makes my pain go crazy and my autonomic nerves flare too. How much is enough? Where will this disease rear it's head next? Can I do it? Should I do it?
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