Originally Posted by bobthebuilder54

Hi hopeful,
Boy do I understand you. You can vent all you want to me. I just left my job in July worked for 25 years as a manager of retail stores and even owned my own and also a clothing buyer. But when the doctor said time to quit, I was in shock yet it was someone else making the decission for me, you see I am always the strong one, can never let anyone down. Never could show weakness to anyone, inculding the pain I was and am in. I have been dragging my butt for so long it has become part of me. My neurologist said she did not no how I was doing it either, she said she has patients that are not half as bad off as I am who quit their jobs and could no longer work so is this a compliment or an insult? So yes I get your pain on all angles. The only difference is our husbands, mine I do not ever tell him exactly how I feel I just do not want to tell him and he is not strong, I quess the only people I tell how I really feel is on the forum groups (thank God ) for you all. Remember you have to take care of your self first before you can care for your family or do your work. Dont feel guilty either. This is the hardest part to learn. I am an A personality and go go is my motto until the last few years. So now it is go, sit, go, sit, go, sit.
Hope this finds your pain level getting better. What kind of neuropathy are you suffering with? The thing the neurologist told me was to listen to my body when I hurt sit, when I am tired sit, I know that is hard to do to, but you take your time and rest and next week may be a better week.,
Susie