This happened to me just the other day. I must have made some sort of display in front of some visiting friends, because I heard my DW make the excuse, "Don't mind Doc, he just has to make his noise."

This bothered me a bit at first, but in thinking back (and trying to examine the POVs of her and our guests) I must have (without realizing) said/done something that put our friends ill at ease. DW wasn't dismissing me; I KNOW she understands. And she was right. She was just trying to salvage the situation. There's no way I would have wanted to make anyone so uncomfortable as to want to leave, or no longer want to be around me. I've been through that phase of alienating people - it stinks.

I'm not trying to say that's what happened in Ginnie's case - that's just what happened here. Coping with all the stuff we have to is as complex and different for each of us as our individual conditions/injuries are. My hope/intent is that sharing these experiences help us learn more about ourselves, people in general, and (better/different?) ways of coping...

Doc