[eileen]

my name is eileen and i am a fellow pn patient. this illness hit me
fast and hard and i will admit i am having a rough time of it all.
i live near pittsburgh,pa. and am a big steeler fan. they lost
by a field goal this week. darn it anyway.
i worked as a med. tech for years and this illness forced me into
retirement. i am ,at this point, too miserable to be around and i think
it's because of the pain and being stuck at home.
i am learning to cook and that's a big deal for me. i would enjoy
some e-mail about all of this and any advice about coping. if i get
sarcastic at times, please forgive that. i think the sarcasm is part of -i can't believe my world got turned upside down.
i have two grown children and four grandchildren. i am trying to
go back to college to have something useful to do. it takes me almost a half hour to get to the classroom with my cane and sometimes i just sit
in the grass and the tears come.
i get upset because people don't get this illness and expect
me to be able to do things that i can't. i have inherited and acquired
idiopathic neuropathy. i take neurontin and have to call the dr. and
ask for a higher dose. i dread dr. appointments but it's part of the
deal. i have a hard time praying and believing too.
so, here i am trying to start over. - eileen