Hi! I’m new to the forum but not to Dr. Dianna’s page & interesting work. I totally understand the people who are saying that they don’t know how much more they can take. I’m in the same boat. If it wasn’t for me giving these horrible diseases to my children & a husband that’s doing his best to do everything I would have killed myself a long time ago.
CM, EDS,POTS, Basiliar Invagination, Retroflexed Odontoid, Eagles Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Scoliosis, Kyposis, Pseudotumor Cerebri, too many to name!
Hi Jill22, I’m so glad that we all have a safe place to go to share this! I, too, Jill22, have kids with this condition, and a husband (Heaven knows why he is still with me!) who have kept me on this planet. At my worst, I didn’t doubt that I would end my life — all that mattered was when and how. (yikes) BUT, I knew I couldn’t leave my kids with few answers, and I am so glad that I am still here! Just figuring out that antihistamines helped us, and that we had low-level hydrocephalus was so helpful and encouraging, that I wanted to continue to fight this beast. I strongly believed that the majority of doctors treating us are way off the mark. But they were not patients, and we all know how almost impossible this condition is to explain to the doctors! I felt I was in the ideal place to use my body to figure it out. Answers have come, and as I pull the rest of this together, I wanted to leave you with hope. When I used to jog, but got tired and wanted to stop, I had my own little rule. I decided never to stop while running up hill. If I was running down hill and felt like I needed to stop, then I would stop. In other words, because our condition can flare and then ease off, I never make ANY decisions when I’m at my worst (when I’m “running up hill”). We know that we have times when the symptoms ease, and THAT is the time to decide how we are feeling about it all. (Please try to remember that “this too shall pass” when we are in the middle of a flare. Jill22, your kids need you, as does your husband. Answers are coming, I promise. Take as good care of yourself as you can, laugh at ANY opportunity to do so, and know that your kids won’t need to deal with the same issues we have had to deal with. They will have much more help than we have had! Meanwhile, they are looking to you to see how you react to this dreadful condition. They are looking to you for courage. Let’s all try to dig deep and find that courage which is often hiding in the dark corners. And you can always lean on us here. We understand. Big hug, my friend…