Guest guest Posted October 23, 2000 Report Share Posted October 23, 2000 Hi all, For those of you who don't know too much about me, let me tell you about my situation. I am challenged by fibromyalgia, sleep apnea and an Arnold Chiari Malformation among other things. All of these challenges cause me to be in extreme pain most of the time. I have been working with these challenges for about the last ten years or so. I worked full-time up until April of this year when my employer of twelve years fired me because I was ill and they felt that I was choosing not to get better. I am a Reiki practioner/teacher and Reiki is probably one of the reasons along with my stubbornness that kept me working as long as I did. After leaving my job, I worked very hard to heal and had gotten myself off of all of my pain meds and was at least funtioning fairly well day to day here at the house. About two months ago, however, my husband had surgery. He is the type of person who is incapacitated by the slightest bit of pain and so I have been having to deal with everything including things I shouldn't have to do on a good day for the him. I am now back to being in so much pain that I am having to take a pain med that is usually reserved for terminal cancer patients to function. In the midst of all of this we are separating after 17 years and I am having to deal with moving out with no source of income and no reasonable expectation of being able to hold down a job. I applied for social security benefits but because I have all of my appendages and can tell you what today's date is, I don't qualify. I hope that all of this doesn't sound like I am feeling sorry for myself because I know that it will work out for the best in the end...just another challenge that I have to work through, however, at this exact moment in time, the pain itself is making doing anything constructive about this situation difficult. It is my hope that those of you in this group who feel moved to help will send some healing energy my way. It will be greatly appreciated and put to good use as I make this difficult transition in my life. Thank you all in advance. Bright Blessings, Angharad Truthsayer aka Sandy Roberts We within us carry all the knowledge necessary to create a beautiful universe filled with love, laughter and joy. Begin today to find this within you and share it with the world. You will find that it will be the greatest journey you can ever imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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