Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Parents don't get FIBRO/chrionic illness...I feel invalidated...help guys!

don't get me started on the family issue....grrrrr
'all dalia needs is a nice piece of cake and a chicken leg' quote, my mother, after 10 years of ibs and trying so hard to help myself...me being the only person that ever tried to help me.
mmmm...apparently I'm a hypochondriac, weight obsessed (that was from so called friends, because I am blessed with a good figure and enjoy and need exercise - jealousy),food obsessed, eating disorder....my own brother doesn't want to ask me how i am when i am going through a bad bout (this summers 4 month stint of endless attacks and no energy) because it would be 'indulging' in my mental disorder!
and then i am told i am 'paranoid' that my family aren't supportive! grrrrr.
the very same brother that told me i was paranoid was unhappy about an argument i was having with my father (about my tummy and how it is totally disrespected) and when i felt an attack coming on and knew i needed a hot water bottle FAST and couldn't open it, REFUSED to open it for me as a form of protest! have you ever heard anything so horrible and mean! grrrrrrrr
so ruchie, i am so sorry your family are disregarding your pain when a good hug and some sympathy would go a long way. thank G-d we all have eachother.

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