Reged: 08/06/04
Posts: 4381
Loc: Within stray mortar fire of DC
Hey, Maria!
I totally get what you said about getting love vs. support!! I really depend on the boards for support, and it would be otherwise lacking if I didn't have all of my friends here. Even so, it took me a year between the time I declared to Ruchie on the boards that I was finally going out to get my diagnosis (Dec '04), and the time I actually did (yesterday). And I'm so glad Laura Sue, Tissy, Ruchie and Mel went through it before I did, because as it turns out, I'm a big, procrastinating chicken (bukking noises in the background).
I talked to Mel on the phone this afternoon and I mentioned how excited for you I was that you were getting close to going for the diagnosis. I sat in a room with six other fibromites yesterday, and I've never felt this much love and compassion from a group of people in person as I did in that waiting room. A girl gave me a hug as I left. What I have is real, and it has a name. When I'm in that office getting IV treatments and support from people just like me I am exactly where I have to be, I decided. What's terrifying is that I might get well and have to live out the rest of my life as a different person. Getting well is actually an option for my future now. Getting the diagnosis is so far behind me, and it was yesterday. It's so weird.
I hope you make that appointment soon and talk to your doc! If he's not the right doc for you, I know we can find a good one if we all put our minds together. And don't worry about what to say because I know we can figure all of that out! Speaking from the heart and communicating all your symptoms will get your point across. I have a good feeling about you as soon as I read your post!!! I know you can do it. Don't feel bad about any sluglike behavior. You're sick and there's help. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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And I'm so glad Laura Sue, Tissy, Ruchie and Mel went through it before I did, because as it turns out, I'm a big, procrastinating chicken (bukking noises in the background 
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