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Re: Letting go,again!..:-(

Posted by Lorna on December 10, 2000 at 10:44:56:

In Reply to: Letting go,again!..:-( posted by rip van winkel on December 10, 2000 at 07:08:05:

I am seventy. Do I look back and say 'Why did I let them put me on those drugs that messed up my health and spoiled my time with my husband and grandchildren?' or 'Why was I so stupid as to miss out on life as a young woman, and have my friends think I don't want to be with them and more importantly, my children?'.
Perhaps I should just accept that I have a disablity, and like any other, it can be looked on as an ability, something special to be embraced and accepted. It is no bad thing to be a part of the differently abled.
Rip, try the live chat forums at
http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/echat42
There is a narcolepsy forum there but I have never managed to talk to someone live yet (there aren't enough of us out there I guess). There is however a chit-chat forum which is frequented by plenty of folks who just happen to be struggling day to day with similar disabilities. They are generally supportive and it is good just to feel that people will accept you if you aren't quite with it. Hope this is something anyway.
I think you express how we probably all feel very well. I am always touched by your posts and have to turn the radio off because they make me think. Keep posting, and hang on in there!
your inconsistent friend,
Lorna
ps. I am actually only 28 right now.....

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