I know what you mean. My partner / caregiver has just stub his little toe again. He does this every few months. So, I say " Do you want to use my walker, so that you wouldn't stub your little toe again? " While I use the walker, I can see that my walker would hit something way before either of my feet would. lol It's so very hard not to say things like, Try being sick for the last ## of years. I try to bite my tongue and just try to be VERY understanding to their problem at that time. Just trying to keep the PEACE, Todd in CC, TX
--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Robert Pall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Robert Pall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [TMIC] Anybody else been there? To: "tmic" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 8:59 AM My wife has been sick for around 5 days with a sore throat/cough (she is getting better). Anyway she asks me last night if I ever recall her feeling bad this long……what I should have answered was "no"…which is true….but instead I answered "imagine how it feels to be sick for more than 11 years"…her reply was "why does it always have to be about you?"…I apologized and just answered her question with a resounding NO! The point of this story is to show that even the people closest to us really have no idea how TM effects our daily life. How even the easiest things are now hard…and for the most part I (we) complain rarely and just go about our day dealing with our condition to the best of our ability. When we had the NJ TM support group on 11/2 I requested that the TM'rs bring their spouses or parents..hoping hearing from others would enlighten them in dealing with us. I would never wish TM on anyone (well maybe Bin Laden) but if our friends and loved ones could feel how we feel for just 5 minutes then they would be able to better relate. This will not happen and that is why this list and support groups are so important. We have a forum where we can discuss our TM related problems to people who truly understand! Just my thought for the day! Rob in New Jersey
