Betsy

It's nice to hear from a spouse of a chronic pain sufferer.

I depend on my faith in Jesus Christ or Lord and savior very much in my own journey through suffering.

Your post made me consider and contimplate what it must be like for my husband and son to live with me, as I'm the sufferer in our home.  I'm in a constant state of guilt for all the things I'm no longer able to take care of, I'm no longer the independant woman that I once was, I spend a great deal of time in prayer every day.

I worry constantly about my husband getting way too overoworked and what or how much more stress I've added to our lives.

Most of the time I feel completely helpless as to what to do about everything and how I'm going to help him out.  He does a fare amount of our cooking nowadays and most of the cleaning on top of his work at the factory and all the outside stuff too.

He did tell me last winter, that I was not a burden and he did not want me thinking that way, but I think I just cannot help it.

I hope you come back around often and share your feelings with us, I really would like some insite on the ways or things I could do to help him in the ways that I could.

Thank you for sharing

Betty

PS;  There is a thread in the forum for caregivers and spouses of pain patients where you may be able to find others in your same situation to talk with. 

http://forums.healthcentral.com/discussion/chronic-pain/forums

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