As many of you know losing friends seems to go along with chronic pain unfortunately. I thought I wouldn't lose my best friend - she lives all the way across the country from me and stood up for me at my wedding, we worked together for yrs. We kept up contact through email but she hasn't contacted me in months - not after I sent her Christmas card, email or 2, she missed my birthday - she isn't there any more and I feel a great loss. Absolutely no girlfriends to talk to about things anymore. Why oh God why is all this happening? What did I ever do to deserve this?


Emmie-I want you to know that you are NOT alone. I have no one to talk to either, so why don't you and I talk to each other through our ChronicPainConnection. My husband doesn't listen to me anymore because he has no idea what I go through. He tears the nail and cuticle of his index finger and I feel that I have to make a big deal out of it to make him feel better. But, I have had times where the pain in my body is soooo intense that I just wished that he would say to me, "what can I do to help ease your pain"? That doesn't happen. My family doesn't care about me either. I have three brothers and two sisters. My older sister and I keep in touch, but that's it. My own mother doesn't even call me except to tell me that so-so down in Norfolk has been sick, etc. It makes me suicidal sometimes!!! Please feel like you can talk to me and say anything you want. We can make it together if we stick together.