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bzmomkfor

posted 11/10/2007, comments (2)

Leaves of Fall

I see the semi-naked trees about our community, their stature seems interesting yet ugly & stark to me. The leaves, having nurtured the trees now turn brilliant colors in their final days & tummult to the ground below. Sometimes they are carried off a bit by a gust of wind. I see them withered, dry, old & colors fading, veins dominant.... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/10/2007, comments (5)

The Painful Un-Goodbye (shared in another chronic pain support group as well)

"Please God, please, just make the pain go away for just a little while, please?" I implore in a whisper between muffled sobs. I'd done my best to mask my pain from my children all day but by 4:30pm it was all too much. I put my hand over my face to hide & wiped the tears away as coverly as possible before they could streak down... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/09/2007, comments (2)

Beach Scene

My name is Nancy Armstrong. I am a 47 year old 100% disabled Navy veteran and deemed unemployable. I don't let any labels stop me from living. This last week I have been suffering from neck pain I believe being triggered by stress of an unresolved abcess in my husband's foot. He had an MRI but still no results. And this problem is... Read more Chevron

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denise

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posted 10/31/2007, comments (6)

breakthrough

I have had fibromyalgia for 16 years following a whiplash injury from an assault. when i first became ill, i was very frightened and no one could help me, not even by acknowledging that this was very real and beyond a hysterical reaction. "shrewdly it spread this pain to my soulbanished my heart and swallowed me whole" Now i... Read more Chevron

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