Information and opinions on health from formonemedic at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/9394/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/9394/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/9394/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/9394/17863/guilt Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:52:00 -0500 formonemedic 2 days ago I finally let the flood gates open wide an had a long and very tearful discussion with my fiancee.  While it was a VERY difficult conversation I was FINALLY able to get honest and somewhat emotional responses from him.  It turns out that he had trying not to let me know just how worried he was for me and my health.  While having him talk to me honestly about how he felt was productive I still am struggling with... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/9394/17863/guilt http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/9394/17862/burden Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:00:00 -0500 formonemedic My fiancee and I are getting married in a year and while I truly love this man and he has and is everything that I could ever have dreamed of having in a life partner, there is a HUGE part of me that feels as though I am and will continue to be a burden to him.   My disease is a degenerative one and eventually I will loose my vision and become even more dependant on him.  I already am only "allowed" to drive for 15mins... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/9394/17862/burden http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/9394/10697/long-term-ive Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:32:00 -0400 formonemedic I began the process of applying for Long Term Disabilit (CPP) in early Feburary and due to the fact that they lost my orgial application I had to resubmit it at the end of March when they finally got around to telling me that they had my questionannaire, doctors report, MRI, Ct Scan amd Nuclear Isotope scan CD ROMS and my consent to release of medical information from my doctors.  They wanted to know if I was still interested in applying as... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/9394/10697/long-term-ive http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/9394/10674/advice Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:51:00 -0400 formonemedic Most of the time Chronic Pain Conditions give you 2 choices: 1) Put one fooy in front of the other and "just deal with it". or (my personal favorite) 2) Keep yourself and both feet firmly in bed and wait for a better day.   As of the past 2 months or so my condition has been on a steady decline, which was very disheartnening as until then it was a slow, but steady incline.  My future husband and I realy want to have children but... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/9394/10674/advice