I think that chronic pain is quite a, it's quite a lonely sort of thing, you know, I mean you can have your whole family around you and, the girls I mean they're absolutely terrific, I don't know how they put up with me really, because they've had to do far more than most children have had to do, you know.
But, [husband's name] says that something always good comes out of bad and he thinks that both the girls have learnt not to take life for granted. And they've turned out, they're quite empathetic when people have got problems, you know, they're not like a lot of teenagers, they will actually pay attention and feel something for that person, you know. So I suppose that's one good thing that's come out of it.
But, I think the loneliness side of it was really the worst you know. I mean, even with your own husband, if I'm in another room and the pain starts getting bad and he comes and brings my pain killers and things and, it's not, it's as though he's still not there, it's just something internalised that you just feel you're, I don't know, you just feel very alone about it. |
