Hi Possum,

Thank you for your reply! I'm sorry I haven't replied sooner. I've had PC router issues. I'm back online now and am catching up. Thank you for caring and for your ideas. My mom's primary care physician is a small town doctor and he won't treat me for my chronic pain issues b/c he doesn't believe in prescribing the "stronger pain meds", and I have severe pain 24/7 for the past 9 years and although I do ration my pain meds, I still need them in order to be able to function at all. I've been to multiple pain mgmt drs. and several specialists, none of which would treat me successfully and/or none that treated me with any success. I don't have insurance, so I'm not welcomed to any other drs/specialists. I can't afford any other medical treatment. I do see a therapist once a week for the depression, which has become severe, and all I do is cry. I fear I'm going to lose my mom to the cardiac problems she now has. Things are not going well. I do have 2 half sisters who I never see and I don't know. I've tried to be close to them but they weren't interested. I also have 2 step-sisters, and one of them speaks to me, but has many of her own problems. I feel so alone. I am alone in taking care of my mom and s-dad. In addition, my chronic pain issues are bad. I think I'm in a flare with the fibromyalgia and myofacial pain syndrome. I'm lifting heavy and doing so much to take care of others, and there's no rest for myself.

Thank you for caring and for your reply! It means alot! Really it does. I hope you're doing well.

Kathy