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You are most definetly here. We all see you and appreciate you.

I don't know your friends or family but it sounds like you are a much braver warrior than they will ever be. Their retreat and expectations say more about them than you.

I found that after I was dx'ed, people just didn't know what to say. It's still that way. They might ask "how are you feeling?" and when I start to tell them, the subject gets changed. They squirm. Some look away. It's too uncomfortable for them so I've just stopped talking about it.

Because you look okay on the outside, it's hard for people to think anything is wrong. They think if you would just get up, just get out and just get with it--all will be fine.

They are wrong not you. They have not walked in your mocassins.

Petunia