Laura,

It's so hard to feel this isolation, this loss of friendship. Yes I've also lost friends for similar reasons to you. It's painful when they stop communicating back. I wish I could reach through the internet and give you a big hug and we could feel the companionship of each other's presence. This place has at times been my last rope, my last thread, but i see better days ahead one day.

I've had friends who have broken off completely and others who have distanced themselves and there is really no way to sugar-coat the pain when one has so few connections to begin with.

Keep posting, you have friends here.