Upon Reflection

[ladysprite]

All righty, then. A few hours and a lot of thought later, I'm a bit more sane and stable when it comes to managing my potential health problems.

Thank you a thousand times over to everyone who chimed in with ideas, suggestions, and support - it means a lot to me, and more importantly, it helped me to see a lot more clearly. I didn't realize how completely my doctor's fatalistic view had influenced me until outside sources pointed out both things I already knew and options that I had no idea existed.

I'm working on getting a second opinion - both to confirm the diagnosis, and to see if I can find a doctor who will work *with* me rather than *at* me, if that makes any sense. And I'm feeling a lot less defeated, with avenues for improvement to look into.

I'm sorry for all the whining earlier today, and I'm especially sorry if I offended other people with chronic health problems - I didn't mean to belittle anyone else's pain, or imply that mine was worse or less deserved, but looking back I can see that I might have come across that way, and I absolutely didn't mean to.

Thanks again. You guys make the world a better place....