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Barbara Stewart
Last night I fell and cut my head and arm. It wasn't really a bad fall, but it did have dramatic value.
My husband freaked out and started to tell me I had to stop doing this. I fell a lot after my first surgery when I was on Neurontin and they were bad falls. I broke some ribs from one of the falls.
Anyway, we had a huge fight and he yelled at me, which he never does. I know he needs to have some relief, but he isn't very sociable and won't ask for help. I'm trying to get him to write to the Significant Others thread, but that may do no good.
He really thinks I have some control over things like falling. I did a dumb and tripped on an electric cord in a dark hall. I SHOULD have been thinking, but I've done it a 1000 times. He thinks things are going to go back to normal, like they were before (before when?). Periodically I am overcome with exhaustion and then I feel great and I don't get any warning.
What can I do for him? I don't have a lot left over since I am still struggling with my health issues. I'm pretty self sufficient, but I do need some comfort and affection, not a lecture about how I have to be more careful and not do these dumb things.
THis OHS thing has so many more diminsions than I ever dreamed, like the pumphead syndrome. When I'm tired it gets worse and that's what I was yesterday (and still am today).
Thanks in advance for reading this. I'm not sure this is the right thread, but I know you will all forgive me.
Barbara
My husband freaked out and started to tell me I had to stop doing this. I fell a lot after my first surgery when I was on Neurontin and they were bad falls. I broke some ribs from one of the falls.
Anyway, we had a huge fight and he yelled at me, which he never does. I know he needs to have some relief, but he isn't very sociable and won't ask for help. I'm trying to get him to write to the Significant Others thread, but that may do no good.
He really thinks I have some control over things like falling. I did a dumb and tripped on an electric cord in a dark hall. I SHOULD have been thinking, but I've done it a 1000 times. He thinks things are going to go back to normal, like they were before (before when?). Periodically I am overcome with exhaustion and then I feel great and I don't get any warning.
What can I do for him? I don't have a lot left over since I am still struggling with my health issues. I'm pretty self sufficient, but I do need some comfort and affection, not a lecture about how I have to be more careful and not do these dumb things.
THis OHS thing has so many more diminsions than I ever dreamed, like the pumphead syndrome. When I'm tired it gets worse and that's what I was yesterday (and still am today).
Thanks in advance for reading this. I'm not sure this is the right thread, but I know you will all forgive me.
Barbara