tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483254761600926617.post2950251084972701123..comments2023-04-12T14:55:19.021+03:00Comments on Nad-ned Nad-ned: "You Should Have Met Me Before..."A Living Nadneydahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365370597831368062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483254761600926617.post-58838764558671720562009-01-01T15:14:00.000+02:002009-01-01T15:14:00.000+02:00RivkA - I think one of the very special things abo...RivkA - I think one of the very special things about you is that you are very you, wherever you are and whatever you do. The limitation part sounds very difficult, and frustrating, and at the same time, I believe the people who know and love you think of you as the same person you have always been, despite -- and because of -- your life experiences and challenges.<BR/><BR/>The doctor is an excellent physician, and a sensitive person. His comment threw me for a real loop but I can understand the feeling... to connect deeply with people, again and again, and to see them suffer and sometimes die-- we have to protect ourselves in order to keep connecting to people and still keep ourselves whole. It's a terrible irony.<BR/><BR/>I have no doubt that your caretakers are very attached to you.A Living Nadneydahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365370597831368062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483254761600926617.post-57034544468691384972008-12-31T23:49:00.000+02:002008-12-31T23:49:00.000+02:00Wow. I was fine... 'till I read the doctor's word...Wow. I was fine... 'till I read the doctor's words. <BR/><BR/>I wonder sometimes, about that very issue. Getting attached. <BR/><BR/>What can I say? I think my caregivers are "attached" to me. Either that, or they do a good job of faking it!<BR/><BR/>I can relate very strongly to the me "before" and the me "after." It's hard to accept the new limitations, even when they are not so new anymore....<BR/><BR/>I used to be a tour guide, an educator, an activist.....<BR/><BR/>I still do a lot. But not what I used to....RivkA with a capital Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411034058195730044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483254761600926617.post-89800737066444171482008-12-31T12:51:00.000+02:002008-12-31T12:51:00.000+02:00WowI just don't have words for this. Yasher koach...Wow<BR/>I just don't have words for this. Yasher koach, how do you find the strength?Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483254761600926617.post-6655188127850795702008-12-31T04:38:00.000+02:002008-12-31T04:38:00.000+02:00This was a very moving post. It's so true- being i...This was a very moving post. It's so true- being ill seems to rob people of their sense of identity: "I used to be a teacher, now I'm a patient. I used to be athletic, now I'm sick." I'm sure that you helped her out a lot by just listening sympathetically.SuperRaizyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742653185025562286noreply@blogger.com