Just a note of thanks

No need for Thanks here Gary its what we do. Hold each other up. Yes sometimes we have to give answers that are not what folks want to hear but if we're not blunt and honest about all things no one would take us seriously and that's definitely something we get a lot as CPers. Ours is a road filled with hurtled and all we do is keep jumping or learn to crawl!

Please stick around as you've got plenty of insight that may help others as well.

(Ooh. Ooh. Teacher, me!) <-- Raising Hand.

I can attest to the blunt and direct nature of a (cough cough) select few super special CP'ers out here,....you know who you are! ;)

And believe me, Gary, with all the (--> insert acceptable word here <--) we go through and are forced to go through, how easily our entire lives can be ruined (and I'm not being a drama queen there, I'm referring to notes and flags following us around for life as we try to get treatment and comfort for anything short of hospice)....

Well those blunt and direct comments are often just as soothing as the cuddles and hugs, because we need those different perspectives and opinions to remind us, give us insight, helps us see things from a different angle, and especially to remind us (because CP is very isolating)....that we are not alone.

HW is therapy for me. I've garnered more benefits here than one could imagine. That's the joy,...many opinions, presented many ways, many experiences,....and we're all connected in a family way through that understanding.


Merrida

I'm the same way Gary. And that's difficult to convey to some people, especially providers, who are so selective in what they choose to tell you and HOW they choose to relay only certain information.

I know I come across as a pushy broad, like in PT, because I'm very forward. I tell them, as opposed to asking I suppose, to please TEACH me, tell me if I'm doing something wrong, incorrect, not effectively. I see (in every PT place I have EVER been to), many patients doing exercises wrong, but the PT's are, in their defense, just trying to get them to MOVE and even doing things "inaccurate" for them, is better than nothing.

I'm not like that. I would rather be confronted (and that word carries connotations), but at least tell me, let me know what you're observing that I may be totally unaware off. Hubby and I have that arrangement and I know some couples and family members don't get it. Don't ask a question you don't want the answer to, and you don't punish someone for telling the truth.

How are we supposed to deal with things happening if we're not given the full picture?


Welcome aboard,


Merrida