Hi,



I am also a mother of girls and was very concern about their childhood,
my cathing and other women issues. I had the same surgery that Monica
described and that has helped me to have and active life with my family.
I no longer worry about bathrooms since all I need is a botttle (any
bottle) and a catheter. I will encourage you to look into it since this
is a quality of life issue.
--- In womenwithsci@yahoogroups.com, "Shana" <shana_lowther@...> wrote:
>
> Is there anyone out there??? I joined this group in hopes to talk with
> women who go through the everyday bs that I go through. I've been in
> my chair for almost 2yrs. And most days are a struggle. I have 2
> wonderful children ages 2 and 7. Like most kids they can be a handful
> but I love being a mother. I have a great husband who tries his best
> to understand what I go through. But I feel completely alone I was the
> one everyone leaned on. But now that i need someone there's no one
> around. It's funny how much you learn about yourself and the people
> around you when things like this happens. I joined a group called
> Transverse Myelitis in hopes to meet people there with the same auto
> immune disease. But of course I was the only one in a chair. After a
> couple of weeks of listening to people complain about not being able
> to walk to far I had to quit reading the post. I'd give anything to be
> able to move a toe let alone walk.I also live in a hick town and I
> can't get in to most places. I cathe every 3 to 4 hours which is a
> problem giving it takes 45min to get anywhere. When people do come
> over they only stay for a few they don't like seeing me this way. I
> feel like me and my kids are on house arrest. I was hoping that I
> could learn new ways of doing things by joining this group. And it
> would be nice to have people to talk to on my bad days. So if this
> isn't that type of group please let me know so I can look around for a
> new one.. Thanks
>