Shadowbox

  • Puma-

    I can relate – I was the caretaker for my wife for 8 years until I myself had a terrible auto accident and now am on the other side as well.

    From my own experience, I tend not to harp too much on how I am doing. My wife is aware that I am in pain. On the other hand, when things get worse or I have a new symptom that is bothering me, I do…[Read more]

  • Noki4-
    Thanks for the welcome!

    I agree, I’m still relatively new to all of this, having had my accident about 3 months shy of 2 years now. It has been a struggle – I spent the first year not dealing with any of it – I was concentrating on recovery and angry at the pain I was in. Then at one year from the accident, I decided it was time to deal…[Read more]

  • Shadowbox changed their profile picture 9 years ago

  • Welcome – I just joined today and was reading through the posts…
    I know just where your husband is at – I was there not too long ago.
    I was on pain meds for a couple of years for a back problem. I didn’t want to do anything because it caused pain. I wanted to be free of pain but even with the pain meds I couldn’t.
    Then, almost 2 years ago I…[Read more]

  • Shadowbox became a registered member 9 years ago