11.09.2010

Welcome; or, Sorry You're Here. Also, Things Suck

I am trying to get a post out today about what's happening in my treatment and in my head. At the moment, I have just a few minutes before I need to leave my office, between patients, and go see my own analyst. She might get an earful today, or I might just cry. Not that I get to decide...damned unconscious seems to have a mind of its own - no pun/stupid psychotherapy joke intended. This morning I was sitting in my car listening to a report and commentary on Matt Lauer's interview with W. about the latter's book, and the commentators said something that struck me as so funny (12-yr-old girl at a slumber party at 2:30 in the morning funny) that I laughed out loud, at length, and then found myself sobbing for a couple of minutes. I don't know exactly why.

I was bitchy grumpy yesterday, and one day last weekend, and I think it's an undetermined "FUCK, this sucks" thing going on. I went shopping for clothing appropriate for a funeral yesterday because an old boyfriend has died, and THAT sucked. The death and the shopping. The fact that what I bought is the nicest thing I've bought to wear in a long time sucked (my doing, but it sucked anyway). My lower back hurts a lot and my PT think it's because of a muscle that also screws with my pelvic floor, and THAT sucks. I am angry and THAT sucks.

This actually says quite a bit about what's happening, doesn't it. If you're here for the first time because you're searching desperately for information and community on or around pelvic pain, welcome. Sorry you're here. It sucks.

7 comments:

Sarah said...

It does suck. I'm sorry about your old boyfriend.

Jaene said...

I have been reading some of your old posts, and I was just wondering if you are still taking the neurontin?

Cora Story said...

so sorry about your loss and that sure sucks. And the laughing morphing into crying- that is so healthy, so good for you, so Dalai Lama. Keep it up. And thanks for all the Fuck Sucks for me tonight, so I don't have to say it.

Kate said...

Jaene,

No, I stopped the neurontin fairly soon after starting it. The side effects (cognitive impairment, dizziness and a drunken gait) increased instead of slacking off, and we took me off. I have met people who had success with it, and it seems like something worth giving a try. Are you considering it?

Jaene said...

Hi Kate:)

I was taking neurontin for a short period of time. I also quit taking it because of the horrible side effects! I was curious if you had a better outcome with it. I am sorry to hear that it was not helpful for you either:(

Anonymous said...

Kate...I would love to see you post more because you are my voice...rofl. I'm too angry about PN to even post and my emotions are completely out of control. The tears just keep coming. After 8 years of fighting this and hoping for improvement I gave up my job and decided to completely focus on my health...not that I really expect it to improve. I really just have no energy left to give to anything and it is too painful to try to sit at a desk another day. Thank you for blogging.
Hope

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