Thanks for your post. In one way it feels good to know that I'm not alone, but on the other hand I don't wish this upon anyone else in the world...
My endometriosis hasn't caused any disability as such. I walk with a cane, but I can walk without it, I just get tired more easily and it hurts more. It's restricted my life but it doesn't completely stop me from doing anything. (Except have children, but that's another topic...)
But the thing with pain is that even if there is no other physical problem, the pain is in itself a disability, in that it limits your ability to function in the normal world. You aren't able to carry as much, walk as much, perhaps you can't drive because of your medication, you may not be able to work with the job you love... it affects your life thoroughly regardless of what causes the pain.
Having an extra physical disability on top of that sounds like major suckage. You have my sympathies indeed!
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Date: 2003-12-30 12:39 pm (UTC)My endometriosis hasn't caused any disability as such. I walk with a cane, but I can walk without it, I just get tired more easily and it hurts more. It's restricted my life but it doesn't completely stop me from doing anything. (Except have children, but that's another topic...)
But the thing with pain is that even if there is no other physical problem, the pain is in itself a disability, in that it limits your ability to function in the normal world. You aren't able to carry as much, walk as much, perhaps you can't drive because of your medication, you may not be able to work with the job you love... it affects your life thoroughly regardless of what causes the pain.
Having an extra physical disability on top of that sounds like major suckage. You have my sympathies indeed!