Hi everyone, I too am newly diagnosed
This discussion was created from comments split from: Confussed and scared.
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@Bettyboo
There is a thread called "Did you really say that". The thread is in the Day To Day discussion section. You will read some howlers. All unorthodox of course and all unwelcome. Initially I found the unwanted advice difficult. I would snap (I was one very angry lady). Now I have a stock standard answer (Said very sweetly of course - tongue in cheek!) "Listen sister, when you join the club you can follow the advice / remedy / way out there in space or just plain dumb treatment you are advising me to do". Then I smile very sweetly and say "Toodle Do" and walk away swearing politely under my breath.
My hated piece of advice is "Stay positive" "Be strong". To this piece of useless advice I am not a lady. I use the Kimberley vernacular "How the f**k do you think I've got this f**king far if I was not strong or positive". Floored a few. I was not selective in who copped this - family, husband (silly old sod) and friends alike.
Roll with the flow. They cannot help being stupid and you cannot cure stupid!
Post on this site. I found it to be of reassuring support and warmth. I realised that my thoughts, feelings, fear and anger were "normal, well that is of course if a Kimberley woman is "normal".
Take care and the warmest of Kimberley wishes to you.
Annie
There is a thread called "Did you really say that". The thread is in the Day To Day discussion section. You will read some howlers. All unorthodox of course and all unwelcome. Initially I found the unwanted advice difficult. I would snap (I was one very angry lady). Now I have a stock standard answer (Said very sweetly of course - tongue in cheek!) "Listen sister, when you join the club you can follow the advice / remedy / way out there in space or just plain dumb treatment you are advising me to do". Then I smile very sweetly and say "Toodle Do" and walk away swearing politely under my breath.
My hated piece of advice is "Stay positive" "Be strong". To this piece of useless advice I am not a lady. I use the Kimberley vernacular "How the f**k do you think I've got this f**king far if I was not strong or positive". Floored a few. I was not selective in who copped this - family, husband (silly old sod) and friends alike.
Roll with the flow. They cannot help being stupid and you cannot cure stupid!
Post on this site. I found it to be of reassuring support and warmth. I realised that my thoughts, feelings, fear and anger were "normal, well that is of course if a Kimberley woman is "normal".
Take care and the warmest of Kimberley wishes to you.
Annie