Is that right? Did you really say that?
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@Brenda5 Hi back Cuz. Good genes, the Rosses, apart from the cancer!
It must be really distressing to hear that sort of thing from your mother. Family can be cruel. Maybe your condition scares your mum too - makes her feel old, and she's rejecting that feeling through rejecting acceptance of your condition. It's not about us, it's for themselves. They just don't want to have to deal with our "diminishment". I'm learning this within this forum too - this is the safe place to complain.
Both my kids are wanting me to regain my functioning, for different reasons. My son was blabbing to his in-laws yesterday about wanting to take me with his partner & kids (now 4 & 2) to New Caledonia for a week's holiday. "Mum will be able to talk French with the locals". Oh yes and Mum would be a good holiday child-minder too! It's not about wanting to give me a treat; it's about making himself seem like a good son. Actually he hasn't specifically said he would pay for it all.
Daughter wants to plan a long-distance trek together (the way we used to) on an "easy" track in NZ. With my non-BC-related achilles tendonitis and tear, I'm not even able to do more than half an hour on a flat path at the moment, and the GP says I shouldn't be doing that. I'd LOVE to be able to trek again, but I don't want to feel pressured to reach someone else's timeline.
It must be really distressing to hear that sort of thing from your mother. Family can be cruel. Maybe your condition scares your mum too - makes her feel old, and she's rejecting that feeling through rejecting acceptance of your condition. It's not about us, it's for themselves. They just don't want to have to deal with our "diminishment". I'm learning this within this forum too - this is the safe place to complain.
Both my kids are wanting me to regain my functioning, for different reasons. My son was blabbing to his in-laws yesterday about wanting to take me with his partner & kids (now 4 & 2) to New Caledonia for a week's holiday. "Mum will be able to talk French with the locals". Oh yes and Mum would be a good holiday child-minder too! It's not about wanting to give me a treat; it's about making himself seem like a good son. Actually he hasn't specifically said he would pay for it all.
Daughter wants to plan a long-distance trek together (the way we used to) on an "easy" track in NZ. With my non-BC-related achilles tendonitis and tear, I'm not even able to do more than half an hour on a flat path at the moment, and the GP says I shouldn't be doing that. I'd LOVE to be able to trek again, but I don't want to feel pressured to reach someone else's timeline.