Admitting failure
December 23, 2008This is a skill everybody with inflammatory bowel disease need to learn how to do well, since failure is a lover we cannot stay away from.
Yesterday’s Stool Count: 7 times during the day, 3 times during the night.
I’ll be back Friday.
Merry Christmas!
Keep fighting,
~Dennis
Question: How do you deal with failure?
I’ve been working my way through your videos, and I really am happy you addressed these feelings, its not something that is easy to deal with or talk about.
Thank you Dennis for making this video. I have been diagnosed in March 2011 with Uc. I was hospitalized 3 times in 2011.. I fail to get a handle and reach remission. I do good on prednisone , with remicade, methetrexate, sulfalazine, and other meds. Once i tapor on prednisone…. I flare. I know surgery is inevetable and I am accepting it…. I was in college at the time of my first flare… and had to file a hardship and withdraw….I work at a hospital and have had to take a secretarial job as the drugs Im on compromise my immune system making it dangerous for me to work with patients. Im told by everyone not to let this disease control my life…. I just laugh at that, because it is controlling my life…. itisnow attacking my joints and causing severe swelling… I watch my salt intake… i dont drink sodas… I m tired of all the medicine and dr visits…. before this I did not like taking tylenol.. Now I take so many pills, injections and infusions…. i cry all the time at the drop of a hat…. I have tried to find a support group near me… but I have not found any. I appreciate this onlineblog, very much. You and Nadia know what Im going through and it helps to have someone understand…..I have 4 kids and a husband who support me…. my parents and brothers live far away… and I know they love me but it is hard for them to understand what Im going through….. i struggle to take care of my family…. and I struggle to understand why all this has happened…. I struggle financially, and if I cannot be a nurse I just rather not work at a hospital…. I have applied at numerous other jobs and noone has called me. I feel everyday this disease takes another piece of me…. and there is not much left over….. all my time and money is spent on medicines, and deciding what to eat… and im just tired…. of all of it. anyway… I related very much to this video on failure….seems that is my only friend …..