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Originally Posted by scrapindee Thank you for sharing. I think your description of the dog getting your medications was excellent. Too many people think service dogs as only mobility dogs or seeing eye dogs. I understand your not wanting to divulge personal information but you might have benefited someone else on this forum who might not have known that small dogs can provide legitimate benefits--just different from the bigger dogs. |
If I helped anyone, then I am happy. It's just hard for me to talk about it because I am a very prideful person and I HATE the thought of anyone pitying me. This illness does not prevent me from working (yet) and I pray it never will. I saw my mom's life and how she suffered from her heart disease and diabetes and it eventually killed her. I know how much she resented being ill and being LIMITED in what she could do in life and I resented it too on her behalf. She use to cry because she hated it so much. She was sometimes miserable that she could not go swimming or bike riding or other sports ... she couldn't even walk 2 blocks without having to stop to catch her breath. And I resent being sick now too. I HATE that I have no control when I get an attack -- I can't even predict when this will happen to me. For me personally, this illness is just shattering and devestating. Only my immediate family knows I have it and few VERY close friends (some of my cousins don't even know). I'm just very private about it. But like I said, if I helped anyone, then it was worth it.
