Thanks to Tony L Sydney (member of AVM Survivors Community), for initiating this discussion "Helping Hands". It received several great responses in the AVM Community.
How about you? Is there someone here, or in your family or in your workplace - who has helped you in your journey? If your journey has just begun, is there someone riding the storm with you now, who you would like to thank?
We love to hear your stories.
Thank goodness my husband is very helpful and supportive.
I am being helped by my mother and sister who are my carers.
My husband is my main treasure but I have lost two of my social supports - my sister died of ovarian cancer and my best friend died of Motor Neurone's - this has happened over the last 3 years and makes me realise that I am lucky to be in control, to a great extent, of my condition.
Patsy
When I was diagnosed in 2011 my mother stepfather sister and brother all walked away. It didn’t take long for friends to do the same.
Thank god for my husband son and daughter. Unconditional love
Blessed
My partner has been there for me every step of the way, and is extremely supportive. Thank God for her!!
Kathy
I have many people who I’m grateful for including old friends, new friends, old and new family, doctors, nurses, and the list goes on and on. It takes a village, you could say.
Things that I’m grateful for include music, art, forgiveness, lessons learned, lessons not yet learned, obstacles, new way of doing things, the realization of doing things a new way, again, the list goes on and on.
I agree with ladybug, friends leave quickly. Maybe they do not know how to deal with the problem. Tell you the truth, sometime I do not feel like seeing friends.
ladybug said:
When I was diagnosed in 2011 my mother stepfather sister and brother all walked away. It didn't take long for friends to do the same.
Thank god for my husband son and daughter. Unconditional love
BlessedI