Posted by honeybee on March 10, 2006, at 21:58:16
In reply to HI Honeybee, posted by Tanzanite on March 10, 2006, at 17:10:53
Thank you for the words of encouragement, Tanz, and I hope your stressful time passes in a flash and that you have a support network to snuggle you and cuddle you and hold you up when you need it. We all do, really.
Your note was really honest, and it reminds me of the sense of connection that we all really need in this world. Funny, but today I found out that I have a mitral valve prolapse. While the cardiologist moved the sensor over my heart, I thought, this is healing. This is the laying on of hands that we all need. It was so viscerally apparent, so moving, while I teared up and saw the beating of my heart on the screen, and thought of its emotional/metaphorical role. (Anyway, speaking of tangents...) I was also relieved to have gotten that diagnosis because the panic attacks are so much more explainable to me now. As someone with MVP, I apparently am awash in catecholamines.
As for the therapist, I am going to give her my best wishes and heartfelt thanks and mosey along my way. You're right, we know our bodies best, and we know our guts. It's time for me to say goodbye to her.
Thanks for the encouragement.
What are you up to? What's going on? Are you combining alternative meds with the "standard" ADs?
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