It could be worse...

[gemmainthesun]

Before I go on i'll say one thing, Im not one that usually harps on about 'how theres always someone worse off', or 'we should be thnkful for what we have' etc etc... Everything is relative and what we are all going through is a huge deal and it hurts very much BUT

Well, My auntie at the min is going through cancer, its advanced and it doesnt look good. It got me wondering about all the people out there who rather than being on TTC forums are on Cancer treatment forums, who just like us are sharing tips on how to cope, having a rant, getting support. Just out of curiousity I googled other forums... theres millions!! Forums for people with HIV, forums for people who have had loved ones murdered, forums for people who have been severely disabled.. the list goes on. It made me feel really blessed that this is the only forum I feel the need to go on, that maybe things are not as bad as we sometimes may seem. Unlike alot of these people, we have hope, we have treatments and at the end of the day it isnt life or death.

I just wanted to share this with everyone as it really humbled me and made me thankful for what I do have

Love to everyone xxx

 

[LouiseB]

Hiya Gem

In ttc, people have a right to feel upset when they get bad news and delays as it is probably the worst news we've ever had in our lifes but sometimes i feel like we get into a slump that really isn't quite as justified when the only thing that is required is time as far as we know.

The worse hasn't happened yet. We haven't been told that we can never have kids and i wish that sometimes we could be a bit more grateful of that fact. I know i am anyway

 

[mrspc]

All good points girlies - lots to be thankful for. I think we all have too much of a sense of entitlement at times xxx

 

[gemmainthesun]

Like I said, Im the worlds worst for feeling hard done to, and it annoys me when people say 'it could be worse' haha so I hope what I wrote was took in the correct sense. It just made mefeel thankful last night that at least this is the forum im on and not one of the others x

 

[Tinkerbell3]

I'm actually on another forum for Cystic Fibrosis, I'm am definitely in the mind set that things could be worse, a hell of a lot worse.

Yes Im gutted I'm not pregnant yet and we are needing IVF but I thank my lucky stars that I'm even well enough with my illness to be able to even consider pregnancy and not waiting for new lungs rather than a BFP but it still doesn't make it easier when AF shows herself month after month

X

 

[gemmainthesun]

No of course not, It is reallt hard what we are going through no doubt about that. x

 

[Kay Kay]

Hi ladies, I'm with you on this, I always think about those who are suffering with terrible illnesses and diseases and know that me and OH are so lucky to have our health.

My OH was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis a year and a half ago and for a while we were really worried about it. He went on a few UC forums but it bummed him out reading about people who had it much worse than him. It's now controlled by pills he will have to take for life. He knows he is lucky that it isn't severe.

I have no doubt that you LTTTC ladies appreciate your health and are grateful for it. We come on here for a moan and a rant and I'm thankful for that. In the 'real world' talking about infertility is kinda taboo and folk just don't know what to say. But just cos we moan on here doesn't mean we're not grateful for the things we do have xxx

 

[Kay Kay]

Oh and gemma I'm really sorry to hear about your auntie