Does anyone really understand?

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Feeling really depressed at the moment. I haven’t had a holiday abroad for 29 years and am due to fly to Portugal next Friday. I have got an ear infection and have been given antibiotics for it, trouble is, they seem to have really upset my bowels and I have extreme rectal pain, which I seem to have a lot of. I know I have a fissure but am not sure if that’s what’s causing this dull ache or if it’s the pockets. I feel so depressed right now. I have kept quiet and not complained really but my “friend “ just phoned me, said I should have called 111, didn’t give me a chance to really reply. I wasn’t going to call them, what can they do except tell me to go to hospital. I know the infection has almost cleared up. I just now have this bad pain and also some on my lower left side. Anyway my “friend “ said abruptly “I just let you get on with it then “. Not really the response I needed. People really have no idea how unpleasant this awful disease is. No wonder I am a bit of a recluse. I don’t think I will contact this “friend “ anymore as I know that stress makes this illness worse and am convinced that stress caused this in the first place. Sorry to rant folks, I just feel so sad and depressed right now. 

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    I feel you..I'm new here just for the reason that I need to start taking to people who know what I'm going through. I've been pretty crabby at home, but it'd frustrating. My hair is falling out, I can't eat anythin and through it all I can't slow life down..have to work, have to take care of kids and house...Not sure what people expect sometimes..It's hard to be sick😢

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