[simeoni]

I can totally relate to you. Since my symptoms started, I fell in love with my wife, got married and became a father. All of this happened while I had daily pain with no clear diagnosis. At that point I was still able to lead a somewhat normal life. I had a constant worry of what future will bring and how I will clear being a husband and a dad. But I tried to go on living as normal. Now I can say it was the best choice I could make.

I came down a long way from being a young athletic young man. In the final acute phase I started a process to go to psychotherapy, but realized that I could not handle it neither economically nor mentally on top of my pain and process for finding out about the best solution. I figure therapy can help a lot with a good therapist. But it is a long process and can be quite heavy in the beginning.

I think a good friend or relative that can actually LISTEN to you can be as beneficial. Unfortunately there are not too many such people.