Hi Lori, wow, almost everything you said I can relate to and experience myself. My husband has called me an empath since he met me 29 years ago! I didn't even know what that meant at the time LOL! He always watches sci-fi so I thought it was a characteristic the aliens on his shows! It is so funny I was just thinking how sad it makes me to read everyone's story also, because I cannot bear the thought of anyone suffering! But yet I am so thankful for the blog because it helps me know how to pray better and reminds me to pray. I've come to the conclusion that pain or the degree of pain or the types of pain we are in, and most of us have many types and pretty intense degrees, that others who do not experience this can't understand it. They can see us come and go from the doctor and Hospital, even the ambulance and in wheelchairs, they know we're in bed with ice and heat at the same time in different parts of our body they can see it on their faces and in some cases we have had to ask them to adjust their expectations of us and told them how sorry we are that we cannot be there for them because of our physical limitations yet, if we have a smile on our face, the world thinks were doing fine. Or, on the rare occasions we put on makeup and have a smile for sure people think we are better than ever. If they only knew. I've never belonged to a support group like this where people can understand my pain and it really has meant the world to me which is a gross understatement. I am deeply grateful for the warm caring and supportive group All of You Are. I wish many, many blessings to each one of you. In Christ's unfathomable love, Sunny flower