Denomme: Family Supportive but Holidays and Hosting Are Gone

Day 3 · 6:32:06 · Dean Allison · Crystal Denomme

• 😔 She avoids imposing on family and friends, feeling like a burden when every update is still terrible.
• 🎄 She once hosted all birthdays and Christmases; those special meals and gatherings no longer happen.
• ❤️ Family remains very supportive even as the traditions that held them together have disappeared.

CRPS has erased Denomme’s role as family host and celebration centre.

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Transcript

Dean Allison · 6:32:06

Could I ask you just, uh, how this affected your family situation, like people around you, or—.

Crystal Denomme · 6:32:17

I, I don't really try to impose on my family and friends. I pretty much just deal with what I can, and I, I don't really ask for— it's— if you, you start to feel after a while like a, like a burden You know, you don't want to be sitting there and every single time that you hear from somebody it's, oh, everything's still terrible, everything's still— you know, I feel like you are. And it's— I don't want to impose on people, so try not to.

Dean Allison · 6:32:55

And how, how, like this, how do they, how do they respond? They've been supportive. They—.

Crystal Denomme · 6:32:59

Oh, very—.

Dean Allison · 6:33:00

I understand how you feel, but I used to host everything.

Crystal Denomme · 6:33:05

I used to host birthdays and Christmases, and I was— it was my house that all of those things happened at. So now nobody gets those things anymore. Like, they don't get the special meals, they don't get the special cooking and things like that that were really important to our family. So it's been difficult.