Kerrie Ann, can you elaborate on what you mean by Eastern medicine? She tried acupuncture a few times and said it helped, but then she said the guy was rude to her and she refuses to go back. That is a pattern with my wife...she cannot finish anything she starts. She gets gung ho and tears into something, then quits qithout a word. She joined a YMCA so she could try yoga (at her doctor's, therapist's, and everyone else's strong recommendations). In a month and a half, she's been once. As we speak she is laying in bed for the fourth day in a row with a headache...I asked her if there was any thing else wrong and she says no, just her head. This is just more of the same...I am ready to move on with life and have kids, etc., but we cannot do that like this!! I feel like she is struggling mightily here but I don't know with what...is it the PTSD itself causing this? Her aversion to therapy because of what it will involve? Her refusal to acknowledge that PTSD (as a result of the event) is responsible for most of this? Pride? (she will tell you she has tons of that!) She comes from a large family who did not allow emotions to be displayed...they took pride in "getting over it". After the event, her parents just acted like nothing had happened...her mother has never spoken to her about it to any real degree, though her father finally did before he died a few years ago unexpectedly (hello, another PTSD event???)

Sorry if I sound selfish...its been seven years of this (4 married) and it is getting so old...we are stuck in neutral, no kids, losing money, and I find myself wondering if this will ever get better...

Okay. Now that that's over, her father worked for a petroleum company. She lived on the water overlooking a small bay or inlet...wish I could remember the name! We talk about it sometimes...she says the Australians are some of the nicest, most fun-loving people she's ever been around. I met some on a trip to South Africa and I would have to agree.

Louisiana is in the deep South, and harbors the mouth of the Mississippi River. New Orleans is there, along with the capital, Baton Rouge. If you've heard the term "cajun", then you have already heard about South Louisiana. We've had as many as ten flags fly over the state during it's history, with Spain, France, England and the Confederacy being the most notable. Incredibly fertile land, and the people are much like the Australians in terms of "joi de vivre" and hospitality...come to Mardi Gras and I'll show you what I mean.