Hi everyone. I have a tracheostomy due to my upper airway being trash and not knowing how to airway. I am going to have it for the rest of my life. I just passed my 6 year trach anniversary on 11/1.

Around my anniversary of this horrible plastic tube being installed into my body unwillingly I start getting flashbacks of when I was in ICU and being stuck in that bed without being able to move. I'm in therapy to help with that but the process takes forever. I don't know if they will ever go away.

My therapist suggested I try to build a community around me of like minded people who can identify with hospital and doctor office life and the limitations of alll of this. The issue is that I don't know any people like me anywhere around my age. They are either 6 months old or like 80. I'm trying to stay optimistic but it's hard when you are always alone. So, does anyone want to be my friend?