Guest guest Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 Kimber, Hello ! How are you doing ? Thanks for asking about me.I try to get on the computer about once a week and lurk around. Sometimes I can and sometimes I just can't. I am still trying to work full time and usually call in sick 2-4 days a month. Thank God I am in a union, in the private sector I would probably be fired by now, nursing shortage or no nursing shortage. I am grateful that I have a desk/sedentary job or I would never make it. My pain is tolerable. Some days worse than others. Had my yearly CT scan a few weeks ago. I meet with my GI doc this tuesday. I think my CT is stable or I would be having an increase in my pain and it is just about steady now. My period really seem to flair it up,but things could be worse. I am still caring for my dad who contnues to be a non compliant patient wiht his Congestive Heart Failure. As you know my sister lost her husband to cancer a few months ago and I am busy being an aunt to her kids. My heart breaks every day for those 2 kids but I promised him that I would be there for them so I am active in their lives. And of course I have my supportive husband and nine year old that keep me going. Some days I just need to take an xtra pill, to get thru the pain. I find the more I do, the more I hurt. And then about every 3 weeks the fatique catches up to me and I am asleep all weekend. Nothing like a good snooze !. Things could be worse so I am not going to complain. I remember right after my surgery, being in sooooo much pain, being on disability, wondering if I would ever feel well enough to work and be productive again. It has taken me two long years to get to this point, for that I am thankful. But more so I am thankful to Karyn for starting this site and for the support and friends that I have gotten here. It has been a struggle but I keep trying to plug away. I talk with every week. I haven't talked with her much this week but I see on this site where her doctor gave her a rough way to go. Looks like I will have to get my broom out again and help along. We are each others support system and it is nice that we both live in the same town. In a wierd way, it is ironic that we met this way, but it has been a blessing that we help each other out emotionally. I didn't know her doc gave her a hard time, I will have to help her find a new physician. The docs in this town are so stale, they drive me crazy. Well enough about that, I feel myself going off on a tangent soon ! How are things with you, any news on your diability? Was it approved ? I can't stay current on what is going on with everyone. Better go for now, getting late and my husband has a stress test tomorrow. I need to change professions, this is getting to stressful,,, my brain needs a vacation ! Take Care, Lily Lily Lily, hey, how are you doing? I haven't heard from you in a long time? Let me know how you are doing. I talked to the other day on AOL IM. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Note: All advice given is personal opinion, not equal to that of a licensed physician or health care professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 Lily, I'm doing okay. Had a decent amount of good days, though yesterday was not one of them. I had really bad nausea and spent the day in bed. I know how hard it can be and still be working. I just couldn't take it anywhere and since i was not in a union, i came really close to getting fired because of it. I had already started seeing my psychologist and he agreed that I needed to go on disability. He was surprised that I was still working. I have anemia and malnutrition, which my OB/GYN has said was why my periods stopped. I must say, I don't miss them. I'm sorry your dad is being non-compliant, that must be hard on you. I know is very happy that you found each other. I'm going to be shipping my desktop computer sometime in the next month. I have to buy my new laptop and then figure out how to ship the desktop to Ohio. It's a Pentium III, but still good enough to go on the internet and it has a bunch of neat programs on it that I'm sure the girls will love to play around with. It saves me having to figure out what to do with the system. I'm still waiting for my decision. I had my appointment with both a internal medicine doctor and a psychologist for SSD last month. I need to ask my lawyer if SSD needs anything else. Once SSD has everything they need, it will take 180 days for them to make a decision. And that, more than likely, will be no. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Note: All advice given is personal opinion, not equal to that of a licensed physician or health care professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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