OT: I need some prayers

I know what great prayer warriors we have here on the TMB.  I hate to ask but I need some prayers.  I am dealing with some personal issues right now.  Nothing to do with my health just some emotional things.  I'm real bad about keeping things inside so that I don't bother others with them so it's taking alot for me to ask you to pray for me.  I need God's guidance to make some potentially tough decisions in the near future.

I miss seeing so many of you.  Seems like lately all I do is go and do for everyone else.  It's time I start thinking about me and taking care of me.  If I dont' do it no one else will.

Thanks for all the support you guys have given me over the last few years.  You are truly a God send to me.

Teena, praying for you sweetie.  Take it from me you need to find that time.  I'm feeling it medically and need to, and I will to make myself healthy.

Hugs,

Thanks Dana.  I am afraid that it will start effecting me medically.  I have had to go back on my anti-depressant.  It has helped some but I am thinking I may have to up the dose back to what I was taking pre-surgery but the doctor didn't want me to jump right back into that dosage.

It just seems like lately everyone needs me but noone realizes I need help too.  I'm up before everyone and in bed after everyone.  A woman's work is never done.LOL

Are you going to be at the OH Convention?  We should talk, I'll share what my PCP told me yesterday; made allot of sense still not sure how to make it happen.

You do need ME time, we all do; scheduling that time is the trick.  My doc told me I'm OCD (I knew that) and a Perfectionist (knew that too) and I had to STOP being so hard on myself.

I can't make it to the conference.  It's my birthday weekend and my daughter has a speech and debate tourney she needs to go to.  For me I have a date night planned with Don.  I think we are going to go out to dinner and dancing.  Something we haven't done in a while.  I am looking forward to it.

Take a deep breath! One of the hardest things we have to learn is how to say no the other is to ask for help! Youve done the second by talking to us here and that iss a great start!! Be careful on upping the anti depressants. Listen to your doc on this was and do it alittle at a time. I took effexor before surgery(3-5 daily depending on what was going on in my life) The amount had a lot to do with my weight and how I metabolised it! Post WLS the had to switch me to liquid prosac, I thought I could just take more of it like I did the effexor when I got stressed!! Boy was I wrong. I got manic, didn't sleep for 4 days, got paranoidetc... More isn't neccesarily better!! Listen to your Doc you weigh less you need less!
Talk gently to your family and let them know you love them but you need time for you too!! Not taking the time is how you put your health in jeopardy in the first place! They will fight it at first but they must learn they cannot be that shelfish.(SP?) My family excluding my husband is having a hard time with me saying no and not doing as exactly as they said! Roles change when you lose weight and they have to adjust also!
Hope this makes sense to you! I am a bit befuddled this afternoon!!
Meggie

Prayers are being said!
Meggie

Thank you Meggie.  How are you feeling??

pretty good some of the time. In reading subsequent post I would like to offer som ideas. Believe me I do understand about stresses from family and stress eating. If you make good choices for stress eating you can do far less damage than you think. Veggies, fruit cheese, an extra protein drink maybe frozen like ice cream so it takes longer to eat! Sf popsicles and fudgescicles...well you get the idea. W will always be here for you!!
Meggie

I think I do pretty good at my choices it's just eating more than I would normally eat that scares me.  That is one thing I do for myself though is try and make the best choice in foods.  I didn't do this to just turn around and get back the way I was.  So I guess it's the first step in a long journey.