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Annette,
Thank You so much for sharing this part of your journey. I know you have had a tough time with your health due to the surgery. I'm finding out the complications from surgery can vary between people. Me too... Would I do the surgery again with the knowledge I have now? yes, I would. Someday I'll get brave enough to share my journey.
For now... the best thing you can do is take care of yourself.
Millie
Thank You so much for sharing this part of your journey. I know you have had a tough time with your health due to the surgery. I'm finding out the complications from surgery can vary between people. Me too... Would I do the surgery again with the knowledge I have now? yes, I would. Someday I'll get brave enough to share my journey.
For now... the best thing you can do is take care of yourself.
Millie
Annette:
I'm glad you're getting help for your issues. The sister of my friend Roxane, who died at age 56 a couple of years ago, had early-age Parkinson's or Alzheimers or some kind of neurologial disease that they feel was probably brought on by depression left untreated. It does happen. I know the folks on this board have been pushing me to get on antidepressants for awhile. It's not that I didn't think I needed help; it was convincing my therapist I did (and then she doesn't prescribe, so I had to go to my PCP for the drugs).
I was on Zoloft when I had my surgery and post-op, I had to take it in liquid form ... talk about yucky! That stuff was vile. I choked it down at first, then found it didn't taste so bad if I mixed it with Crystal Light orange ... in fact, all my yucky liquid meds (liquid potassium in particular) didn't taste so bad with the orange. I got through. I got off Zoloft when I found out how much it was going to cost me when our drug copays when up. But I weaned myself off it and felt OK. Maybe it wasn't a good idea. My friend Mary Kay said she thinks I have a tendency to be depressed, and the events of the past year haven't helped.
Annette, if you ever need to talk, I'm here for you.
I'm glad you're getting help for your issues. The sister of my friend Roxane, who died at age 56 a couple of years ago, had early-age Parkinson's or Alzheimers or some kind of neurologial disease that they feel was probably brought on by depression left untreated. It does happen. I know the folks on this board have been pushing me to get on antidepressants for awhile. It's not that I didn't think I needed help; it was convincing my therapist I did (and then she doesn't prescribe, so I had to go to my PCP for the drugs).
I was on Zoloft when I had my surgery and post-op, I had to take it in liquid form ... talk about yucky! That stuff was vile. I choked it down at first, then found it didn't taste so bad if I mixed it with Crystal Light orange ... in fact, all my yucky liquid meds (liquid potassium in particular) didn't taste so bad with the orange. I got through. I got off Zoloft when I found out how much it was going to cost me when our drug copays when up. But I weaned myself off it and felt OK. Maybe it wasn't a good idea. My friend Mary Kay said she thinks I have a tendency to be depressed, and the events of the past year haven't helped.
Annette, if you ever need to talk, I'm here for you.
Annette - I just want to let you know that I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. So many of us have experienced depression and know how lonely it can be. Hormones played a huge part in the depression that I suffered and the docs didn't pick up on that. If they had, my life could have been so much simpler and easier. I have been on antidepressants for more than 10 years, and although the dosage has been considerably lowered, I am terrified of going back to where I was, so I will probably stay on the medication for the rest of my life. I will take whatever effects I suffer from the meds anyday over the horror and desolation I felt when I was so mired in depression.
We all care about you; take care of yourself and post when you can.
Love, Margaret
We all care about you; take care of yourself and post when you can.
Love, Margaret
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SW: 240
CW: 173.8
GW: 150
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Mohandas Gandhi
Good Morning Eileen, Melissa, Annette & The rest of you wonderful OFFrs!
It is a frigid 22 degrees here in SWNJ, brrrrrrrrrrrr!
TGIF!!! Can't wait for tomorrow to come, just can't wait. . . to meet Sirius, though I am nervous too, because I want to just love a sweet faced doggie boy who needs a good home, but I also miss my Dillinger so much that my heart aches and so I know it is the right thing to do, find a new boy to love, but I am also struggling because my son has made it known that he does not approve and while I don't need his approval and it seems the nature of our relationship in the last few years has been about him thinking he knows what's best for me, I am tired of all the sad in my life where he is concerned and why he adamantly refuses to believe that a new dog will bring me some measure of happiness. . . anyway, he is who he is and there is nothing I can do, I need the brand of love that our four-legged friends offer and it also gives me an outlet for all the love in my heart, just hoping that Sirius is willing to accept it.
Anyway, I did not go to the Christmas party, I had to replace my phone and I will say that the plan BestBuy offers for the phone is great, did not cost me a penny, they very nicely replaced my phone and it was with a similar, slightly upgraded phone too.
Ok, I need to get my butt in clothes and get myself out the door to work. . . Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Sending prayers and positive thoughts out to all, Laureen
It is a frigid 22 degrees here in SWNJ, brrrrrrrrrrrr!
TGIF!!! Can't wait for tomorrow to come, just can't wait. . . to meet Sirius, though I am nervous too, because I want to just love a sweet faced doggie boy who needs a good home, but I also miss my Dillinger so much that my heart aches and so I know it is the right thing to do, find a new boy to love, but I am also struggling because my son has made it known that he does not approve and while I don't need his approval and it seems the nature of our relationship in the last few years has been about him thinking he knows what's best for me, I am tired of all the sad in my life where he is concerned and why he adamantly refuses to believe that a new dog will bring me some measure of happiness. . . anyway, he is who he is and there is nothing I can do, I need the brand of love that our four-legged friends offer and it also gives me an outlet for all the love in my heart, just hoping that Sirius is willing to accept it.
Anyway, I did not go to the Christmas party, I had to replace my phone and I will say that the plan BestBuy offers for the phone is great, did not cost me a penny, they very nicely replaced my phone and it was with a similar, slightly upgraded phone too.
Ok, I need to get my butt in clothes and get myself out the door to work. . . Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Sending prayers and positive thoughts out to all, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Thanks Debbie, I will continue to follow my heart, because even as the heart can be fragile, so it is strong too. . .
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Good to hear you are getting a new furbaby to love. You do what is best for you, regardless of the timing. You will know when that is. As I told you before, I got Scooter much quicker than I expected after Kittle died, but I almost feel that Kittle sent him to me. Scooter needed a home ... he was living in the apartment complex office and was alone on weekends, the poor baby. And Cinnamon was so depressed (and so was I, but I could express it better than Cinnamon). Scooter gave us new love. When Cinnamon left, I can't begin to tell you how Scooter filled up the hole in my heart.
As for your son, well, it's your life, not his. Tell him to butt out.
As for your son, well, it's your life, not his. Tell him to butt out.
Ya know, YOU are the best judge of what YOU need......you are a smart woman and if Sirius makes you happy, then go for it!!!
I can "hear" the smile in your words and I am glad you are working your program. {{{{{{HUGS}}}}} from Texas!!
I can "hear" the smile in your words and I am glad you are working your program. {{{{{{HUGS}}}}} from Texas!!
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