Cant wait for this year to end

Maureen Souza wrote in post #2388253
Life can really be a chore sometimes, can't it?
Two years ago this month I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that keeps me living in a lot of pain. I was so depressed thinking about how bad that would be and how it would limit me. Dr.'s wanted me to slow down, give me lot's of drugs and even think about retiring and doing something easier. I refused the drugs, have learned to live with the pain and am still working my regular job. Every time I feel crummy, I try to remember how many people have it worse than me and how bad it could be. It helps me get my thoughts into the proper prospective and get back on track....even on my lousy days.
I am no saint and I still don't like the pain and it's limits but I hope you know that tomorrow can be better and that it's okay to have a small pity party once in a while.

Hang in there. Go take some pictures 2007 is just around the corner!

It must be a nurse thing, Maureen! My mom injured her back at work (she worked in ICU and was turning a patient by rolling him with a sheet) and the surgery she had to correct the problem didn't work out well. She did PT, pain therapy, everything but the heavy drugs they wanted her to take, and although she still has pain and now degenerative disk disease and osteoporosis, she still works 3 days a week in an out-patient surgery clinic at a teaching hospital... and she's 69 years old! She says she will retire when she has been a nurse for 50 years, in 3 more years!

You nurses are a tough bunch! God bless you!

GilesGuthrie wrote in post #2388336
I've had a fairly poor year also. After an extremely difficult pregnancy my wife gave birth to twin boys. While one continues and thrives, the other developed an illness after a week and died on his one-month 'birthday'. Three weeks later my grandmother died, so on Nov 1st I buried my son, and on Nov 30th I buried my grandmother.

I'm hoping 2007 is the dullest year ever.

sorry to hear Giles hope it gets better .

BeccaNH wrote in post #2388468
It must be a nurse thing, Maureen! My mom injured her back at work (she worked in ICU and was turning a patient by rolling him with a sheet) and the surgery she had to correct the problem didn't work out well. She did PT, pain therapy, everything but the heavy drugs they wanted her to take, and although she still has pain and now degenerative disk disease and osteoporosis, she still works 3 days a week in an out-patient surgery clinic at a teaching hospital... and she's 69 years old! She says she will retire when she has been a nurse for 50 years, in 3 more years!

You nurses are a tough bunch! God bless you!

Ouch I know chronic pain is no fun I wake up and go to bed in pain everyday you learn to live with it (it does get old) I am lucky I have a wife that loves me and my young daughter that keeps me going Thanks to everone for the kind words . I look forward to meeting more people from here as well as seeing people I have met here again .

Greg...I don't remember hearing about your accident. I'm really sorry to hear about it. As for the business about your daughter, the only way she's going to learn life's toughest lessons is the hard way, apparently. You can hope for better, but these decisions are ultimately hers, and she'll will have to live with the consequences----right up to the day she shows up on your doorstep looking for a shoulder to cry on.

I'd tell you to keep a stiff upper lip, but honestly, it just too hard to chew that way.

Be brave.

Tom

wow... my last two years:

moved back to chicago from colorado springs to be with my girlfriend of 5 years. find out a week after i moved back that she was cheating on me so that ended. then my grandmother died, then my dog. then my brother dropped out of college, was sent for alcholpsim and drug addiction to florida for rehab, supposedly made it through that, started college again, then suffered a couple of seizures caused by a high school football injury and passed away at the age of 23. grandpa gets diagnosed with prostate cancer, is kind of making it, great uncle (who is like a granpa to me) has had a bunch of heart related surgeries and might not make it for long, i had to sell the one thing that kept me going (my car) through all of this to help pay bills as i was in debt up to my eyeballs, my best friends dad died (who was my parent's friend since their college days) one of my good friends moved away, another has been over taken by his wife and has since disappeared. my job is incredibly long hours, and doesn't pay near enough for the responsibility i have

the only really good thing (or bad depending on your point of view) is through all of this i found another girl and we recently got married.

so besides that it has been a rough couple of years

It just goes to show that every one has tough times... it is part of life.

It's how you handle them and keep moving forward that is the important part.

Let me attempt to cheer everybody up.

After years of struggling to make ends meet I got married in 2005. My wife is a wonderful lady who I love with all my heart and soul. She runs her own business but that doesn't mean I intend to be a stay-at-home husband. I was unable to work for the first year due to visa issues. In April I was granted my permanant residence card and permission to work.

Although at the moment I'm struggling to find work - doing anything - I am certain that if work does not present itself in the shape of a positive response to one of my many applications then I'll simply start my own business. As we have a petrol-powered powerwasher, power washing driveways and pathways might be the answer! We have a neighbour that mows everybody's grass with his ride-on lawnmower for money. That seems to work quite well for all concerned.

But despite the negative things, a ton more positive things have happened over the past year and I expect that to double next year.

rhys wrote in post #2393907
But despite the negative things, a ton more positive things have happened over the past year and I expect that to double next year.

It sounds like you're going at it with the right attitude. You'll be fine.

belmondo wrote in post #2394097
It sounds like you're going at it with the right attitude. You'll be fine.

The negative things in life are just there in order to make us appreciate the positive things even more.

rhys wrote in post #2394212
The negative things in life are just there in order to make us appreciate the positive things even more.

I heard one time its not how many times you get knocked down its how many times you get back up that counts ......thanks everyone .