Re: one of those days
From: ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Sep 29 23:05:42 2004
To Jude and Tina,
Thank you so much for sending the notes that you did. At first I cried,
then I printed them off so that I could remember your kind words.
You're right. This is what the site is for and you were there when I
needed support.
Thank you!!
Ann Kosche
At Wed, 29 Sep 2004, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Ann,
>
>I am right there with you right now so don't feel alone. I have two
>young kids, business I run from home, which is a blessing in some ways
>and in other ways a burden especially when I feel like we do. This site
>is made for us to vent with people that understand and won't think it is
>in our heads or crazy. Take it one bit at a time. I am learning that I
>can only do what my body will allow if I go overboard I will be paying
>for it for at least a few days. That's just part of the diesease.
>
>My prayers are with you, take it one day at a time!
>Tina : )
>
>At Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Jude wrote:
>>
>>Dear Ann
>>
>>Yes! I can relate to you and don't be sorry for the vent, that is what
>>this site is good for. I am in the middle of a masters degree and
>>internship, plus a part-retail job, so I have been working and studying
>>seven days a week, plus late nights either in classes or doing my
>>internship as a counsellor. I have got so ill with this damn endo that
>>I have ended up taking three months off. The financial stress is huge,
>>not to mention that I am having a hysterectomy in 11 days time and have
>>no children, so the emotional stress is even bigger. Plus I am losing
>>valuable hours for my internship. What I have noticed about myself is
>>that I have a tendency to want to do more and more despite getting
>>sicker and sicker, to the point where I get run down. My lesson out is
>>that in spreading myself too thin I am not going to achieve anything.
>>You are not alone in feeling overwhelmed.
>>
>>Thinking of you, Jude.
>>
>>At Wed, 29 Sep 2004, ann wrote:
>>>
>>>Does anyone else have trouble remembering what feels normal and what
>>>isn't?
>>>
>>>I am SO tired, both mentally and physically. I have so many pieces of
>>>info and books I want to read, but hard to find time. I have 2 young
>>>boys, run a part time business out of my home and have a husband who is
>>>on a project out of the country at the moment. I get so frustrated
>>>because I know I have too much going on right now, but I WANT to do all
>>>the things I have going on. My husband calls it a mile wide and an inch
>>>deep.
>>>
>>>Sorry for the vent. I know that I have to start with one book, read,
>>>then move onto another.
>>>
>>>Anyone else feel overwhelmed with Everything???
>>>
>>>Ann K
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