July 2016 Ups and Downs Support Thread
 

Hi folks,


Welcome to the month support thread. YOU are all welcome to post here with us. This is a support thread, post whatever is bothering you. We are great at listening to you and giving support feed back.



Last month was a little slow, perhaps this thread will pick up.


Have a great 4th, everyone. :)

Hello :wave:

I'm Here!

I'm hoping this thread becomes active :)

So I'm Jessica 36 y/o in Texas. Been on my weight loss journey since October 2014. I've lost over 90 pounds in that time and have just about 50 pounds left to go until my goal.

Not too much on my mind today... working a 12 hour shift (blah) to try and make up some hours from being off on Monday due to the Holiday.

Luckily, though, tomorrow is my Friday :cheer2:

I hope you have a great day :)

Cool. Are you in college? What are you going for? I'm sorry to hear you've had a headache. I get tension headaches often. Hope you feel better soon!

awwww Thank you so much, you're so sweet for asking. I used to have migraines several times a week, they were so bad. I was so sick from them. When my nurse practitioner put me on Seraquel for anxiety, it helped my migraines so much. It was incredible. Lately though, the migraines have returned, not quite so bad as before but still enough to hurt and make me sick to my stomach. I got a hold of my neurologist yesterday and she prescribed me my migraine medicine. It's waiting at Rite Aid for me.

My major is Graphic Arts.


What is everyone else doing today? Something fun, I hope. :)

Graphic Arts, very cool !!! I hope your new medicine helps those migraines! I just take Excedrin Migraine and usually that'll kick it out of me (but nothing else works i.e. ibuprofen, Tylenol, etc.)

Not doing anything fun today, lol. I'm at work for a 12 hour shift. I love my job though, but not my definition of fun haha ;)

Lisa, thanks for the new thread! I'm just popping in to say Hi!

I've been very busy car hunting this last week and filling in all sorts of paperwork for insurance and all that! Been a bit quiet, but I found a new car now. Picking up tonight, so I'll have time for a better catch-up at the weekend.

Hello!!!

Oh exciting on your car! What did you get?

We're due for a new car probably by fall. Both of ours are 2004's. Eventually we'll need 2 new cars, but trying to hold off d/t the expense of having 2 car notes (LOL)

Just wanted to wish everyone a great day! :grouphug:

Today is my Friday. I work until 3pm. Even though it's been a short week bc of the Holiday, it's felt excruciatingly long! Plus I'm off on Monday bc I have jury duty. At 36 years old, I've never had jury duty before. Guess there's a first time for everything, LOL!

Jessica - I got a lovely turquoise mazda 2! Very pleased with it, it's so comfy, and the first time I've had working air con in my car! My last car was such an old banger :lol: the sun roof leaked, it ruined all my cds. I'm sad to see it go in the circumstances though.

I've been quite a little insomniac the last 2 nights, but I've come to the conclusion today that I'm very stressed, I just don't realise it. Between my OH's dad being hospitalised last week and starting chemo next week, OH being away a lot, our rabbit's broken foot, car hunting, chasing insurance companies and sorting hire cars, trying to pull my finances together, covering for my boss who's on leave... Plus next week is my last week at my current job, so I'm nervous about my new position and tying up loose ends.

To top it off, I had an appointment with the pain clinic nurse yesterday, who was a little tactless. She told me 'there is a very slim chance your pain will ever go away'. Well put it this way, I can't carry children if my pain doesn't go away, so she just basically announced I can't have kids. But I have spent 7 years visiting specialists who have never said my pain might never go away, so I'm just thinking she doesn't understand my specific condition. But I'm still a bit worried.

Still, my current medication is managing to keep my stress at bay, which can only be good, even if there is no difference to the pain yet. And I'm gradually ticking tasks off. I have the new car sorted, the hire car has gone back. I've finished off two sets of insurance forms, and next week I'll have the job change out the way. My boss returns on Monday too. Plus I'll have a long weekend next weekend!

I am also glad the OHs dad will be starting chemo - we will know how many weeks his treatment will run for, and we will know his schedule so we can plan around when his bad weeks will be. This illness is so horrible, the not knowing and not being able to plan. I like planning things out and having notice about things, but it's been taken away in one nasty swoop...

Well I'm sorry for the long post, but I think I needed to get it off my chest! The OH can only handle so much of other people's problems right now, and unfortunatelt I'm used to relying on him!

Coop, vent away. I am. lol

Hi everyone. :)


I have to tell my oldest sister today, that I am moving. It will not be pleasant. He reaction will not change my mind but.....she is going to tell me everything she can to put me down. That is just how she is. I can never do anything right in her eyes.

I'll post again later. I'm going to need to vent again.


Much love to all.

hi, i'm joining in. stay at home mom of a toddler, in texas too, and 27. my big thing is i lost my license over two years ago and have failed to fufill the requirments to get it back (pretty much just paying money and taking a long course). i'm pretty bummed about my failure, but also how restricted my life is because of no license. i have a list of daily things i need to do to "stay above the water" and getting out of the house and going somewhere was always on it. it's been an adjustment and the longer this goes on the more upset i am with myself, and i feel hopeless about accomplishming something which should be simple which really effects my confidence. i wish i could take my daughter to storytime at the library each week or pop into the grocery whenever i need a few things. i don't feel independent at all.

Lisa - good lick with your sister! I hope she surprises you and gives you her full support :)

Hi Pinkalarmclock! Welcome to the thread. I'm sorry about your losing your licence. It is so hard to live without a licence, I know what you mean about being without the freedom of a car, I live in a city with so much on my doorstep, but I still couldn't cope. Is your area good for cycling at all? Any other parents near you that could give you and your daughter a lift to story time? Maybe give the organiser a call and ask them to ask around.

I had a car accident a few years back while I was doing weight watchers, and couldn't get there without transport. The organiser was so helpful and sorted someone out that night for me :)

Lisa - I think you posted in last months thread, but I'll answer you in this one so it'll go higher in the queue!

I can only imagine how expensive it would be to ship furniture that far... If you don't mind second hand stuff, it can be so cheap to furnish your house, and I kinda like the looking part too. Gives you something to do.

Hope Jennifer's bed arrives soon!