3rd Thursday General Support Group meetings... - ThinnerTimes

sandi · 08-23-2004, 08:27 PM

The 3rd Thursday General Support Group meeting IS restricted... according to the blue binder, which was set up by the office, AND the website, it is for post ops only and their family members....

This was discussed last week prior to the meeting, but not everyone read the discussion probably, and it will probably be the same again next month .
Thats what our "bible", the blue binder is for, for all this information that we are to read forward and backward a "100" times before we ever get to the point of surgery, so that we know this stuff by heart....

I'm not being hateful, I'm just in such a mood today.... my husband has taken a huge cut in pay by going back to work, almost half, and we're taking it in the shorts as they say...
I just don't know what we're going to do, money wise... so, I'm sorry guys, I'm taking it out on the ones I love.... it's been one pissy day....
Don't hate me please, tomorrow will better, and this too shall pass...... *tears* :~(

bridgetgirl · 08-24-2004, 03:14 AM

I am sorry to hear about what's going on at home.... is there anything we can do? How are you handling the stress, besides posting here... or is this your only outlet? I will pray that things work out for the best....

"May good luck be your friend
In whatever you do,
And may trouble be always
A stranger to you" - Irish blessing

PS First Tuesday meeting is for post ops only as well. I cant wait for that meeting...

sandi · 08-24-2004, 07:21 AM

Thank you SO much for caring.....
It's really rough right now... for the most part, this group is my "shoulder", besides my pals.... but, for the first time in my life, I haven't run to food to get me through a problem..... infact, I haven't even thought about food, it's funny, I run for my bottle of water... the other day I was so weak and just had no strength at all, I think it was Sunday, later that evening I was talking to Tracie, and she diagnosed me as not having enough water, it was then that I thought, "I hadn't had any water at all!!!" My mind had been so wound up in what was going on here that I hadn't even thought about what I was supposed to be doing, let alone eating.... HA! when has that ever happened!
At this point in our lives, John and I really don't know what we're going to do, financially, when he went back to work, we thought things would be wonderful, they always have been, when you work at the same job for 25 years, you just expect it to be, but, now, he's at a new job, and the pay is almost half of what it was and our obligations have not changed and we just don't know what will occur next month, or each month after that.... we have to wait until the temp for hire period is over to see what they will raise his wages to and go from there, until then, his dad has said, " don't worry, we'll get through this"... so, that's what we're going to do.... "not worry"....
But thank you my friend, I appreciate you very much for your caring heart.....
BIG hugs!!!!! And lots of love~

bridgetgirl · 08-24-2004, 08:45 AM

that's all you can do for now.... good for you for not running to food! Kudos for recognizing that's what you would have done before..... everything will be okay Sandi, I know it will. Have you thought about maybe finding a head hunter to get John the job he wants with the pay he deserves? Just a thought...