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Monica, if we were waiting for a 100% clean health bill, we would not venture out, ever again.
When I returned to work at 52, I had a few long term ailments and had to have a medical and police clearance etc. The good part was, I looked young then. (wouldn’t pass for less than 80 now! lol!)
The Doc who did the medical said “half the country has similar ailments to yours” and told me that the real obstacle to being turned down for my type of work is “a bad back , or a hx of depression”. I had neither, thank God.
When I joined the work force I turned out to be one of the fittest of the lot. T hey used to say “Where are you getting the energy?”!There were three Irish staff older than me. Showing their age from years of hard work. The rest were Asian, in their 30s and I swear to God every 2nd one had a health issue-diabetes, gout, hypertension, allergies, bad backs, pregnant, you name it! We all clicked together as a team and I loved every day of my work. My boss was the best boss I ever encountered in my life but when he suddenly announced he was leaving in 2013, I knew that his next in line would not be someone I could work under.
That’s when I cut my losses and came out on disability.
I had documented all the abuses in the unit and HR knew better than open a can of worms so my guess is they were glad to see the back of me.
Senior management always close ranks and are prepared to turn a blind eye. Several senior admin staff told me they were very sorry to lose me.
I was in the throes of gambling, then Monica.
You are in a far better place. It’s amazing how resilient we become when we have to do something productive.
Go for that job!
You need a total change. I’m not downplaying your physical ailments but I sat at home for years thinking “I can’t work because I’m not 100% healthy”. It’s amazing the way the energy flows when the salary cheques roll in . Sadly mine were all lost to gambling but that won’t happen in your case.
Dreaming about Vladimir P is interesting!
If you can take on a strong powerful man like Vlad, why not take up the challenge of a new job?
Go for it Monica. You can do it!
Nothing ventured, nothing gained!As you know, Monica, health and emotions go hand in hand. Louise Hay has a lot to say about “gut” conditions.
On a practical level, I can relate to your condition. Without being crude, I’ve been there many times (in the loo!!!)
It’s the most scary experience when the spasms take over and you come out in a cold sweat and feel a ringing in your ears , knowing your next stop is the floor!
I could write a book ,from personal experience on the same said condition. It was probably the only thing that every stopped me leaving the house to gamble.
Drink plenty fluids, Monica . Dioralyte sachets if you can get them. I always have a few buscopan at hand. Thankfully I haven’t suffered an attack for over a year, but some how I felt you were “on the throne” yesterday.
Emotions aside, your body was bound to react to the mixtures of rich food after all the frugal living.
Boiled milk with pepper and a squirt of brandy helps too.
No doctor I ever mentioned it to “got it” except a relative who suffers from the condition.
It’s bloody awful.
‘Hope it has passed by now?Are you ok, Monica?
It always starts with the first bet, Lizbeth.
We need never place that bet.
Thanks for being first to post to my New Thread.
HAPPY NEW YEARJust touching base, Jenny to let you know I’m thinking of you.
I hope you had a peaceful Christmas and that Santa came?
Give us an update when you can.
Happy New Year!I hear you Laura! I sense anger.
I hope that fall didn’t cause any damage. Would you consider having an x ray?Maverick,
Throw down the shovel and pick and stop digging.
You are right. There are no magic wands.
Nobody can rescue us unless we grab on to the lifeline that is thrown in our direction.
Happy New Year and good luck with your scan in January.
Health is wealth.I have 365 resolutions in my head.
One for each day of the year.
Some will be repeated many times throughout 2018.
Some may be broken (but I will make them any way).
I will list seven…1. Let go of 2017.
2. Limit Internet use to a minimum.
3. Get back in touch/stay in touch with family/friends.
4. Follow up on health issues I have neglected while gambling.
5. Exercise more ( before rigor mortis sets in!)
6. Attend GA at least once a fortnight.
7. STOP PROCRASTINATING!As I read this post, Monica, I had a sick flash back.
About 12 years ago, my son, got a summer job and earned good money. He was young and innocent. He showed me his first wages £300. He was so proud. The greedy/ CG /whore Mother suggested “keeping it safe for him”.
As soon as I got my clutches on it, I drove like a bat out of hell and began stuffing it into two machines. Neither of them were in “play mode”.
I lost my son’s first week’s wages.
I kicked the machines so hard the security guy approached me (He was sorry he did) CGs can be nasty when we lose. That night , not only my toes were bruised…..
All the way home I screamed in the car “I want my money back”. I vomited and screamed but it was to no avail.
That’s how low I stooped.
When I told my son, guess what he said “It doesn’t matter”
By God it mattered to me, but I knew that night that I had an enabler for the next time!
Sick, sick sick mother!
P L E A S E don’t add to your misery Monica by using that money to gamble.
DON’t BREAK YOUR SON’s HEART.
I know you won’t.
It was one of my worst gambling experiences and believe me, I had many.
I felt like Judas Iscariot that night.
Whether its 30, 300 or 3000 pieces of silver, the “Traitor’s money is always “Blood Money”. It costs us dearly.
This addiction will haunt us ’til the day we die!Just to let you know you are in my thoughts and prayers, Monica.
Christmas is a time of Great Hope and Joy .
It can also be a time of despair, for many.
My wish for you is that at the end of 2017, you will bid a final farewell to gambling and to the hardship it has brought into your life and that the New Year will bring work opportunities, good health and the energy to make a new start.
It is never too late to begin again.
I have an image of you sitting back in a comfortable armchair, feet on a pouffe, sipping a glass of sweet wine and choosing festive delicacies from a silver platter, lapping up the luxury of your Christmas Break.
I use guided imagery a lot. I feel if I project this image onto you, it will happen. It’s a combination of prayer/wishing and hoping.
Let’s hope I’m not too far off the mark!