Post by hoodieprincess on Feb 27, 2008 10:40:38 GMT -5
Hey there everyone...Miss me? lol j/k
So, I haven't been around in a couple weeks and I was encouraged by a fellow board member to pop back in and say hi. So, here I am. An awful lot has happened in a couple weeks and I have been so overwhelmed, I haven't known what to say or where to start so I just kind of stayed away to wrap my head around my current situation(s). There has been some good, some bad. But, all-in-all, I'm making it through. I mean, what are my other options after all?
I still haven't moved. I am looking but my health situation has been pretty rocky and it's just delayed a few of the key things I have wanted to do. My daugter's crazy dad is suddenly thinking he wants to step into my life to "help" me and I can't for a second believe that he's sincere. He has a friend wanting to buy a house in the little town the kids go to school as an investment (or so he says) and claims he wants to work with the guy to see if he can work something out for the kids and I to move in. I told him that all I want from him is for him to actually pay child support so I can move. I don't want his help AT ALL for anything other than that obligation. He doesn't get it. He called last night to try and ask details about my van loan (how much I owe, what it's worth, how long is left on my loan, what my credit is like, etc) and he says he's been talking to his friend to try and get me into something else and get me out of that loan and vehicle. It's driving me nuts.
My health...Well...I managed to survive last weeks barage of tests. I was at doctors' offices 4 of the 5 days of the week. I had an upper GI endoscopy, blood tests, a couple biopsies, a ct scan, more blood tests, a follow-up with another doctor...I feel like a human pin cushon and at some point it weighs on you. I am tired of looking like someone beat the crap out of me and find myself wearing long sleeves even on warm days. I cry all the time. The good news is that my biopsy results came back yesterday...NO CANCER! But, the doctor isn't comfortable at all saying that the other minimal things they found are explination for my "condition" that has no name yet. So, he's referring me back to the surgon. They are starting to fight with the insurance company to get authorization to take my gallbladder and apendix. Since all my tests are "normal" that might be hard to authorize but sometimes it happens that tests don't show something and there is still something wrong. Yes, I am getting second opinion. I have been in the ER twice since New Year's Eve. I've missed too many days of work to think in the last 2 months. My FMLA is still "pending". My co-workers are getting frustrated...
My divorce...Well, that's almost done...Hopefully. It's set up that my hearing is March 19th. But, I can't get my hopes up. D never filed his response to being served. So, technically, he's not supposed to be allowed to participate in the orders hearings. He has also not appeared for our last two status confrences. The bonus to that is I got to file all the papers without having to have him sign them. The bad news is, should he randomly decide he wants to be involved and try and show up at our final hearing (mind you, he has to appear in person in court here in Colorado and he's living in Tennessee), they will have to reschedule and I will have to fight to prove he hasn't participated. He's trying to be manipulative of the system and what scares me is that things usually tend to fall in his favor even when he's not done his part. We'll see. Cross your fingers for me...
Okay, this has been terribly long. I am ready to cry again but I wanted to let you all know how things are...I'll try and be around more. I know that usually helping others helps me not focus on my problems. It's just been a point in my life I needed to dwell on my own issues for a bit...
So, I haven't been around in a couple weeks and I was encouraged by a fellow board member to pop back in and say hi. So, here I am. An awful lot has happened in a couple weeks and I have been so overwhelmed, I haven't known what to say or where to start so I just kind of stayed away to wrap my head around my current situation(s). There has been some good, some bad. But, all-in-all, I'm making it through. I mean, what are my other options after all?
I still haven't moved. I am looking but my health situation has been pretty rocky and it's just delayed a few of the key things I have wanted to do. My daugter's crazy dad is suddenly thinking he wants to step into my life to "help" me and I can't for a second believe that he's sincere. He has a friend wanting to buy a house in the little town the kids go to school as an investment (or so he says) and claims he wants to work with the guy to see if he can work something out for the kids and I to move in. I told him that all I want from him is for him to actually pay child support so I can move. I don't want his help AT ALL for anything other than that obligation. He doesn't get it. He called last night to try and ask details about my van loan (how much I owe, what it's worth, how long is left on my loan, what my credit is like, etc) and he says he's been talking to his friend to try and get me into something else and get me out of that loan and vehicle. It's driving me nuts.
My health...Well...I managed to survive last weeks barage of tests. I was at doctors' offices 4 of the 5 days of the week. I had an upper GI endoscopy, blood tests, a couple biopsies, a ct scan, more blood tests, a follow-up with another doctor...I feel like a human pin cushon and at some point it weighs on you. I am tired of looking like someone beat the crap out of me and find myself wearing long sleeves even on warm days. I cry all the time. The good news is that my biopsy results came back yesterday...NO CANCER! But, the doctor isn't comfortable at all saying that the other minimal things they found are explination for my "condition" that has no name yet. So, he's referring me back to the surgon. They are starting to fight with the insurance company to get authorization to take my gallbladder and apendix. Since all my tests are "normal" that might be hard to authorize but sometimes it happens that tests don't show something and there is still something wrong. Yes, I am getting second opinion. I have been in the ER twice since New Year's Eve. I've missed too many days of work to think in the last 2 months. My FMLA is still "pending". My co-workers are getting frustrated...
My divorce...Well, that's almost done...Hopefully. It's set up that my hearing is March 19th. But, I can't get my hopes up. D never filed his response to being served. So, technically, he's not supposed to be allowed to participate in the orders hearings. He has also not appeared for our last two status confrences. The bonus to that is I got to file all the papers without having to have him sign them. The bad news is, should he randomly decide he wants to be involved and try and show up at our final hearing (mind you, he has to appear in person in court here in Colorado and he's living in Tennessee), they will have to reschedule and I will have to fight to prove he hasn't participated. He's trying to be manipulative of the system and what scares me is that things usually tend to fall in his favor even when he's not done his part. We'll see. Cross your fingers for me...
Okay, this has been terribly long. I am ready to cry again but I wanted to let you all know how things are...I'll try and be around more. I know that usually helping others helps me not focus on my problems. It's just been a point in my life I needed to dwell on my own issues for a bit...