Monday Roll Call

Good for you Crystal, to do that walk!
It is great to have a goal, and once you start moving more, you may show more of a loss, which will encourage you even more.  I wish that for you very much!

Good morning all!

Here I am checking in, again sorry for not being so visible.  I read everyday but dont always post.  SOmetimes I dont get to read until very late at night.

Noah has been back in the hospital for two weeks now and may be getting to be released.  He will not be returning to his school.  He will be attending a theraputic school instead that is better equipped to handle him.  He had such a hard start to this year and then with his behaviors getting way out of control, it was a mess.  Now of course he is on new meds and we are starting all over again.  This seems to be a pattern.  I am excited about him starting this new school though, after meeting with the school and seeing the program they offer, it seems like this will be a perfect fit.  Maybe if the stress of school is taken away from him, then home life will be much better,  Pray for him and us that this is the beginning of the end of all this crazy nonsense.


My dad is starting week three of radiation/chemo combo and this is the week that the therapy is supposed to catch up with him side effect wise.  They warned us that at about week 3 he will start to feel the effects of the treatment and may become really sick.  He has done well so far and I sure hope he continues on that same road.  He is a tough guy and otherwise relatively healthy, so I figure he has a leg up on it, most people are very sick when they start the treatment so he has an advantage there.  Pray for him to make it through this treatment without many complications!

I am just going along.  I am trying to take care of myself but there really isnt much time for me lately.  I have been fighting this cold/allergy thing now for 2 weeks and I am exhausted all the time.  I need some kind of a break to get my head back together and there doesnt seem to be one in sight.

I wish everyone a great week, and hope all is well.

Again, I will try to check in more often.  I will make it a promise!

Thanks for listening!

Love you all!

Eileen

All my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.  You are a tough cookie too!  Now I know where you get it. 
Just TAKE that time---even if is it a half an hour in your bedroom.  Tell Jeff and Brigid that you are in "time out" and DO IT!  You deserve it and NEED it to continue to take care of everyone around you.  Eileen FIRST!!!!!
(I know it is easier said than done, but a half an hour will do wonders!)

Hello Eileen,

This had to be a hard week for you with Patrick Swaze's death in the news.  My prayers are with you and it was a hard week for me as well remembering my friend King.

My prayers are with you and Noah as well.  I always feel there is something very special about those who are differantly enabled. Part of that comes from what as an adult I know has to be myself being a bit of an aspie before there was any way to deal with us in a special manner.

Boy, It seems so many people are having issues, I wonder if it is the weather.  Well, I had an issue last week but it seems to be better now. I had the tissue on my b..tt crack split off while in the shower...I thought a bee stung me.  If it hadn't hurt so much it would have been hilarious...
I wonder if it didn't get weakened during my workout from the loose skin rubbing against each other and sweating and just rub off in the shower.  Sorry to talk about something so delicate but it just surprised me. Has anyone else had a similar experience?