how do you guys go to work with BP?
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how do you guys go to work with BP?
| Tue, 04-12-2005 - 8:33pm |
Im a regular chatty cathy today lol! most of you guys are workin gals and i comend you all for that. i can barely get thru the day at home so i find it amazing that you make it in at all. that takes inner strength that goes way beyond imagening for me to even consider! right now, im not working because my meds are not stable and most of the time im either way up or waaaaay down. i havent worked in over two years and am trying to get state disability. (hardy har har).
All you working and student ladies, give yourself a good pat on the back because you all deserve it! tell me, how do you do it? i mean besides starving or being homeless...
I think you all are amazing.
valerie

Thank you Valerie, but I am not amazing. I have a VERY easy job. I was in a high paying job but took a stress free job and it makes it a little easier. I barely make it home sometimes. I break down a lot here, sometimes right in front of everyone. That isn't good, but I can't help it you know.
I'm amazed at anyone with kids and bp, I know I couldn't do it at all!!! Now they are heros to me.
(((((HUGS)))))
Carla
Hi ladies:
I work and I'm a single Mom....I'm lucky to have a job that I love and that's relatively unstressful.
The kids are another thing altogether. Both are special needs kids...although not seriously. My house is such a mess that I can't invite people over...
I credit a really good TDoc for keeping me out of the hospital. And I just can't let myself fall apart too much...I won't allow it. My Mom and Dad were so irresponsible that I'm miss super responsible...something I'm working on in T, but in the meantime it keeps me together when I might otherwise fall apart....I have to hold it together for my kids.
Beleive me I'm no hero...I just survive day by day.
That's my story and I'm stickin' too it!
Hugs,
Rowan
Valerie:
I think for most of us that work and have children (like Rowan I am a single mom), a big part of how well we function is the level of our stability. Even when my BP is very well controlled, I still struggle some days, and unimportant things like the dishes may go a day or two without being done. When I was not on my meds, I wasn't able to work - I lost 3 jobs in 1 1/2 years....or was it 4....can't remember. It wasn't because they were discriminating against me, it was because I couldn't make myself go and didn't realize at the time that it was because I wasn't being treated for my BP!!
Good luck!
Tracey
Vista
hi valerie,
well, my job is a school bus driver so it is kind of an insanity of its own. lol! i, like others, am a single mom, i'm going to college in my um, "spare" time (that's between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. mostly). the pdoc finally got my meds fairly copasetic and at times (as many here will attest) i've been ready to cash it all in because i just get overwhelmed which has made it hard to get my meds right. however, i think i've found a working balance of sorts. of course, ball season has started and 2 of my 3 are playing, in different leagues of course, so that's got me a bit off balance right now and i'm grateful i have this board and an excellent tdoc in my corner. my best to you hon!
hugs and love,
traci
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Carla,Rowan,tracey,vista,amanda,traci,erin, thank all of you for your responses, and i dont care what you guys think, you are ALL amazing for doing what you do. hopefully, i'll get to where you guys are and get back to work. i miss having my own money. it pains me to have to ask DH for money and then have to explain why i need it like im a child. May you all continue to be able to hold it down inspite of this messed up disease.
valerie
(((((HUGS)))))
Carla