Jillian

[Guest guest]

I think you and I have been going through some of the same feelings

recently. I am starting to feel uplifted again but for a while

nothing seemed to get me out of my depression. Nothing made me feel

better. I asked someone if they knew how I could get ahold of Dr

Kevorkian because I was beginning to think why - what does it matter.

It will pass though. I worked through my depression though. I know

it will come back and maybe be worse but there is something that

will help you...just hang in there.

I know for me the weather warming up has helped me and my BIL moving

out has lifted a lot of stress off of me. It is amazing how much

stress he had put on me. It was so hard to hear him gripe day in

and day out about every little thing. I thought I was handling it

okay till he said he was moving out and I was so relieved.

It is so hard for our friends to understand. They don't live with

the pain we feel day in and day out. And it is hard to listen to

too. I know that after listening to Rodger gripe day after day that

I was depressed myself. I hoped that that isn't the way I sounded

but I very well could.

I am not saying that anyone of us gripes too much - please don't

think that. We need support and sometimes more then normal. We

have to understand though that our support team needs support from

us too. Maybe your friend was having a bad day and just didn't

express it appropriately. Heck, she might not even know it

herself. I know that I am rambling but so many thoughts are coming

into my head.

I do know though that people with RA are tough. Tougher then we

ourselves realise but we do have our down moments. Just know that

we are here and we support you.

One last thing, don't hold in those emotions...they only fester and

get worse. Get it out!!!

God bless,

Althea

[Guest guest]

Yo!

Sorry took so long to get back again...stupid finals going on right

now...really get me down!!

Anywho...you asked about the weather, I think. It's actually been

very nice here lately, in the sixties and seventies...so I can't

complain. However, the winter was very long, wet, and brutal...and

the weather over here is completely unpredictable...it can be sunny

one minute and hailing the next. Guess that's Egland for ya!

I've been over here since October, so I suppose I'm used to it by

now...plan on returning to Jersey in the beginning of August...only

to move out again three weeks later to go back to college! Busy,

busy, busy. I actually haven't seen anyone in my family since I

left, and even though we talk a lot, it does get kinda tough. Will

be many tearful reunions when I finally go home!

Congrats on being the only person in your family to finish school!

I bet they are all totally proud of you...and they should be. When

do you graduate?

Laters,

> Hiya,

> Sorry been so long...have been crazy around here!

> Thanks for the info about the exhaustion, etc...have decided to

suck

> it up and get on with things!! Life is too short, anyway, I guess.

> Glad to hear about your trip in August...I almost went to college

up

> in New Hampshire and hear it is beautiful...your friends will love

> seeing you! And if you want to go abroad (provided you have the

> funds - blah), you definitely should. It is an experience I

> wouldn't pass up, even if it was just for a week or so. One of

the

> best things I have ever done. BTW, being a veterinarian is

> definitely a noble profession...wanted to be one so badly when I

was

> a kid, but don't have the stomach for medicine. So, perhaps we

can

> live vicariously through each others experiences? LOL...talk to

you

> soon!

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