Re: Carol B

[Guest guest]

oh yeah, I will be around a while. This is the first logical site I have

found. My only problem, and it's a good one, is that I can't keep up with all

the info. I can't print it all out. I would be buying ink cartridges every

week. LOL

I love my new friends here

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To: fibromyalgiacured

Sent: Sat, May 28, 2011 6:23:41 PM

Subject: Re: Carol B

Hi Carol

So glad you are still here. I have been worried that we might have lost you.

nowcomers seem to have a lot of technical difficulties with this site. If this

ever happens to you please just stick with it, it does always sort itself out.

And if you ever need to talk and cannot get through feel free to email me

direct, or indeed any of the others here, you will always be made to feel

welcome

I wont warble on because right now I need something to eat, but once again so

very glad to know you are still here

Love Joanne

Subject: Re: need to talk

To: fibromyalgiacured

Date: Saturday, 28 May, 2011, 21:10

Hi ruth,

First of all, I admire what you are trying to do. You have already accomplished

a lot, more than I could do. I would imagine your schooling is difficult due

to how our memory and thought process works.

I hope you get more replies than just mine. But if I were in your shoes, I

would have to consider stopping now before I get into more debt. For me, I

would think, I don't know what kind of shape I will be in one year from now,

heck, one month from now really. I would stop now and do what work I could do

to repay some of the debt back. Later, after I seen I was in better health,

then I would go for the licensure. You sound exhausted from all this that you

are doing.

As for my partner, I do believe in supporting one another and pushing each other

to do our best to accomplish goals. But, there comes a time when too much is

exactly too much.

I would rather have my partner or spouse healthy and happy. I would know when I

was wearing him down and I would stop it.

It took me almost two years before I could get my family to understand how

exhausted and to understand the depth of the pain. (I am much better now,

thanks to vitamins). But it was a hard and lonely road.

By no means would I want you to make a decision based on what I say but, when I

was so tired as you are, I would have to make some changes. I do get things

done that I know I can finish. Other things I have to leave alone for now. I

don't want to go back to the point that I had to lay down all day, for days.

Like I said, I admire you for what you have accomplished so far. If you can

somehow manage this than go for it. But for me I would be looking at the debt

based on how many years I would have to work until I got the debt paid for and

could pocket a good savings.

Take care superwoman!!!!

Carol B.

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To: LUPIES

Sent: Sat, May 28, 2011 3:05:10 PM

Subject: need to talk

You know that I am in school online working on my Masters in MH counseling.

Last quarter I almost quit but decided I was too close to finishing to quit.

I had my first residency two weeks ago. I made it through pretty well other

than being extremely tired. I slept most of the next two days afterwards.

Then I flew home Tues. I slept the next two days half the day.

I turned in some assignments last week. Yesterday I received them back

telling me to redo them. My writing was disjointed, etc. I am a writer. And

I am good also. BUT, when doing research for a paper I can not hold a

thought in my head longer than two minutes. LOL. No wonder my writing is

disjointed. I reread but do not catch this. I reread several times.

Last night I remembered that when I signed up there was a program offered

that was shorter but did not end in licensure. I thought maybe I have

completed the classes for that level without worrying about any more. Maybe

I can just finish with my Masters without the licensure. Of course, that

will limit the jobs I can apply for. Right now, I am physically unable to

work full time anyways. The ideas I have for my business do not require that

I be licensed.

I do not know if any of that makes sense. Nothing makes sense to me these

days. I would appreciate any ideas/suggestions. I keep thinking of the debt

I am acuumlulating that I will not be able to repay since I will not be able

to work full time. Right now, I am over $40,000 in debt in student loans. I

still have another 1 1/2 yrs to go which will be another 23,000. Yikes!! How

will I ever repay that?

I can't talk to my partner about this since he wants me to go on to get my

doctorate. He would have a cow if he knew I was considering quitting as soon

as I get the basics done. I am tired. I am ready to be done with school so I

can start applying my degree to something.

thanks for listening and any ideas,

maryruth