Re: Would like to hear your thoughts

[Guest guest]

Sherry,

I am still working fulltime and starting to feel the need for a

" backup " person. I will have a new boss in January and it is funny to say

but my " old " boss was really my " backup " because there are many jobs at my

office that no one else knows how to do. I can relate to your hesitancy

with the art therapist opportunity.

It sounds like you would benefit from this job emotionally and

mentally if your body can hold up physically. Are you a positive person???

That is extremely important with RA I have found in my 7 year fight. Could

the powers to be help find you a place to stay closer to the job??? Do you

really want to move closer?

Do you believe in God??? I will pray for you. I have been thru hell

and back since RA hit in 1997 and my husband even asked me to leave which I

did not!!! God gets the credit for my marriage lasting and for my husband

loving me today. Life is a lot to deal with for sure and RA makes

everything even harder I know. Ask God to help you know what to do.

Make sure you get enough rest. I have a problem with that one

myself. I keep pushing when I should go lay down sometimes.

Good luck and God bless,

Kay

----- Original Message -----

From: " Sherry Dreier " <rssmith@...>

<Rheumatoid Arthritis >

Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 7:25 AM

Subject: Would like to hear your thoughts

> Well, I am a reader mostly, and find that the information and support

> given in this group is great. I have a few things that I would like

> to have your opinions on.

> Just a little background.

> I have had RA for almost twenty years, coming up next year. I have

> had numerous surgeries, one just this last May which went wrong, I

> got a staph infection. I am healing now. Phew what an ordeal that

> was. Had to go off Enbrel and so have been in a huge flair for most

> of the summer.

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> To mak a long story short, I am healing from a divorce which was/is

> stressful; have moved four times in the last year; I am on disability

> but need to have a part time job to make ends meet. I applied for an

> Art Therapist aide at a mental health center which is two far to

> drive every day, ( don't ask me the reasons why) and the powers that

> be sound very interested. I would work about sixteen hours a week

> with four ours on alternate Saturdays. I don't want to lose my

> Disability so don't want to work to much and also, I am not

> physically able to work all day.

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> My fear, and I want to hear your responses, is that I might not be

> able to physically do the job. My knees are shot (need to be

> replaced) and the job requires walking a fair distance once a day. I

> know what you are saying, why did you apply? Well I thought that a

> job could help me get my mind off my troubles. Help me cope a little

> better.

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> Another problem is that I am finding it hard to find a place to live

> in the town that the mental health center is in. I love the small

> little town that I live in, (SE Kansas Flinthills).

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> Are any of you ever fearful of new situations because of your RA?

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> I just get so afraid that I will fail.

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> Also I don't like to gimp and limp around strangers. I am very self

> conscious about my disabilities.

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> Sorry so long,

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> Thanks for listening.

>

> Sherry

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