Re: Hey all of you newbies who have joined while I was in the clam, BIG Welcome ! ! !

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Hi ,

I'm Marti. I've been on and off this site for several months, since September

I think. I'm like you about posting. When I'm on, I'm on and when I'm off -

well you get what I mean.

I don't think we ever got to know each other and thought I'd say Hi now. I

think maybe our on and off times were opposite. I've read a lot of your posts

recently. You've really been through a lot and are still struggling. I'm

really sorry about that. I hope it's starting to improve.

I won't jump in with any recommendations much since we don't really know each

other and I don't want you to take offence. But I just want to say that I agree

with whoever told you that you may need to limit your exposure to your mother.

I remember once reading that your brother lives with her rent free and you live

in a camper behind the house and pay rent. If I'm wrong about that I'm sorry.

But you're right, that isn't fair and I think she takes advantage of you and you

let her. I'm saying this because I have a mother that will suck the life right

out of me if I let her. It took me many years to realize that I have to limit

my time talking to her - it's easier for me since she lives 1000 miles away and

we only talk on the phone. That's as close as I could possibly live to her

without personal damage. I have had to limit our phone calls to no more that

once every two weeks. She used to call daily, if not more, and I always

answered and let her start in on me and

it kept my self esteem in a bottomless pit that I thought I would never crawl

out of. I'm much older than you are (59, yes this Sept the 50's are gone) and

so have had more time to deal with the situation. I also was pretty financially

set until my divorce in 1996 and my identity theft in 2003 and so didn't need

her and her money or anything else. Now I'm flat broke and losing my house and

behind on taxes and whatever else there is to lose. I will be down to less than

$10,000/year by the end of the year and don't have any idea where I will live. I

will have to go on medicaid, if this new medicaid will let me, and will lose

most of my doctors. All of this is to say I know what you are going through

with your mother and not having any money and not being able to work.

I've been through many traumas in my life too. Although I've never hit a cow

on a motorcycle. How did you manage that? Some of mine have been physical and

some emotional.

I've had pneumonia for several weeks and don't know if I will be able to keep

up the posting, so if I miss you again, I'm sorry. I'm trying to rest and stay

out of the hospital.

I've had fibro/cfs since 1989 and have a slew of other ailments and meds I

take for them.

I have 2 grown children and 3 grandchildren.

Well, I won't bore you with anything else right now. I just wanted to tell you

something about myself and that I'd like to get to know you better.

Take care,

Marti

john honeycutt wrote:

I'm out of the clam or out from underneath the rock. Well you get the idear. duh

So many of you are new to me it just blows my mind. WOW ! I hope all that have

joined in the past 2 or 3 weeks that I haven't personally welcomed find the

Love, encouragement and support that I have found

since joining months ago.

I'm on some of the meds that a majority of us are on. Not necessarally the same

brand but same family of drugs. Celexa-depression, Strattera a noepheneprin

reuptake inhibitor for AADD and simular to an ingridiant

found in Cymbalta. I've gone from Ambien to Lunesta w/positive results.

Klonipin-anxiety and panic attacks,

Robaxin750mg.-muscle relaxer, 300mg. Lyrica per day, Darvacet-BLA,

Prilasec-Acid-Ge3rd oops. Miralax-type3 IBS, Lotrel 5/10 heart DISease & hi

blood pressure

I had ostemyolitis in L hipjoint @ age 15 and 2 hip replacements since, I'm 43 I

thimk, Constapation problems

since childhood. Near fatal motorcyle accident @ age 14, Now get this I was

riding a motorcylce @ approx.

60mph when I ran into a COW, lol, true. Imagine a large leather bag full of meat

and bones. lol .

Cerebral contussion(bruised brain) temporary amnesia lasting about 5 mos. TRAUMA

bigtime!!!

My AADD is kicking in. I'll go smoke a cancer stick and come back to the white

zone! OK I'm back.

I've had more than my share of trauma in my life and if I choose to stay out

from underneath the clam you'll get to know me a little more about me.

May My GOD Bless YOU ! ! ! . . . .......................... . . . the man

Arkansas

I've

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