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Originally Posted by Cerek
Mean? No. Brutally honest? Yes.
I understand your health problems and chronic pain. I've lived with a chronic illness and chronic pain myself. I've also undergone multiple major surgeries (7 to date), spent weeks in the hospital and months at home recovering. So I think I DO know what it is like to live with major health problems.
I've also gone through a divorce and only get to see my kids half as often as I would like...a pain you have fortunately NOT had to experience.
During this same time, I was fired unfairly from one job and ended up in the hospital for 6 weeks (4 in ICU) immediately afterwards. It took 3 months for me to fully recover after coming home. The longest recovery period I've ever had. But as SOON as I recovered, I immediately began taking steps to change careers in my 40's. I became a certified Substitute Teacher and worked two part-time jobs while taking classes online to become fully licensed as a regular teacher. This time last year, I was working 3 part-time jobs to make ends meet. The stress finally took it's toll on my body and I ended up in the hospital AGAIN for two weeks and spent 4 months on antibiotics clearing up the resulting infection. Right after that, I went on a trip to D.C. with my middle son and came home with a huge blood clot in my leg (from the 24 hours of riding there and back). That forced me to miss another two weeks of work and I am on medication for a year for that.
So, while I understand your have health issues as well, I'll be happy to match health problems with you any time you wish.
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No, my point was that I haven't been as active as I once was with updating IWs due to the health issues.. hell, for 25 weeks last year, I wore a full right hand/arm cast and couldnt even draw... it was SO boring... depressing.. I know you have issues as well, and I'm not trying to 'one up' you.
. Just describing what I'm going through right now..
BTW, all that 25 weeks in a cast? Still the fracture isn't healed.. So I am waiting on deciding to get surgury (bone graph) but I am waiting..deciding.. because they told me it may not work, and two, it may make it worst, and more painful... so I'm getting a second opinion, and have an appointment soon to see what I should do. It's can be at times mind numbingly painful, but the meds help it a bit.. but at least I can do SOMETHING without a bloody cast on, thats doing nothing.
So far, I have a bunch of pages nearly complete for tgeweb, and working on the rest of the logos here, and the Diablo 3 forum/webarea. I just felt useless.. wish I was left handed at the time..
Donna IS! lol
Anyway, it will work out hopefully... it has to, because if I cannot draw.. well, its my life. I love doing it, and the websites.
It'll get done, just not like I used to work 17 hours straight to get one area done.. My body says 'uh, no... I don't think so pal'
