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Topic: daughter diagnosed

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  • Posted on: Feb 25, 2008 10:42 pm
jerseymaria wrote:

well today i found out that my daughter was officially diagnosed with mixed bi-polar disorder.  this is a more complicated and difficult variation and is also the most dangerous from what i've read.  my heart is broken in a million pieces.  i know God is not cruel but i wonder how many things one person can lose, my husband, my health, my freedom from doing normal things.  believe me i know i shouldn't feel this way and i will talk to someone soon.

tomorrow is my pet scan  and i'm resigned to a bad result.  i was always an optimistic person but it just seems as though all i ever get is bad news.  please don't think i don't realize that many many have things so much worse than i do...i know that.  it just seems that bad things just keep piling on my family one after the other the past 10-15 years.  believe it or not i don't feel depressed...just so so sad.  at any rate i'll take a xanax tonight for sleep and tomorrow that dam scan.  i do have a caregiver coming to stay with my husband so at least i don't have to worry about him alone in the waiting room.

thanks for listening.

maria


Dx 2/27/2006, 3cm, Stage IIIb, 9/27 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2+
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iodine
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Feb 26, 2008 02:15 am iodine wrote:

Oh, Maria, my heart goes out to you.  How does one ans. such a plea for help and understanding from someone going thru the most awful time in her life.

I am so sorry about your daughter, but -- it may take a while, but the correct combination of meds can allow her to have a very happy and normal life. 

The bad news has to stop at some time or other.  In the meantime, do you have  a pastor or counselor you can see?  You certainly deserve some help and meds and talk therapy can do wonders for us during the ovewhelming times.

Dotti---BE NOT AFRAID, Pope John Paul

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