Great saying about depression
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Crap, when I read your post, I was wondering what it was about and scrolled up to see MY post! Holy crap, did I ever "forget" it again quickly!!!!
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I do that as well, perhaps not on something that big but..... well.... um it does happen! I totally understand forgetting though!!!
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I just wanted to share some good news with all of you - I got a job! I'm going to be heading up External Relations (fundraising and marketing) for a wonderful organization, K.I.D.S. - Kids in Distressed Situations (www.kidsdonations.org). K.I.D.S. secures product donations from children's toy and apparel manufacturers and retailers, and then distributes the products to kids in need through a network of 1,000 local community social service agencies in the U.S. and abroad. Last year, K.I.D.S. provided $100 million of new clothing, toys, books, and basic necessities to underprivileged and disaster-struck children. I start on March 14. I'm very excited, but also kind of nervous to work again - it's been a year. Looking forward to moving on with my life though.
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LG300: WAHOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Doing the happy dance for you! Congratulations on getting back to work. It's sounds like a very rewarding job!!!!
Stanzie: I am very excited to meet Kate, too!!!!
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I am hoping that by sharing my experience, this will help others. Prior to BC i suffered from depression, accute anxiety, hair loss, fibroids, hormonal imbalance insomnia, mood swings, unexplained weight gain, sugar cravings and salt cravings.
I was finally and accurately diagnosed with Adrenal Exhaustion 5 months prior to BC and still continue to have problems with it almost 2 years later. I am wondering how many of us have adrenal fatige due to chemo and this is the most helpful and informative site I have found on the issue. He gives pointers on supplements, eating to get a good night's sleep and to address the adrenal issues and hair loss: www.DrLam.com. I am starting to see improvement doing this only the last two nights and I wanted to share this with you!
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Very, very interesting Mary! Thanks for posting. I read some of it and feel that it doesn't meet enough of my issues to be something to consider, but I appreciate hearing of something new.
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Kate - so was your job interview a phone interview and was it yesterday??? If so how did it go???
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Kate: I have the same question as Stanzie--did you have your interview yet?
Stanzie: Great new avatar!
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Thanks MJB I went to a Tiara party for a belated 85th birthday and I had actually borrowed a little tiara but forgot it as I was in a rush to get to the party. Anyway one of the guests was a retired European Opera Diva and she brought her "collection" along with amazing jewels and I got to be Cinderella (or felt like it) as the fance one only fit me! It was Fun!
Did you and Kate get to meet? Gosh I hope her interview went well..... Kate where are you???
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Hey everyone. I've finally climbed out of my black hole. Did NOT get the job so am very depressed about that. It was an 8 HOUR interview. I was there from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. jumping through every hoop. I made it until the final cut and then was out. (And to think I canceled my non-refundable trip to the Bahamas to go on this stupid interview.) The hardest part was this was an employer I had worked for for 12 years and that, apparently, didn't mean squat. Actually the hardest part was I really thought I had it. I was feeling really good about the whole day and when they told me I wasn't accepted it was like someone pulled the rug out from under me all over again. Somehow all those feelings of rejection got all mushed up in my pissed-off-idness of having BC. I know it doesn't make much sense but every loss brings this one up again. Just tired of feeling defective I guess. Anyway, I'm a gloomy gus tonight. Sorry.....
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Kate, ((((((((hugs)))))))))) I'm sorry to hear you didn't get the job. I think feeling like you've been rejected is a normal reaction. There are other jobs and when you're ready, you'll fine one better than that job. You brushed up on your interviewing skills, you had an 8hr interview which is challenging in itself and you did it!!! I'd be proud of the fact you could finish the interview after everything you've gone through, You've battled a much tougher battle than finding a job.
Maureen
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Kate, while I don't post much, I have been following along in here daily...sorry to hear about the job. I have just gone through a very similar thing. I've really begun to believe I have a black cloud that lives over my head...there is no getting away from it. Every day I hope for something positive, but I guess God thinks he must test me (and the rest of us in here) a little longer. I wonder how long I can keep the faith.
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Oh Kate!!!!!
I'm so sorry! But you know you should be proud of yourself for going at all and very proud you made it so far in the process especially after, what 12 years? I know it is horribly disappointing and the fact they "knew your work" from the past does make it more painful - well that and giving up the vacation! But I think you had to try. I'm so surprised I was so sure you would get the job. Wow, though I have never had an interview that intense. You must have been so totally wiped out along with depressed. Hope your hubby and son were able to make you feel better.
Do they do anything like keep your name in case other people don't work out and they you will be called? If so getting so close would mean there is still hope for the future??? Oh Kate, I am so so sorry. I know you said it was going against a strike, could former employee have worked against you on that? I'm obviously grasphing as straws cause I cannot believe they lost out of hiring you.
Well, hopefully it means it was not the right job so you couldn't have gotten it cause the better one is right around the corner. Do something nice for yourself to feel better, a massage, lunch with friends, something You want to do. Wish I lived closer and we'd go out and have fun! (((Hugs))))
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Kate - I am so sorry
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((((Kate)))) I know this wasn't the news you wanted to report here, but if it were up to all of us, we would have given you the job. I'm proud of you for going through the whole grueling process. I think sometimes, our grief about Breast Cancer is so close to the surface, that when something else brings up the same feelings, the BC gets pulled in along with it. I like to believe that there is something better around the corner. You can hold your head up high knowing you can get through any kind of interview! Today is the day to be kind to yourself, you deserve it.
Barbie
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All your kind posts literally brought tears to my eyes this morning, girls. Makes me think maybe I'm not the big loser I've made myself out to be all weekend. (J.K.) I appreciate all the support. It means so much!!!! Normally I could shake this off but this damn BC has made me so vulnerable and I hate it.
Stanzie- There is a chance that if someone were to flunk their drug test or background check they do on new hires I could get called. Maybe it's the pride in me, though, but my initial reaction would be to tell them to stick it if they didn't want me in the first place! (Probably not the way to go, though.) I'm thinking I need to go in a new direction but so unsure as to what way to go. (East? West?) I've been wanting to address some issues with my recon so maybe now is the time to do that. Just so unsure as to how long my DH can continue to work so not sure what my timeline is to find a job. The hardest part of all this is I felt like I let my DH down by not getting the job.
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(((((Kate)))))): Wow, I don't know how anyone can go through an 8 hour job process and actually make it through to the other side. I agree with everyone else--I would hire you in a heart beat! Maybe you didn't get the job because they figured that you knew about the strike, and that if you did, you wouldn't want to cross the line. That's my guess! Sometimes employers want ignorance over expertise and experience. Walk away proud that you endured such a process and got as far as you did! Now go out and treat yourself to something nice. Big hugs!!!!
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Thanks MBJ! I have to say I was whipped when I got home. My DH said maybe your body's not quite ready for such a strenuous job so your guardian angels were watching over you to make sure you didn't get it. (Gotta love his optimism!)
For those of you who need a laugh today go check out the thread "OMG They Found the Cure for Stupid". It's hilarious! Right, MBJ?
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Kate sorry about the job...you'll land something even better...clearly they are not up to your level anyway
I will have to check out your recommended thread. I am having a lousy week. I am a contractor and do tax work with this firm I've worked for 15years, contracting for 8 and they aren't giving me any work. I have like 3 tax returns to do from now until April 15th, not good. I left the office and came home crying. I am putting feelers out but no one is hiring right now, not even contractors at BARGAIN rates! I am blue too, scary sad and can't stop crying. I am so worried about money right now which I know everyone can relate to. On top of it all I have to have a colposcopy thursday for a bad pap which has me worried. I was doing so well and now I am slipping into that hole. that dark lonely hole.
thanks for letting me say that, everyone else just keeps telling me "everything will work out" I said to one of the partners/old BF today..really are you paying my bills for the next 6 months???
F&^%! I am depressed.
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Oh and I wanted to add....when I win Mega Millions I will hire Kate to run my private plane service for all us gals to fly around the country visiting each other and anyone else who needs a job right now.
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DiDel- So sorry about the lack of work. I know how frustrating it is especially when every day I encounter people who have a job and could obviously care less. The whole world is upside down right now. My Mom says the same thing to me- "things will work out as they're meant to" and I know she means well but I just want to say- "really? I was meant to have BC and lose my breasts? 'cuz that is f***** up if that's what the universe is telling me!" Maybe we should climb in that dark hole together.....and invite the rest of the girls.....and someone please bring massive amounts of alcohol.....or chocolate.
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I'll bring the wine! Or maybe we should have martinis?
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Oh Kate I so agree. I love what your husband said - very sweet!!!
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Oh Kate! You're just like me! You're upset that you didn't get a job that you didn't want anyway! heehheheehehehehe Pride is a mighty sword. You'd rather have had the chance to turn THEM down....remember the conversation on that one?
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I've been browsing this thread and can relate to the fact that when something bad happens, it brings all the BC back into focus. Can I join this group? I feel like I'm sliding down into that selfsame hole and am too tired to pull myself out. Kate, you did an amazing job completing that whole hours+ interview. Their bad luck in not choosing you.
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DiDel- I will be your official Sky Goddess any day!
barbe- You know what's funny? The whole way to the interview I said why am I doing this when I don't even think I want this job. And then when I got there, and started talking "shop" with all those other hopefuls and sat in the cabin simulator I wanted it so bad I could taste it. I wanted the uniform, I wanted the wings, I wanted the job. Didn't expect to feel that way, almost homesick, so I think that's why it was so hard to not get the job. It's like I got a little fix and then they took my drug away- lol!
karen333- Of course you can join us! I'm glad you posted. Everyone on here is so amazing and supportive. Thanks for what you said about the job. Wish all you guys had been on the hiring committee!!!
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Kate: Your DH sounds wonderful! My friend who works for American is wore out from her job and she has only been at it for 2 years. I don't know how anyone does it. Kate, I agree with you: Giirls, you have to go and get a laugh from the thread "OMG They Found the Cure for Stupid". I have been howling at the moon it's so funny. I have never laughed so hard as I did today.
Didel: I have been out of work many times in my life, and I am not working full time now and I don't have any advice to offer. I do know that sometimes I have been forced to change careers because of one circumstance or another and sometimes I have ended up better off. I do wish you the best of luck in finding work.
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Kate - I am so sorry you didn't get the job. It's their loss. I can't even imagine an 8-hour interview. I do know how you feel. In the fall, I interviewed for a job with a company I used to work for. I was really excited about the job and thought that my background was perfect for the position. I really thought I was going to get the job (even the HR Director told me she was rooting for me for the position), and I thought 2010 was going to end on a positive note (the rest of the year sucked). Anyway, I didn't get the job and was really depressed. It sucks. I'm sure you'll find another great position with another airline or another company where they'll appreciate your skills, background, and personality. It took awhile, but I just got a job I'm excited about (although I'm a little nervous about going back to work and starting a new job).
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Kate, you just did what any professional would do and got "in the zone". You handled it like a real life situation and proved yourself. Maybe you had developed habits from another airline that they were looking for....? Admit it, you're like me! You'd rather be the one saying "no thanks, I'll pass"...!!
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LG300- I was so immersed in my pity party I forgot to say congratulations on your new job! Woo Hoo!!!! It sounds wonderful! Not just a job, but something giving back. That is something that I would love to find. I know you're going to do great at that. When do you start or have you already?
barbe- I think at this point I'd be tempted to do that since I wasn't their "first pick". But if I don't find a job, and my DH does go out on disability, we may not be able to stay in our house so I think I'd have to swallow my pride. I know our house is just a "thing" but it is the only home my son has ever known and my DH and I built our house with blood, sweat and tears- designed it from the ground up. It would be heart wrenching. So got to pull up my big girl panties and keep looking and if US Airways did call? I'd snatch it up in a minute. (But, yes, I'd rather be the one saying "stick it" to them instead of the other way around!)
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