I am doing a post in response to all the great emails I keep getting. A lot of you guys are keeping in touch with me and show me tons o’ support the problem is between dialing in medication and all the groups and therapies I can not answer all the emails and don’t want to seem ungrateful. So if you have not gotten a response from me this is for you and keep in touch.
I have the incredibly painful pleasure of some great troubleshooting. My insurance company blessed me when they made me switch hospitals. On the day of my wingless flight attempt my wife took me to a big hospital that my family has used for years. While in there looney lock up I was told I was going to be transferred to another hospital for insurance reasons. I was nerves because the new hospital was small and didn’t have the prestige of the bigger one. I had no reason to worry.
During the 4-day lock up, 2 days of in-patient and the ongoing weeks of intesenive out patient treatments I have had many life long questions of why I am a weak dumbass answered. Why it is always a relief to get answers the amount of work it is going to take to fix me is scary, I honestly have doubts I can do it.
So that’s what is going on and I love all you’s guys and I swear I am not ignoring any emails.
P.S. I want to give a giant thank you to UPS for being an amazing employer and working with me when other companies wouldn’t.
Jon, that is fanstastic news that the new hospital are so more capable of helping you to help yourself. You sound very positive and upbeat, great to hear this from you.
Jon, we’ve never talked, but I want you to know I’m thinking about you and pulling for you. You are stronger than you think you are, and more resourceful that you give yourself credit for. You will get through this, and one day you’ll look back on this and be proud for having gone through a tough time and come out the other side even stronger than before. Good luck to you.
sounds good Tibbsy! it’s looking up, babe!! Keep doing the work. even on days you don’t feel it’s working, you’ll have a huge momentum forward all of the sudden and you’ll know it’s working. keep the faith
Mental illness is a genuine medical condition. It is a sickness, not a weakness of character or a moral failing. While mental conditions unfairly carry a stigma in our society it should be no more “shameful” than any other medical condition. It does not make you a “weak dumbass”.
I agree with Johnny99. The fact that you are a weak dumbass is not related to your brain chemistry. It is related to your lust for aluminum Canadian bikes. Be well brother.
Jon, approach the challenge before you with your head high, your spirits up, and be secure in the knowledge that this crazy bunch of adrenaline junkies has got your back. If you need to talk we are here, if you need to not talk we are still here.
…why I am a weak dumbass answered. Why it is always a relief to get answers the amount of work it is going to take to fix me is scary, I honestly have doubts I can do it.
You are NOT a weak dumbass and don’t tell yourself that. You CAN do it and you will! One step at a time. Go Tibbsy!
It’s good to hear from you. Hang in there, friend. And I’m sure your shrink’s told you, but we do believe the negative stuff we say to ourselves, so be kind.
