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Originally Posted by Lesmom96
I had 4 very bad days in a row. I fell to my knees several times and was having difficulty breathing. Today is much better so far. I had a lot of emotional stress since last Friday and some minor physical stress as well. I am transitioning between jobs. I have had several interviews and offers to work through in which I am so grateful to have choices. Plus I'm leaving my job during a time of great stress. Plus the holiday stress. I have an ex-husband and the kids were with him on the weekend until late Christmas Eve BUT the holidays are still very hard for me because of my love for his extended family and missing them so much. I had my step kids over and those relationships are polite but very superficial. Now that all that is behind me I feel better.
This make me realize that stress is a big trigger for my symptoms and leaving my last job was the right move as the stress level with that job was constant.
I have always been the person that hosted the holiday parties and family gatherings, that does all the cooking and cleaning and planning because I enjoy it. But I am realizing that I have limits now that will not allow me to be the one that does it all. I need to let others do more and I need to let go of the fact that they don't do things like I do things. Well I have about 360 days to figure it out for next year.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas  |
So sorry it is has been like this for you lately. I had one of those Christmas´s a few years ago with other things piled on top.
I also remember discussing with a friend what alternative job I could apply for and we realized that there were no other jobs I could possibly even think about applying for in my condition at the time - it was just to continue and get by with extreme adaptive physical behaviors at the job I already had. I was kind of lucky with my employers being a whole lot more intelligent than the doctors I had at the time. What makes me cross now is that I should not have been working at all. People with a third of my symptoms were on permanent sick leave! It was a chaotic time and the emotional stress came as a direct result of the impact muscle weakness had on my life (maybe just a
little came from our extended family as well
) Thank you for your good wish despite your own situation which hopefully will soon turn around.
Let us know if there is anything at all we can do in the meanwhile to help
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