Blog Giveaway Grand Finale
We have reached the grand finale!
Since Chronic Healing launched on June 1, 2009 (replacing Jeanne’s Endo Blog), we have had several blog giveaways.
Giveaway 1 Winner was Susie of The Canary Report:
Susie writes the best site I have found on the topic of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). I highly recommend checking out her informative site! It is loaded with information! Susie works tirelessly for the multiple chemical sensitivity cause. She is amazing.
Giveaway 2 Winner was Allison of My Journey With Endometriosis:
Allison is an endometriosis patient currently undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Her candid posts about the steps of her journey are always worthwhile reading and her positive attitude and humor always shine through, even during difficult times!
Giveaway 3 Winner was Jenni Saake of InfertilityMom:
Jenni has seen her share of adversity! She struggled with infertility for 10+ years (including 3 miscarriages and 7 failed adoption attempts). She is now a mother and writes about chronic health issues and support for those living with fertility challenges, among other things.
Giveaway 4 Winner was Melissa of Endometriosis: Facing the Battle Head-On:
Melissa has experienced great adversity. She has endometriosis and has had 9 miscarriages. She has a son and is currently experiencing a very high-risk pregnancy which has resulted in leaving her job, bedrest, and now IV treatment at home with the support of home health care nurses. Melissa’s sense of humor is amazing and helps her through some very rough times. She leads an online support group of approximately 1,000 endometriosis patients (Goddesses of Endometriosis) and advocates tirelessly for the endometriosis cause. Melissa and I have never met in person but we generally are in touch daily and have formed a very special friendship.
So you’ve seen a review of our previous blog giveaway winners. Now we have now reached the grand finale of the blog giveaways!
CHECK IT OUT!
Alicia of Yaya Stuff has been incredibly generous! She has donated a fantastic prize package! I am extremely grateful to Alicia for her time, energy, creativity, and thoughtfulness in putting together this amazing prize package! Alicia throws her heart and soul into everything she does.
Her Yaya Stuff blog covers many topics including her journey with 7 years of infertility, multiple miscarriages, infertility treatment, and pursuing adoption (foster to adopt). Alicia’s candid, moving, heartfelt posts resonate with many. I believe her rabid following is tied to her fearless candor, her humor, and her thoughtful, insightful, caring spirit.
Alicia is a “real life friend” to me as well as being a blogging friend. I was blessed to meet Alicia through my local endometriosis support group. Alicia is a very special person who touches many lives every day. She and her husband want desperately to be parents and their determination is inspirational. I am very grateful to have Alicia as a friend and touched by the time and effort she put into making this special package for a blog giveaway!
Here is Alicia’s description of the fantastic prize package she has put together (pictured above) to be used as a blog giveaway here:
Yaya made coffee mug
Yaya made pink scarf
Yaya made HOPE sign
Wish token
Butterfly magnet
Penguin stuffed animal (my favorite animal)
Live Love Laugh plaque (my favorite saying)
Joshua Radin CD (my favorite singer)
BONUS:
In addition, Alicia is donating a book!! She is so incredibly generous!
Here is the book description:
About What Was Lost: 20 Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope
by Pam Houston, Joyce Maynard, Caroline Leavitt, Susanna Sonnenber, Julianna Baggott, and more
Editor: Jessica Berger Gross
“These honest and courageous stories remind us that many routes exist between loss and healing.”
– Hope Edelman
Can you believe Alicia’s generosity? She is amazing!
As with previous contests, the winner will be picked randomly. To enter to win this amazing package from Alicia (and the book!), simply leave a comment on this blog post.
The winner will be picked on August 28, 2009. As with previous blog giveaway contests, I will use Random.org to pick a comment number at random. You may submit more than one comment (thus increasing the odds your comment number will be picked).
For this contest, please list one coping skill you find helpful as a chronically ill patient or caregiver and/or one coping skill that helps you cope with the challenges of infertility.
My hope is that by sharing our coping skills we may help others who are going through similar experiences.
So submit those blog comments to this post by August 28, 2009 to enter to win the fantastic prize package from Alicia of Yaya Stuff PLUS the book she is generously donating for this blog giveaway… for a chance to win!
Postscript:
This is unrelated to the blog giveaway but I wanted to mention it here. Recently, I opened my mail to find this from Alicia:
The font is small and I realize this picture is a bit blurry but it was the best resolution I could get. I just wanted to be sure to thank Alicia for her thoughtfulness. She sent me this lovely bookmark for no particular reason. How nice is that? Thank you Alicia!
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That book would be so incredibly helpful right now I can’t even express it.
I love the other things, but …. I’m having a really hard time lately with the miscarriage from the other month…
.-= J´s last blog ..A warning for IFers…. (don’t watch this movie I’m posting about) =-.
Oh, how nice of her to make these things for your blog give away! She is such a giving person with her time!
I want to win this, Jeanne!!! Pick me! Pick me!!! LOL My daughter LOVES penguins
Your blog give away has been spectacular; your move, flawless; and your recent posts on dysautonomia, very informative.
Hat’s off to a great health supporter and her new blog home. Hope you find prosperity and happiness at this new location for many years to come, Jeanne.
Thank you for all you do.
.-= Endochick´s last blog ..Dysautonomia: Making Life Crazy One Day @ A Time =-.
J,
I am sorry you are having a hard time with the miscarriage. My thoughts are with you. I know you have been through many difficult circumstances lately. I’m sending positive energy your way!!
Jeanne
My greatest coping skill is spending daily time in prayer and Bible reading. When I skip this step, I carry all the stress and worry on my own shoulders. When I take time to give it all over to God, my days are much more peaceful. This has been true through both infertility and chronic illness. I also journal, with much of my journaling being written prayers to God or reflections on what He is teaching me at that time.
.-= Jenni Saake – InfertilityMom´s last blog ..Creative Adoption Fundraising =-.
Endochick,
Isn’t her giveaway package spectacular? She really is a very giving person!
I have to admire your enthusiasm. Well, my dear. The selection of the winner is up to Random.org. So you’ll have to talk to that site about wanting to win… (haha)
Thank you so much for your kind words. Moving my blog from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress was quite a project. I am happy to have the move behind me. Thank goodness I had Cassie Germsheid helping me with the move. It was far more complicated than I had anticipated. I’m glad it looked flawless because behind the scenes there were issues that caused me (and Cassie) enormous frustration. The clincher was when the company I purchased hosting from had so many outages that I bailed and switched to another server a few weeks after launch. That was not fun. I’m glad all of the behind-the-scenes struggles weren’t obvious. I’m glad you liked the dysautonomia posts.
Thank you so much for your kindness and support. It has been my pleasure to work with you on the endometriosis cause. Your strength, support, and kindness are very helpful to so many. You are sweet.
Thank you for what you do.
Jeanne
Jenni,
Thank you very much for sharing what helps you cope. I just read your message on twitter and I’m sorry that you have been so ill. I hope that you’re feeling much better as soon as possible.
Take care,
Jeanne
Jeanne,
Thanks…. it’s definitely been an interesting trip through life lately lol….. there’s been a lot more going on than made it to my blog, though you may have seen that on our common social networking site…..
What helps me most is taking time each day to look at the good in my life…. that’s not to say that it happens every day, when I’m at my blackest points I tend to forget to do it…. but when I remember that helps me more than I can say…
((hugs))
J
.-= J´s last blog ..A warning for IFers…. (don’t watch this movie I’m posting about) =-.
J,
I know you have had a lot going on!
I agree with you that gratitude is a great coping skill. ((hugs))
Jeanne
I heart Yaya!!!!!
.-= Sonja´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday =-.
Sonja,
I think everyone does (“heart” her)!
Jeanne
Jeanne,
Thank you so much for taking time to read my blog and leave me such a wonderful, supportive comment. You’re right, I have it back down to “one moment at a time” and it makes it so much easier knowing that I have so much support. It really means a lot to me, knowing that you’re also going thru a lot but you can take the time to wish me the best and send me the positive energy that you yourself need right now!
*not gonna cry!*
Thank you so much,
Sonja
.-= Sonja´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday =-.
Ok ok ok, now for my coping tips!
These are ones I just learned at PHP. I’m doing two comments to increase my odds of winning
The first ones:
Distraction Skills: ACCEPTS
Activity (something you enjoy)
Contribution (help someone else)
Comparison (it could be worse)
Emotions (do something to make you happy)
Pause (step back)
Thinking (think of something happy)
Sensations (be aware of what you’re touching, smelling, etc)
.-= Sonja´s last blog ..PHP =-.
Coping Skills to IMPROVE the Moment:
Imagery (daydream)
Meaning (find meaning in your life, what you’re doing)
Prayer (such as the Serenity Prayer)
Relaxation (concentrate on your breathing)
One Thing (only deal with one thing at a time)
Vacation (literal or just pausing in your day)
Encouragement (encourage yourself and others)
.-= Sonja´s last blog ..PHP =-.
Sonja,
Yes, I have had my share of times in my life where “one moment at a time” was the biggest increment I could handle at once. Times when if I had tried to take on too much it literally would have crushed me.
Now, as far as me sending you positive energy is concerned, let me explain… When I send someone positive energy, it does not deplete my energy stores. Quite the contrary. If I send someone (in this case, you) positive energy that can potentially support that person and/or make him or her feel better in any way, that gives me energy.
There are loads of research studies to show that when a person helps another, it gives health benefit to the person giving the help. So don’t ever worry your pretty head that any support I might give you is somehow draining my energy. Honestly, it’s not.
Having joined my first endometriosis support group back in 1992 (shortly following my diagnosis, which followed 10 years of undiagnosed endo symptoms), I have met many people who have chronic conditions (and their loved ones). Many people have been generous with me with their time, energy, and/or support. It is only natural, in my mind, to reach out to help others the way people have reached out to help me. So please don’t ever think twice about that.
As far as crying is concerned, a good cry can be a darn healthy thing. Bottling emotions is what’s potentially dangerous. So, anytime you want to cry… try to bear that in mind.
There is nothing to thank me for. I just hope you feel much better real soon.
Jeanne
Sonja,
On to the coping tips…
I had not even read this comment yet when I just answered the one you wrote that posted at 11:43 am. It just so happens that you’re actually doing what I was talking about… In sharing what you just learned at the hospital program, you are helping others. (Great list, by the way, of coping skills!)
See that 2nd one listed? “Contribution (help someone else)?” Simply by posting that list where others can see it, you are sharing what you just learned with others and potentially helping someone else (or many).
Rather than draining your energy, I would be willing to hazard a bet that it felt good to you to post that list. Am I right? (OK. I am not a betting woman – and if I were so inclined I wouldn’t have the money to place such a bet because it all gets spent on the broken health care system… but you get my point).
Thank you for posting these tips! There are some great all-purpose tips in this list that could help in any number of circumstances. I am sure someone will read the list and find it helpful.
Thank you!
Jeanne
P.S. That’s the way to increase your odds… with multiple comments (said the non-betting woman).
Sonja,
Cool… a bonus list of coping skills. Awesome! Thank you for posting it here.
Jeanne
I love yaya ! she’s awesome!
My coping skill as a survivor (bereaved parent & wife) is to help others. Past experience has proven that in helping other parents go through their losses, I was able to (sort of ) heal a bit myself. I haven’t gotten to that point in my most recent loss, my husband.
As a caregiver (during the months my husband was sick, both while he was still at home and in the hospital) the biggest thing was that I was always there. I did whatever I could. It was never enough though, and I’ll always feel guilty for that, but I think he appreciated my efforts.
Mostly, I guess, it’s just common sense and love. I could use some of that in my real life now as I try to find myself in my new normal.
.-= ter´s last blog ..Friday Fragments: =-.
Coping is such a hard thing to do. Everywhere I turn I see a big belly or a small baby. It reminds me of everything I have lost and how hard we tried for 3 1/2 years to have a biological child. I am surrounded by women daily, and it’s so hard to block out the baby and/or pregnancy talk. Being surrounded by your peers is incredibly hard when their problems seem so small compared to your endo, IF, hysterectomy, adoption, etc. And I try so hard to be happy and normal, but most days it is just too hard.
.-= Jenn´s last blog ..Youth =-.
Ooh, I totally forgot my coping skills! I guess a lot I try to not pay attention to the talk I hear. At first it was so hard, but I’m getting better at it. Secondly, I try my best to keep busy. If I have a bad day, I try to do something when I get home so I don’t sit and think. Music, a good book, a funny TV show or movie always helps. And I try so hard to focus on the positive…the whole my turn will come thing. Which is incredibly hard when you wait for your child to come home, but I just take it one day at a time.
.-= Jenn´s last blog ..Youth =-.
ter,
Yes, Alicia (as I know her) is definitely awesome!
I am so sorry for your losses. I have read your story in the past and I know you have been through an immense amount of pain. I am so sorry!
Thank you for sharing coping skills here. It never ceases to amaze me that helping others going through similar situations to ones we’ve been through (whatever they might be) really can be healing for the “helper”. I understand what you mean by “sort of”, though, and I hope that you will be able to heal further and find peace and comfort.
You were always there and did whatever you could. While you may feel that was “never enough” (and without invalidating your feelings in any way), I am sure that your husband knew you gave it your all and I’m sure he was very comforted by that. It is not unusual for people who are grieving to feel “guilt feelings”. I’m sure he appreciated your efforts.
When I took a class for starting up a support group (for endometriosis… which is the group where I met Alicia), the class had all sorts of people starting up all sorts of support groups. The woman seated next to me in the Facilitating Self-Help Groups class was going to be group leader for a bereavement group… specifically for spouses. She was very informative and I could see that she was going to be an excellent support group leader. I don’t know if there is such a group in your area but if there is it can be incredibly helpful to interact with others who have experienced similar losses.
You are absolutely right. Common sense and love can go a long way indeed. My thoughts are with you as you continue on in your journey and deal with your grief. I am sending positive energy your way!!!
Jeanne
Hi Jenn,
Welcome!
I’m very sorry you have been through so much! It is certainly very difficult in our culture to “block out” all things baby or pregnancy. I’m so sorry. You are not alone. There are many people going through similar experiences.
Here is a book that you might like:
Silent Sorority
This book was written by a woman who has been through many of the things you’ve described. She blogged about her experiences for several years as well: Coming2Terms
I am sending positive energy your way!
Jeanne
Hello again Jenn!
Thank you for listing so many great coping skills! Yes, sometimes we need to filter out the talk that is not helpful! Good point. I’m glad it’s getting a little easier for you. Keeping busy can also be helpful. The music, good book, funny show/movie ideas are great! (Sounds like my routine!) Sometimes when we distract ourselves from the issues that are gnawing at us, it’s like a mental vacation from the worry and stress. Also, focusing on the positive is extremely important. That is a big one.
I am so sorry that you are in that agonizing wait for your child to come home. One day at a time is helpful. Trying to take on too much at once can be overwhelming.
Thank you for loads of great tips. I just saw on your blog that you got in to September adoption classes! WOO HOO! Congratulations! That’s wonderful!!
Jeanne
Y’all are so lucky to have an endo support group! I’ve had three surgeries to remove endo and cancer (and girlparts) and still the pain persists. Wish I had a support group
but that is why I’m online…which is a pretty support group in itself! 
Alicia is awesome. I just found her blog a few months ago and I fell in love with her humor 
I cope with this shiz by staying busy, busy, busy. I am a total bottler and I compartmentalize the physical and the mental pain. I also take time and make an effort to experience joy each and every day for at least five minutes. It doesn’t take much for me, sitting outside and listening to the wind blow through the leaves on the trees, picking raspberries, watching my kids (all adopted) blow bubbles and laugh, snuggling with my dogs. Most importantly, I have to have my chocolate. Without chocolate and candy…I am nothing.
.-= Tiruba´s last blog ..The Awesomator =-.
My coping skill – have a good cry!
Never bottle your emotions, Sonja. They are there to be expressed and to help us cope with whatever situation brought them on in the first place. Denying them only causes us problems in the long run.
.-= Endochick´s last blog ..Dysautonomia: Making Life Crazy One Day @ A Time =-.
Endochick,
A good cry is a great coping skill!
I agree that bottling emotions can result in even more problems.
Thanks, Endochick!
Jeanne
I have always found that doing things to make you feel like your old self before infertility help. My husband and I joined a coed indoor soccer team. During the height of my infertility, when I was out on that soccer field, I was always in the moment and infertility was far from my mind.
.-= hope548´s last blog ..small moments =-.
Yaya is so awesome! What a fantastic give-away! Each of you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Blessings,
Teresa <
http://toomanyheartbeats.blogspot.com/
.-= Teresa @ ? Too Many Heartbeats ?´s last blog ..SUNDAY CITAR – ‘America the Beautiful’ =-.
Hi hope548,
Welcome! What a great coping tip! Physical activity is wonderful for taking the mind off of troubles and focusing on just being in the moment. I’m glad that indoor soccer was helpful for you in coping with the stress of infertility. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a coping tip. I just visited your blog and was reading about your dilemma with a friend using the term “real mom” in an adoption situation. It sounds like you are handling that matter in a thoughtful manner.
Jeanne
Teresa,
Yes, Alicia is extremely awesome! Isn’t it great? She’s so wonderful. Thank you. I am thinking of you too and I hope that you are feeling well!
Jeanne
I have another coping tip:
Make sure you eat well all around. Keeping to a well-balanced diet will help you cope when you are not feeling at your best because your body’s resources will be able to focus on your illness and not on digesting all the extra junk you’ve put into it.
For example: our body requires 80% of it’s energy just to digest food! Wow! But if we eat right and exercise, we can lower this number and divert some of this energy to healing our bodies and dealing with our pain.
.-= Endochick´s last blog ..Dysautonomia: Making Life Crazy One Day @ A Time =-.
Also, very important for us chronically ill bunch, GET ENOUGH REST! This is a coping skill I don’t utilize enough
.-= Endochick´s last blog ..Dysautonomia: Making Life Crazy One Day @ A Time =-.
Endochick,
Yes, eating right is huge. You’re right. A well-balanced diet does help the body use its resources most efficiently. I agree. Great tip!
Jeanne
Endochick,
Boy, did you hit on an important one! Rest is HUGE! Unfortunately, due to pain or other issues… chronically ill patients often do not get enough rest/sleep. This consequently results in worsening of the pain because the body hasn’t gotten enough rest. So it becomes a vicious circle. Good tip, Endochick!
Jeanne
Ok, I said I wouldn’t comment on my own giveaway, so don’t count me as trying to win, but I just had to say what an awesome thread of comments this has become. I am so sorry for the losses that people have had to endure. Yet this list of coping techniques that has been compiled here is simply amazing.
Alicia/Yaya
.-= Yaya´s last blog ..Monday’s Muse =-.
I really agree with Endochick’s crying comment… that is a huge help!
J
.-= J´s last blog ..Like a hug from a friend =-.
Hi Tiruba,
Welcome!
I apologize for the delay in posting your comment and replying to it. For some reason Akismet threw it into the spam folder and I didn’t see it. I’ll try to make the wait worth your while…
Well, we do and we don’t have an endo support group… Alicia and I. By that I mean that the group I started in 2001 stopped its monthly meetings last summer. I am still in touch with many women from the group but we don’t schedule monthly meetings anymore.
In this day and age, it is extremely hard to get a decent turnout for in-person meetings. Between people being too sick and/or too busy to attend in person meetings and there being more and more info available online, it just became evident that our monthly in person meetings were no longer practical.
Prior to 2001, I was in endo support groups in cities I used to live in since my 1992 endo diagnosis. So it was sad for me to not have in person support group meetings after 16 years of it! However, blogging has nicely filled the gap! With blogging, I have been able to meet not just local patients but people all over the world. If you are a fan of Alicia’s blog then you can imagine I most definitely keep in touch with her, regardless of what’s happening with the local endo group. She is so amazing!
I’m sorry you’ve been through so much. I have had 7 surgeries and my 1996 surgery was a laparotomy (major surgery/large incision) and they removed cancer at that time. I have numerous chronic conditions besides endo.
I am very sorry your pain persists!
Yes, online support can be wonderful! Yes, it is a different kind of support group. I wrote a long blog post about the whole transition from in person support to online support from my perspective here:
Endometriosis Blog: Obituary Of An Endometriosis Support Group Or Beginning Of A Better System?
Yes, Alicia is well-loved… as I’m sure you’ve noticed by her posts which routinely top 100 comments apiece. She is special!
OK… coping skills time. Yes, staying busy can be very effective. My mother is a bottler and I honestly try to steer clear when the day arrives that the bottle is full because I don’t care for the explosions when the bottle can’t hold anymore.
It works for her to a point. It’s just when she over-bottles that I try to stay out of the way. 
I understand what you mean about compartmentalizing physical and mental pain. Those are awesome tips you gave on appreciating the simple things like sitting outside to hear the wind blow, picking raspberries, watching your (adopted) kids have fun, and having fun with your dogs. Then, of course, the chocolate. 
What would we do without that? Too funny.
Thanks so much for stopping by, for leaving so many nice tips, and for your patience while your comment was lost in the ether! Have a great day!
Jeanne
Alicia,
You’re funny. Don’t worry. If your comment number gets picked, I’ll just try again. All I do is plug in the total number of comments and random.org picks a number. Sometimes it picks me (since I reply to all comments). If so, I just “throw it back in” and try again.
This really has generated some wonderful coping skills, hasn’t it? I too am sorry for the losses people have suffered. I also admire the strength and determination of people who have been through so much adversity… and have developed such terrific methods for coping with it!
Jeanne
J,
I so agree! Endochick’s “have a good cry” suggestion really is a good coping tip. We all have days where crying is necessary and it can be helpful!
Jeanne
You people and your chocolate. Stop already, you are making me sick! When will they make a caffeine-free dark chocolate for us who can’t have the octane stuff???? *sobs* Think I might have to take my own advice now and have a good cry…. lol
.-= Endochick´s last blog ..Dysautonomia: Making Life Crazy One Day @ A Time =-.
Endochick,
You’re too funny!
Jeanne
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Another coping skill – getting away once in awhile. You appear to be doing that now. Hope it’s to relax because you deserve some of that, Jeanne.
.-= endochick´s last blog ..New Non-Surgical Endo Diagnosis Test? =-.
Ooooh I thought of another – don’t shoot me just yet ( that wasn’t it lol) when the going gets tough get a milk shake from steak n shake. But just once in a while and make it a small because they are very fattening with all that whip cream and real ice cream and cherry on top business. But it helps
And if you can have chocolate, during Halloween they have the dark chocolate shakes… actually they might have those year round now, at least in my neck of the woods. Oh, well I can’t have that stuff anymore. Great now I’m going to cry again. Why do I even bother!
.-= endochick´s last blog ..New Non-Surgical Endo Diagnosis Test? =-.
Endochick,
Yes.. getting away shortly!
Jeanne
Endochick,
Nah, the shooting wouldn’t be a very good coping skill, huh? (And why would I want to shoot you?? Oh… not happening. I detest guns). Oh, you didn’t mean it literally… I see.
A milkshake, huh? We don’t have that chain here but it sounds vaguely familiar. (I’ve heard of it). Don’t feel badly for me, though. I know where to get a mean shake!
Granted, with my IBS, I am very careful not to plan any activities after ingesting a shake. Indulging in a shake means heading home immediately since I can figure on my intestines letting me know they are unhappy with my drink choice. For me, it’s a “once in a blue moon” splurge and I have to weigh the consequences and decide if it’s worth the inherent risks.
We all have our special comfort foods/drinks that give us a boost. Granted, as you said, they may not always be the most nutritious things and certainly may not be things that we’d want to overindulge in. However, everything in moderation, right?
Hmm… As far as your inability to have chocolate is concerned, this seems to be a running theme in your comments here. I feel badly that you can’t have it. Maybe if you can find something equally delicious that you can have, you can put your distress over the chocolate loss behind you. I’m not aware of any programs to assist people in coping with the loss of chocolate but if I hear of any, I will definitely keep you in mind. Clearly such a program would be beneficial to you since your feelings of loss associated with chocolate deprivation run so deep.
Jeanne
OMG Chocolate Deprivation Therapy! This can be done on a one-on-one basis or in a group format. LOL There can even be a 12 step type grief counseling program for it. “How to get over your chocolate loss.”
.-= endochick´s last blog ..New Non-Surgical Endo Diagnosis Test? =-.
Endochick,
Haha. You’re funny. I thought you’d like that. This is officially the last comment I am replying to before flying the coop today. So, while I’m gone please be sure to retweet this post. I know, I know. The more people who comment on this post, the less your odds of winning. You are leaving so many comments, though, that I think your odds are good either way. I haven’t counted but I’m pretty sure you have left the most comments to this post. Well, off I go!
Jeanne
I just posted a whole article of coping tips at http://harvestinghope.blogspot.com/2009/08/coping-with-crisis.html
.-= Jenni Saake – InfertilityMom´s last blog ..Will You Help Me Dance? (fighting CFS) =-.
YOU ARE BACK!!! The world may now resume turning. LOL Hope it was well spent – your time off-line that is.
.-= endochick´s last blog ..New Non-Surgical Endo Diagnosis Test? =-.
Endochick,
YOU ARE FUNNY!!! You are cracking me up. Well, we spent our time the best we could. We had some challenges on our trip… to say the least. You’ll hear all about it in future blog posts. Let’s just say there were some things we would have liked to change – but we worked with what we had…
Jeanne
Jenni,
Thank you for posting coping tips.
Jeanne
Going for another entry here, I could use some cheering up, Duckling and Gamer’s Mom will be here sometime Friday to pick them up and take them back to the state they live in with her…
I’m not looking forward to the separation, or the depression I’ve had coming on for the last few days…. I’m grateful to have some awesome friends who have been helping me with it. And for the coping tips here, some have been very helpful for that and I’ve really liked all of them for the health stuff!
.-= J´s last blog ..Just a big walking ovary =-.
J,
I’m sorry that you are feeling depressed and that the separation is looming ahead of you. I’m glad that you have a support network in place and that it is helping you cope with what’s happening. I’m also glad that you have found some of the coping tips here helpful. I know you’ve been through an awful late lately and I am thinking of you. I’m sending positive energy your way!
Jeanne
Sending J some support ((hugs)).
.-= Endochick´s last blog ..New Non-Surgical Endo Diagnosis Test? =-.
Endochick,
Thanks for sending J some support.
Jeanne
No problem, Jeanne. You can count on me to be there to help support someone when they are down.
.-= Endochick´s last blog ..New Non-Surgical Endo Diagnosis Test? =-.
Jeanne and Endochick
Thanks so much for your kind words and support!! ((hugs))!! You ladies are both wonderful! ((hugs))
J
.-= J´s last blog ..The opposite of my normal thoughts lol! =-.
Endochick,
You are always a great support person.
Jeanne
J,
Thanks. I just hope you get some needed relief soon!!
Jeanne
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