Living in the twilight zone
November 19, 2009 5:24pm
My state disability has run out and I'm living on my savings now. I applied for unemployment benefits, I expected to be well enough to look …
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DonnaB49 
3:34pm, October 27, 2009
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About Me
DonnaB49
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About Me
I am a single woman living alone now. My elderly mother whom with I shared an apartment, died over a yr ago from cancer and I am having to deal with it by myself and learn to live all over again. I now am dealing with medical issues and was laidoff from my job. I'm type 2 diabetic and am struggling to control it and have high blood pressure, I have edema in my legs and am having swelling and blisters. I started insulin injections in mid January and it has helped. I am having some neuropathy complications.
I am a single woman living alone now. My elderly mother whom with I shared an apartment, died over a yr ago from cancer and I am having to deal with it by myself and learn to live all over again. I now am dealing with medical issues and was laidoff from my job. I'm type 2 diabetic and am struggling to control it and have high blood pressure, I have edema in my legs and am having swelling and blisters. I started insulin injections in mid January and it has helped. I am having some neuropathy complications.
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Interests
I enjoy movies, have an aptitude for computers and love animals. I was a zoo docent for over 5 years. I'm a spiritual person and like angels. I also like music up till the 90's. I have a green thumb with houseplants. I am really into Star Trek, especially the original series and I like Harry Potter and Star Wars.
I enjoy movies, have an aptitude for computers and love animals. I was a zoo docent for over 5 years.
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Recent Activity
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3 hugs received, 3 hugs given, 1 discussion post, 1 journal comment, 1 journal post
Thursday
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DonnaB49 changed their mood to Bad 5:24pm
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DonnaB49 wrote a journal entry: Living in the twilight zone 5:24pm
My state disability has run out and I'm living on my savings now. I applied for unemployment benefits,…
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DonnaB49 gave jules65 flowers 5:18pm
Apparently the hurt doesn't go away but in time you will be able to deal with it better and function…
Wednesday
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DonnaB49 gave jules65 a chocolate 10:36pm
I miss my mom and can't believe she has been gone a year and a half. Usually anyone that contacts me…
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DonnaB49 wrote a discussion post in the Depression support group: Any Trek fans here? 10:33pm
What did you think of the latest Star Trek video and would you buy the DVD?…
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Journal
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Starting to feel better?
October 19, 2009 10:48pm
I ended the title with a question mark because although I'm up and around more and the coughing has lessened, I still feel weak quickly and my …
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What now?
October 18, 2009 6:48pm
Just when I thought my legs were getting better then I got a cold virus and have been having bronchial problems, my sinus's were killing me and I …
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Don't know what to do
September 21, 2009 6:21pm
I've been in alot of pain for the last couple of days, last night I had to take my vicodin that was left over from a past hospital visit. …
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What's new
August 10, 2009 11:36pm
Not really anything. I'm still on disability and bored out of my mind. I hate going home because I'm reminded of my mom and wish …
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I’m With You
I want you to remember that you are not alone!
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Chocolate
I'm sorry to hear about your mom....mine has only been gone since Feb and that feels like a lifetime to me becvause I have never gone this long with out talking to or seeing her and yet at the same time it seems like yesterday because my memories of her are right there all the time. I can close my eyes and see her snmiling at me...but I can also reexperience the agonizing time in the hospital with her right before she passed.
I'm glad I'm still here for you to talk to. Have not gone anywhere...it is early there but late where I am
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It's okay...you just type what youwant to say then hit enter....the chat box is in the lower right hand corner where it tells you how many of your friends are online incase you want to try it again sometime. Thanks for the friend request
hugs to you...I just saw that you were a member of both the bereavement and motherless daughters group that I too am a member of. 
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thanks for not taking offense to my reply to your post, i was having a crap day :(
sometimes i come off as a jerk when i am not trying to, so sorry if i brought you down, i know you were just trying to share something nice,
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hope you have a nice weekend,love bluebird
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Goals
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Support Groups
Close Bereavement
Type: Loss of a ParentMy elderly mother died of cancer six weeks ago. I am alone now and trying to cope with this. We shared an apartment for years and I spent slot of time doing things for her. I am confused and don't know what to do with myself now that she is gone.
Treatments
- Crying Working / Worked
- It is like a release valve, it lets off pressure for a while.
- Getting Angry Working / Worked
- I get irritable with people, things annoy me more. I am not violent. I don't know if it helps any.
- Prayer Working / Worked
- It is all I have left. I hope it helps.
- Time Working / Worked
- Some times I think I am getting better but then I break down again.
Close Depression
My mom died of cancer a yr ago and 4 mth and I'm still grieving. I currently have extreme edema in my legs which have to be kept in compression bandages and I was laid off in October of last year. I'm living alone and am wondering how I will go on.
Treatments
- Meditation Not Working
- I tend to think about things I shoudn't.
- Positive Thinking Too Soon to Tell
- It was working until I was laid off work.
Open Heart Failure
I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2006, I have extreme edema.
Treatments
- Coreg Working / Worked
- I was told by a nurse in Cardiology at Kaiser that it would improve my chances of survival. No side effects, I'm still here.
Open Diabetes Type 2
Treatments
- Glipizide Not Working
- readings are too high, doctor keeps increasing dosage. Talking about insulin injections now.
Open High Blood Pressure
I have high blood pressure, it runs in my family and killed my older brother years ago.
Treatments
- Clonidine Working / Worked
- Don know yet.
- Lisinopril Working / Worked
- Don't know yet
Open Loneliness
I'm single, I was sharing an apartment with my mother who died about a yr ago. My only relative left is in another state. I'm dealing with health issues and I lost my job last October. It's hard to adjust to being alone.
Open Obesity
I have been overweight all my life and have had to endure insenitivity by people who don't realize what it is to be heavy.
Open Financial Challenges
I've got credit card debt and am on disability now.
