Weekly Check In Jan 12 - 17
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Technology, policies, sometimes just small changes to how things are arranged can make a big difference!
What's something that has changed in your lifetime that has made your life easier?
What's going well this week?
What would you like support with?
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@AffyAvo
What's something that has changed in your lifetime that has made your life easier?
i have became more independent
What's going well this week?
i actually just organized a hopefully to be a decent sized pop up party XD and also, i found a really really good listener which i am very happy about.
What would you like support with?
not much actually. not this week, i feel like it's going to be a good one
@emotionalTalker2260 Enjoy the week and I hope the pop up party is a success!
@AffyAvo
(: I hope it is too
What's something that has changed in your lifetime that has made your life easier?
The pandemic has made is socially acceptable to isolate - lol. I do not feel so awkward doing that now. . . Not sure if that's " healthy" though - hahahah.
What's going well this week?
Well, i found a hidden gem/wisdom/lesson in a Very Difficult situation I am facing - and I was able to find the strength within me to rise up and stand up for myself and my feelings. Validate myself while I was being made to feel less than.
What would you like support with?
I have to make these phone calls for very important medical tests and appointments but I am so sacred to find something New wrong with me or that I am dying - even faster than I thought. I am scared these drs and tests will open Pandoras box for me. I am so alone with this and no one to talk to about it. And I am just dealing with this by denial - I push it away and pretend its not happening. But I need to make these appointments and test. I need to stop keeping my head in the sand. I am just so so scared. So alone. And im so afraid.
@blissedNblessed
I think many of use here have gone through anxiety provoking tests and results.
Things I do
- Don't procrastinate setting up appointments, it's just prolonging the time you feel anxious and may allow a problem to get worse
- While waiting find some good distractions, both individually and with others. Friends may be a bit clueless of what to do but if you say something like I just need to play some games to take my mind off things many people can respond to that well.
- When my feels do start to become overwhelming, vent them out. Afterwards I go back to a distraction.
Hopefully some of that can help you out. You're also always welcome to come here, start a thread, respond to one already ongoing, etc.
That is great you were able to stand up for yourself, some great wisdom for personal growth!
@AffyAvo
What's something that has changed in your lifetime that has made your life easier?
The internet
What's going well this week?
Today is my "Friday" I feel like it's been a long time coming. This has been a really slow week for some reason.
@777Bre777 Yes, the internet has made so much more accessible!
I hope you enjoy your weekend!
1. Voice to text has helped me a lot.
2. A lot of school work
3. Self confidence and motivation that my health issues can't control me.
@wonderfulRainbow817 That's great that voice to text has made things easier! Hope school work doesn't bog you down too much!
@AffyAvo Everyone else hey hope you are well.
What's something that has changed in your lifetime that has made your life easier? All these lockdowns. I can walk, well hobble with my walking stick, around without seeing people, its perfect tbh.
What's going well this week? After 3 previous visits to get an MRI scan to no avail, I finally got a scan yesterday and they found spinal damage crushing the nerves to my legs. one step closer to stopping the loss of feeling in them then. Why I'm losing control and feeling in other parts of my body remains as yet, a mystery. So back to my GP I crawl for this to go on and on and on and on, some more.
What would you like support with? Hmmm, to be honest right now, they way I feel about Life and my lot to date, just finding light relief to help keep my head above the rising waters around me, is probably the best support. Smiles, laughter, music, books and loved ones, make it an easier journey by far ❤️ So the best support rn anyone can give me is, 🚣 Please fix the leaks in ma boat, still got a way to row it yet 😂
@Zed786 Hope the mysteries get figured out! May you be surrounded by many smiles laughter music books and loved ones!
@AffyAvo
God bless you for your kind compassionate heart 🥰 Finally, after 3 failed previous attempts, I got my MRI Scan last week. They found spinal damage/wear&tear (probably ffom years of playing badly as a Rugby Union Prop). The nerves to my legs are being crushed, hence why i am losing feelin in my legs and why walking is becoming far too painful to do beyond 20 metres. Have to wait another 2/3 weeks tho for the results to get to my GP and then next steps should be decided in an informed manner. The cpap which was recalled last year might also have been creating all my health issues over the last decade! So everything else that is failing me healthwise rn, may be all down to the past use and abrupt stop of the cpap. Oh happy days lol 🤣👌🏼🕊
@AffyAvo
hi affy,
support with? for now, making it until maybe noon tomorrow. thank you kindly for asking affy. that's very nice of you.
@IcedCoffee211109 Sending you beams to get through this next day as smoothly as possible!
@AffyAvo
Affy, thanks for your help! It matters!!!!! I hope you have some help also Affy.
What makes life easier is my little dog Max. 2. What's going Well is my work here. 3.As for support. Parts of my support me in doing this and studying for my career as a counselor
@positiveRiver9935 Aw that's great Max makes things better! Hope your education program is going well!
It is. I'm trying now to figure out what classes to start with
@AffyAvo
What's something that has changed in your lifetime that has made your life easier?
a lot of things changed in my lifetime: sign language interpreting became available in 2002, personal assistance act enables me to get a free caregiver who helps me a lot, cochlar implants became available and widely used, motorized wheelchairs became widely used, more assistive devices, invention of internet, smartphones, work from home, less discrimination, less prejudices, more inclusion, etc.
What's going well this week?
My work went well this week.
What would you like support with?
I would like to have a long term listener who would listen to different my issues and to support me. It is almost impossible to get one through browse listeners.
@CheerySandi I'm glad there have been all those changes!
Have you tried the classified section to get a listener? I hope you can find someone you click with well!