It's 5am and I dont have to be up for another 4 hours but here I am!! But it feels real good! No regrets about yesterday, no hangover just peace and serenity. This week has been full of ups and downs. But what I see in retrospect the downs were only a set up for the ups!! Let me explain. I have severe back and leg pain. Went to two different ortho docs and they both said the same thing, "you are obeese"~! And we can do nothing for you. I am gonna skip to another senerio then come back to this last doc. Wed. night at my f2f there was this woman I have known for 20 years. We have always just been cordial hello and goodbye. Well her boyfriend just died and I dont know what I shared but it touched her. After the meeting she ran to me with a huge hug and asked if we could exchange numbers, I said sure!! So now back to the 2nd doc. She said the best way for me to lose weight comfortably is to swim. I belong to a club with a great pool but have no transportation since I totalled my car 2 weeks ago. Any way, I wasnt even to my car yet and the phone rang. It was my new freind!!! You wont believe this........ she said would you like to go swimming with me today? Turns out we belong to the same club!!! So we went and we really bonded. She is a sweetie. One more miricle I will share,,, I have wanted the Lap Band surgery but insurance wouldnt cover it then but now thanks to those 2 docs my insurance will cover it because they deemed it life threatening!!! So you see a curse turned into many blessings. And all I had to do was stay sober, pray and leave it all up to God! I now understand that God's timing is perfect not mine. This week has taught me to pray and wait on Gods answers. Love you all!! Allison
Wow! Just proof, once again, that our HP comes/speaks to us thru people!
When I find myself struggling, thinking about a drink, I remind myself of those types of miracles and ask myself, "Do you want to give the gift back?!" The answer is always, "No freakin' way!"
Swimming is excellent exercise and easy on the body. So much so that with my DDD my insurance paid for me to get my own pool! So, you keep after them, hun.
Happy Sunday to you, also!
BIG (((hug)))
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Insurance paid for your POOL, Doll???? WOW!!!!!!!!!!! I wonder if my dad could get one?? He is on disability for 20 yrs. now with DDD. Will have to look into that!! I could use a dip once in awhile too!!
Nique, so glad to see you here and posting. Hope you are having a good sober weekend.
(((hugs))) Joni
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Insurance paid for your POOL, Doll???? WOW!!!!!!!!!!! I wonder if my dad could get one?? He is on disability .......
It took a couple of years and a LOT of work from my doctors, they had to convince the insurance that by me being able to get regular exercise would cut down on more rapid deterioration, injuries, etc therefore cut down on time outta work, surgery, etc, but yes, they did. .... I would say if his disability is 'private' (being paid from his job), he still carries job related medical insurance & if he can get his doctors to get on board then it's do-able. If his disability is thru SS or he's on Medicaid, etc, then probably not. But, check anyway, what ya got to lose!
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I loved reading your post, and I got a lot out of it. I'm going through two things similar - the waiting period for things to get better and health issues. My biggest one right now is high blood pressure for unknown reasons.
The second one is that I don't have a drivable vehicle right now and that makes getting out of the house pretty tough. (You can probably relate.) Really, even if my vehicle WAS drivable I couldn't because it's an OLD OLD Jeep and gets about 8 mpg. Sheesh.....
But hearing your miracles reminds me that things can and most likely will get better, I just need to continue to remain patient and know that "This too will pass." It has before when things got tough...and this time should be no different.
God will provide, I just need to not quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens.
Love & Hugs~ God bless you.
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