[karen.w.]

Hello!

Hug's to you peapod & hug's to everyone else too!!! :grouphug2:

I don't think we give ourselves enough credit for how well we do cope!...I think we are all a bunch of lovely optimistic people who are trying so hard to adapt & get on with our lives as best we can.

yes we have our bad days,the days were we feel like giving up & we might wallow in it a bit but that's allowed..we are only human

I say we give ourselves a big pat on the back but doing so well

I have had lupus for nearly 15 years now,mainly affecting my joints & mobility.....I just take each day as it comes...it still catches me off guard just how unpredictable this disease is! but I have to get on with it (well when I can :wink2: ) for my childrens sake.

love to all...karen x :grhug:

p.s peapod I can relate to the housework frustration!.It took me so long to accept that my house can't always be **** & span everyday! & you can guarantee that visitors always turn up on the days thats it's messy anyway!

 

[karen.w.]

Also have began to see a psychotheripist who is lovely. She thinks that a course of cognitive behavioural therapy will definitely help as there are many other issues that I need to deal with from my past as well as lupus.
So hopefully all this will help

Good for you andi for taking some positive action! I hope it all works out well for you!
I am training to be a counsellor/psychotherapist at the moment,only started last september though so still got a long way to go yet ..however we have just 'touched' on CBT recently & it sounds wonderful!It's very effective,seems to get a lot of positive results & is becoming more popular..I am looking forward to studying it in more depth in the future..might give it go myself too

good luck with it andi :luck:
luv karen x