Mattsmom277
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This is Mattsmom27, now Mattsmom2777 because I've changed email addresses and can't retrieve my password for the site.
I haven't been around in a dogs age. I do read a few times a week.
An update on us. Matt is now back home for a year now. He is struggling with essential tremors in his hands but they are vastly improving. He started high school this year. He is doing ok academically. Choosing to be anti-social. He hasn't really made friends, his choice. He spends all of his time at home. A bit of a disrespectful tone creeps into his voice sometimes but he accepts my parenting (finally) and stops when asked. Behaviourally the change is night to day. I can't believe this is the same child smoking, drinking, drugging, running wild, suspended, expelled, resistant to all forms of help etc. After so many years, the sullen withdrawn teen years seem a breeze so far.
My easy child Jessica is 8 now. She's in her 3rd season of hockey and enjoing it. She's doing well in school and is still my happy little camper.
I'm doing good and then not so good. I finally got rid of my "then" sober alcoholic common law partner. He started drinking, created alot of problems and was gone the day he took a drink. I survived it and truthfully just learned alot from the experience.
I had been posting about my neurological problems and tests etc. So it currently stands at probable MS but come Jan. and my new neuro appointment, that will likely flow into official diagnosis. I have my ups and downs. Had a period of remission that was wonderful and then bang, without warning, it ended. I've been struggling for about 5-6 weeks, but it seems to be easing back a bit now. I'm on new medications (16 tabs a day YUCK) which I really think are helping me see some improvement.
I haven't been posting not because my difficult child is turning more typical teen than difficult child, but because it is very hard sometimes when you are going through alot personally to look outside yourself to support others. I will be online now more often again. I have missed you all. I also see many new members I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet.
I am so glad that this board survived the change over of ownership, some sites just don't manage to pull off the change. What a sad day if this soft place to land wasn't here for parents to stumble upon. Not to mention all of us regulars!!
I realized today it is has been almost 9 years since I've found the board.
Looking forward to catching up with you all.
Melissa ... aka Mattsmom27, now Mattsmom277
I haven't been around in a dogs age. I do read a few times a week.
An update on us. Matt is now back home for a year now. He is struggling with essential tremors in his hands but they are vastly improving. He started high school this year. He is doing ok academically. Choosing to be anti-social. He hasn't really made friends, his choice. He spends all of his time at home. A bit of a disrespectful tone creeps into his voice sometimes but he accepts my parenting (finally) and stops when asked. Behaviourally the change is night to day. I can't believe this is the same child smoking, drinking, drugging, running wild, suspended, expelled, resistant to all forms of help etc. After so many years, the sullen withdrawn teen years seem a breeze so far.
My easy child Jessica is 8 now. She's in her 3rd season of hockey and enjoing it. She's doing well in school and is still my happy little camper.
I'm doing good and then not so good. I finally got rid of my "then" sober alcoholic common law partner. He started drinking, created alot of problems and was gone the day he took a drink. I survived it and truthfully just learned alot from the experience.
I had been posting about my neurological problems and tests etc. So it currently stands at probable MS but come Jan. and my new neuro appointment, that will likely flow into official diagnosis. I have my ups and downs. Had a period of remission that was wonderful and then bang, without warning, it ended. I've been struggling for about 5-6 weeks, but it seems to be easing back a bit now. I'm on new medications (16 tabs a day YUCK) which I really think are helping me see some improvement.
I haven't been posting not because my difficult child is turning more typical teen than difficult child, but because it is very hard sometimes when you are going through alot personally to look outside yourself to support others. I will be online now more often again. I have missed you all. I also see many new members I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet.
I am so glad that this board survived the change over of ownership, some sites just don't manage to pull off the change. What a sad day if this soft place to land wasn't here for parents to stumble upon. Not to mention all of us regulars!!
I realized today it is has been almost 9 years since I've found the board.
Looking forward to catching up with you all.
Melissa ... aka Mattsmom27, now Mattsmom277
