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<blockquote data-quote="End of our rope" data-source="post: 622072" data-attributes="member: 17544"><p>SOC you asked how we are today. We are miserable. I think that word sums up our feelings this morning. </p><p></p><p>Our daughter has not a penny to her name other than what we give her. Their is no hope of moving her out unless we pay for it. Yet more financial strain on us because after we move her out then she will start with the calls for money for gas, money for electric bill, money for groceries, money, money............! We have lived for years with emails that always have the subject line of TODAY. Today I need this today I need that. I am sorry If I seem a bit prickly but a beaten dog knows only how to bite and has forgotten how to behave.</p><p> </p><p>This week my daughters Aunt is visiting during her spring break time. We are planning to have a group discussion tomorrow while the gkids are at school. Who knows what will become of this. She now understands that trying to get a rational answer from an irrational person is not going to happen. If there is any light for us it is her at this time. We had scheduled a family road trip to the Grand Canyon and now that is going out the window. No at this time we can't leave because if we leave her here we will be 10 hours away and she will be calling us for money for something. The car will breakdown, she will find some drama to escalate and getting away will turn into something miserable. </p><p>I have found the local NAMI offices and will be contacting them later in the day. I have attended one meeting and I actually set in on the Bipolar group to understand better those who are diagnosed with this. While it was informative it gave me no answers. </p><p></p><p>My wife and I have been married 37 years come May. We have been through much in that time. Our difficult child was born with a small hole in her heart that required open heart surgery at 6 months. We fought for 6 months just to keep her alive and healthy enough so she could get big enough to have the surgery. Countless visits to the doctor, cardiologist, and who ever else was in the line up. At 5 our difficult child was diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. Just when we thought things were on the upswing we were once again knocked down. We have fought our way through all of these things and remained strong but this current crisis threatens us as never before.</p><p> </p><p>For those that have offered up prayers and thoughts I say thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="End of our rope, post: 622072, member: 17544"] SOC you asked how we are today. We are miserable. I think that word sums up our feelings this morning. Our daughter has not a penny to her name other than what we give her. Their is no hope of moving her out unless we pay for it. Yet more financial strain on us because after we move her out then she will start with the calls for money for gas, money for electric bill, money for groceries, money, money............! We have lived for years with emails that always have the subject line of TODAY. Today I need this today I need that. I am sorry If I seem a bit prickly but a beaten dog knows only how to bite and has forgotten how to behave. This week my daughters Aunt is visiting during her spring break time. We are planning to have a group discussion tomorrow while the gkids are at school. Who knows what will become of this. She now understands that trying to get a rational answer from an irrational person is not going to happen. If there is any light for us it is her at this time. We had scheduled a family road trip to the Grand Canyon and now that is going out the window. No at this time we can't leave because if we leave her here we will be 10 hours away and she will be calling us for money for something. The car will breakdown, she will find some drama to escalate and getting away will turn into something miserable. I have found the local NAMI offices and will be contacting them later in the day. I have attended one meeting and I actually set in on the Bipolar group to understand better those who are diagnosed with this. While it was informative it gave me no answers. My wife and I have been married 37 years come May. We have been through much in that time. Our difficult child was born with a small hole in her heart that required open heart surgery at 6 months. We fought for 6 months just to keep her alive and healthy enough so she could get big enough to have the surgery. Countless visits to the doctor, cardiologist, and who ever else was in the line up. At 5 our difficult child was diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. Just when we thought things were on the upswing we were once again knocked down. We have fought our way through all of these things and remained strong but this current crisis threatens us as never before. For those that have offered up prayers and thoughts I say thank you. [/QUOTE]
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