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<blockquote data-quote="Hopeful97" data-source="post: 673786" data-attributes="member: 19678"><p>Leafy, Thank you for your encouragement and support. You are right I do not want to go through this for another 18 years. I started thinking his tooth was like that when he was still home and I tried to get him to go to the dentist over the summer, he refused. </p><p></p><p>When we brought son home from residential living (after a year and a half there - we visited on weekends and sometimes he would get a day pass or weekend pass to come home) it did not take long for him to get kicked out of 2 GED classes and for his horrible behavior to start again. He came home a few months before his 17th birthday. </p><p></p><p>So they have been his choices not to get an education or go to doctors or take necessary medications. I know this but it still hurts, acknowledging the fact that these are his choices does help sometimes more than other times. One of the conditions he came home from residential living with was that he had to get his GED and a job. He was told that if this did not happen he could not live here, he was also told that if heveryone kept treating us like he was and our property he would be kicked out on his 18th birthday. Thsee things did not happen, even with his friends telling him to not treat me like he did. I would come home to lots of people on my deck that I did not know, break ins, etc......there were all kinds of shady characters hanging around. So yes Leafy I know how you felt. </p><p></p><p>I am sure drugs are involved and drinking and I have to remember that he knows he has a mental illness and that he needs to be on medications. Mental illness is in my family so he has seen how important therapy and medications are.</p><p></p><p>I keep telling myself that I have to do this for my health, physical as well as mental. We all do. </p><p></p><p>I wish I could figure out how to take bits from a post on this site and respond to each part like you and others do. If you can explain that would be great. Right now I scroll backwards to see if I am responding to everything.</p><p></p><p>I am a praying person, when son showed up I sent a quick prayer to give me strength and that prayer was answered, because I do not believe I would have been able to do what I was able to do this morning. I went to church asked for peace and now I am much calmer. You know the poem footprints in the sand, the Lord has been carrying me for a very long time I must be getting heavy. (chuckle)</p><p></p><p>My tool box is very useful.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for the video, absolutely terrific what a blessing. </p><p></p><p>We all can do this. So thankful for all the support from everyone on this site.</p><p></p><p>HUGS </p><p></p><p>Hopeful</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hopeful97, post: 673786, member: 19678"] Leafy, Thank you for your encouragement and support. You are right I do not want to go through this for another 18 years. I started thinking his tooth was like that when he was still home and I tried to get him to go to the dentist over the summer, he refused. When we brought son home from residential living (after a year and a half there - we visited on weekends and sometimes he would get a day pass or weekend pass to come home) it did not take long for him to get kicked out of 2 GED classes and for his horrible behavior to start again. He came home a few months before his 17th birthday. So they have been his choices not to get an education or go to doctors or take necessary medications. I know this but it still hurts, acknowledging the fact that these are his choices does help sometimes more than other times. One of the conditions he came home from residential living with was that he had to get his GED and a job. He was told that if this did not happen he could not live here, he was also told that if heveryone kept treating us like he was and our property he would be kicked out on his 18th birthday. Thsee things did not happen, even with his friends telling him to not treat me like he did. I would come home to lots of people on my deck that I did not know, break ins, etc......there were all kinds of shady characters hanging around. So yes Leafy I know how you felt. I am sure drugs are involved and drinking and I have to remember that he knows he has a mental illness and that he needs to be on medications. Mental illness is in my family so he has seen how important therapy and medications are. I keep telling myself that I have to do this for my health, physical as well as mental. We all do. I wish I could figure out how to take bits from a post on this site and respond to each part like you and others do. If you can explain that would be great. Right now I scroll backwards to see if I am responding to everything. I am a praying person, when son showed up I sent a quick prayer to give me strength and that prayer was answered, because I do not believe I would have been able to do what I was able to do this morning. I went to church asked for peace and now I am much calmer. You know the poem footprints in the sand, the Lord has been carrying me for a very long time I must be getting heavy. (chuckle) My tool box is very useful. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Thank you for the video, absolutely terrific what a blessing. We all can do this. So thankful for all the support from everyone on this site. HUGS Hopeful [/QUOTE]
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