Prayer Requests

I will pray for your friend's daughter.

 

hope and prayers that mother and child will be well soon. i think it s a mistake not to see a mother let see the child. even if she s not able to look after the baby yet, she should had least get to see it and spend little time with it. i believe that would help her recover faster.

 

Thanks for the update. I will continue to pray that she gets through.

 

^^^^^i will keep praying for u

 

**Life sucks.**

A few weeks ago, I went to a "Men's health fair" held at a sports stadium. There were dozens of booths with health care related information and select on-site services. One of the booths included a local health clinic and it included mental health services. After talking to one of the counselors in private for about 20 minutes I was encouraged to give the agency a call and that I could explore their standard counseling services.

I called the office phone number to the agency. After a 10-minute screening, I was given another phone number for the city/county's public mental health services geared for low-income residents. I've been cut down to working part-time for three months now. Money is tight. I was cut off of employer-paid health insurance and I'm becoming increasingly anxious and aggravated.

I spoke with a counselor for 30 minutes- the counselor was very pleasant and respectful, and I was just being honest about my issues. At the tail-end of the conversation, I was expecting to be told how to then set up an appointment for outpatient, face-to-face counseling.

I was told that I'm not eligible for services.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!

No official reason was given, but I'm told that I'll "get a letter." Well, damn.
If I wasn't at-risk of doing something drastic then, I sure as hell am now. ****!!

I was given the phone number of yet another place to call which may or may not help. I just sure as hell feel hosed.

It figures. Right before I birthday, I figure I'm trying to be proactive about addressing my depression/anxiety, and now this.I've already been dealing with depression for years on end, now. I want a better job and I apply for literally hundreds of jobs a month, but literally all I get are rejection emails and letters. I want to get my own place and be independent. It just seems all for nothing because my efforts get horrible results..

 

More bad news today

My father received his pet scan results and not only has the tumor they cannot remove grown, but the cancer is spreading to his liver, abdomen and lungs...

Lord, please give me the strength to accept your plan for my father and please keep him in your comforting hands so that these last however many days/weeks/months we have left my father is not miserable.

 

Praying hard. My heart goes out to you.:freehug:

 

i followed your posts and wanted to say some earlier, but had a hard time doing so coz this reminds me so much on what happened to me and my dad 2 years ago.
all i want to say is,... i wish u all the strength you need hun, for the time you will face and the time after. it s incredible painful to let someone go and stand by without having the power to change things.
you are on my mind and in my prayers cherokee. may god help the two of you and the rest of your family in this hard times.

 

Thank you all! Gem, you are making me cry... Just thinking about all the years i wasted being apart from my father and seeing how happy he is now that we have reconnected. Now to prepare to lose him... Just so hard saying goodbye.

This is the man who took me at 2 yrs to give me a better life, gave me the world and raised me on his own for over ten years. My daddy.

 

Wow, your whole situation is so heartbreaking .... such beautiful, emotional words.

 

So sorry to hear that. Praying for comfort for him, you, and your family/friends though this tough time.

 

Praying for you, Cherok. I'm so sorry you're in pain. :freehug:

 

Thank you ladies:freehug: