My turn to complain about life!

[torredcuda]

Well I`m not usually one to show my emotions as I tend to keep things in but I figure since the people here are so great it might help to vent a bit.I don`t want to get into details but first off is that my wife and I are having problems and things are not looking too good for us at the moment.Second is my father found out his cancer is back ealier this year  almost ten years after his first bout with Lymphoma.He is 81 and very weak so we don`t know how long he`ll be around.If that wasn`t enough last night I get a call from my wife telling me our dog Rikor is limping badly on his right leg,the only one of four legs(two dogs) we haven`t had to do surgery on!    After coming home at 3:30 this morning to carry(great for my bad back) him downstairs and outside I`m 99.99% sure his ACL in that leg is blown whivh means another $1500 surgery and 8 weeks recovery with a dog that can`t sit still for 10 minutes(takes after me I guess!).Of course all this comes at a time when I am super busy at work with the bosses asking us to work more overtime and my wife is short handed at the restaurant( as usual) so getting time off to take care of Rikor will be really tough.Surprisingly so far I`m holding up pretty good and hopefully I can keep it going and not have any more episodes of anxiety attacks which are not real fun.I know a lot of poeple have it worse than me so I`ll just keep trying to look at the positives and get thru it all. Thanks for listening! 

[whitesatinmopar]

All that certainly would be a heavy load Jeff, seems like "life" has to throw more than one curve ball at a time. Work work and more work, problems problems and more problems. When they hit like this even a supposed minor situation affects us like major ones do. Unfortunately there is no magic wand or super pill to make them all go away. Time, patience, and persistence seems the only usual cure for getting through.  But hopefully knowing your friends here are thinking about you and your family's situations will at least give some small assurance others do care.  Hang tough and hopefully all these things will soon began to get better, not attempting to put relavence to any one situation but I can't help but think first of your dad.      

[torredcuda]

Ya,at 51 I`ve been thru enough to know that I`ll get thru these  things eventually but they do seem to happen all at once.Hopefully if things come in 3 as they say that this will be it for now! 

[Bullitt-]

I feel for ya Jeff.  The most important thing right now is to take care of yourself, seek medical counsel for the anxiety...pull close with friends & family, I think their support should ease your burden....See if the vet. could take payments over an extended period, or consider other options as animals should not be a burden. 
   Sorry to hear of your Dads condition, be there for him when you can.

Best of Luck
Wade

[BIGSHCLUNK]

I feel for ya Jeff. Its never seeming to get any easier thats for sure. Take care of yourself and just go in small steps. 

[aris_unlimited]

Seems to me like it might be time for you guys to take a break from stuff and spend some time together.

[1ownr]

Time to get all that stuff that has been pent up inside you released.
I find wailing away with Joe Cocker and "With a Little help from my Friends.." (Woodstock version, showing my age), does the trick. 

We are all more alike than we know... stay strong and come on by the forum for a good dose of "friends" near and far.

judy

[ChallengerHK]

Hope it gets better.

[dodj]

Here's wishing you the mental fortitude and patience to weather the tough times. They will pass. 

[4Cruizn]

I hate when that happens!  So many things going on that you just give up sleeping and try to tackle all the issues life is bombarding you with.  Hope it gets better soon . . . 

[Street_Challenged73]

Sorry to hear about all those issues that just seemed to bombard you all at once...I know how that goes, but like others have said, just take things one step at a time & hopefully it will all work out for you.   Hopefully your father will pull through as it's tough watching your loved ones be in so much pain from all those horrible illnesses.

[dutch]

keep on breathing Jeff.  eventually bad things will go away. 

[brads70]

Sorry to hear that Jeff! I can relate to almost everything your going through. Hang in there!

[BadJoey]

You came to the right place to vent . The people here are always ready to hear our problems and offer advise . I'm sorry about your dad . Hang in there things will get better even if it don't seem like it .Good Luck .

[Challenger III]

  Sometimes it seems like everything hits us in a big lump. Take care of one thing at a time and keep your eye on the "prize".    Best wishes to you and your Dad!