Lisa R

Exercise was my way out today

on 05-22-2008 at 03:08 PM (374 Views)

Ever have one of those days where your so stressed out you don't know which way to turn. Today was that day for me. Last night seemed to be everybody at home wanted to fight night. My job was having an ice cream social and offering me sugar free ice cream when I was turning down all ice cream period. When will people just accept a polite no thank you as not as a rejection to them but simply what I don't want. Well than comes the donut hole for medicare part D where I now get to either pay $900 a month for my medications until it reachs $3,000 or go without my medications, which of course I don't have $900 a month to pay for my medications. My other option is to find a pap program that will help out well that's when the idea came to me go exercise and I did and everything just melted away as I walked on the treadmill and listened to music. Then as I concentrated on the weight machines the last bit of stress slipped off. Now I feel tired and in a frame of mind that I accomplished two things today I passed up ice cream and stayed on my woe and exercised.
Lisa R

Tags: None

Categories: Uncategorized

Email Blog Entry

Main Off Plan eating taught me a lesson »

Comments

QueenMama - 05-23-2008 04:33 PM

WTG, Lisa. You found a way to relieve your stress, without any damage to your body. Bet you slept better, too.

It's obscene what drug companies get for medicines. Most families could eat pretty well on $900, or even a lot less! I hope you can find a solution to that problem.
- Reply
- |

Lisa R - 05-24-2008 06:23 AM

Thanks QueenMama, I slept great. I was able to get samples of meds from where I go and they helped find me a couple of pap programs to apply to, just cross your fingers for me that I am accepted into them.
Lisa R
- Reply
- |
Goddess - 05-24-2008 12:51 PM

Exercise is a great stress reliever! I often forget when I most need to do it. Thanks for the reminder.

Glad to hear your medical folks are helping, too. They are often aware of options and programs to make it easier. Speaking as someone who is self-employed (and therefore uninsured), I know my Docs have been great about providing samples, for example, and going out of their way in many ways to help keep the costs down.

Good luck, Lisa!
- Reply
- |
lunch lady - 12-29-2008 11:30 PM

Hi Lisa, I am so sorry that you had a bad day but you made it through it all! I know what you mean about people taking it personally when you don't want to eat their food...I knew a guys that was and alcohoic and people would offer him a drink and he say not I don't want it and they said come on one drink won't hurt and he said well I am allergic and if I take just one sip it will make me throw-up immeditally so then they would say oh never mind...Do you think that would work for us LCers instead of saying we don't want it say we are allergic to it...for me it wouldn't be a lie it does make me sick when I am eating all those nasty carbs! Hope I made you laugh
- Reply
- |