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drew_wymore

drew_wymore

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I had an interview yesterday and it went well. I have a second interview with another place on Friday and Thursday my Humira comes in yay!
 
Yippee! So can you do the shots on Thursday, or do you have to do it with the nurse still? (Ooo - that didn't sound right.)
Good luck on the interviews (though I gather you're not relocating this way).
*pout*
 
Thanks everyone. Humira arrived today ... I can't believe I'm excited to inject myself with something but hey if it works.
 
Glad you are doing well Drew.

Good luck with your interview. I think it would be difficult to inject myself, but this disease requires us to do things we normally would not consider.

Dan
 
The injections are SO worth it if it makes you feel better.
Think about it - crap your pants in public OR stick yourself with a needle??
Not a hard choice in my book.
Ice up before and after, let it get to room temp, and press on the site afterward. That keeps the blood from pooling under the surface of your skin. Seriously not a bad sting.
I never did the tummy, I did the thighs, but then again - I like to sit there on the couch with my pants down for 20 minutes while I ice up.
*runs to help protect Pen. Sheesh - I thought I had a big mouth*

Let us know how it went!
 
So how did it go Drew? Did you do your shots??
(I know you did - but everyone else wants to know I'm sure. ;) )
 
I got the first 4 injections done at the hospital last friday. The nurse did the first one and I did the other 3, 1 each in the thighs and 2 in the belly. I didn't ice up or anything before hand and they didn't hurt nearly as bad as every has said they may (maybe I have a high tolerance for pain?)

Its sort of been up and down since. I had steak and salad on saturday and it didn't bother me nearly as much as i though it would. However I haven't been feeling so good the last couple of days.

So we'll see how it goes.
 
No ice? Tough guy. That's HOT!

Uh, maybe you haven't been feeling good for 2 days because you ate steak and salad! Helloooo, you just said it yourself! A wise man named Kev once said "just because you feel good doesn't mean you can eat whatever you want". (or something wise like that) A wise young girl named MBH once said after starting Humira, "Note to self - just because my belly feels as strong as steel does not make it so". Hmm, that girl sounds brilliant. I would still be careful what you eat, and then only cheat a little when you feel really great.

It's only been 4 days, give it time to kick in.
Hope it gets better and better for you.
 
Thanks everyone. I think the good vibes are helping =) I was virtually pain free yesterday (Tuesday). I felt good enough Monday night to go to the gym for the first time in almost a year and I ended up running 5 miles woo hoo.

I have 2 in person interviews this week, one is today with a company I worked with 5 years ago. The funny thing is, they called me yesterday (Tuesday) to schedule it but had some questions because of my exit interview from back in the day. I basically drank some major hater-ade on management at the time and they wanted to gauge where I was at now and get an explanation. They were good with how I answered those questions so I meet the executive team now and see what happens.

I have another interview Friday and we'll see how that goes.

I am pushing myself a bit right now because I am feeling better which may end up being my un-doing but I'm super driven to succeed, I've been working since I was 13 so I don't know any better.

At worst, I nose dive again like last Fall, but I'll cross that bridge if and when I come to it.
 
You say that everything happens for a reason?
Maybe you will get a really great job offer with someplace else for missing that interview, or better yet - one in NY. ;-)
That sucks, you were finally feeling a bit better, take care of yourself.
 
Well I heard from the place I was supposed to interview with and we're still on. Just need to figure out logistics that works for them and myself. I'm pretty sure I have the job if I want it. I don't want to sound full of myself but I'm super over qualified for it and its at about 2/3's of my regular rate but I really want to work BAD.

@Pen .. I didn't really burn bridges, I just gave them a no holds look at what the problem was. I was professional about it. They just wanted to make sure I didn't have any issues with the current management team there which I don't =)
 
Haha Benson. It will pay around 15 an hour. I normally make anywhere between 22-40 an hour depending on what and where I'm doing a job. They warned me up front that they were not going to be able to match that rate and I'm ok with it. Because I know the people there, at least the people in management, including the owner, I'm comfortable with taking a pay cut in order to get back into the work force again as well as knowing that I can be completely upfront and honest with them about my illness. I told them during my initial interview that I have Crohn's and I said while it shouldn't affect my day to day that there are some days where I'll be at the doctor's, potentially in the hospital etc and they were ok with it.

Having a good group of understanding people with whom I can build relationships with at work is important to me. When I walked away from Google (and I didn't burn that bridge, I lit the bitch up with C4) I left a very lucrative incentive and compensation package on the table. Being happy in what I do and getting along with my co-workers is paramount to me. Money will come and go, sure, I want to leave a good nest egg for my daughter but that is it. I don't need to be rich to be happy. Between my own personal convictions and then becoming ill on top of it has really forced me to take a look at what's important to me and money isn't =)
 
See, I'm psychic.

I left a customer retention job (convincing people not to close their credit card), and I was awesome at that job, top on my team (over half the people calling ended up keeping their card, which was rare). I am good at reading people and getting in their head, addressing reluctancies, etc.... It paid major bonuses, nearly a 50% increase in base income for doing so well there, but I was going insane there, and hated the policies and whatnot. They tried to convince me to stay, offered me this or that modification, but not the core stressors would change, it was wearing me down majorly. I have strong suspicions that a major reason for my current flare from 14 months ago was from the excessive stress. I've never hated my workday more by far, than when I was going there. Hell, I would have been working till 9PM on Christmas Eve at that job too, and I missed every major holiday while there. Not to digress too much Drew, but I'm just saying I'm very aligned with you on the point of stress vs. money.

Drew, the pics I saw of Google's Euro site was astounding, they had like a resort that was used as a workplace, so to say.
 
Well one job is out, they decided to give it to someone else (the job I used to work at .. oh well). The second one I'm still pending interviews. I just couldn't do it again today (broken record).

Yea most of the sites they have are hella hooked up. Which one did you see? Dublin or Zurich Benson? Those are the 2 main one's over on the other side of the pond.
 
BWS1982 said:
Sweet Drew, you more than had this coming. :)
Click to expand...

Benson, this doesn't read right. I thought you didn't swing that way.
I prefer to call him 'sweet young Drew', or 'my sweet Drew', but if just want to call him 'sweet Drew' that's okay with me.
:tongue:
 

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