Ladies due in Sept/Oct/Nov 2012, gather here!

[Butterfly Spirit]

PP it's the BIG day! Best of Luck sweetie! I hope you hear "It's A Girl!"

[auroara78]

PP, I hope your shy baby finally lets you know who they are!!

Hobbers, that food sounded soooooooooooo good!

Yesterday we had to take my DH to the ER for extreme stomach pains. After many, many hours and way too much testing, he got diagnosed with acute pancreatitis (essentially an inflammed pancreas) so now he have anything but a liquid diet for two+ days and his pain is so strong they put him on oxycotin, so he's been sleeping or at least trying to sleep but doing a lot of groaning.

We had Memorial Day plans but obviously he is too sick to go. I hate to admit this, but he got pancreatitis from his binge drinking behavior. He won't drink beer for 3-4 days in a row then go crazy (and I do mean completely nuts) 1-2 days in a row. He hadn't drank in over a week when on Tues night he went nuts and drank 20 cans of beer. I was asleep and unaware of his party going on, and when I got up in the morning, he had gotten rid of his evidence, except for a few stray cans, so I assumed he had 5-6 beers that night, and wasn't even aware until his pains began and he admitted the number he had.

The doctor told him he has to stop drinking forever now, because once you get pancreatitis, if you keep drinking, you can develop chronic pancreatitis and that can lead to a necrotic pancreas and well, you cannot live without a pancreas.

This is a life changing moment for my DH. I am almost grateful for this because he has been battling alcohol addiction off and on for years, and I think he neeed something serious to happen to his health to give him that wakeup call.

[LolaInLove]

PP, I am so hoping everything goes well today and you hear girl!!! Will be stalking....

Aurora, so sorry to hear about your DH and all, but you are right, sometimes people need an event like that to shake them out of a bad habit. I hope he feels better soon!

[LolaInLove]

awww Doritos YUM!! I want some now Plus a CAKE!!!! aww no hang on hot jam doughnuts!! mmmmmm

OMG I'm leaving work for the donut shop right now. And I'm not even pregnant.

[Yuzu]

Just ducking in to say to Auroara: My DH battled alcohol addiction as well, from the time he was a kid if you you can believe it. He started attending AA years ago and the support really helped him. He only goes to the meetings every once in awhile now, but he knows they are there if he needs them. He's been sober for a few years now and it's much nicer. Don't feel alone; you'd be shocked at the number of families that have some sort of addiction problem.

[auroara78]

Thank you, Yuzu and Lola....

I really had a hard time posting it because it's something I've tried to cover up for him for years....but the truth is he's an alcholic, has been for years, and now it's time for him to become the man he's wanted to be.

He woke me up last night wanting a hug and sobbed on my shoulder about how much of a bad dad he's been because of his binge drinking behavior. I hugged him back and told him this is his chance to start fresh, and be the man he wants to be. He has this awful self-hate cycle he goes thru when he drinks where while he's drinking, he's happy, jovial, and funny, but afterwards, he gets depressed and hates himself for "giving in" and that negativity in turn makes him want to drink all over again.

I will support him in anyway I possibly can, because I want him to fight back and be strong and conquer his addiction.

I used to feel ashamed and wondered what ppl woudl think if they knew he drank like he did, but now I just feel proud that we can deal with this problem once and for all, and hopefully, move forward....

[Mochagirl]

auroara - my Dad's an alcoholic, and now at 70 instead of enjoying his hard-earned retirement years, he's been bed-ridden in the hospital for the past 6 months and will be moving into a nursing home as soon as a room becomes available. Although his health problems aren't directly related to his alcoholism, the abuse he's put his body through for the past 50 years has led to dementia and neuropathy that have made it pretty much impossible to recover fully from the bowel cancer surgery and heart condition he also has.

My Mom, on the other hand, is 70 as well and in perfect health - both in mind and body. She travels around the world, spends lots of time with all her grandchildren, and volunteers so much she's barely at home. She's never had a drink in her life, and I'm sure that has a lot to do with how healthy she is.

I'm so glad your dh has had this scare because he's young enough that he can start over and avoid the kind of life my dad has now. Better to have this happen now than when he's 60 or even older.

[auroara78]

no news from PP yet? her scan was at 9 am PST right?

[LolaInLove]

Aurora, we are only here to support each other....I can totally understand how you would be ashamed to talk about that, but Yuzu is so right, everyone has their crap to deal with and addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling, whatever it is is a very widespread thing. I think it is great that you are being supportive, and you are so right- no time like the present to get your shit together and be the man/husband/father he should be. Hugs!

And yea....stalking for some news on Mini-PP!

[ladybug]

I am totally stalking for PP too .......I really hope she hears ITS A GIRL!!!