I don't give a flying fiddlers, I'm venting and for good reason!
April 30th I ranted here and said............. http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/102/topic/765804?page=10
"Where do I start!!!
I was diagnosed August 3rd of last year. I come from a family of 8(3sisters and 4 brothers). One of my sisters came back into my life after an exit of nearly 5 years(she wasn't talking to most of the family for yrs). During the course of 3 months she kept hinting at me to cast members of my family out of my life because according to her they are not christian and do not lead a christian life, so when I told her I will not she dumped me in November last year.Saying that she was frothing at the mouth because another one of my sisters walked out on me and she had the nerve to say if she bumps into her she will give her a piece of her mind walking out on her sister who has cancer!!!!!!!! I bumped into her and her husband over a month ago and she totally ignored me when I said hello to her and looked right through me like I wasn't there, heard afterwards that she was complaining that I should have be out of the bed and making dinner or tending to my daughters as her neighbour was peeling potatoes and getting on with things when she had her chemo and look at me in the bed(in bed becuse of side effects of chemo and neulasta)!!!!Not to mention she didn't have a good word to say about me behind my back. My other sister when I was having the BMX told another sister that I've always been an attention seeker and that when I come around from the surgery she said that I'm(me) hoping it's terminal for the attention!!. I didn't find out my other sister said that until 3 weeks after the surgery when for months she had been planning a baby naming ceremony for her daughter who was born in June of last year and because it was a pagan ceremony, I told her I can't attend because I'm a christian, I found my faith in Christ and he has been holding me together since my diagnosis and I didn't wish to attend. Well she started roaring at me in my own home at 11.15pm calling me names and stormed out of my house with the baby and said she was never speaking to me again, that was the same day I got my drains removed. Then she proceeded to overstep her boundaries and call into a friend of mine whom I had been friends with for many years. To make matters worse my so called friend let her in to her home and my sister talked all about herself and never asked about me once. My sister called into my friend a few times and my friend called into her and my friend entertained her and phoned her to run errands for her having known how upset I was the way my sister treated me. My sister didn't talk to me for nearly 7 months and sent me a text in February asking can we be friends(after I finished chemo mind you). I met her in a coffee shop and she proceeded to tell me that she knows things will never be the same between us but would like her daughter to know my four daughters and me.I have forgiven my sister but I'm not close to her the way I used to be at all.
I have today let my friend go because I felt that she has been totally disloyal to me calling into my sister and even found out today that my sister picked her daughter up from montessori when she wasn't talking to me!! and she called into my sister a few times and had coffees with her, is it just me overreacting and being too sensitive?????I have always been there for my friend over the years and when it was her turn to be there for me she wasn't. She called in not so often and and a few phonecalls since my diagnosis,never once dropping by when I was going through chemo with a dinner or an offer to take my younger daughters out to the park or wherever.
Well that's my extra long rant over!
I do however have two family members I can depend on. My eldest sister has been there for me through thick and thin and my eldest brother. My other brothers do their own thing and are busy with their lives. I do not have the pleasure of parents to fall back on at all as I was raised in an orphanage and my parents live in England(Long story!)
What I do have is a wonderful supportive husband whom I love dearly and he is amazing and I can depend on him 24/7 and wonderful children. I am truly blessed with the other friends I have who have been there for me and some who have come back into my life.
Blessings Everyone
Maria
NOW! Today I was invited to my niece's birthday party. I went along with my DH and four DD's. There I was minding my own business and actually enjoying catching up with family and low and behold who walks in the door only my EX friend who I cut loose out of my life after being my friend for many many yrs. My SISTER invited her to her daughters party . After two hours this ex friend comes over to me and tries to strike up a conversation with me and I turned around to my other sister and said " She has a bloody Nerve".Oh well drama queen ex friend had the neck to call my sister who invited her and say"Your sister is starting on me".........
I AM SO UPSET and livid at the same time.
I had been a fantastic friend to her for over 14 years . I feel both betrayed by my sister and my ex best friend.
SOME PEOPLE really go out of their way to feck with peoples heads.
I'll have to repent for the sailors mouth on me this afternoon.
Maria
Comments
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What a trying time for you! I don't know what to advise you to do, but wanted to respond so that you'll know people are reading your posts. I'm sure someone with a better grasp on things will be along shortly. I will say that it's not uncommon to have a serious illness "help" you to weed toxic people out of your life. You really find out who your friends are and aren't in a hurry!
I had a close friend I'd known almost 20 years disappear completely after I told her I had BC. I couldn't believe she'd do something like that, and it really hurt. But on the flip-side, people who were merely acquaintances before have surprised and touched me by being there for me when I didn't expect anything from them. I definitely gained more than I lost!
Family can be a completely different critter, though, and I don't know enough to offer an opinion on what you should do about them. Good luck and gentle hugs.
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Wow. What a stressful mess you have. I hope you can find a solution to help you deal with it. I have a horrible stressful relationship with my mom.So I can relate to all you are going thru.
I cut my brother and sister in law out of my life years ago. I had been newly diagnosed as bipolar and my dr completely messed up my meds. I was supposed to go to their house for the weekend and she was counting on me as a baby sitter. Well, I knew I was not well enough to go and wanted to go to the hospital. I was in such a manic fog, I didn't realize I could check myself in on the weekend. My mom, sister in law and brother were just awful to me. What I realize, I was being punished for being manic which is being sick. Had I had some other illness like a flu, puking, vertigo etc, they would not have said all those awful things to me.
I have had a rough go with bipolar and am on disability for it. What I just realized last week, when my mom was on a tirade of persecuting me for past behavior is that I was being PUNISHED by her for being sick with Biploar, severe depression, severe anxiety. I texted her a message explaniing that she would not treat my brother who just went thru a stint with his liver not working (hes on the mend now) like she treats me with my mental health issues and that I will no longer let her do that. Mental illnesses, I told her, is an ILLNESS too.
Sorry for going off your topic, but I guess I needed to rant too.
I can see how it is hard for you at family get togethers when emotions are so raw and recent. I am glad that you have some supportive relatives and a wonderful husband.
It is hard to cut someone you once had favorable feelings for out of your life. It hurts and is hard. But I totally agree with Carolyn that you need to weed out the toxic ones. I hope you find a way to do it and be at peace with it.
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All this anger can't be good for you.
I hope you can find a way to let go of the anger this is causing you. It can create so much pain for you and your loved ones. -
I'm venting Chickadee, certainly not running around with massive anger issues, in fact I'm the total opposite. I was merely venting that my sister and ex friend have hurt me and don't seem to care about boundries or who they hurt in the process. I am a christian woman and do pray and hand things over to God as asked of me but we have all fallen short at times!!Hurt is a truer statement than anger. Apologies if it came across that way in my posts.Thank you very much everyone for your replies.
Blessings
Maria
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And this is the perfect place to vent, Maria. We get it because many of us here are or have been dealing with the same or similar issues. We can compare notes on how we coped, what helped or made things worse. We're a support group cheering each other on and commiserating with each other through the rough times.
I've heard it said here often that this is a time when you need to focus on yourself and not other people's drama. That isn't selfish; it's survival. And if confronted by toxic people who are putting stress on you, you're better off cutting them out of your life or at least holding them at arm's reach for now.
(((Maria)))
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Thanks Carolyn. xoxoxo
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