Posted by Dinah on October 18, 2004, at 16:09:06
In reply to Re: Not so ridiculous anymore » Dinah, posted by Aphrodite on October 18, 2004, at 10:52:29
Actually a couple of good newses. My husband's mother is doing better than expected.
And my therapist's family health crisis didn't turn out to be what they thought, and isn't nearly as serious. So he called me a couple of hours ago to say he could see me today. (No good for me. Too late to arrange childcare.) So we made an appointment for tomorrow morning.
I made sure to tell him that if the immediate giddiness from hearing good news wore off and the stress got to him, that he should feel free to cancel because I was feeling better. (Not a lie, exactly. I'm pretty much sedated on Risperdal and extra Klonopin. I may need to have my work checked extra good, but I don't feel as bad.) He tends to overestimate how much he can do.
But Aphrodite is right. This has highlighted a weakness in my emergency preparedness planning that I have long been aware of. My therapist is a sole practitioner with no backup. And he's a key component of my support team. It was only a matter of time until that caused problems. I'll bring up having a backup therapist again tomorrow, unless it seems like the wrong moment.
I probably do need to find a few extra legs for my support stool as well. Although it really is rotten luck that everyone is having trouble at once. :( And I'm not so good at finding connection. I wish my pdoc wasn't quite so much a blank slate and I felt more comfortable talking to him.
I was a bit surprised how upset I was to hear him shaken. Far more upset than that he was unavailable even. The perils of caring about your therapist, I guess.
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