Friday, February 12, 2010

ouch

i wanted to explain what i posted yesterday. celine dion was on oprah at 1 am and she is one of the few celebrities that i know of who is upfront about using ART in her family building (i guess i have to include giuliana depandi now?)
oprah asked celine about the 'miscarriage' she had earlier this year, which from what i read sounded more like a clinic error, but what do i know? and im in no mood to go searching for an article on this poor woman's misfortune.

so there she was, sitting in front of millions of people with all the composure in the world and oprah asking her how it made her feel. i bet she wanted to kick oprah in the stomach while punching her in the throat simultaneously and say 'THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE, BITCH!' or 'CE N'EST PAS AGREABLE CONNASSE!' yup, 5 years, can you tell?
or burst into tears and collapse into oprah's lap mumbling something about life not being fair.

but in the end she was classy about it and told oprah that's life and the way things go sometimes. she also mentioned that it happens to many people, they just aren't unlucky enough to have their business plastered across newspapers and ahem brought up by talk show hosts.
then celine told oprah she is on her 5th try for a baby, (im not sure if her son rene' is included in that,) and that the 5th time is going to work! she was so gracious and sweet and positive. on tv anyway.

anyway, after her interview, oprah had the canadian tenors on and they sang their cover of the song 'hallelujah.' and halfway through, celine came out and surprised them. (youtube had the video from oprah but it wouldn't play, so this is just them with no celine) i guess they are fans or something, i missed that part. but the song was just so sweet and peaceful, just what i needed to hear. my life has been lacking in the peace department.
so i thought i would share that with my dear friends inside the computer, so many of them could use a tranquil moment as well.

im not in a good place. im going to go see a doctor soon and not the lady junk kind.
a brain doctor. im a mess. i definitely have PPD and i think i may even have a dash of PTSD. i need to sleep at night and wake in the morning like a normal person again. i need, somehow, to come to terms with my empty arms and my aching heart. i hurt more than i ever though a person could.

this week would have been 36 weeks of pregnancy. that's when my obgyn told me the babies would probably arrive.

valentine's day babies that aren't coming.

there's no tasty for today yesterday, so crack open a cherry pop tart and try not to finish the whole box.

9 comments:

Michele said...

PTSD after loss is not uncommon; I remember discussing it with the NICU nurses and then researching it afterwards...

Thinking of you. This is such a hard time.

Allison (Ali) said...

I just started seeing a counselor myself. I can't go to sleep because all I can think about is those awful hours between the time they told us we would lose Cadynce and giving birth to her. and how empty i felt and still feel. i hope that seeing someone helps you, i do believe that losses such as we have suffered do truly cause us to suffer PTSD.

hugs

kathryn said...

love you. you are so brave. i always wanted to grow up and be just like you, and i still do. i know the girls are so proud to have such wonderful parents to look down on from above.

Jenn said...

I'm sorry you are in such a hard place right now. There are no words that I can offer to comfort you, I realize that. When we are hurting words are just noises anyway.
I do think it is positive that you are seeking someone to talk to. It seems to help so many people. You have been through so much, naturally you are hurting beyond measure.
I hope you and T get to do something nice for each other this weekend. I know it will be hard but there is so much love between you, focus on that. Sending peace to you.

Cyndi said...

Kudos to you for taking care of yourself. How could you NOT have PTSD after what you've been through? I hope they are able to help you get some rest.

Bon said...

(((hugs))) I missed the oprah but I wished I would have seen it. Maybe I can hulu or something.

also - thank you for adding our button on your sidebar. :)

sonja said...

I am so sorry for what you're enduring. I spent some time reading your older posts today, and you have been through so much. I think that talking to someone might help if you are up for it.

Thinking of you and your angels.

Dad Interupted said...

PTSD, ABC, BBD, The East Coats Family - Whatever you have I'm here for you baby. Its funny, all growing up you are being taught lessons to prepare you for the real world - well this is the real world,- but its funny I don't remember the lesson "Watch you daughters die and bounce back in weeks!" I think it might have been an elective freshman year of college. I'm kicking myself in the ass now for not taking it. Like a dumbass I ended up taking "How to score a sexy wife"-(it was a survey course). Anyway hindsight's 20/20. Loveu miss u -TEE

lastchanceivf said...

Oh Lis. I am just now reading this post. It just breaks my heart--you offering up some peace for the rest of us when you are in such turmoil yourself. I am so glad you are seeing someone to help you through this...there is no way around it, huh, just going through it. I am just so sad for your loss. So, so sad.

Thinking of you and wishing I had anything worth offering...but I'm reading/listening.