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A new Godiva Chocoholic Here

Sat, 08/19/2006 - 20:46
Hi, I'm fairly new here..been around for maybe a week or so. This seems like a pretty cool group to find out information about epilepsy treatments and make some great friends who will relate to life. A little about me... Well, I'm 32 years old. Female. Common-law. And, since I work in Information Technology, the joke is that my boyfriend needs to upgrade the "beta version" promise ring to a version 5.0 (this will be our 5 year anniversary in Oct) engagement ring. Time will tell. We plan on getting married some day late 2006 or early 2007 probably. So, my major concern is getting these seizures under control so some day he and I can attempt kids naturally. Oh ya, and I'm from Ontario, Canada - near Toronto. Dunno if anyone else is from Ontario, but my other major thing these days is (and ya, I know this may sound like whining, but it is what it is). Well, I have a decent job, but I hate it. My department is all "buddy, buddy boys club-ish" if ya know what I mean, and well, I'm not one of the boys. So, I get made to feel useless and nothing I say ever counts or matters. Well, in Ontario medical coverage for prescriptions comes with your job. I'm on Keppra, Topomax and Clobazam for seizures, plus birth control pills for hormonal seizures (IUD is real method), and I need my job for dental. No foundations will help me out for the 3 mth interim if I quit my job and get a new one, so really I have to make sure I have $1500 dollars saved up, and my guy makes less than me, so it's like I'm stuck in hell for the medical. Can't wait to maybe get off Topomax. Anyways, it's cool to find a great group of people, and be ablt to help out others in anyway I can. Looking forward to meeting lots of new people and becoming friends with people. Add me to your buddy list if ya want to...I'll try not to ignore people, but gotta admit life gets a little crazy at times! Sending a smile to all :) Godiva Girl (a chocoholic....love Godiva Truffles)

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Re: A new Godiva Chocoholic Here

Submitted by txrhb1 on Sun, 2006-08-20 - 23:31
Hi Godiva Girl, Nice to have you join the forum ! As another woman in IT, it's nice to see so many of us here. This is a great place to make friends and share experiences. We also have a lot of fun in the chat room. Hope to meet up with you there sometime soon. ((( hugs ))), Barbie *************************************** "We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other." -lucian de crescenzo

Re: Re: A new Godiva Chocoholic Here

Submitted by GodivaGirl on Mon, 2006-08-21 - 18:31
Great to meet you Barbie. Looking forward to meeting many people. Just curious, what part of IT are you in? Consulting, Programming, etc. I love analysis and design consulting, but where I work you need a license for that, so right now I'm a marketing sales lead generator (a.k.a. telemarketing spammer). I find it so boring at times, but such is life. I spend most of the time researching the companies I call. That's cool to do! Looking forward to meeting up with ya in the chat room EC

Re: Re: Re: A new Godiva Chocoholic Here

Submitted by txrhb1 on Sat, 2006-08-26 - 16:50
Hi Erin, I've been in almost every area of IT, including design and analysis, programming, consulting, program management, etc. I loved the design and analysis part the best, because I really enjoyed working directly with the end user. It's great to see you here, and I hope we get to chat soon ! ((( hugs ))), Barbie *************************************** "We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other." -lucian de crescenzo

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