Hi All

well for those of you (not may on this board) that have been following my ups and down our Social Worker journey has started and the tiring, personal intrusive stuff is taken over. I have to say i really don't mind becaue i can talk and talk however, i have to stay its pretty dam tiring!!!!

On the plus side i have also had my medical and as i peviously mentioned i was really hung on my weight as 3 years ago i had a BMI of 46 weighing 19stone and although i new i've lost weight the last i knew my BMI was still around 39 - 40 but luck was on my side as when i went to see my GP he had my height 2cm more than i actually am and his scales were 1/2 stone out which worked out really well as it made my BMI 35 instead of 38 but i'm absolutely not complaining. i know 35 is still high but i'm hoping its a more acceptable high and it won't be an issue.

Well we've had 2 visits already an i have my individual visit next week but i really do think every week for 8 weeks at 3hours a time is just too much in one day, i shouldn't complain, the quicker these sessions are over the uicker we get to panel.

We have been told Panel will probably be Jan or Feb 2010 so the only thing that we have to calm down is the dog, absolutely harmless and pathetically soft but really really really hates the postman and rips letters out of door and needs to protect her house by sitting on the back of the sofa in front of the window. Any advice would be good

Thanks

Little Miss

Its great you're starting to get moving. I know how frustrating it is when you can't see an end to all their poking and prodding lol

Well done on your weights. DH is slightly on the large side and we just wrote down how he accepted it wasn't good and how he would always encourage any children to eat healthily and would be prepared to eat healthy as a role model. Complete crap as we still eat too many lunches out and takeaways lol

Good luck for the next couple of months and don't stress about panel lol

Hugs

Emma

Grateful Mummy to Katelyn (4) and Megan, born in April 2008

Hi Little Miss,

Its good to hear you have got started. I quite enjoyed the home assessment as I love talking and it isn't often you get someone who really wants to hear what you've got to say. My husband, on the other hand, is a very private person and he hated every minute of it. He became quite an accomplished actor during this time! lol !

I, too, was way over my acceptable weight. My doctor was very kind in what she wrote about it - taking off lots for my clothes which she insisted looked VERY heavy. Our social worker also stressed that I was attending weightwatchers and doing very well. The fact that our birth son was swimming at national level helped to show that I did know how to bring up a child to be fit and healthy.

As to the dog - well you could pray that any social workers who come like dogs. Or maybe you could get her used to being in dog cage for a few hours while they are there. That's what we did. The dog could see the visitors and they could see him and realise he obviously wasn't vicious or anything. Then I could relax in the knowledge that he couldn't get up to any embarassing mischief while we were talking.

Hope your individual visit goes well.

Helen x