A Year On - and some people just don't care
Hi Ladies
Well it's been a year now - you know the whole gambit and still going! I had forgotten how much stuff had occured in that twelve months..............I got out last years diary and flicked through the pages - scans, biopsy, surgery, more surgery and a nasty little problem inserting my portacath due to 'funny arteries'. chemo, radiotherapy, more scans, more endless visits to this doctor and that doctor - you get the picture! Well during my chemo, we were offered a wonderful brand new government housing unit. We were over the moon - then the other tenants moved in.......one of the units was sublet out to a church group and in their wisdom they placed a drug addict there..........Yes ladies it all goes down hill from there! We have had in the past six months seen.....animal neglect, child neglect, drugs, assault, theft, burglary (in broad day light!), more assault, more theft, more drugs, vandalism, property damage and endless anti-social behaviour - (did I leave anything out?) on a nightly and daily basis, 24/7! Its no fun having someone knocking at your door at one in the morning, screaming and fighting............needless to say we DONT answer the door to that! My husband rang this church group (who have sublet that offending flat) after NUMEROUS complaints from us.....well, lets say he was shocked, he put the phone on speaker, and I heard this woman from this organisation sprout condesending, patronising platitudes at my husband.......in other words, they really didn't care too much for our complaining - they told him "they were working in conjunction with the police about this tenant"..........Gee, we didn't tell her that the police told us that they were fed up to the back teeth with this tenant and they had also complained to the church group. I guess you just have to be understanding of the problems of an addict - well sorry I'm not - their issues are self inflicted! This is why I got out my diary and went through it, I shook my head in disbelief and said to my husband.............."You know we really don't need this" - no I can't afford to move and we have invested a lot of time, money and energy into this little home that I love - besides, I still have Herceptin until the end of April - so why should we be forced out? At the moment I sent hubby up to his mother in NSW for her 80th - but before he left I had him install some 'sensor' lights I bought off the internet........at the moment I am suffering some serious boredom - and have a week to go, but I don't like going out side my door - guess why! You have to wonder about the priorities of some of these organisations? We told them about my bc and my husbands heart issues - but are they interested? Noooooooo! Not on your nellie. So right now ladies I am telling my self to 'suck it up' - just like I told myself when I got this breast cancer - You have to be tough in this world, just when you think you are tough, you have to find out you are tougher.........not every one out there has their priorities right do they. It beggers belief - what can I do about it.......nothing apparently. Just hide inside and don't make eye contact! Cheers Josie x
