August 2008 Filers

[HappyDancer 7]

LOL... I just got out of the hospital last September. You guys wanna follow suit? hahahaha

[maliciant 7]

Sick of waiting seems highly contageous... this could be an epidemic!

[Donna-marie 0]

im trying to get all my health issues dealt with while i still got the use of the good old British NHS, not that i have anything major to deal with but im waiting for dental surgery (wisdom teeth ouch) my daughters waiting for braces fitted and just making sure my sons prescription for his glasses are up to date all of which is free while im in the UK.

Im not sure if NHS covers sick of waiting but i will find out

[HappyDancer 7]

That is hilarious!

[I and S 0]

President Obama

I still can't believe i am saying it. i thought it would never happen. Also, i have lived in Virginia all my life and Virginia is a historicly a republican state. I have been voting Democrats all my life. I simply wanted Democrats to win Virginia once in my life time. It happend last night.

Ok back to NOA2's, I think i have given up hope on recieving a NOA2 before i leave for Pakistan to go and see my SO. However the best part is that i am only 8 days away from seeing Irum.

Hope everyone is well and happy. keep up the good work. we are on page 76, That shows that the true support in this group.

Go August filers!!!

[sara..... 371]

hey the sickness is real......im 21 currently on medication for high blood pressure was never a problem before immigration process.......was told my my doctor get rid of ur stress so i asked hmmm would that be college i graduate this year....or would that be perviz? no answer..........

[Donna-marie 0]

Have a good visit Shan,

Nearly 2 years since u have seen your fiance Estadia dont know how u have managed and still kept sane.

Good luck

[Harsh 0]

I am lower then a bunch of you guys.... I am at #261, but comparatively speaking, I started at 311 or somthing, so woohoo!.... GO PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!

[Fred N Emilia 0]

I went to the hospotal twice in the last 3 weeks, stress and I thought I had prostate cancer! HAHAHAHAHA! The doctor said NOOOOO! you are too young for that! it was just a UTI, I had it twice ina month! he told me to stop stressing!

I know its TMI but hey you guys are family now.

No more hospitalization August people!

[sara..... 371]

Have a good visit Shan,

Nearly 2 years since u have seen your fiance Estadia dont know how u have managed and still kept sane.

Good luck

haha my sanity or lack of it is questionable these days lol

sara

[Harsh 0]

hey guys, I have an ametuer-ish theory as to why the number of NOA2's have slowed down..... if you go on the VJ timelines page, and look at the Vermont timelines, for the most part, MOST of the June stuff is finished, and the July stuff has started, HOWEVER, there is a huge gap between the reported number of NOA1's between 7/05/08 and 7/23/08, there is only ONE NOA1 between these dates, I dont know if thats due to less being filed, or, just less people on this website reporting their NOA1's in those 2 weeks, if so, people could be getting many NOA2's from July, but they arent reported on this website, so we dont hear about them. I know this is a random assessment, but I just thought it was food for thought. Its HUMP day, woohoo! Weekend is almost here!

[Hell0W0rld 10]

Alright, Election is over now so no more excuses, let’s start seeing a big wave of Approvals now!!

[maliciant 7]

For those of you actually having stress related hospitalizations... this won't cure being lonely and missing anyone, but get some exercise, it really does do wonders for stress... find something you like though, don't pick something grueling (unless you have the willpower to stick with grueling exercise).

The election is over, and I'm seriously hoping to see a LOT of NOA2's flying, so far this is one of those weeks where watching igor's list is just down right depressing, it's wednesday noon and only a single NOA2 shown for the week (the plus side is that single NOA2 went up right away at the start of the week but it needs friends, it's a very lonely NOA2). Harsh: That's entirely possible that there just wasn't many filers during the time period being processed now leading to this little dead zone, I think we'd still see a few here and there since the NOA2's are processed in exact order, there is kind of a shotgun of dates that get approved together.

[Cuchita 1]

Hello everyone, I would like to join you VSC August k-1 filers. I am so happy to see I'm not alone, I also check the stupid case online everyday, I also am sick of waiting. If that makes you feel better, I have diareah righ now yuk! Im so stressed out. Plus we have a one year old little girl as you can see in my picture, shes so cute but has problems with sleep because I only work and my parents take care of her and they are not good at setting a schedule for her sleep.

You know what ..I even have memory loss problems , no really I forget a lot of stuff lately!, this is horrible, I wonder if anybody here has the same problem.

I really appreciate you all. Good luck!

Take care,

Cuchita

[Gemmie 142]

Hey, just popped in to see that everyone is getting sick! Come on guys, give your immune system a kick up the ###, it needs to stay strong!

Seriously though, stress-related problems is completely normal.

Have you all heard of the Fight or Flight mechanism? Most people know about this, it's one of the things you learn about in first year of psychology, how the body deals with stress. It goes into Alert (responding to the anxiety), then Resistence (attempting to fight off the stress via all of those body changes you're experiencing, faster heartbeat, feeling sick in the stomach, headaches, insomnia, etc) and then eventually Exhaustion. This is where your immune system is down from all the high levels of stress that your body is trying to fight off. It makes you feel tired, "empty", anxious, and prone to illness.

There's nothing that can make your stress go away because we don't have control over the immigration process, but you can make it easier to deal with.... eat healthily, get lots of rest/sleep, exercise, learn how to handle "attacks" that you get to recognise... treat yourself on your bad days, and make the most out of the good days. Remind yourself that you have a large support group ready to help, and that each week is one step closer.

Certain foods boost levels of serotonin (happy chemicals) such as chocolate and bananas..

Also, this is a personal tip, but rather than stressing yourselves out further by constantly checking Igor and the USCIS site, remind yourself that you're unlikely to see anything until December. I don't check for updates everyday because the status is the same, and of course I expect that because July is only just getting started!

Until then, you might as well take it easy and keep yourself busy doing pleasant things that you enjoy.

Keep up the optimism, guys and girls!