Daily Check In Thread For All... #148

Still raining here, and dreary. Need to find an indoor way to get exercise. Between the heat and the rain, I have not been keeping up with stretching and walking.
Trina - Hope you feel better by now. Lynwood and HT, hope you get rest tonight. I went through a bad patch of insomnia for a while -- it is really hard.
Hope everyone is OK tonight.

Having a tough day. Feel very down, hurt all over ( fibro). Hard to get motivated to do anything. Did some cleaning, but seemed to hurt more.

Hope that others are having a good day. Do you find that when you have physical pain your mood becomes depressed? I will go out in a little while, need a haircut. Maybe that will help, getting out a little.

Take care -
Hope

It is a fact that time expands during the days preceding your vacation, and contracts during your actual vacation.

Einstein rendered the proof thusly:

Vp=Va^(2Vl)

where Vp=pre-vaction, Va=actual vacation, and Vl = vacation length.

Science.

Deer got into my garden. Part of the fence was knocked down and partially eaten fruit lying on the ground. No really huge losses, though--I just took the ripe butternut squash home, peeled it, and removed the bites. We are having it tonight with thai red curry and chicken.

Heat finally broke here, for the most part. Work is going well--and I am enjoying it. Cleared a game plan with my supervisor.

Bodyaches though, from too much sitting still.

F27--happy vacationing. Don't do anything I wouldn't do--which really opens up the field. Have no idea about the theorem.

Fog is beautiful, Karen. I love seeing it in the morning in my drive over the mountain. How are your watermelons doing?

Hope-fibro interferes with a lot of things. It's just no fun. Light movement and distraction are our best friends.

I am trying to get BF to leave the house more--he hates the heat, the cold, the rain, the snow, etc. Unless the weather is 70 and sunny, he doesn't want to do anything. It's really frustrating.

Jamie-hope the day is well at the bottom of the world.

Be well, all.

Boy do I wish I could have a garden. However when I look at all the trees that block the sun and enable me to sit on the patio I consider myself rather lucky.

Wed am I called the Neuro office left 2nd message still in 10+ pain. John came home at 7:30p we went to local ER.

After waiting 3 hrs, sitting with a towel over my head and shaking from the pain. The waiting room was so nosiey, John took me to a smaller hospital a few miles aways. Took me right away.

Gave me IV, something for nausea, delauted for pain. Left with a script of 15, to last until my appointment on 8/31. Had this filled to today.

Finally yesterday afternoon the nurse called from Jefferson and was nice, concerned etc... called me back in a few hours, asked if I was feeling better I said yes, she was empathic and said good.

Told me. Doc. Maramora wants me to double the neurotin until I am seen by the RA on 8/31. OK I say. Then silly me asks I question!

Will dr. Maramora talk with RA about a new med? I don't know I only asked him the one question. she said very stressed!

So the upside of this is that, in the earlier conversation I had with the Nurse she explained that with botox, they have found that it takes multiple sets of 3mos treatments to see signifcant relief. NO ONE EVER TOLD ME THAT!

And the darn RA has asked me 3 times about botox and she knows, if she was listening, that I only had one set completed.

I am not used to the Huge centers and getting lost in the system. With my abusive past it is worse.

But everyone that goes to these centers say the same thing. There is no warm and fuzzy. The Docs are untouchable, and you can wait up to 5 days for a call back.

Time for an advocado sandwich.

Thanks for listening to uncontrollable rant!

Peace
Trina

It took me a bit but I figured it out. But I did F27. yad doog a evah...

Trina, I am sorry you are in so much pain. I think the dilaudid will help you. I think that is what you are taking. It is a fantastic pain reliever but strong.

I hope you all have a good day. . Thunder here, no rain yet, will be soon, getting dark.

Hugs, Karen...

Hi all!!!

Went blackberry picking this morning. Found a coffee can full. They aren't plentiful this year like we thought they would be but it sure was nice to get out in the woods for awhile.

Humid here again. Suppose to thunderstorm and be cooler tomorrow. Yay!!!

Have a good day everybody!!!

Hugs, Karen...

Hope you feel better Trina. Sorry you had to go through all that drama in the first ER. Hope you enjoyed the avocado sandwich yesterday. It sounded good.

Hope you get some pain relief Myself.

How are you feeling Lynn? Hope you're doing okay.

Thinking of you Joyce...

Hi Karen, Jamie, Hope, F27, ptimom, everyone else.

Wishing everyone a good night!

UA

The black fog seems to have lifted, thanks for asking. Turns out I had sinus and ear infections, but my only symptom was vertigo. Treating those now - a friend suggested she had read somewhere that low-grade infections could present as depression. Not sure what the problem is/was, but seems to have passed for the moment. Grateful!

Hi all!

Lynnwood, I am soooo glad to hear the fog has lifted! Infection, who knew?!

Karen I hope the blackberries were good.

My advacado sandwich was great, having another today, love them. 2nd best is tomato sandwich.

I bravely looked up 3 Neuros in my area yesterday.

I researched them, one is out, bad reviews and jumps from hospital to hospital every 2 years. Not good.

So I have one to call tomorrow, if not taking new patients I will call the second. If that one is not successful, back to research.

Cluster pain was 6 by 10am today, so much doubling the gabapentine.

Peace all
Trina

Hey Joyce, I am still smoking too, but may try to quit as I think it is starting to get bad for breathing. Will be seeing the doc on the 2nd. Bad blood work I guess. We'll see.

I am so happy you got the social security survivor's benefits. But I am sorry you are feeling lonely. Maybe you will make some new friends. You never know. I hope you and your son can remedy the differences.

Watching the birds feed today, they are flocking up some. Will be heading south.

This is the first cooler day we have had too. The heat took a toll on me also.

Going to try to stay up to watch "naked and afraid" tonight. I don't know why but I do. But it comes on late at 10:00. If I can stay up that long. We'll see.

Have a good evening Joyce. It is nice to see you post.

Hugs, Karen...

Good Morning Karen, Everyone,

How was Naked and afraid? I heard about it on the Ellen show but I'm scared of bugs and those other things you'll find in the jungle so I never watched it.

Happy to read your update Joyce. Home may be lonely, but you'll always have us.

Hope the gig went well Jamie.

Hi Trina, Lynn, Myself, F27, andy, everyone...

Signed up for school last week. My funding got cleared, not approved. Approval takes months. But I got cleared so I will be able to access classes once they start.
Went on a date yesterday. It was nice. I have some friends visiting from NY.

Wishing everyone a great day!

UA