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Posted 2/3/2012 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
Good Morning Risa,

Yes, today is "Take 2" and today you will get some much wanted answers.  I am sorry you had a lousy night but not surprised.  On top of your other worries being put off yet one more day pushed your anxiety into higher gear, IMHO.  Let go of last night, put it behind you as you  plan for today. 

Remember your mind is playing tricks on you and convincing you that you most likely have a dreaded disease.  Stop this "stinkin thinkin" by telling yourself  that you are okay, you are normal, and you are working on building a stronger, more confident self then ever before.  This bump in the road is making you stronger as you have to continue to fight against giving in to the anxiety.

Focus your energy on the "here and now"; don't let your mind wander off into the future by trying to guess what "might" be wrong with you.

Try repeating this today and aim for repeating it 15 times in a row:

"I will not entertain "what if" thinking unless it is positive and encouraging for me"

 

Keep on remembering we are here for you and we know how you feel.   Sending you off today with positive thoughts and a semi-truck full of support.

I wish you peace,

Kitt

Posted 2/3/2012 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
Glad I could make you laugh, SC. :D

Ah, my favorite combo. Kitt & Cat. Haha. See what I did there? :]

Thanks, Kitt. I tried soooo hard to just be calm and cool, but I guess it sorta fell apart late last night. I took a pain med since I was having some muscle soreness, and I felt better (it WAS Vicodin, after all), but once that text message woke me up (from my boss, asking if I'd need today off--nice guy), I was just in a state. I felt a little better once I got up this morning, but I've just been so tired. Feeling drained, feeling pain all over, blah...

But! I'm going to take the advice you lovely ladies have offered me. Just gonna try to stay positive, occupied, disengaged until it's time to deal with the problem at hand.

Thank you again.
Posted 2/3/2012 5:12 PM (GMT 0)
Yep! You got me laughing too, just go in and start "cracking up" while they're talking to you. They'll think...."this lady doesn't need an echo, she needs a psychiatrist"! LOL! Even the thought of trying to make yourself laugh when you are nervous is funny, but in all actuality, I find that if i'm extremely nervous, like on a roller coaster, I laugh so hard! No idea why, but I do. It does help though.

Anyway thanks for that laugh, and AGAIN, wishing you the best of luck with everything. You'll be fine, just breath!

((hugss)) Fox
Posted 2/3/2012 9:41 PM (GMT 0)
THE ECHO IS DONE.

I am home and haven't been rushed to the ER, so... hey, good on me!

I told the guy doing the echo of my concerns that I'll be sent off to the hospital, and by the time it was over he said he didn't have to go get the doctor, so... clearly nothing dire is happening. Woo-hoo! Guess this means I can let go of my heart failure obsession. I'm pretty confident that it means that whatever might be wrong can probably be treated relatively easily, at least.

Yayyyy!

Thanks so much for being here for me. You guys have been heroes. I'll be sure to also let you know when I get the results from my doc. :]
Posted 2/3/2012 11:07 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah!!! I am so glad that it all went well. Rest up now, and then go out to dinner with your husband to celebrate!!

We are glad that we could be of help during this time....and you can be sure I'll be asking the same of everybody coming up soon, as it is time to make my yearly appointments!!

Have a great weekend and enjoy the great feeling of relief!

Talk to you soon:)

S.C.
Posted 2/3/2012 11:22 PM (GMT 0)
Well, since you've been so great to me, you can bet I'll be here to help get you through your appointments. :] Remember the laughter trick! *Hugs* Your appointments will be fine, I'm sure, and you'll feel much better once they're over with. I now have firsthand experience. :D

I know I'll still be a little nervous waiting to hear the results, but I definitely feel much more prepared to deal with whatever it might be.
Posted 2/3/2012 11:43 PM (GMT 0)
Risa,

Fan-double-tastic !  A guy walks into the psychiatrist's and says "Doctor, doctor, you've got to help me! I keep thinking that I'm a deck of cards!" The shrink says "Sit over there and I'll deal with you later." (Kitt takes a bow and then   introduces the one and only Risa and her new mike devil and singing back up is the little devil dervish from California - Scaredy Cat.  Now lets break a leg everyone !

Look,  I see Foxy in the front row sipping a pina colada !  yeah  

I am so dang happy to hear you are not in the hospital or locked up in a ward that I am grinning ear to ear.  smilewinkgrin

You made it and I am dang proud of you.  Your new mantra should be, "I am able to feel the fear and do it  anyways".

 

Huggles,

Kitt

Post Edited (stkitt) : 2/3/2012 4:47:10 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/3/2012 11:51 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Kitt!!

Yeah, I was so relieved. I'd convinced myself that it was heart failure. I mean... I was practically starting to make plans around my being in a hospital for the next few days at least, because I was just so sure after last night. But I'm pretty sure the lab guy would have seen it, so it's a weight off my shoulders. I think I can conquer just about anything now! Lol.

You've been so awesome. *Hugsssss*
Posted 2/4/2012 12:09 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Risa....and I am funny too.  Just remember I have to be back to the home by 9:00PM.

It has truly been my pleasure to help you through this tough patch. It is good to recognize we are all human and we need one another.

Kindly,

Kitt

Posted 2/4/2012 4:18 AM (GMT 0)
OMGsh Kitt...I totally saw our little night club act in my head! You are looking sharp in a tuxedo tails and top hat...Risa is in a red sequined dress a la Jessica Rabbitt, I am wearing a vinyl A-line dress , go-go boots and a bee-hive doo (think Austin Powers) and Foxy is looking foxy in her best fox stole and smoking one of those cigarettes with the really long filters! :)


Woo hoo! This is going to be a Friday night to remember!!!!

S.C.
Posted 2/4/2012 5:17 AM (GMT 0)
Hahahahaha! You gals are too much! I am cracking up right now. But SC, I totally saw the whole thing too, and it was almost identical to what you described. Like in an old-time smoke filled bar and the gangsters with their suits and cigars. LOL! As a matter of fact, i'm smoking a cig right now too! LOL!

Glad everything went well for you today Risa! ((hugs)) Hopefully you will hear good news from your doc saying that it's just a benign murmur and there's nothing to worry about.

Bring on the booze ladies! Well, at least a glass or two of wine anyway, that's about all i'm allowed (docs orders). Hehe!


Fox
Posted 2/4/2012 5:23 AM (GMT 0)
Hee hee hee...I'll make the coffee for tomorrow morning! I just got some strong French Roast, we're gonna need it:)

S.C.
Posted 2/4/2012 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
Good Morning Risa,

I suspect your sleeping in this morning as you have plenty of rest to catch up on.  :)  Thanks for letting us practice our "act" in your thread.  Hoping it may have given you a smile after all the stress you have been under. ((((((((((Hugs))))))))))

 

SC - where is my coffee ?   

Foxy - The papparazi caught a picture of you coming out of the club last night - you look so foxy ! 

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Posted 2/4/2012 4:38 PM (GMT 0)
Hahaha! That is too funny Kitt! But at least it's better than the pics they got of SC! By the time she left, her vinyl A-line dress was ripped, from her singing and dancing around, and acting like an animal all night! Needless to say, she wasn't wearing any panties! *gasp* shocked

She may be hung over this morning because I had to make my own coffee!

I think maybe next time we'll have to leave her at home if she doesn't know how to behave!

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Oh! And BTW Kitt, I LOVED your boots! They were sexy!

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Post Edited (Fox7) : 2/4/2012 9:50:48 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/5/2012 12:41 AM (GMT 0)
I have been DYING to get home to see these pictures!!! I teach morning classes, and then have to run errands, Saturday chores, ect...

Then I felt like I really should answer the other posts first, before indulging in the sillier ones...so finally I got to see them...

and it was worth the wait!!! LOL!!!

Funny, funny...and yes there is kind of a resemblence...if I go to bed and forget to take off my eye make-up!

and just for the record (and because my mother would die a 1000 deaths...I always wear my granny panties;p, honest!

Hee hee,

S.C.
Posted 2/5/2012 1:00 AM (GMT 0)
Oh my goodness! Craziness has ensued on this thread!

Lolllll. I <3 you ladies.

I had a good day today. I DID have to get up early today, but I think I slept pretty well through the night.

You know, speaking of Jessica Rabbit, I used to sing the song that she did in the movie... Why Don't You Do Right? Lol. I have a recording somewhere. Maybe I should buy a red sequined dress. :D

I don't even know how panties got into this conversation, but does it count that someone once threw theirs at me while I was on stage? *Snicker*
Posted 2/5/2012 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
Uh Oh! Risa, now you've done it! You made me pull out the pic of you! Trying to make everyone think you were innocent....tsk tsk. Here you are having a little TOO much fun after your performance! Who IS that gentleman you are with, he doesn't look much like Roger to me? 

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OH! and they were probably SC's panties, she threw them last night! I saw her do it! I told you, she was an animal all night! But I did capture that pic of her singing back up for you before she ripped her dress all to crap. You can clearly see she had make-up smeared all over her eyes!  LOL!!!

Posted 2/5/2012 4:26 AM (GMT 0)
Whoa! Thread gone wild!!!  devil   Reel it in, reel it in! blush


We are a family forum after all!;p  (it is funny though)

S.C.

Posted 2/5/2012 4:20 PM (GMT 0)
Awwww MOM!  tongue  

Ok, Ok, I'll calm down now, I took my meds. Haha!   wink

Posted 2/5/2012 4:42 PM (GMT 0)
Haa haa...the French Roast is strong and delicious this morning ladies...and I am off to church in a couple of hours to do penance, Lol!

Where's the 'angel emoticon'?

I hope everyone has a fun and anxiety free Super Bowl Sunday!!!

S.C.
Posted 2/5/2012 4:52 PM (GMT 0)
Great fun and I <3 you all too.  Laughter is good medicine and we sure needed a dose, all of us. 

Happy Super Bowl Sunday to all.  Let the games begin.

cool  Kitt

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