The hospital I work for outsourced certain departments within the hospital and it went into effect in February. I have been beyond stressed and I come straight home from work and curl up in bed for...
I am having a colonoscopy tomorrow morning. I am using Sutab prep. How long does it take to clean out my colon? I had 2 BM that were yellow to clear and now back to brown. This is my first and am in...
I lost my Mom in July 2016. I have never recovered from it. I live day to day with no happiness or joy. Just picturing Mom in her coffin and visit her grave site a lot. I know she isn't coming back....
Mom does have recurrent cancer which has come back outside her bladder, colon and stomach. The doctor doesn't want to wait and is starting her on chemotherapy Sept. 8th. Needless to say, my anxiety...
I am a worrier by nature. Mom came home from hospital yesterday. Having complications today and I was at their house and she insisted Dad call the doctor and not me because he has to learn to do this...
Mom had her surgery and her cancer has returned. So now we wait for the pathology report and what stage she is in and she will also be facing 6 months of chemo. As a family we will make it thru this...
I am on my way with my coloring book and colored pencils and markers in 50 different colors. I took up coloring as an alternative to smoking when I quit smoking 4+ years ago and still do it to this...
I feel sad this afternoon. I am praying so very hard that Mom will be fine. I got this weird thing going on right now. I feel like I need to keep in touch with her like all the time. Is that unusual?...
I am a tiny bit less worried now since I just talked to my Mom and found out she is actually getting some sleep at night which is a relief to me. I'm not sleeping but relieved to hear she is. She got...
I found out today the name of Mom's surgery and decided to google it and found what is involved and what can happen if the mass is malignant and scared myself half to death. I have had my computer...
Even though I am petrified and having panic attacks about my Mom and her upcoming surgery and possibility of colon cancer, I am trying to think positive. One of my friends sent this to me this...
I like the phrases people have responded with. I also suffer from palpitations and they feel like they will never end and our minds go every which direction thinking something serious is wrong. I...
Sorry this is so long. You all are the only ones I have to turn to. Yes, going thru this with an elderly parent is very scary and I feel panicky and just want it all to go away but reality wise I...
My Mom is having colon surgery a week from tomorrow and there are sooo many questions that won't have answers until after the surgery. I am very very worried and very very scared. I have been having...
Thank you everyone for your understanding and support. It means a great deal to me that I have somewhere I can turn and voice my fears without letting anything on to Mom and Dad. I don't want them to...
My family has been waiting for almost 2 weeks now to find out if my Mom's cancer has returned or not. She has an appointment with the doctor in the morning. I am scared to death right now and need...
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate and am grateful to you wonderful people here. A little more history on Mom is she is taking Plaquenil and the rheumy started her on Prednisone and it was like...
She went thru months of different treatments with a pain doctor and he referred her to a rheumatologist who is the one that diagnosed all diseases. She has also had a problem with falling...
My Mom has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatic, fibromyalgia and is in chronic pain all the time. She takes Plaquenil daily. At the present time she is having painful...
My Mom has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatic, fibromyalgia. She takes Plaquenil daily. At the present time she is having painful muscle spasms in her back and is taking...
I am going into a very dark place with everything. I feel like nobody. I feel sad. I feel ugly. I feel fat. All of my family (including 30 cousins) are all married and had kids of their own and now...
I love my Mom more than life itself and am really really worried about her. She was diagnosed with arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis. For almost 4 months last Fall...
What a wonderful and helpful thread. Got lots of good ideas on ways to pull myself out of this "stuck in the muck" feeling. I always find cleaning therapeutic. A clean organized environment is a huge...
I flunked as well. Only found 3 of the F's in the text until I read the rest of your post and went back up and recounted. Really played with my mind but got my thoughts going in a different direction...
I am really quite scared and losing sleep with thinking about seeing a therapist. What should I expect? Where should I start with things? How does this whole thing work? Do I do all the talking and...
Thank you everyone for listening to me. It helps to talk to people who understand what is feels like to have depression and anxiety. I am in a job I hate and have been looking for 1 1/2 years for a...
I am feeling the same. Just stayed in bed until almost 2pm this afternoon cause what was the use of getting up. I just feel like I am stuck and in this downward spiral that is never going to end. I...
I am stuck in a life that has me sad and lonely and seeing others get what they want and not me. I have a family who loves me but they don't get how bad I feel. They just say "accept" and you will...
I have IBS-constipation and am having a colonoscopy in 2 days time. Decided to start prep early so I am not worrying the day before if the prep is going to work. Took 3 Dulcolax (as the instructions...
How far in advance should I give up red foods and liquids (like red popsicles) before my colonoscopy? I have IBS w/constipation and doctor has me already on a low residue diet for the procedure which...
I was told to do Miralax/Gatorade and Dulcolax laxatives for colonoscopy prep. I have IBS with constipation. How long will it take for this prep to start working? I have a hard time with preps as...
Wanted to say thank you to the forum for listening to me rant last week. I am still having a very difficult time at work but just am trying to roll with the punches and if I feel like crying (which I...
Thank you for the response. I am trying to get myself together to finish out the day. Unfortunately I have to do it all again tomorrow here at work. A coworker just asked me what was going on with me...
I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety for a few years now. Started as uncontrollable crying. Have been on anti-depressant and anti-anxiety meds for a while and felt fine. Over the last...
I have read all the responses and the consensus seems to be for me to see a therapist and I can't disagree. Does anyone know how one can go about getting a therapist thru a State run program that may...
I understand the concept of forgiving my sister-in-law but just cannot seem to do it. Somehow I feel like if I give in and forgive her for her horrid behavior and the even more horrid e-mail she sent...
By choosing not to feel pain I feel like I am protecting myself. I don't feel like crying any longer. I did a lot of journaling and wrote my sister-in-law a 5 page letter telling her exactly how I...
Karen - you are not being too harsh. You said things I need to hear. You are right, I am the one with the problem with my sister-in-law and I will have to deal with it on my own. As for my...
Parts of a song keep running thru my head today and pretty much describe me. I am desperately trying to not feel the pain and it took everything I had not to cry while with my family last night. I...
Thank you everyone for your responses. I feel better knowing I have people I can talk to here who understand the depression and wanting to be alone. I am single, no pets, no significant other. So,...
Today I am really struggling. All I want is to be alone and down. Don't even have the want or desire to feel happy. I don't feel like anyone in my life understands what I am going thru. I feel...
To make long story short, my brother had a heart attack a little over two weeks ago and then this past week since coming home has been sick and low blood pressure. When he called doctor Friday nurse...
Thank you to everyone. I have not googled anything and am taking my antibiotics. The crying and shaking have stopped but the anxiety is still in high gear. I don't think that will calm down until the...
Hi. I have severe health anxiety. I am feeling how desperate you are. Have you talked to a psychiatrist about your anxiety? If not, maybe you could and it would help. I have been in a horrible state...
I'm home from the oral surgeon. He was very sweet and held my hand several times as I almost broke down in the chair (I hate dentist chairs). He looked at the red patch, took an x-ray and gave me a...
Appt. at 2:30pm (central time in Missouri). Kitt, I am so sorry you are dealing with the cryosurgery. I hope it goes well. I feel kinda silly now freaking out when others are going thru so much more....
Thank you for the kind thoughts and support. I will continue to carry you all in spirit with me as I go to the oral surgeon this afternoon. I guess one thing I am doing is having to face my most...
I have to see an oral surgeon this afternoon. So, going to the dentist did not ease my fear or anxiety one bit. I'm shaking as I type this. The dentist now doesn't know what is going on and is...
Thank you S.C. I'll take you all along in spirit. I'm leaving in a few minutes. I hope, really hope, that this fear/anxiety goes away after I see the dentist. I'm still VERY afraid he is going to...
Well after not much sleep and can barely eat I'm so nervous. My appt. with the dentist is in about 1/2 hour and I am shaking like a leaf right now on the inside. I took an extra anti-anxiety pill....