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May 17, 2021, 03:30 PM
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@scatterbrained04 and all:
Wow, 56 days without cigs! That's really an accomplishment! Something to be proud of and congratulated on! I hear quitting cigs is extremely hard because of the lifestyle habit component.
Sorry you're having such trouble sleeping tho. I'm going thru the same thing, up at 4:00am these days. My days were chaos for a while there but i used sensory-deprivation to heal (somewhat, anyways). No TV, no electric light, only soft familiar music, dark room, wear black eye-shade as much as possible and snuggle my dog!
It's working well for me. I've stabilized at bedtime at 10:00pm and wake at 4:00am. That's only six hours but it's pretty decent and the Spring is so beautiful i don't want to miss a minute.
Writing this from my balcony, which i am using for the second day in a row. Had my phone appointment with my doctor and we talked for an hour. I could feel him rushing towards the end, it's highly unusual for me to take an hour of his time.
At this point i am hoping HE will counsel me on my overeating and come to some conclusion about whether it's Binge Eating Disorder (BED) or med-inspired munchies... or both. I don't want to see yet another negligent psychiatrist or mediocre para-professional.
My doctor is a smart guy, young, we get on well and most important of all, i trust him. I'd be pleased if he'd take me on with a regular appointment and we could figure this thing out together.
I so hope he will but it'll depend a lot on how busy he is. It's up to him. He's sending me for an abdominal ultra-sound re the dull pain in my side that comes and goes.
I thought i'd look into it after three years of it coming and going daily as another member here said they'd been diagnosed with fatty liver after eating a poor diet with lots of pop for years.
I've been a diet cola fiend for twenty years, five or six cans a day. Still trying to get off it, on my third liter of water today, so making progress. My doctor said it could be fatty liver, or gall-bladder trouble or gall- or kidney-stones.
I decided i would see the prosthodontist (dental specialist) for an assessment after all as the pain-twinges are back in my teeth. So that's happening a week from this Wednesday.
I'm not going to allow him to put sharp objects in my mouth but he can look and shine a flashlight and use his fingers. I know it's probably highly irregular but i'm a dental trauma survivor from botched dental surgery when i was fourteen so i am pretty determined that i'm not gonna suffer dental trauma again.
If he won't co-operate i'll just leave and eat a soft diet for the rest of my life. Hey, smoothies are hip now! I'll be in style! If only the COVID restrictions would be lifted and i could get into a big box store and buy a hand wand blender...
Hugs to all!
Last edited by Anonymous41462; May 17, 2021 at 03:44 PM.
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