[BeyondtheRainbow]

I have been seeing my therapist for almost 13 years. He does not embarrass easily.

Today we were talking about something and he tried to say "Susan (name changed), my son's girlfriend" and my wife and I went to my old church. Instead it came out as "Susan my girlfriend". I must have had a really weird look on my face before I started laughing really hard and asked how his wife ("Jane") feels about his girlfriend.

And I finally wasn't the one blushing in that room . He laughed too and said about three times "my girlfriend is JANE" but it was a pretty funny twist of words. I enjoyed it.

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow

I have been seeing my therapist for almost 13 years. He does not embarrass easily.

Today we were talking about something and he tried to say "Susan (name changed), my son's girlfriend" and my wife and I went to my old church. Instead it came out as "Susan my girlfriend". I must have had a really weird look on my face before I started laughing really hard and asked how his wife ("Jane") feels about his girlfriend.

And I finally wasn't the one blushing in that room . He laughed too and said about three times "my girlfriend is JANE" but it was a pretty funny twist of words. I enjoyed it.

Cute!

WC

[Wild Coyote]

Possible Trigger --


This is a very potent respiratory virus.
It has hit suddenly and like a huge truck.
The last time I've felt like this I was headed to the ER by ambulance, with the flu and pneumonia.

H has it, too. It hit us both on the very same day. Nobody can sleep for very long. Awake with painful coughing, trying to keep airways clear. I am trying to avoid the ER. yet, I will go if I need to go; I have a "go bag" ready.

Cancelled my day tomorrow.

Chicken soup anyone?

Love to All!

WC

[BeyondtheRainbow]

Feel better soon Wild Coyote. Don't put off the emergency room too long. Feel better.

I just want today to end as soon as possible.

tomorrow I am getting some ballet shoes from someone who doesn't use hers anymore, and honestly?

it is all that's on my mind. I don't care how today goes or what happens today, I just want it to end so I can get the shoes

even if the shoes end up not fitting, it will be worth it

today so far.. ate breakfast and pit music on

nothing that exciting or interesting

[scatterbrained04]

Originally Posted by Wild Coyote

Possible Trigger --


This is a very potent respiratory virus.
It has hit suddenly and like a huge truck.
The last time I've felt like this I was headed to the ER by ambulance, with the flu and pneumonia.

H has it, too. It hit us both on the very same day. Nobody can sleep for very long. Awake with painful coughing, trying to keep airways clear. I am trying to avoid the ER. yet, I will go if I need to go; I have a "go bag" ready.

Cancelled my day tomorrow.

Chicken soup anyone?

Love to All!

WC

Hope you feel better soon. Get lots of rest. Chicken soup sounds like a good idea.

Originally Posted by Wild Coyote

Possible Trigger --


This is a very potent respiratory virus.
It has hit suddenly and like a huge truck.
The last time I've felt like this I was headed to the ER by ambulance, with the flu and pneumonia.

H has it, too. It hit us both on the very same day. Nobody can sleep for very long. Awake with painful coughing, trying to keep airways clear. I am trying to avoid the ER. yet, I will go if I need to go; I have a "go bag" ready.

Cancelled my day tomorrow.

Chicken soup anyone?

Love to All!

WC

I hope you feel better soon!

I agree with BeyondTheRainbow -- try not to put off the ER if you need it. Better safe than sorry imo. I remember when ignored my nausea one day.

This really isn't a trigger, but maybe gross because it involves nausea lol So if you're squeamish, ignore this.

Possible trigger:

I was in the car with my mom and my family coming home from Canada when I violently started throwing up. Eventually I threw up all my stomach contents and began puking bile because that's all that was left. Then next thing I knew, I was throwing up blood. My mom had to call 911 on the side of the road because I started having a massive panic attack where I was losing circulation all over, including in my stomach area. I was hyperventilating like crazy and almost passed out when the ambulance came. I should have gone to the hospital before when I fell very ill, but I figured, "nope, we're 45 mins from home in Massachusetts. I'll be ok."

They ended up giving me water intravenously and Ativan intravenously, as well as Zofran intravenously. I was screaming my head off the entire time in the ER because the blood part freaked me out. I also shouted things like, "I'm going to die! And no one here is helping me!!! My stomach is in physical pain and now it's going to be permanently damaged!!!" (Which wasn't true, but I was either psychotic or just panicking.) Ikept screaming even after I stopped vomiting. My panic attack lasted a while until they upped the Ativan.

So... tl;dr -- if you think you might need the hospital, do not wait. Things could take a turn for the worst in the blink of an eye when you have initially thought you'd be ok.

I'm not trying to scare you, but to show that it's really important to watch after your body before it starts to scream. Nip it in the bud. If it's bacterial pneumonia, for example, then it's a relatively "easy" fix compared to virual pneumonia. My grandma had bacteiral pneumonia a lot (no idea how she got it since we never got it) and she was out of the hospital in less than a week with some antibiotics to take.

[Wild Coyote]

Thanks for the kind and thoughtful responses.

I will continue to be careful. I am staying very hydrated.

I have to keep an eye on H, too. He sounds terrible.

I hope my mother does not catch it.

Thanks for your concern.

WC

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by Wild Coyote

Thanks for the kind and thoughtful responses.

I will continue to be careful. I am staying very hydrated.

I have to keep an eye on H, too. He sounds terrible.

I hope my mother does not catch it.

Thanks for your concern.

WC

That sounds terrible. I hope you start feeling better, and definitely go to the ER before you need an ambulance if it warrants it for you or your H.

H & I got extremely sick once with a bad stomach thing (throwing up every 20 minutes) with a 1 year old toddler to watch. Later, we were so bad, neither of us could have driven to the ER. I was about to call an ambulance; we couldn't keep fluids down at all. My muscles in my extremities were starting to cramp, I guess from lack of fluids & electrolytes. But around an hour later, I started doing better, could hold fluids down closer to an hour and then longer, but we were sick with that thing in total nearly a week. Day 3 was the time I nearly called 911.

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by ~Christina

My Fibromyalgia is on my last damn frazzled nerve

Another day of just lazing about, sucks !

Oh on a happy note .... nothing

Sorry about the fibromyalgia. It sucks so much

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by rwwff

Contemplating how to break my depression and stupid hallucinations (bells again) to my pdoc. A bit afraid of increasing meds because of my tremor, a bit afraid of not because I'm tired of being asleep most of the day and hearing a dozen different door bells that aren't there. See the doc in a few days.

Oh, and definitely not interested in a trip to the hospital! Don't think folks around me would be very supportive...

Can you call the pdoc and see if you can get in earlier? Mine will do that or at least do a meds adjustment over the phone, send in new or different meds to the pharmacy, then see him a few days later if I have a set appointment.

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by raging vortex

I just want today to end as soon as possible.

tomorrow I am getting some ballet shoes from someone who doesn't use hers anymore, and honestly?

it is all that's on my mind. I don't care how today goes or what happens today, I just want it to end so I can get the shoes

even if the shoes end up not fitting, it will be worth it

today so far.. ate breakfast and pit music on

nothing that exciting or interesting

Sorry things are hard for you. I hope you start feeling better soon

[Blueberrybook]

I am so-so again today though I think I am veering towards depression. Getting forgetful again. Not super bad, but frustrating enough.

Found out yesterday my daughter has an early release from school tomorrow. What the heck? Early release on Wednesday and then back to school as normal on Thursday? She is in the 5th grade, and the school has never pulled this one before. Why not early release on Friday? Then, again a day off on Columbus day. I only ever got early release mid-week if the rest of the week was vacation, such as Thanksgiving.

I'm at work and puked a very little bit after eating some free donuts. Laying in my car right now, trying not to puke anymore, but I think I'll be ok. F***ing donuts.

Moral of the story: just because it's free doesn't mean it's worth it

[Sunflower123]

Originally Posted by Wild Coyote

Possible Trigger --


This is a very potent respiratory virus.
It has hit suddenly and like a huge truck.
The last time I've felt like this I was headed to the ER by ambulance, with the flu and pneumonia.

H has it, too. It hit us both on the very same day. Nobody can sleep for very long. Awake with painful coughing, trying to keep airways clear. I am trying to avoid the ER. yet, I will go if I need to go; I have a "go bag" ready.

Cancelled my day tomorrow.

Chicken soup anyone?

Love to All!

WC

That sounds frightening; especially since it’s put you in the ER before. I hope you and H feel better soon. Please take care. (((((Hugs)))))

[Sunflower123]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

I'm at work and puked a very little bit after eating some free donuts. Laying in my car right now, trying not to puke anymore, but I think I'll be ok. F***ing donuts.

Moral of the story: just because it's free doesn't mean it's worth it

I hope you feel better soon blue. (((((Hugs)))))

[rwwff]

Originally Posted by Blueberrybook

Can you call the pdoc and see if you can get in earlier? Mine will do that or at least do a meds adjustment over the phone, send in new or different meds to the pharmacy, then see him a few days later if I have a set appointment.

They don't really have that kind of flexibility for anything short of serious problems, and I'm not having SI or anything that would lead me to be unsafe.

That's the trade off when I decided to use this clinic, they accept my insurance and are very reliable, but don't have the call-in, flexible type arrangements a doc in a private practice might allow. As the message on the answering system says, "if this is an emergency, dial 911 or go to the nearest (psych?) Emergency Room."

Thanks for the suggestion though. I should be ok till the appointment.

Yesterday I made an apple streudel and three large hand pies. I meant to make two apple streudels, but though the first was beautiful, I screwed up the second so bad that I had to throw away its phyllo dough. I used the botched up streudel's apple raisin nut filling for the hand pies. Problem is, I've been eating these goodies in excess. I'm not eating any more of the strudel than hubby, but I ate two of the three large hand pies. I'm embarrassed about that. They were yummy, though. The bad thing is that my old addictive behavior is kicking in. When I had trouble with my drinking years ago, I'd run out and buy replacement wine so hubby wouldn't think I drank much. Now I'm thinking of making a small batch of replacement apple hand pies and passing one off as one I ate, and hiding another.

I need to get out of the house. At 2:30 pm I may go to the movies myself and see "The Wife". I like Glenn Close.

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

I'm at work and puked a very little bit after eating some free donuts. Laying in my car right now, trying not to puke anymore, but I think I'll be ok. F***ing donuts.

Moral of the story: just because it's free doesn't mean it's worth it

True!
I hope you are feeling better!

WC

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by Jennifer 1967

That sounds frightening; especially since it’s put you in the ER before. I hope you and H feel better soon. Please take care. (((((Hugs)))))

It's good to have you posting!
How are you doing?
Thank you!

WC

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by BirdDancer

Yesterday I made an apple streudel and three large hand pies. I meant to make two apple streudels, but though the first was beautiful, I screwed up the second so bad that I had to throw away its phyllo dough. I used the botched up streudel's apple raisin nut filling for the hand pies. Problem is, I've been eating these goodies in excess. I'm not eating any more of the strudel than hubby, but I ate two of the three large hand pies. I'm embarrassed about that. They were yummy, though. The bad thing is that my old addictive behavior is kicking in. When I had trouble with my drinking years ago, I'd run out and buy replacement wine so hubby wouldn't think I drank much. Now I'm thinking of making a small batch of replacement apple hand pies and passing one off as one I ate, and hiding another.

I need to get out of the house. At 2:30 pm I may go to the movies myself and see "The Wife". I like Glenn Close.

I have done similar things, especially when on a med which causes ongoing hunger. It is embarrassing! Yet, yummy!
I hope you enjoy the movie!

[hopeless2015]

WC, I know how nasty this crap is. Get yourself checked out asap!!!!

[Blueberrybook]

Very depressed this afternoon...I am so sick of this rollercoaster. See pdoc again on Tuesday. So beyond tired of being mixed. Today’s been very hard . See T again on Thursday.

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by hopeless2015

WC, I know how nasty this crap is. Get yourself checked out asap!!!!

Hope*, Is this the illness you have been dealing with?
It's going around here. I know you have struggled with bronchitis a lot. I hope you are okay?

I am getting plenty of rest, staying very hydrated, taking naproxen sodium, using inhaler and LOTS of cough drops.

How are you doing?

WC

* I am sorry, I could not refer to you as "hopeless."

[Sunflower123]

Originally Posted by Blueberrybook

Very depressed this afternoon...I am so sick of this rollercoaster. See pdoc again on Tuesday. So beyond tired of being mixed. Today’s been very hard

I’m sorry you’re having a tough time. I hope you feel better soon. (((((Hugs)))))