[Soupe du jour]

Every day this week there has been at least something mentally taxing for me. Tomorrow will be another mild one. I can't wait for Friday to have zero on my calendar. Zero.

Last night I barely slept, and we had to get up at 7:30 am. [I've otherwise been sleeping rather late into the mornings.] It was another case where I was certain I took my evening medications, but when almost 3 am rolled around I pushed myself to double check. And I hadn't. I had already taken an Ativan a half hour before wondering why my heart seemed to be racing. The fact is that I become ill when I don't take evening meds. It's better to take them at 3 am than not at all. However, I've been in a daze and dragging butt most of the day. I can never sleep during the daytime, despite wishing and needing to.

Tomorrow morning a person is coming to do work in our house. I have to prepare a little for that and be up and about then. The kitchen has some mess, as I just switched up my dinner service. Later in the afternoon I go to have a hair color consultation. That will be stressful, too. It always is, but having Hubby do the talking adds to it. I try to coach him on what to say, but he inevitably a) clearly leaves some things out [My Czech is good enough to know that.], and b) he for some reason has forgotten some hair-related Czech vocabulary. I don't blame him for the latter. He's not a woman and back in his youth he wore his hair like a hippy. Also, he does so much for me, given my Czech language limitations. I try not to complain too much.

I almost wonder if something negative is happening with my moods, lately. There have been a couple times I observed odd reactions to my behavior. Simple paranoia?

[Blue_Bird]

I think I've been depressed the past few days. I haven't been exercising, leaving my apartment, or doing much of anything really. And I've been sleeping 12-15 hours a day. I don't know if I'm depressed or if it's just PMS (possibly PMDD), because I get really severe PMS and it's that time of month so who knows.

I still need to go to the dentist. I have an appointment with my primary care doctor next week, he's gonna refer me to a nutritionist to help with my ED recovery.

I'm hoping to get some grocery shopping done tomorrow, there are some ranch buffalo hoagie sandwiches I want to try making. You put 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts in a crockpot w/ 12oz of Franks Red Hot buffalo sauce, and some ranch seasoning, let it cook, then shred the chicken and put it on hoagies

Excited for the fall and Halloween! One of my favorite seasons, next to winter.

I'm also hoping to see my sister this weekend. I haven't had any social interaction in over a month so it would be nice.

I have a DBT workbook that's specifically geared toward Bipolar disorder coming in the mail today. I know DBT is technically for BPD (borderline), which I don't have, but I heard it can be useful for many different things not just BPD.

[Moose72]

I was out and about this morning with N3 and his gf. We went to ihop which was very tasty. Then we went to the Salvation army and they picked out some dishes. They took a while. Plus the bathroom there is unisex with two stalls. You're supposed to close and lock the door while you're in there. Well I walk in cause the door was wide open and there's this man zipping up his pants! So anyway they bought the dishes and we left to go to the grocery store so they could get a few things. I had my appointment with my case manager. We talked about how I've been doing. I mentioned that my section 8 was raised so that my portion is lowered. She said I should report that to the powers that be re my medicaid and food stamps. We filled out the paperwork today and she said she will get it to those that need it before the deadline! I totally had forgotten that I needed to do that!

[Brentus]

Originally Posted by Blue_Bird

I think I've been depressed the past few days. I haven't been exercising, leaving my apartment, or doing much of anything really. And I've been sleeping 12-15 hours a day. I don't know if I'm depressed or if it's just PMS (possibly PMDD), because I get really severe PMS and it's that time of month so who knows.

I still need to go to the dentist. I have an appointment with my primary care doctor next week, he's gonna refer me to a nutritionist to help with my ED recovery.

I'm hoping to get some grocery shopping done tomorrow, there are some ranch buffalo hoagie sandwiches I want to try making. You put 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts in a crockpot w/ 12oz of Franks Red Hot buffalo sauce, and some ranch seasoning, let it cook, then shred the chicken and put it on hoagies

Excited for the fall and Halloween! One of my favorite seasons, next to winter.

I'm also hoping to see my sister this weekend. I haven't had any social interaction in over a month so it would be nice.

I have a DBT workbook that's specifically geared toward Bipolar disorder coming in the mail today. I know DBT is technically for BPD (borderline), which I don't have, but I heard it can be useful for many different things not just BPD.

Hey there @Blue_Bird! I'm sorry to hear you've been a bit down these days. I hope that your mood even outs. I can definitely relate with you. Also, let me know how your recipe turns out. It sounds really promising!

DBT is a versatile therapy that has indications for things outside of borderline. I do have some gripes about the workbooks myself -- but to be upfront and fair let me say this: I do believe DBT has merits and sound principles. The skills learned are therapeutic and beneficial -- period. The marketing and writing can get... gimmicky.

First and foremost - I use the DBT skills workbook myself, and the first few pages talk about how it's the best thing since sliced bread and it can help any and everyone and if it doesn't clearly the only reason it didn't is because you didn't put enough work or effort into to. You have to be the issue. [lol, it's not quite THAT bad -- but it definitely reads that way] and the way they have pimped it out by tweaking minor things (im sure) to then create another book geared towards [insert mental illness here]. I've seen them for anxiety, depression, bipolar.. etc.


Again, don't get me wrong here -- I'm not saying it's not helpful or not appropriate to specifically gear the therapy -- I'm just saying they heavyhandedly market this and it has gimmick vibes all over it haha.

Again, I wanna reiterate I have strong belief in DBT skills being beneficial. Despite the self-given accolades this book seems to do, there are some paragraphs that are very sincere, and demonstrate there is compassion and understanding to the individual -- that you are suffering and no one WANTS to suffer. It's a good thing.

Let me know what you think about the book, if you don't mind. I'm curious to know what tweaks are made in the skillset. PM me if you ever wanna discuss it!

[Nammu]

I had my alarm set for 7:30 this morning because of aqua fitness there was 28 people there! It’s starting to get too big. Didn’t sleep well although I did have a lucid dream I was on a farm in England and that it was flooding so we put on Wellies and walked around making sure people were ok. There was one sweet old woman that was highly anxious and making a huge mess cause she was trying to go faster and faster at making sweets. We thought we’d calmed her but when we came back to her hamlet she had turned into a small hound dog that was shivering so bad because it was anxious. I knew while I was dreaming it that it was a warning to me not to get overly anxious.

[Blue_Bird]

Originally Posted by WindsThatBlow

Hey there @Blue_Bird! I'm sorry to hear you've been a bit down these days. I hope that your mood even outs. I can definitely relate with you. Also, let me know how your recipe turns out. It sounds really promising!

DBT is a versatile therapy that has indications for things outside of borderline. I do have some gripes about the workbooks myself -- but to be upfront and fair let me say this: I do believe DBT has merits and sound principles. The skills learned are therapeutic and beneficial -- period. The marketing and writing can get... gimmicky.

First and foremost - I use the DBT skills workbook myself, and the first few pages talk about how it's the best thing since sliced bread and it can help any and everyone and if it doesn't clearly the only reason it didn't is because you didn't put enough work or effort into to. You have to be the issue. [lol, it's not quite THAT bad -- but it definitely reads that way] and the way they have pimped it out by tweaking minor things (im sure) to then create another book geared towards [insert mental illness here]. I've seen them for anxiety, depression, bipolar.. etc.


Again, don't get me wrong here -- I'm not saying it's not helpful or not appropriate to specifically gear the therapy -- I'm just saying they heavyhandedly market this and it has gimmick vibes all over it haha.

Again, I wanna reiterate I have strong belief in DBT skills being beneficial. Despite the self-given accolades this book seems to do, there are some paragraphs that are very sincere, and demonstrate there is compassion and understanding to the individual -- that you are suffering and no one WANTS to suffer. It's a good thing.

Let me know what you think about the book, if you don't mind. I'm curious to know what tweaks are made in the skillset. PM me if you ever wanna discuss it!

Thank you WindsThatBlow! I’ll be sure to post how I feel about the book once I’m through it.
Im hopeful I can learn some helpful skills from it.

I’ll post pics too of the food once I cook it this weekend

I hope you’re doing well

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[Mountaindewed]

I am back home now in my own bed. The ride home was ok. I had my music and TV show on the whole time. The check engine light came on when we had over 2 hours left. So my mom called my uncle who drives the same kinda car and asked if it was safe to drive with it on. And he said as long as the oil change button or whatever doesn’t come on it will be fine. But I got the rest of my shopping done this morning. I got the hoodie I wanted and the few groceries I needed. I got the candy pacifiers. I went off on my own in the store and I found the candy aisle. It took a few minutes to find them since there was so much candy. I thought I wasn’t going to have any luck and then I finally found them. I threw 4 into my basket and hid them under my English muffins. During checkout my mom either wasn’t paying attention or didn’t know what they were or didn’t care/didn’t say anything. She seemed like she was more involved in the keypad where you swipe your card. Then when I got home I just threw them all in a plastic bag and put them in a box of food in the top of my storage rack. I’ll put them in my dresser when she’s out.

But my ultrasound and preop appointment got moved from 2:30 tomorrow to 10. My dentist appointment is at 11:30. My mom was back and forth with the dentist and they are on a really strict schedule and can’t fit me in at any other time and they are closed on Fridays. So they said I need to be there at 11:30 or we’ll have to reschedule. So we called my doctors to try to move the appointment at an earlier time. And they didn’t have anything earlier and the next date available was like a few days before my surgery. They said the appointment should take about an hour. So it will be tight but my mom thinks we’ll make it. Both appointments are really important.

I visited with my uncle for a bit today. The one we called. My uncles girlfriend has 2 grown up daughters living with them. The daughter I didn’t want to see was of course there. She’s really nice but is strange and she just makes me uncomfortable. I put my mask on so she wouldn’t see my facial hair. But I guess no one told her I am trans? So she thought I was my brother and then my mom told her I was and she called me by new name. The daughter looked very confused.I just avoided eye contact and ignored her until she left for work.

But now I am at home in my own bed. I actually slept last night without any melatonin for the first time in probably a year. My mom said I fell asleep fast. And except for waking up a couple times drenched in sweat from the air turning off and off I slept past 6 past the time my mom got up. So I don’t know if it was just how busy and nonstop we were yesterday and I was just worn out physically. Or if the melatonin is actually making my sleep worse.

But yeah it was a nice break before things start happening tomorrow. I have no clue what is going on with my teeth and the ultrasound I’m not too worried about. The pain I’m having now sucks and I often feel like ripping out my ovaries myself instead of having the doctor do it. But because of my teeth pain I’ve been taking Advil and Tylenol as much as I safely can. So I haven’t been feeling my lower stomach pain too much.

[*Beth*]

Originally Posted by Daonnachd

I applied to be a postal carrier some of you will remember.

I was rejected.

I feel a bit down now in response. (That's to be expected though.)

I'm sorry, Daonnachd

[Mountaindewed]

Originally Posted by Daonnachd

I applied to be a postal carrier some of you will remember.

I was rejected.

I feel a bit down now in response. (That's to be expected though.)

I’m not sure if this is true or not. But I’ve heard jobs like postal workers, or jobs at zoos and Aquariums and museums go to people who are somewhat connected to the state or government. Like the state senates family and kids. My mom calls those jobs “government jobs” because you often need a connection. I don’t know how true that is but I’ve always thought it would be fun to be a postal carrier for the reasons you have described. But I don’t even drive.

[*Beth*]

Originally Posted by Soupe du jour

Hi Christina. Overall, the cost of living in CZ is cheaper than in the US in most ways, though in a few not so much. We are renting, not homeowners anymore, but for the size house we rent, the cost is low. Plus, we no longer have HOA fees or the astronomically high New Jersey property taxes.

Food prices kind of vary here. For some things, they are about the same. Things like seafood are slightly pricier here. However, if you go to a pub restaurant, you could get roast duck with sauerkraut and dumplings for the equivalent of $7. Add a half liter of beer (17 oz) for only $2 more. And it's excellent beer! A really nice bottle of wine can easily be had for $8 to $10.

Gas is expensive in Europe. Much more so than in the US. The price right now is about 35 czk/liter. That is about $6.11 per gallon. The US has never seen those high prices. However, many Czechs use public transportation and it's very very available and inexpensive. Public transport in the US is a comparative joke.

Health insurance prices in Czech Republic are basically nothing compared to the US. Copays are often non existent, or so low that an American would be in disbelief. Every citizen is covered, no matter what.

Car insurance is a lot cheaper in CZ than in the US. Auto repairs are slightly cheaper.

Clothes and other product prices vary. Some are cheaper, some aren't.

Like in the US, home prices depend on where you buy. Perhaps they're slightly less expensive here, but not a lot. Sometimes more, if they are older or historic buildings. Keep in mind there is a construction difference. US homes are not necessarily built to last hundreds of years, like they were/are in CZ. Brick/concrete in CZ (sometimes Art Nouveau or quaint old village style) vs. often plywood and sheetrock in US, with no elaborate design and possibly vinyl siding. However, old communist block housing is cheap, but still concrete, in CZ.

If you like, see the comparison between costs of living in Nashville, TN vs. Brno, Czech Republic (CZ's second largest city). Cost of Living Comparison Between Nashville, TN, United States And Brno, Czech Republic Again, most things are a lot cheaper in CZ, but not all. The salaries are a lot lower in CZ, on average, but if you are collecting SSDI from the US, the amount goes further in the CZ. If you are an American and retire with a US 401K and US Social Security, that money goes much further in CZ. And yes, an American can still collect US Social Security in CZ. Such auto deposits can easily be transferred from a US-based bank account to a Czech (or almost any European country) bank account.

I did a comparison between Brno and California (various locations). Whew. This state is way too expensive. Gas right now is $4.40.

[Mountaindewed]

I drank a Pepsi this morning and then a big coffee right after we left the hotel. I chugged it and then I realized I probably shouldn’t have done that since I’m trying to avoid public restrooms and it would be another 3 hours before we got to my uncles. So I was kinda panicking. I didn’t have to really go but I knew I would have to soon. So the first grocery store I went to was empty. So I just quickly ran into the men’s bathroom and I was in and out. Then I used the bathroom at my uncles. I had a coke at the restaurant and I was kinda concerned even though I didn’t have to go at all. I was just worried about the trip home. But luckily I made it. I didn’t get anything to drink for the ride home even though I wanted a Diet Coke. But I always feel proud of myself when I get up the courage to use the men’s bathroom. Although I’m pretty sure I’d get yelled at if I went into the women's instead.

[~Christina]

Originally Posted by Jennifer 1967

The pool closes Sunday. The weather will be beautiful from now until then thankfully. The water and air are getting cooler. It’s time to wrap it up. I’m looking forward to fall: pumpkin lattes, pumpkins in general and the changing colors plus burning my fall candles and big pots of chili. I’ll meet my daughter the weekend after it closes to visit so it won’t sting too much.

My brother got into the insulin in his disoriented state and we could not tell how much or little he had injected himself with. Just flat out dangerous. It made for a few harrowing hours but finally made mom realize that we’ve got to start moving towards a nursing home as soon as possible.

I hurt my arm rather badly trying to help my brother up from a fall. I can’t even lift my cell phone with it right now. I feel like a bird with a broken wing. Going to call the doctor this morning.

I hope everyone has a peaceful Wednesday.

Yes its time for you're brother to be placed in a facility so he can get the fulltime care he needs with every aspect of his life. I know many people think that once a loved one is placed in a nursing home that it is all down hill from there but that isn't always the case. I worked in nursing homes for years and we would get people admitted and they were a train wreck physically but with a person to help them whenever they need it, physical therapy and medications given at correct times and doses, ability to get them medical care whenever they might need it, many people got much better.

When family members are injuring themselves its time to get help that they need also.

I am so ready for Fall myself.. My Husband has been itching for chili for over a month lol.. Tonight we spent along time on the porch.. so peaceful , cool and quiet.

Are you going to be floating all week ???

[~Christina]

Yesterday Gus was a total sweetheart lil snuggle bug

Today? He's bouncing off the walls like a ferret on Crack

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by ~Christina

Yesterday Gus was a total sweetheart lil snuggle bug

Today? He's bouncing off the walls like a ferret on Crack

[Soupe du jour]

I'll be so glad for today to be over. I just want the chance to flop out at home without anyone else being here other than my husband. Later in the afternoon, I have to go for a hair color consultation.

This weekend, my husband's friend (the one that had had covid a while back) might be visiting. I hope his wife is not with him. I don't think she will be. I don't dislike her, but I feel much more comfortable with his friend, only. With the wife, it then becomes "entertaining". The friend alone, more like family. Last time she came I felt like I was arguing with her over the water she wanted and her washing my dishes, when I didn't want her to. As for the water, I guess she despises mineral water, which is far more commonly consumed in Czech Republic than tap water. I understand Americans preferring tap water. Even I do, but when I said I'd give her Brita filtered, she almost yelled saying she ONLY wanted it from the tap. Well, the Brita filtered water IS from the tap, but instead of it possibly being yellow in color (which it is when the sink isn't run for a good 60 seconds after not being used for a bit), the Brita is at least clean and clear. As for the dishes, I do really hate when others (especially guests) insist on doing them. Plus, I needed to do something in my kitchen at that time, and she was in the way. In the end, I let her do the blasted things because though I strongly insisted she not, I didn't want to "yell" at her. I did, in the end, give her Brita water. Sorry, but the "must be directly from tap at that second" requirement was not flying with me.

Yea, I'm a little irritable today.

[Blue_Bird]

I feel like crap. I didn’t sleep much last night and I’m dealing with my GERD, having horrible acid reflux and dry coughing. I have an appointment with my doctor next Thursday and I’m gonna ask to get back on meds for acid reflux. I used to be on Ranitidine , but it was recalled and I never bothered getting back on anything after I had to stop that. But now it’s getting worse so I really need to get back on something.

I did take the bus to the grocery store today though which was nice. I got a lot of good stuff, including apple cider donuts!

Cut up some celery and put it in a container w/ grape tomatoes and garlic hummus to dip them in, for whenever I need a snack. I bought a bunch of salads too so I can eat more vegetables. I couldn’t find pumpkin spice coffee creamer yet. Maybe by October it will be out. And I got a lot of bananas, some to eat plain, some to freeze for smoothies, and some to make banana bread.

I’m going to my sister’s house this weekend , will be nice to see her new place and hang out for awhile.

Hope everyone’s doing okay

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[Nammu]

Mmm apple 🍎 cider donuts 🍩 sound delicious

[Mountaindewed]

I had my appointments this morning. I had my pre op appointment for my hysterectomy. They told me to drink 20oz of water when they called a couple weeks ago. So I did. But then the technician told me go to the bathroom. And I panicked and I said “I thought this was gonna be done on my stomach.” And she said “oh. I guess they were wrong” and man I’m telling you, when you have an internal ultrasound done you’re gonna have a bad time. It was so painful. And she kept going in deeper. I kept saying ow and she asked if I wanted to continue and I said “yeah” because insurance needs this. It took like 5 minutes but it felt like 20 minutes. Taking the thing out hurt but not as much. Man am I glad I was prepared for an external one instead. I wasn’t worried at all before because I knew external ones didn’t hurt. But if I had known before that it was going to be internal I would have been a complete mess as soon as I knew I needed an ultrasound. Which was weeks ago.

Then I met with the doctor. He had me sign some things. He told me some things about the surgery. He said the surgery will be about 1.5 hours. Which I thought was a long time. I thought this type of surgery especially now with the robot was only 45 minutes. I asked him if I’d have a breathing tube and he said “yeah” I think he could sense my anxiety because he said I wouldn’t be awake when they put it in or took it out. But I was intubated during my first top surgery and I thought they only did that because the surgery was done close to my heart. My aunts boyfriend had stents put in his heart the other week and they didn’t intubate him. So I’m slightly freaked out about that.

But then I saw the dentist and I thought my mouth was a complete mess but he looked and did a couple X-rays and he said that he doesn’t see anything. Just some buildup from not going to the dentist since before Covid. He said my issue is that I’m grinding and clenching my teeth due to the severe stress I’m under. TMJ is what he specializes in. He wants to do a full cleaning and X-rays and then make me a mouth guard. I am super relived and very surprised that is all it is. But he’s really expensive. Today was $90. The cleaning and X-rays will be $300. And the mouth guard will be like $450-$500. But the whole place was nice. I go for my cleaning on September 20th.

He says I need to get rid of the stress in my life. Easier said then done. But I’m hoping my stress is gone in a couple months.

[Mountaindewed]

Originally Posted by Blue_Bird

I feel like crap. I didn’t sleep much last night and I’m dealing with my GERD, having horrible acid reflux and dry coughing. I have an appointment with my doctor next Thursday and I’m gonna ask to get back on meds for acid reflux. I used to be on Ranitidine , but it was recalled and I never bothered getting back on anything after I had to stop that. But now it’s getting worse so I really need to get back on something.

I did take the bus to the grocery store today though which was nice. I got a lot of good stuff, including apple cider donuts!

Cut up some celery and put it in a container w/ grape tomatoes and garlic hummus to dip them in, for whenever I need a snack. I bought a bunch of salads too so I can eat more vegetables. I couldn’t find pumpkin spice coffee creamer yet. Maybe by October it will be out. And I got a lot of bananas, some to eat plain, some to freeze for smoothies, and some to make banana bread.

I’m going to my sister’s house this weekend , will be nice to see her new place and hang out for awhile.

Hope everyone’s doing okay

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Pumpkin spice anything besides cereal, has been really hard to find this year. I can’t find the fridge bottles of Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes. I found the little ones though. And the only place that had boxes of pumpkin tea was an international grocery store.

[Soupe du jour]

@Nammu and @Blue_Bird, gosh I'll miss the apple cider donuts we'd often buy at a local apple orchard. They were the best around. None here, unless I make them myself. It's interesting, in CZ they have places where you take your own apples (usually from apple trees on your property) to be crushed into apple cider. They're called "moštárna", with "mošt" meaning cider. It's actually crazy how many fruit trees and bushes are all around. Many are just alongside the roads, free for the picking. The last few walks we've taken, I've eaten several fruit called "mirabelky" off the trees. These are a unique kind of plum type fruit. They have all kinds of plums here. They seem more popular in CZ than in the US. Blue_Bird, I hope your GERD eases soon. I've dealt with acid reflux issues a lot in the past. Luckily I do get reprieves from it.

@Mountaindewed, I'm pretty sure you would not be happy without intubation and general anethesia, for your surgery. And yes, you won't know that you have been intubated, because you'll be out like a light before it is done and when it is taken out.

I went to a color and hair cut consultation at a new salon. I have a good feeling about the place and the ladies that will do my hair. They offered me a 3-hour time slot tomorrow. I had to take it, since it was offered, but I had hoped to have a bit of a break tomorrow. I won't. Maybe Saturday I can kick back? Anyway, Hubby will meet his friend downtown tomorrow morning, likely while I'm getting my hair done. I might need to take an Uber home. I am happy to report that the total cost for my hair cut and color with balayage (highlights) will be only 1/3 the price of what I used to spend in the US.

Right now my hands completely smell like strawberries and blueberries. We had so many of these that would otherwise start going bad, if not used. I'm making a Czech-style cake with them. Czechs call a lot of different things "kolache" (or spelled "kolače" in Czech).

[Nammu]

Soupe the plum like fruit sounds interesting. I bet the fruit from the trees is delicious. To me modern USA fruit tastes pretty much the same, bland. I remember plums from childhood being so juicy and good. Modern ones just don’t compete.

[Mountaindewed]

Originally Posted by Soupe du jour

@Mountaindewed, I'm pretty sure you would not be happy without intubation and general anethesia, for your surgery. And yes, you won't know that you have been intubated, because you'll be out like a light before it is done and when it is taken out.).

Is there some kind of risk if they don’t intubate me, why wouldn’t I be happy? Not everyone who gets general anesthesia gets intubated. I wasn’t during my last top surgery but that was less then an hour. My mom wasn’t intubated during her hysterectomy. I’m just trying to understand why they do it with some people and surgeries and not others even if they are all going under general anesthesia.

With my first surgery the first thing I said when I woke up was “my throat hurts” you can’t feel it when your asleep but you can feel the after effects of it. And it sucks. My throat hurt for several days.

[Soupe du jour]

Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

Is there some kind of risk if they don’t intubate me, why wouldn’t I be happy? Not everyone who gets general anesthesia gets intubated. I wasn’t during my last top surgery but that was less then an hour. My mom wasn’t intubated during her hysterectomy. I’m just trying to understand why they do it with some people and surgeries and not others even if they are all going under general anesthesia.

With my first surgery the first thing I said when I woke up was “my throat hurts” you can’t feel it when your asleep but you can feel the after effects of it. And it sucks. My throat hurt for several days.

Maybe I'm wrong. Your doctor can confirm one way or another. I do suppose if you are knocked out (unconscious) there is a strong chance you might need intubation, especially if some form of muscle relaxant is administered as part of it. See What Is Intubation and Why Is It Done? If there is a muscle relaxant as part of it, it would be the case that you would not be able to sufficiently breathe on your own. I've been under general anethesia for ECT and had to be intubated. The very first time I came to with a sore throat. A lot worse could result, in my view. Surgeries are always a big deal. It's not like simply having a tooth pulled.

[*Beth*]

Originally Posted by ~christina

yesterday gus was a total sweetheart lil snuggle bug

Today? He's bouncing off the walls like a ferret on crack

:d :d :d <------ Supposed to be HAHAHA!!!

[*Beth*]

Saw the neurologist yesterday. She was a little rough-edged, but empathetic and friendly. She said I have an essential tremor complicated by medication(s). She prescribed propanolol. I have my fingers crossed that it will also provide some anxiety relief. If it works, at all.

Any thoughts? Advice?