Donna's june Post

Hi, everyone, I'm Donna or dmom3005 from Neurotalk. I'm learning how to get in here correctly. So be patient with me. I hope I can continue to find this room. I already got lost once. Anyway, I have an anxiety disorder, and slight at times depression. I'm not bipolar. But I have lots of family members that are. I've been learning from the Neurotalk family about my family so I can help them. Especially my son who is 42 right now I believe. He has been bipolar since he was a kid. I'm not going to try and give a age. To me its since birth. He is stable right now. But it can always change as we know.

I also have a sister and brother-in-law that are both bi-polar married. And are both doing pretty good right now. I just listen as best I can as of now. They don't need my advice. But they need my ear. And I have another sister that is too. AND two nieces one on both sides mine and my husbands that are.

Its a world that you just learn to live in.

Donna

Hi @dmom3005 welcome to MSF. I am glad you joined the Community.

To make sure you can find your post go to your profile page https://mysupportforums.org/member.php?u=80405 and look under statistics to find all posts. Or you can click on your name and click on Find All Posts or if someone else adds the @ sign before your member name you will get a mention.

Hope you get the support you are looking for. @CANDC

Welcome Donna

Hi Donna! It's Gee from NT. Hope you remember me! I saw the forums were moving to here and I came back to both. See you around!
Best

hii donna! glad you found your way over here.
I have been posting here for about a year or so.
hope you can easily find your way back here.
bizi

Thanks to the person who told me how to find my thread. I may not remember how again later. But I found it right now.

And yes, I remember you giddy, now I'm having trouble remembering
the rest of the name. But I did see your post in the neurotalk too.

To update you and Bizi, and anyone else I have been laid up for 7 weeks now.
And finally this week found out I have a fractured spondylolisthesis not sure
I spelled it correctly. But its close to the tailbone. And its definitely my
problem. Dont let the er's xray your hips more than once if they tell
you nothing is broke. If they keep wanting to, they can't find this. It takes
an mri. So its taken forever because it wasn't the right test. So now I'm
waiting on insurance to okay an epidural cortisone shot and physcial
therapy. And if that doesn't work it will probably be surgery in 8 weeks.

Donna

oh wow! sounds painful!
I hope you can get it taken care of and feel better soon!
I do understand the process doesn't always happen overnight though.
My husband might have to get surgery again for his nasal passages. Still having breathing issues.
It's been complicated
And now it's being put off for a bit because his family will visit in a week for a bit.

anyway, yeah so i might not be around for a bit, but I am here AND I have a thread of my own Giddy Thoughts if you're interested and can figure it out

Thanks, I'll look at it later. I'm trying to figure out my medical now that i got into it. But its not available right now. So I have to go back in a while. So I'm not reading real well right now.

But Ill be back later. Its the most I have time for right now.

Donna

Oh donna, I hope they approve your epidural as soon as possible.

I'm in a holding pattern right now. But the pain medicine is
working which is a big relief. I have an emg that is coming first
but its not for a while. Its on the 20th of July, with my new
pain doctor. He says he needs to see were all the pain is coming
from first then the epidural. Which honestly makes sense.
I'm also on the cancellation list if they get one.

Donna

That sounds like a good plan to be on a wait list to be seen sooner.
fingers crossed for you.
bizi

I finally got my Physical Therapy set its for 12th of July. Its a re-evaluation.
And that is good to me. I just hope they can get me in for the regular
therapy appointments better after that. If not it might be once a week
instead of 2 or 3 times. I might need to move out my appointment
with my spine doctor so I have time for all the appointments to
have a chance to work. I'm honestly not wanting to even consider
surgery until both the epidural and the physical therapy get a chance
to work. Because I'm starting to feel better already. I also have a
mri the same day. So they are all ready to close to the same time for
my comfort so we will see if I get at least part of the therapy in and
the epidural to my satisfaction.

Donna

Donna,
I wonder if that can heal on its own?
PT can really be helpful.
Hoping that you get to see everyone that you want to see sooner.
I hope that you have relief soon.
bizi

I'm doing as well as can be expected right now. And am ready for PT
to start. So in a week can't wait.

I am taking Derrick to work tomorrow and will wait and pick him
up. But will take a book and read probably in the car so I wont
be getting out and going places waiting. But will probably go
in early and wait on him if I need to.

He is finishing up his testing to start his cooking too. So I will push
after he gets his to go shift finished for him to finish his class work
so he can start the cooking in work time.

Donna

I think you are amazing and so is Derrick!
((((((HUGS))))))
bizi

Thanks Bizi,

Derrick finished his testing today. And should be getting ready
to do his cooking soon. He will have to stay on the manager and
the rest to make sure it happens now.

Donna

good for derrick!
happy for him and you, his biggest cheer leader.!!!!!!!
((((HUGS)))))
bizi

I just said I couldn't find this thread. And it showed up. Anyway, I wanted it to come so I could repost again.

Anyway I will be going to pt on the 12th and do a re-evaluation. The an emg the following week on the 20th. Hoping I continue to feel better and
better.

I jsut go day by day right now. I am doing what I can and keep doing it.

I am glad to just be up and moving now.

It was a relief to find out what is wrong. I knew and he finally admitted it. That my husband thought I was
faking the injury. How he thinks I could fake this kind of injury I dont get honestly.

Donna

I can't believe that your husband thought you were faking it.
grrrr.
bizi

I can, its the way he thinks sometimes. Just life. I know he still helped
me when he could and took me to my appointments. So he knew
I was not feeling well too.

Just life.

Donna

lol my husband is the same way. he does still take me to appointments and things too though, but yeah. if it's been more than a couple days, i must not be sick any more. Or i was just faking it the whole time. I think he just says it to piss me off sometimes.

No its more if my back can go out and I can be okay with the pain you should
be okay too. I can't get him to get help with the pain in his back.

He is doing what I need to take me to appointments. And i will take
myself when I can. But I am having him take me to the emg appointment
because I don't know if I will need to have a ride home. If I knew I wouldn't
I'd have him keep getting out rental that is empty ready for Kortni
and Harmony to move into. We are hoping at sometime Dan will move
in with them. So they can be a family again. But they are doing really
good right now. So not rocking that boat.

She is letting him have Harmony more and more to spend some time
since she needs some time away from her.

Donna

Yes I can see things progressing to maybe dan moving back in with her. But don't want to push any wrong buttons. He needs to come up with that himself.
bizi

Bizi

I posted a update on the new thread. But Kortni's mom died this
week and Dan is down at her house helping more right now.

And is going to the funeral with her next week. My pain is up
some so I wont be going I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to sit as
long as needed.

Donna

who is Kortni? and Dan is your son, right? or husband? I forget.