Bipolar Check-In #76

Radiologly finally called half an hour ago to set up my gallbladder scan. And I only have to wait until August 2nd. My mom was so worried with the way things are backed up it would be like October until I got in. But I know I have the intense pain and the high blood level so maybe they pushed me up.

Today I was doing fine until about 11 and then I started to feel things again.

That's good news you got in August 2nd. Hopefully they'll be able to figure out what's wrong and you'll become pain free

[QUOTE=Mountaindewed;7348348]Radiologly finally called half an hour ago to set up my gallbladder scan. And I only have to wait until August 2nd. My mom was so worried with the way things are backed up it would be like October until I got in. But I know I have the intense pain and the high blood level so maybe they pushed me up.

Today I was doing fine until about 11 and then I started to feel things again.[/QUOT

Having a hydra scan? Wear comfy
Clothes

Today was a little better as the weather was nice and mild and i got out to enjoy the outdoors. Boredom bothered me tho. I could have gone to Scrabble club but i just didn't have the juice.

@raspberrytorte:

I'm sorry to hear you're in so much pain. It sounds awful. You poor thing! I really hope it improves. Sending best wishes for relief. You're being wise to keep an eye on your supply of pain meds. Being strung-out would be an added misery.

@Mountaindewed:

Sorry to hear you're in pain also. Glad your medical test is scheduled sooner than you were dreading. Hope you can hold on until there's a resolution!

A little drop can make it to flow over ...

Yesterday was very good and all items on my to do list were done. Before bedtime I felt hungry, but too tired to make some food, so I ate some fruit.

I must have had a very high level of glucose through the whole night, because my bed cloth were all wet. (Wet bed cloths tells about high blood glucose). I woke up tired and became sitting and sitting with the breakfast table as if it was difficult for me to go on with the day. With my new insight from yesterday, that it can be difficult to master depression when living with diabetes, I told myself to be kind to myself.

That's exactly what I have done. I have told myself that it is OK that I am tired after a night with high glucose. And I have also said to myself that it is OK that I jumped to the easy way and ate a fruit when I should have eaten other types of food yesterday evening. Generally I try to do what is best for my diabetes, but it must be OK to not be able always.

With all these thoughts in my mind, I am going to go on with my day, self forgiving.

My grandma is doing ok but she’s still in the hospital. Her potassium is low even after IV fluids so they’re trying to figure out why. As well as raise her levels. According to her no one looked at her levels yesterday so that’s why they didn’t discharge her. She’s hoping for discharge today.

My mom took off from work this week and will be staying with my grandma when she does come home for a few days. I told her to remember that she can take up to 12 weeks of FMLA to care for my grandmother if needed. She’s thinking of quitting her job anyway. She should, it’s killing her mentally and physically. My mom said that her loyalty to the company is gone because they sold out to a corporate entity (it was an independently owned eye dr office but now it’s been sold). I hope she does quit. She’ll be better for it.

In other news I got bit at work yesterday. I didn’t know the girl was a biter, I would have been more careful. At least now I know!

What I have said here about wet bed cloths and high levels of blood glucose is NOT right.

I have remembered wrong. I have read about it before and thought is was high glucose. It is low glucose or something else and the real cause has to be examined by a doctor. Reread it today and thought I had to say something here in case people with diabetes had read what I said.

With regard to myself I will mention this for my GP after the summer. It has happened many times before ...

Rosi700 - do you test your blood sugar at home?

Well I’ve been a busy little bee. Abet one with no sting! Yesterday it finally rained. When my alarm went off I got up looked out the dark rainy day and skipped aqua fitness and went back to bed. Then went to lunch and 500 at the senior center. Got home and I was antsy so decided to check and see what game night was about here at my new place. Went down at 6:30 and it’s a dinner and game night. Since I ate already I just chatted while waiting for the games to start. Need to get a bucket of pennies. They play poker. There was only 5 of us last night. Nice people. They say it’s usually more but I thought it was the perfect size. I won a goodly amount, beginners luck.

Then this morning I had botanical watercolor painting at the library. Ehh. My painting is passable but ehh. It was fun though. It was very nice that the video was captioned. Quite a few turned out for the event. The different styles, wow. Very nice.

Now I’m all out of things to do until Monday. I know, I could work on my apartment. Plenty of chores to keep me busy.

Drinking 3 litres of water a day for this eating plan I’m on is no joke! I’m going to the toilet every 30 minutes!

I have tried to reply to a few people and once again Tapatalk is being a jerk. I’m sure if I paid for the premium service it would work fantastic but not going to happen

Soupe ~ I hope you get rain to save your plantings. Landscaping is far to expensive.

Nammu ~ I think it’s great that you stay so busy. I am in awe. I think even if we lived in town and had things like that I’d probably still not do much LOL. I’m very much a homebody anymore.

Rainbow~ how are things ?

Rosie ~you and I share a couple medical problems …Diabetes and Fibromyalgia. Both are really complicated to manage a lot of the time. You certainly had a low with the sweaty. Do you have a meter to check your glucose levels ? Here in the US you don’t even need a prescription. At Walmart a meter is 10.00 and test strips are 18.00 for 100. I use to check mine in the morning fasting and after dinner but I knew what I can eat and roughly what my numbers would be. So I stopped checking. (I do if I’m feeling off tho) Having a meter wound help you if you do go low. Yes fruit unfortunately is not a good choice for us. If I start to drop I have a spoon of peanut butter. Do be careful if your low again.

Wild ~glad to hear your grandmother is doing ok outside of low potassium. Steve has to take a prescription strength daily to keep his in check. Only complaint he ask is that it’s a HUGE pill. He has to break it in 2. Sorry you got bite. You should have been advised about it. I’ve been meaning to ask how Cheeto is doing?

Nothing of any importance is going on for me. Im still scratching like a dog with mange. I break down in tears over it sometimes… it’s terrible. But I stay busy with my Diamond art. It’s been dreadfully hot here. Humid as can be UGH ! So my daily walks had to stop. Anyone else have a huge problem with tolerating heat being on psych meds ?? I know they effect me something terrible. I just can’t handle it .

I went out to feed the birds today and a humming bird flew right into my arm. We have probably a dozen and they zoom all over so I wasn’t a surprised when it happened lol

Hugs friends

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Today I've been weird. Mainly because I didn't remember my 4 pill a day stomach med until 10:30. By then I'm normally on my second one. So my stomach was upset. And my anxiety was weird. But I wasn't crabby. It was more like just missing meds kinda fogginess.

I've been snacky today but I haven't really eaten much actual food. Or been in the mood for it. My mom was at the store and got me a few bags of chips.

I got my weekly shot yesterday afternoon and it often makes me feel strange the next day. So with that and the late meds I think thats why I was off. Also I slept really bad last night. I took a benadryl tonight which I save in emergencys. I have therapy tommorow and I already acted like I had tied one over last week for some reason or another. I'd like a decent session for once.

My mom said I wasn't crabby today. Just not particularly happy. She agreed it was probably med and sleep related.

I hate the heat!!! I’m ready for
Fall!

I did some cleaning today! I know it sounds like a small thing. But i've been having such a hard time getting myself to clean that i'm really pleased. I did other chores too, like tidying the bathroom and kitchen and doing the recycling and garbage. Hopefully i will be more comfortable in my cleaner home.

~chistina I am sorry for your suffering. I am glad that you have your diamond art work to do I am sure that helps to keep you out of a funk.
jane- I am happy for your cleaning. hat is an amazing feat.
WE had company last night And so I hurried and clean the bath room floor just the noticeable ones that were dirty with hairspray and cat hair and bizi hair.It looked so much better I knew that I would be very embarrassed it looked so dirty before and much better after a bit of elbow grease.
bizi

Symptoms haven't flared up in a long time. I haven't beaten the manic episodes completely, but I think I am a good place.

I got a letter from the Medicaid people making my drop from coverage official. Small mercy is that they're not officially ending it until the 20th. It'll give me a chance to get some meds and make one more PsychNP appointment and visit my PCP for some labs. He wants to do some blood work since my swelling isn't really going away. Small mercies.

Been a time and a half trying to get an adjustor to help with the ACA exchanges since enrollment isn't until October. Finally got one... and my stupid email sends her directly to the spam folder. I didn't see it for two days. I shot her an email with my contact info, so she should get back to me tomorrow morning.

Bills might actually be a surmountable obstacle this month! Paid the first of four chunks to my electric bill and, with my current payment, knocked out $50 to my medical bill, which was what they wanted per month anyway.

Saw the new Mission Impossible movie last night. Long movie (nearly three hours), but it was a fun ride!

Work today was a bit stressful. Several customers came to me with issues that required a bit of in-depth troubleshooting. Most were patient, if a bit aggravated. Some decided they didn't want to wait, which was their prerogative, but blamed me for the delay. So, simultaneously "I'm done fixing this!" and "Why didn't you fix it?!?" I kept my cool, but boy did they annoy me!

Work was just tiring today. I work at two different locations each Thursday. I seee a lot of people t hi s day.

Gnight friends! Three more with hours til the weekend!

So I'm back from a 3 week trip to southeast Asia. I didn't post while I was traveling.

I went with my whole family and we were in a different place every 3 days.

I couldn't take my Klonopin with me because it's a controlled substance where I went and I didn't have the time to submit the paperwork for it. My anxiety was really high for 2 weeks, but I managed somehow.

The time difference is 12 hours so adjusting my med schedule was not difficult.

I saw and did a lot of cool things like feeding and bathing elephants, visited a rainforest in the clouds, and a bunch of out really great things. Was a bonus that my whole family was on the trip too.

I have been reading posts here while I was traveling and I hope everyone improves soon, even if it's just a little.

Now I have to readjust to the time difference before my ketamine treatment begins in about 10 days.

I feel your pain regarding internet connection, but we're still unsure what causes our intermittent issues. Hubby has even called our provider, but it did little. Plus, our new house is a long but narrow one that we call "The Noodle". In one part of the house we must connect to a different router than another. Hassle!

I love hummers and miss them, greatly. There are none in Europe. That's sweet you had an encounter like that. Maybe he/she needs glasses, though. Once Hubby and I went to a hummingbird sanctuary in Arizona and one sat on my shoulder. Hubby was jealous!

I hope your psoriasis eases soon.

Yes on the heat, and surely my meds play a part (esp. Seroquel and Tegretol), though I've never been able to tolerate it. I get overwhelmed, and not only sweat but burn easily. No tan. I'm of the Anglo Irish stock with super fair skin. Hubby calls me the Vice President of a cement factory. Only some freckles give me a tinge of color. Perimenopause adds to all of this. Sun also bothers my eyes. I need to wear sunglasses. I keep a sun hat handy and try to always use moisturizer with sunscreen, when I'll be outside long.

@Soupe du jour, I had lots of problems with my wifi at home. I bought a Google nest wifi router and point and haven't had any problems since. The router attaches to your modem and you place the point wherever you need more coverage. The router and point work together in a mesh so you only need 1 network for your whole house. And it supports a lot of devices-i have all cell phones, laptops, wireless cameras, doorbell and thermostat working on the nest network and it works perfectly. You can also add points to, say, add coverage to your basement in addition to the rest of the network. It's well worth the money because there just aren't any problems.

It's full name is Nest WiFi Router and Point.

My emergency Benadryl worked well last night. I slept good. Then I took an Aleeve and my stomach med and I went out to breakfast and to do some shopping. I didn't eat much of my food, but it was a lot and my mom said it would probably last me for 4 meals.

I came home and had therapy. She was really distracted today. She was babysitting kids while working and at one point a couple of them came to where she was working and she told them she was working and then she had to put me on mute to get them settled. It was kind of weird and she was just like really not focused I guess today. It was the first time she brought her home problems into work and maybe there was some sort of emergency and she did apologize.

She told me to take the batteries out of my scale since I told her how much weighing myself was affecting me. I told her it was interfering with my sleep and everything. I took them out as soon as we ended and I actually feel really relieved now that I can't weigh myself.

Besides all that my stomach issues are back now despite taking all my meds correctly. At least I got stuff done this morning though. Although today wasn't particularly good. Just my shorts fitting weirdly, and package delays and other petty stuff that is all adding up.

Thanks, Scooter! I'll mention this to my tech guy (aka Hubby).

I feel like I'm getting sepsis or some other kind of infection. I have intense stomach pain and cold sweats and nausea. I don't know how long a person can have this level of pain without it becoming a problem. My scan is 2 weeks away.

Have you been limiting your fat intake? That is really helpful with gall bladder, or at least it was for me.

Ginger candies help with upset stomach. Before my gallbladder was removed I felt like I was living on them.