Another Car Accident

I just bought a new car in February (after totalling my previous car in December on a slippery road), and last night, I hit and killed a deer. I'm actually more upset about killing the deer, but that's not to say I'm not ready to tear my hair out over this situation. My boyfriend hit and killed a deer himself not long ago. I can't believe all the crap that keeps happening in our lives! I can't wait to get out of the house because the kittens (three of them, all adorable, sweet and lovable) drive me crazy! It's not their fault; it's that my OCD doesn't deal well with their getting into everything, wanting petting, licking, curiosity, etc. Basically, the stuff kittens do. I love them, but my OCD can't handle it (it's hard enough dealing with the adult cats).

I'm wandering off-topic, sorry about that. So, I did something I can't believe: I told the insurance company that yes, I'll accept a rental car. My OCD doesn't like things other people have used, but I can't bear the idea of being stuck in this house!

On top of everything, my legs and feet are swollen, probably from all the walking I did the other day, or it could just as easily be from the lack of walking I do. My foot was killing me the other day but I kept walking on it, because I was so grateful to be in a bookstore and eating out with my boyfriend. However, the kittens have scratched my leg, and fluid is oozing out from the edema (water retention and swelling). I'll be seeing a doctor soon, so I can find out what's going on (like I don't already know... I don't take care of myself, don't exercise, eat too much bad food and sugar. I'm really hoping I don't have diabetes or anything serious that it's too late to get control of). I also have blood work to get done.

On top of everything, we have fleas from the cats and ants because of the mess.

I'm sorry you are struggling with so much. I hope there's nothing seriously wrong with you. I am prediabetic and I still eat wrong. I'm getting a bit better at it, though. I cannot eat many foods any more. But I love food. Well, I hope things will go better for you soon.

Well, that's quite a way you have of getting new cars......I am sorry that you hit the deer.....not even hunting season for deer right now ....they are so hard to miss when they come shooting across the road. They are always getting hit around here.

Sounds like you have a lot of struggles you are dealing with right now. Edema isn't anything to mess around with. My mom ended up with it but it was after her cancer surgery after they took her lymph nodes out. There is a message treatment for it that helps get the lymph fluid moving again in the legs. Hope they can find an easier solution for you though.

It's hard to take care of ourselves sometimes especially when we get into routines even if they aren't working for us.

Wishing you the best with this

I am very sorry to hear this Maven. I hope that you make a speedy recovery soon. Hang in there

Thank you all. I'm having a bad time of it, and I think I made things worse by accepting the rental car option. I don't like to touch used things, and I didn't accept the rental car when I totalled my car last year. I just couldn't bear being stuck at home with the kittens. I love them, but they are Hell on my OCD. But now that I got the rental, I think it was a big mistake. I've now had my much-loved new purse in the car, so it doesn't feel safe or fully clean anymore. My boyfriend told me that the rental cars at Enterprise are very clean. The one I got has stains in it, and the smell bothers me. I wish I hadn't have gotten it, but now it's too late. I always EFF up. I try to do something good or help, and I just screw it up.

I really have to call my doctor and have him fax the blood work tests I need done to the lab, because I dropped it on the floor (and I should have gotten it taken care of long ago). plus now, I have to tell him about the edema. I literally have fluid leaking out of my left leg.

I'm sorry. I know I seem to only post when something bad happens to me. It's just there's so much I try to keep up with, and so many problems I wallow in, and I do post to others' threads sometimes, but it's all overwhelming. I do care about the people here, because I've found a lot of support and good people here.