Couch 227 - The Safe Couch

Maybe watching something on youtube or cleaning for a bit might help speed up the time.

Thanks @Lemoncake

I don't like too much sandwich innards to bread either. Or too much bread. It is a delicate balancing act

I think this is pretty much the legal definition of white people's white food problems

(Sitting here eating Hostess cupcakes...)

I'm trying to fend off a panic attack that doesn't even need to happen because I didn't make a mistake. My supervisor just called me before break and said I'd made a big mistake yesterday and she needed me to call the member to resolve it. But when I looked at the mistake she said I made, I hadn't made the mistake after all. Well, not the mistake she said I'd made. I did see something else (little) I could have done but it didn't involve calling the member. So I shared my screen with her and showed her that I hadn't made the big mistake she said I'd made. One of my teammates evidently tried to get me in trouble for something I didn't do. It's all solved now, there's no problem, but I'm still in panic attack mode and can't make it stop. Maybe because I'm not feeling well anyway (stomach still hurting, have a bug or something). Ugh.

Hugs, Artie... I'd likely be in panic attack mode, too. I'm glad it's solved now.

Hi, everyone! I haven't caught up on the couch. I just got out of hospital (medical floor) after being there since Thursday night. A bad flare-up of my Ulcerative Colitis. It's been 11 years that it's been stable, so I guess I was due?

Doc said it could have been indirectly related to the gastric bypass surgery, or stopping my med for the first month after surgery. Plus all the added stress from two extra classes and trying to function on too few calories.

In any case, I'm exhausted but glad to be home. I still have grading to do for one class, plus just a couple of students for another class...it will get done, somehow.

I've been crying a lot today, though. My last flare-up continued for 9 or 10 months, 5 or so ER visits, it was such an ordeal. I don't know how I'm going to manage the special diet for UC along with the bariatric diet... they contradict each other. Oh, well. Tonight is just soup and popsicles!

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MP -sorry to hear that but glad you are out of the hospital now. Good luck on coordinating the conflicting diets

oh gosh mobius sending gentle hugs! i'm glad you're back home and hope you're feeling better soon.

Hugs, MP, I'm glad you're home now. I hope this flare-up is short-lived. Do you have a dietitian from getting the bypass surgery? If not, maybe you could consult with one to help you figure out how to find food that would fit both diets?

When Lemon graduates, couch roadtrip and getting an AirBnB here:

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Last one in the pool is a rotten egg!

Omg. My new favorite tv commercial!

This may be why you are not a cat minion

No skinny-dipping?

You are brave!

Eta - that might be the best option for swimming costume - i know i would be peeing myself in that crazy pool!

Sending gentle hugs MP.

I made tuna melts for dinner.


Cats are happy, guys are happy. I forgot I hate tuna melts. (Actually, maybe I've never actually eaten one before.) But it was easy so on the balance I am happy too.

The vaccine side effects have struck hard; at 3am I woke myself up trembling so hard. My oldest is babying me with advil and a neck massage and extra blankets. This sucks even though I was expecting it, somehow I didn't think it would be this bad or I might not be affected by it. If anyone has any tips please share.

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Hugs, sorry it's hitting you so hard! I tried to drink lots of water and also had some Gatorade. Someone on Facebook was saying having high-potassium foods/drinks can help. I see that you're already taking Advil--you may be able to take a "prescription dose," which is more than what it says on the bottle (maybe Google that to see how many).

When did you get the shot? For me, the worst of the side effects went away around 24 hours after they started. I had a bit of lingering fatigue and achiness, but the chills had stopped.

Also, sleep, or at least rest, as much as you can. Hope you feel better soon!

I hope things are better for you now. My trembling/chills lasted about 4 hours, then I moved onto vomiting and no temp regulations for several hours. I was lucky to still have some anti-nausea meds from a previous surgery. That helped with the vomiting and having a cold rag near the bed to hold that would cool me off when I felt overheated. That night I went to bed at 7ish and by 5ish in the morning it was all over and I was left with slight fatigue which may have been more due to the lack of sleep through the night than the vaccine. Hopefully you are close to the end.

I don't have any advice other than drink pedialyte. I hope the side effects have waned and you are feeling better.

Thanks everyone. Got the vaccine yesterday at 11am. At 3 pm I had to leave work due to joint pain. I slept off and on until 3am when the chills started. Body felt like it was locked in place from stiffness. Advil and massage helped a lot and I was able to sleep again.

I've got a big container of ice water next to the bed, and plan to get up and move around and stretch regularly to keep things loose.

People at work who went through it before me are saying it will pass about 24 hours from now. It's good to know I'm building a strong immune response and it's good to know it will pass.

I appreciate you all!

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My husband should be discharged by the end of the week. I will be taking a leave of absence, probably through the end of the school year (only 3 weeks left), so I'm getting lessons and instructions lined up. I think I have it all pretty well organized.

I'm trying to figure out how we're going to manage him at home, so my brain is on overdrive. He'll be mostly in a wheelchair and I'll be having to transfer him from chair to bed, etc. He's lost 50 pounds, almost all muscle mass, so he is weak as a kitten right now. Very certain we'll still be handling most things in bed because even getting to a toilet taxes his oxygen levels still. It's going to be a challenge, that's for sure.

We'll have some home health services, but not 24/7, just a few hours a week, so it will be mostly on me to handle things.

But insurance wants him to go home, ready or not. Medical bills are well over a million dollars already. If the doctors had their way, he'd stay in rehab for a couple more weeks, but insurance will have the last word - as always.

Really awful situation, Artley.

Hugs, Artley...that's awful. Makes me think of what happened with my grandmother years ago. My aunt (who was on disability) had to move in with her.


Isn't this as a result of him having COVID though? I had thought that insurance was supposed to fully cover anything COVID-related? I know they could likely still limit rehab, but you shouldn't be stuck with all those medical bills.