Couch 240: The Vanadis Couch

has anyone heard from Kit lately?

Being dehydrated won't help you with any of the readily identifiable possibilities. I hope you are okay - pain is no fun. I had a dog who had pancreatitis and he had to get a lot of intravenous fluid even though we caught it quite early.

I think that's what my old-man cat Stormy had awhile back, if I remember right. The vet gave him pain meds and had us feed him chicken baby food for a week or something, she said to give that organ a rest. Because of his age (he's 15) and how he doesn't like to be without his people, she let us treat him at home as long as he started eating again, but that would have been next if he hadn't started eating the baby food and drinking again once he was on the pain meds, which of course he did. It seemed like he loved the baby food.

Midnight and im feeling a lot better. Actually i started feeling better this afternoon.

Dr google says its rare but people do get pancreatitis after a covid shot. But i was already ill a week before my shot. That could have been back strain tho.

But im starting to feel human again. Thanks everybody for the warm beverages!

I'm glad you're feeling better! But this seems to be something that happens off and on for you, so it might be good to get an appointment with your regular doctor to get it checked out.

For the first time ever I'm coming to plop on the couch amid people who might understand. Saw my T today, and even driving there I wondered whether I should have been going or not. I'm away on holiday tonight, and we just had a rubbish end to the session. With half an hour to go her dog started barking for its dinner. And it didn't stop until I left. We were talking about some really deep stuff and I just got really thrown. And sadly it also threw my ability to believe that T gives a ****. Now I feel all alone and sad and weighed down by everything (normally I actually feel like I leave it all in the room). I even managed at the end of the session to ask for some reassurance, but all I heard was her saying some banal words.

I've sent her an email asking for what I could really use, I think, so see if that helps. Gutted. I was really excited about going away and now I just feel like crap, sat on my own upstairs. Come on feelings, switch back round, please. Any thoughts on how to manage this would be most welcome, or just a supportive and understanding ear, seeing as I didn't seem to get that from T today!!

Oh my i just found out there's a Sexaginta-quattuordle where you have to guess 64 words with 70 guesses. I am going to try it once, but I think I'll stick with duotrigordle (32 words)!

eta: i did it, but now my head hurts haha

All the hugs, Waterbear.

That sounds really difficult.
I'm glad you've sent your T a message asking for what you need.
Identifying that can be a leap, but it's worth it.

Be kind to yourself, my friend.

Hugs, waterbear. I'm sorry the barking dog interrupted your session, that so sucks. I hope you get a helpful response to your email.

Thanks Lost, I'm taking the fact that I could identify and reach out as a good thing, and hope she sees it that way too!!

Thanks Artie, yeah, sucks is the right word. I'm never going back there at the dogs tea time again. Fingers crossed, I hope it's helpful too!

Those sound like italian swear words!

Dogs tea time! Picturing dogs with scones with clotted cream and cucumber sandwiches!

Wow, I hadn't seen that one! Will try it out tomorrow (my head already hurts too much after work this morning and therapy today--well, more that I used up all my brainpower, I think!) It's funny--I'm pretty good at Wordle and Duotrigordle, but really bad at Quordle.

Hugs, Waterbear, I'm sorry you're dealing with that. And I get it. I've had a few really bad sessions with my T right before going out of town, and it's sucked. It can be really difficult to get your head away from therapy and what happened in session and back onto the holiday.

I've also had ones that involved a disruption--I think of the one over the summer with the tornado alerts going off on our phones, then his wife calling to tell him to move inside. We were already trying to repair a rupture, and that just sort of made it worse (we did work through it a couple sessions later). Part of the issue was the call from his wife (and he talked to her briefly while I sat there), which felt like was his outside life intruding in our session. I can see where the dog barking would feel very similarly--another creature competing for her needs (and likely distracting her in some way, too).

I hope she responds to the email and is helpful. And that you'll be able to enjoy your holiday. Email has helped me a couple times with conflicts right before I was going away (or before T was). It can just be so hard to center yourself when something that helps give you balance has gone off the rails (sorry for the mixed metaphor!).

Lol, Una, I think they'd have demolished any food in front of them!

Thanks LT, you are absolutely right, another creature interrupting our private space and distracting her, for sure. I'm kind of sorry you get it, as it means you've experienced similar, but it's useful to know it isn't just me, if that makes sense. She did reply, thank you, and it was kind of helpful, I just hope I can put it to one side as I depart. It's feeling like it will be hard to do but I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed!!

haha right?

The headache wasn't really cuz this huge one is harder than duotrigordle - it's just omg the grid is so HUGE and hard to look at! Makes your eyes cross! But it was fun at the same time.

ps I sucked at quordle too!

....seated around a white garden table, frilly umbrellas and all.

Hi everyone. Life feels so intense right now. Not so sure why. The only med that has changed was I went up to 80 Latuda from 60 but I don't think that would have done it. I took a mental health day last week and worked a half day another day. I really had to push myself to get through the week. But I made it. I survived.

Glad you survived Kit... That's definitely a good thing, and sometimes it's those things that need celebrating.

Hugs, Kit. I'm glad you made it through--that's what's most important.

Hi Kit-I was getting worried!

I feel you. I just called my boss crying because I just can’t go to work tomorrow. I am not functioning.

Hugs, Velcro...I hope your boss is understanding.

Thanks LT. She was. I don't know how I am going to continue going on.