CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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Octo - I'm so sorry for your loss. Thinking of you and all your family
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Oh Octogirl, this must be such a hard time for your sister and you. Give her hugs and know that we are in your pocket supporting you through this hard time...
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octogirl, I am so very sorry about the loss of your dear brother in law. Your family has endured so much and you will all be in my prayers. Sometimes life just is so darn hard.0
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Octo,
So sorry to hear this. Thinking of you, take care!
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Octo....my sympathy to your sister and your entire family.
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Octo ..sending Love , Hugs and Prayers to your family ..so sorry ...
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Octo, so very sorry. Thinking of you and your sister.
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Octo....sending my thoughts your way.........
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Chi......I am so shocked to hear all the problems you had with your cataract surgery.......I was fortunate enough not to have any.............I had both eyes done 2 weeks apart..........all I had to do was to apply the drops as I was told to do and that was it............
Other then was told do not bend over if it is possible, and do not lift anything over 5lbs.......at least for the first week...
Did your. Dr. say why you had so much trouble ......and the pain shocks me.....and not being able to see that well.......my vision approved 100% and was surprised to see how bright and clear everything was...........hope your doing better...............0 -
Ladies wanted you to see this...........it is 2 of my great grandchildren......we have a wedding on Sept 17th..........my grandaughter's son who you all know "Bobby", and my grandsons little girl, who you also know "Lila" are in the wedding................this is a picture of them in one of their better moments........usually they are beating the hell out of each other............this could be the biggest mistake the bride and groom make....LOL.....Lila is the daughter of the bride and groom.............more to follow once I get pictures of them in their wedding attire.............LOL...Bobby is 18 months old........Lila is 14 months old.........
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Sandy, sorry for all your trouble with your cataract surgery. Duckyb, those two are so darn adorable. I can't wait to hear the story of the wedding! Sending love to Beppy and prayers for Octogirl's family.
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octo so sorry for your loss, dang but I am terrified of falling,
Ducky, love seeing little ones in you family, bet they grow up as pals
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My two were 14 months apart. The played well when they were little and then all hell broke loose when my daughter turned 10. They fought constantly as teens. Now that they are grown up they are best buds again. Don't know if I posted this picture here - but all of us getting along watching a show on grandma's bed:
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Ducky, my vision has vastly improved--I’m finding things so much brighter through my R eye now that the only things I need my current glasses for are computer (mid-distance) work (and if I turn down the screen brightness I can take my glasses off for that too) and, sadly, camouflage. My eye looks a little larger and less squinty but still bloodshot. I could go without glasses for the formal I’m attending tomorrow, but I might still scare people who’d think I have pinkeye and are afraid to catch it. I could be mysterious and hide behind sunglasses, but the “Solar Shield” brand they gave me aren’t exactly dressy. Maybe I’ll walk over to the drugstore (can’t drive yet, my depth perception’s still a bit hinky and wearing my glasses for that actually overcorrects my R eye) and get a bling-ier pair. I called LensCrafters, but though they can take the R lens out of my glasses they’re not allowed to replace it with a blank. (And it’s the R eye I need to camouflage). I’m seeing my ophthalmologist again on Thurs., but he says I can’t be refracted until three weeks from yesterday--Sep. 29. The reason I had so much pain is that I have extremely sensitive epithelials--I get blisters from even the slightest irritations that most people don’t even notice. Shoe salesmen duck behind the counter when they see me walk in, because they know I’m going to send back pair after pair because of seams, threads, trim, etc. I came back from my Italy trip with blisters all over my feet (and a bag full of different sizes & shapes of Compeed plasters). And I tend to form seromas from most surgeries. So I developed a couple of blisters on my cornea. Hopefully, they’ll heal with the anti-inflammatory and antibiotic drops I was prescribed.
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Gees any, hoping all this stuff gets settled soon, don't over rush things
Went to lunch with a gym pal, gee went with me to my nuerosurgeon last week., he gave her the assignment of watching my walking and told her to contact him, she took his card, if she saw any change, she approved me today and said no Change! Will she is a retired nurse so guess i will trust her.
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Started acupuncture on the scars with using a concoction on them when I don't have the silicone tape on. Going to try a mix of frankinscence, myrrh and lemon oil in a base of coconut oil. We shall see.
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My vision in the operated eye has improved to the point I can't wear my prescription glasses any more--the distance correction is too strong and I no longer have astigmatism in that eye. So what I did was Uber it up to Lincolnwood Town Center mall and get two pair of gradient sunglasses at LensCrafters: one pair of classic Ray-Ban Wayfarers, dark up top fading to clear at the bottom, for everyday till this eye heals; and a big bling-y fashionista pair of Ralph Laurens with darker gradients fading to amber at the bottom for dresswear (like tonight). Both pair accomplish what undereye concealer (still off-limits for at least a weak) would, protect me from indoor bright light (though for sunlight I still have to wear those welders' glasses Solar Shields I was given--or at least the smaller pair I originally bought to cover my old rimless specs), and once this eye heals, I would have them in reserve for the other eye post-op. And if I do still need distance-and-intermediate-vision correction, I can replace the lenses with prescription ones. Meanwhile, while I was waiting the 2 hrs it took to replace the very dark gradients in the Laurens with lighter ones, I shopped at Old Navy. Got a bunch of T-shirt dresses on sale (still an XL, not XXL, thank goodness) and then saw some even bling-ier mirrored sunglasses for $15 a pair. Not gradients, too dark for indoors, but perfect for outdoor use if I don't want to look dorky. (Had planned to try Sunglass Hut first--but it was replaced by a cellphone store, so that's why I went on to LensCrafters). Had I seen the Old Navy shades first, I might have saved a bundle, but then I wouldn't have these ultra-cool hipster-ironic Wayfarers. Was surprised how easy it was to get an Uber back home too (had I not been carrying packages, I might have taken the Pace bus to the CTA Red Line and walked home from my neighborhood station).
Gonna head upstairs, put together my outfit for tonight (dressy black shell or tank, palazzos, sheer black jacket and whatever dressy shoes or sandals are comfy and don't aggravate my blisters or give me new ones), and take a shower. Too bad I can't wash my hair yet--and my stylist is off today. Even if I could Uber it over to another salon; I don't trust anyone else to do a shampoo & blowdry without stripping the keratin treatment from my hair. Not every salon uses sodium-and-sulfate-free shampoos & conditioners, and I feel ridiculous bringing my own. So I'll have to trust dry shampoo, my styling tools and maybe a bit of shine spray (all with my operated eye closed of course). My gel French mani is trashed--a couple of the tips are cracking, and one nail splits down to the quick (has ever since I started bc treatment). The good nail spa I use is booked up for today and I will not go to one of those neighborhood storefront nail mills where the only English anyone speaks is “pick a color" and everyone wears masks because of acrylic fumes. They don't know how to soak off a gel nail and would probably try to grind it off with a drill and replace it with an acrylic. No thanks. Hoping the Sally Hansen stuff I'm using to patch things holds up through tonight. I'll look weird enough in sunglasses and orthopedic sandals as it is.
Speaking of which, after I put my first set of drops in this morning, I closed that eye, and gasped--the vision in my left (not-yet-operated) eye is like looking through a yellow frosted window. How on earth did I ever function with both eyes like that???
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my pet peeve as well about nail places that only sand off gels and will not soak them off at all, I was thrilled to have found one to do the soak thing
Hope your eyes continue to improve
Went to local farmers stand, got some fresh picked stuff and been snacking on raw beans all afternoon
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As a string player, I have special needs when it comes to my nails: they have to be very short (almost down to the quick) on my fretting (L) hand and long and strong on at least the picking nails of my picking hand (thumb & index of my R--I don't classically or “Travis-pick" which is using a different finger for each string). So before I discovered gels and the spa I've been using for eight years now, I would get acrylics on my R hand and just polish on the L--the L would constantly chip and I was always touching it up, and it only got worse when I switched to a French or Beverly Hills manicure (off-white tips, sheer pink beds, oval shape). One mall nail mill started using the Dremel grinding drill on my bare L nails, before I stopped them. When I said I didn't want acrylics on my L hand nails and wanted them short, they told me that having two different nail lengths would reflect badly on them and almost threw me out of the place (and I would have walked out had my L hand nails not already been roughed up and exposed.) Since the L nails had already been roughed up for acrylics to bond, I reluctantly agreed to let them put them on, but still very short. They were so thick that my L hand looked like I was sporting Chiclets. I started getting “gel overlays," which was a UV-cured coating over acrylics that turns them clear--they were still acrylics, though.
I was down in FL dealing with my mom's estate and my nails were really growing out to an ugly degree because I hadn't gotten “fills” in a month; and when I asked where I could get gels, my lawyer called the salon his wife uses. I was flabbergasted when the manicurist (American, BTW) wrapped my nails in acetone-soaked cotton and foil, and then gently scraped the softened acrylic goo off. She then took out three little pots--one each clear, sheer pink and white--and proceeded to sculpt natural-looking French-tip nails freehand with her brushes, instead of over forms or plastic tips, and then LED-curing them. She was shocked that I didn't know what real gels were and advised me never to get acrylics again. She said that the reason my nail beds were so thin & weak was that acrylics don't allow nails to breathe and fills are done without removing the acrylic and letting the bare nails recover during the rest of the manicure before applying new gels. I learned that gels can’t be “filled,” but must be removed each time. She also asked if I’d like a “no-chip manicure” on the L hand--LED-cured polish. I’d never heard of such a thing. I walked out of there and flew home with gorgeous nails--and she went home with a huge tip.
I called around to various Chicago salons and asked if they did real gels & no-chip manicures, and whether they cater to musicians. That’s how I found the spa I use now, Essential, in Lincoln Park. Pricey, but worth it--everyone speaks great English (some as their first language; my tech, the owner, came here from Vietnam as a baby and has more of a Midwestern accent than I do). It’s a small shop, half the techs are from the U.S. or Europe, there are no fumes, masks or power tools. Pandora & Spotify in the background, not the local “lite rock” station. No tacky “nail art” appliques. None of those ubiquitous faux-Patrick-Nagel posters on the walls. No massage chairs for pedis--feet are soaked in aromatherapy-oil-infused water in sterilized steel bowls, with paraffin treatments and sugar-scrubs. They occasionally bring in an old-fashioned massage therapist for neck & back massages for those who want to book them. No acrylics--just gels, no-chip and conventional polish manis. Refreshments provided--wine on Fri. nights (I’m a daytime client, alas). My tech knows not to cut on my R hand, and to do the lotion massage only upward. She also knows about nail anatomy--why nails grow in thin & weak, and why I keep getting ingrown toenails even though she cuts only straight across and I wear properly-fitting shoes: some people have nail beds that naturally curl under, and it’s hereditary. (My old podiatrist did surgery on one toe once, saying he was resculpting the nail bed and it would never ingrow again...he lied). My current podiatrist now sends her patients to the salon owner. I go every two weeks for fingernails and add a pedi once a month. It’s an oasis of pampering (and girl-talk) in my day.
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Sandy, even I would consider getting my nails done if I could find a place like that
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Hi, everyone. I am sorry I missed the gift for Beppy. I hope she is feeling well tonight.
Octo, I am so sorry to hear what happened to your brother-in-law. That is so sad, and I will pray for the family.
Gma, I got that NewGel for my scars, and this past time the doctor gave me a sample of BioCorneum. I also got the silicone tape. I don't know what really does the trick.
Sandy, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only Princess here who would know if there was a pea under her mattress. All those things irritate me, too. Like tags on clothes, which immediately have to come off, the seam on the top of socks, etc. I have certain brands of shoes that usually come through for me in comfort, but I just haven't found any socks without seams. Luckily, many clothing designers are printing the "tag" on the shirt. Probably something else my Mama passed on to me and my sisters. We are not persnickety. Well, my six sisters probably are, but not me.
I hope everyone has a nice rest of the evening, and those who are waiting for tests or on the results, may you have peace of mind.
Lisa
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Lisa, when our son Gordy was diagnosed with sensory integration deficit (along with dyspraxia) at age 5, we learned one of the hallmarks was hypersensitivity to external tactile stimulation. (It’s why dry-brushing is part of the OT for it--to gradually desensitize the skin). We had to rip all the tags out of his shirts. We also learned it’s hereditary--so suddenly everything “clicked:” where others might not notice a thread “slub” in their jeans, to me it feels like a wooden splinter; and I was always a klutz when it came to sports and dancing (still dunno how I managed to learn to play an instrument--but then again, Gordy has learned to play bass. Maybe dyspraxics take more easily to strings than to keyboards). But the window of opportunity for OT to work is a small one, closing before puberty. Could be why my skin is unrelentingly sensitive & delicate.
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I don't know much about those conditions, Sandy, but when Bobby was little,his doctor said he was hypersensitive to sounds. He would get agitated and put his hands over his ears like it hurt. In school, he had a hard time concentrating during tests because any noises distracted him. We worked with him on it, by giving him tests I made up and got him to do them while we would make noise around him, so he would get used to it. It actually worked. I know what you mean about the slightest thing being agony, like a thread or the tags or really anything. I have a pair of jeans that the last couple times I tried to wear them, I know there is a splinter in them. I have looked and can't find it, but it has to be there, because I feel it. Right on the back of the thigh.
How is Gordy doing with learning to play bass? Maybe him being delicate with sensation, the guitar is something that feels good to play. My father played guitar and harmonica and I want to learn, and I have them both.
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me just hyper allergic to stuff including soaps
Cleaning gal just left I blessed her with some laundry soap that I got itchie from,
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Hello All,
How's this for a laugh: Got on the bus to Crazy Town in the middle of last night. Was stuck in one of those New Jersey circles where everyone drives like a nut. Finally took an exit, turned on a CD and sang along with Tom Petty "The Waiting Is the Hardest Part" (since I am waiting for biopsy results. )
Which brings to mind another thot: we can send a man to the moon and plan a trip to Mars yet have not developed a non invasive exam to diagnose and treat breast cancer. I want one of those scanners Dr. McCoy used on Star Trek.
Your thots?
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Lisa, that's exactly where the "sticker" in my jeans is too! Gordy's been a bassist (electric) for 20 years--I think the larger fatter strings are easier to navigate without looking at the neck--he has Bob's long thin fingers and reads bass clef notation but I don't--I have to look at my left hand or translate from treble clef.
"The Waiting" has been my medical theme song from my first labor onward
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Cwp, wasn't there a movie once that used something like that? I don't know, but I sure wish your thoughts on that would become reality.
I think maybe The Waiting should be our official Crazy Town anthem. Besides that, I really love Tom Petty. My favorites are a tossup between Free Fallin' and Don't Come Around Here No More, and I Won't Back Down. I don't know, I like them all. One of the greatest rockers ever. Goodness, now you have me going down memory lane.
Sandy, it's a conspiracy! The jeans companies put random stickers in their pants and we "sensitive" types come along and buy them. I feel like to get it out, I will eventually work a big hole in them or something.
Lisa
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Tags for me, and if it ain't comfy, I ain't buying it!
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My duo does a “Free Fallin’” parody called “Tree Fallin’.” (Mercifully, we haven’t recorded it and never will). I’ve seen Petty in concert several times. My favorites are “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” “Learning to Fly,” and especially “Runaway Train."
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For me it's tags and wool. I also don't like material that doesn't breathe. When I was in gymnastics I hated leotards. I had an agreement with my coach to wear the tank leotards during work outs and save the uncomfortable long sleeves for competition.
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