CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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Gma, what bad timing on the layoff. Not that there is ever a good time for such a thing.
Poppy, I hope this medication helps you. I agree with your doctor about anxiety affecting memory, when I'm super anxious, I can't remember jack.
I saw my MO today, who gave me the all clear, no further testing needed at this point. My PCP is starting me on Buspar for my anxiety, which has been unbelievably awful. I've never tried Buspar before. Anyone have any insights about this medication?
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Buspar is supposed to be both an antidepressant and anxiolytic (mild tranquilizer, weaker than the benzodiazepenes), good for someone who is both anxious and depressed. Believe it or not, the vet prescribed it for one of our cats that was having “silent aggression“ problems when a newcomer decided to challenge his dominance as top kitty and the fights got rather ugly. It worked. I was going to try it but my shrink suggested Wellbutrin might be better, as it controls dietary cravings and I wasn’t having anxiety.
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Happily my new lump turned out to be what we all hoped-fat necrosis and scar tissue. I joked with my radiologist that I never thought I'd be so delighted to be diagnosed with something as disgusting sounding as fat necrosis!
Now I can concentrate on my husband and his upcoming treatment.
Thanks for all the support here. I'm sending best wishes and good cosmic vibes for those still waiting.
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Happy Friday! Well just because is my reason
And because I have no doc or pt visits today, small things in life. Dang but when I made a comment to the pt guy about my back being not so strong, he suggested I do pt for my back. Holy shit but I hustle want the end of pt and to be able to head back to the gym and my pals again.
Hoping all feel better today
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yay for good results Lulu!
Poppy, hope you get some answers, glad your doc is taking it seriously!
For Cubbie and others: a very interesting article in yesterday's NYTimes. I wonder if we should switch from ativan sprinkles to mushrooms? (Note that only a single dose required and the support that patients received while 'tripping' may have been a major factor....still very thought provoking):
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/health/hallucino...
My biggest takeaway is that we shouldn't have to live with severe anxiety and depression after going through all this crap. I know nothing about Buspar, but hope it does the trick.
Sending love to all.
Octogirl
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The peaks and valleys are so dramatic on this ride called Cancer. Maybe we should install a roller coaster here in CT....any suggestions for names...all rides need a name...
Happy Friday just because Iris!
Yay for all the good news! Made my morning brighter.
Sorry about the bad news...while there is no good time for bad news, there is a worst time. Truly sorry.
Love you all!
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just had phone call from nuerologist at the ms center, she was checking in to see how I am doing. I do like her and told her the surgeon did not seem to have any followup plans. She suggest I followup with her after I finish pt. I do plan on that although likely not till after Xmas as getting into nyc in dec.........can you say massive Nightmare?
Feel good to have a good doc to follow with
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I did mushrooms once, inadvertently. We were having a party down south of Tacoma after law school graduation for a pal who was moving back to SoCal to go into practice with his brother—his family was solidly 7th Day Adventist, so he was having his last fling with hamburgers, beer and smokables. A dish of marinated button mushrooms in vinaigrette was passed around, and they were quite tasty. Afterwards, we all went out to the lawn to look at the magnificent array of stars, which seemed to move and glitter spectacularly. A wave of elation and then one of sadness suddenly swept over me—I sobbed “Here I am enjoying the glory of Nature with all my friends, while my poor husband is back up in Seattle, studying his ass off for medical school!” Everybody told me, “Go to him, he needs you, drive safely!” So I did. And as I walked in the door he said, “Great, you’re here! Look what I got, let’s go!” He held up two student tickets to the Sonics game.
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Sandy, Love your story!
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Happy Monday everyone . We are taking Wyatt to Disneyland this afternoon . We take him around this time every year . We have to catch him before he gets sick again . Love you all . I miss you Beppy .
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Well, the "fit has hit the shan." About an hour ago, my LE doc's secretary called to reschedule—he's down with the same rotten cold I've been fighting for over a week that has seemed to sweep this town. Then, not 15 minutes ago, I was just sitting on the john, working a crossword, when from out of nowhere came a massive back spasm (as always, mainly the right side of my rear waist). Wasn't even moving, sneezing, coughing—just sitting there. I managed to slather on some Traumeel gel and found a Flector patch to apply. Got into our shiatsu massage chair (a gift years ago from a colleague) and discovered I am too short, even with the “shoulder height" set to “low" and sitting on a pillow, for the “lower back" massage setting to hit me in the right place. (And the rolling and tapping are bruising me, not to mention the “Power recline” function is broken and I can’t bring the seatback up to the erect position. But the price was right). Grabbed the second to last one of Bob's leftover Norco 7.5s and an .5 mg. Xanax (of which, fortunately, we have plenty) and hobbled downstairs to grab a cane and an ice pack. Neither Bob nor his colleague can write me a new Norco Rx—he says to go to the Immediate Care Center around the block, but it took me 10 min. to get out of my nightie into my leisure fleece jammies—the thought of trying to get dressed and into actual shoes or boots is sheer torture. Maybe my housekeeper can get me there in my jammies and indoor-outdoor slippers. I will tough it out one more day and see what happens.
I now know there is a God: (S)He took mercy upon me and refrained from letting this happen until the Bar Show was over and I have nothing to do this week except a (cancel-able) manicure tomorrow and a wine-tasting Thurs. night. When the ice pack gets tepid, I will hobble back to the kitchen and drown my sorrows in a sugar-free pumpkin spice skim latte. Or maybe unsweetened almond-milk eggnog cappucino. Definitely ordering out for pizza tonight. Blessedly, what was left of yesterday's snow has melted. As long as I am sitting erect and still, I'm okay. And I can use my arms to get out of the recliner (and the doorknobs to pull myself up off the toilet).
I am repeating my mantra, “it's only pain, it's only pain." Pain never killed, maimed or paralyzed anyone. (The song I wrote about that when the last time this happened, in 2013, is strangely and discouragingly not comforting me the way it did then). Coping strategies, anyone? I'm not thinking “spine mets," even though for a couple of days last weekend I had very brief episodes of “pulsatile" simultaneous waist-and-neck-pain (i.e,, throbbing in time with my heartbeat). I'm not worried about my laryngitis coming back—next Tues.' radio show has my partner & me as part of a long lineup—even though I finished my Medrol dosepak. The Keflex, which I'm on through Fri., seems to be working, as I'm only bringing up whitish-grayish-very pale yellow stuff, not the Technicolor snot that came up over the weekend. (Apologies to anyone trying to eat as they surf this site).
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oh no Sandy, I hope the pain goes away very soon.
Molly, hope you have a wonderful time at my favorite happiest place on earth!
Hubby has been out of town at a conference, so I've been alone in the house, hanging out by myself by the fire (it is cold up here in Central California while he is down in San Diego enjoying much better weather...). So, it was fun, as I almost never get the time alone (I am the one who usually travels). Ok, well...it was fun for about half an hour. After that, I missed him, and as good of company as Gabe-the-Teddy-Bear can be, he can't take hubby's place for me.
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goodness sandy, i do understand how back pain can strike out of nowhere
Wish I had good solution
Went to urologist yesterday for checkup. Seems after my sort of brain surgery she advised it but I wdderdent as my bladder control has gotten really awful since surgery
Would you believe I got lost in the town where the hospital is, it is actually close to where I worked for 20 plus years. Yikes but I do need to do some brain teasers!
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Sandy hope you feel better soon!!!
Had a little visitor come in from the cold. We got a dusting of snow and it is going to be in the low 20s tonight. I finally managed to get the hummer on my finger and back outside.
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awww, so cute!!!!!
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funny bug story. Hubby heard cricket in the house by where our dog lays. For some reason crickets love our 14 year old mini greyhound Jack and go whoever he is - lizards do too. Anyways, it has been cold (for us) here in Southern California. Hubby got the cricket and went to put it outside and noticed it only had three legs. Needless to say the cricket went back in the dogs blanket for the night because we didn't have the heart to put a three legged cricket out.
I love animal(and bug and bird) stories!
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Oh wow, Gma, that little guy got inside your house? How cute, glad you were able to get him back out.
Sandy, I hope your back is doing better. It's just crazy the way that stuff can hit out of the blue. Last time I was talking to a doc about back pain, he told me this story about how he was working in his garage, going along just fine, when he suddenly had a spasm so bad he ended up having to call his wife on his cell phone to help him back in the house. He said the pain didn't directly follow what he done to aggravate it (lifting firewood). It was a few minutes later that the pain hit him.
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Sandy , how awful for you ! Iris , I am sorry for all you are going through . Gma , how sweet the little humming bird ! Teresa , I love the 3 legged cricket story . Octogirl , I would love time alone but it would get lonely fast . Hug Gabe for me . We had a great time yesterday . We can't stay long between oxygen tanks and an uncomfortable wheelchair Wyatt's tolerance is low . He really enjoyed the Jungle Cruise . He was laughing and chattering the whole time . Here's a picture of Mickey loving on him. 0 -
Beautiful pic Molly. So glad Wyatt enjoyed it.
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Molly, Wyatt must have been "over the moon" with Mickey comforting him. So glad he had a great time!
Woke up this morning feeling okay…till I tried to roll out of bed. AAAAARGHH!!! I screamed and moaned all the way to the bathroom. Somehow managed to get on & off the loo and drag a washcloth over me; then reach into Bob’s stash of Xanax & Norco. (Bob insists I replace the Norco—easier said than done, because now it has to be via a paper Rx from an actual treating physician, one mo. at a time). Grabbed the iPad and texted a cancellation of my manicure. Crawled back into bed with three pillows beneath my knees. Figured how to use the intercom on the bedside phone—my housekeeper brought me breakfast, coffee & the rest of my a.m. meds. She helped me dress and hobble down the stairs & out the door to the immediate care center.
As soon as they heard “breast cancer,” “AI,” and “osteopenia,” they wheeled me into X-ray. Good news: no bone mets or compression fracture. Bad news: I’m pretty much already doing everything that can be done….which means Bob doesn’t get his Norco back because they don’t believe opioids work for back pain. They’re speculating I actually hurt myself last week during dress rehearsal or the run of the Bar Show…but the pain didn’t manifest till the final prednisone pill wore off by Mon. morning. They switched me from Flector patches (NSAIDs can get into the gut via the bloodstream, and I have GERD) to Lidoderm, 12 hrs on/12 off, with Traumeel or Arnicare gel followed by TENS therapy during the 12 hrs. off; from Xanax BID to Flexeril & Arthritis Tylenol & Celebrex at bedtime, with Celebrex in the morning; and from ice to heat. I am getting around the house with a rollator, and upstairs with a cane. No wine till I’m off the Flexeril—which I hope is by Thurs. night bec. there’s a great tasting at B’way Cellars. Of course, I’ll need to Uber both ways, despite it being only a 1/3 mi. ea. way.
Fortunately, I can otherwise be a slug this week.
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celebrex is such an amazing drug . I hope you feel better soon .
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Molly, awesome Wyatt got to see Mickey. My grandkids think Disneyland is a magical place.
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Molly - I am so glad Wyatt had a good time. I know those moments must be few and far between, but it is such a blessing to have fun once in a while.
Italychick, my grandsons haven't gotten to Disneyland yet. I think I should put it on my bucket list to take them. The older one has health issues and we live so far away, not sure we will ever go.
Sandy, hoping things are looking up a bit more today.
We are having a freeze this morning - 27Degrees F. - A dusting of snow yesterday. Occupational therapist gave me orders to stay inside and no falling! LOL.
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Think I'm finally out CT for a bit. Next week is the end of semester. Taking a much needed break for a few months.
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Mommy, hope you will check in on the CT porch now and then in any case! Enjoy the break...
Sandy, that sounds awful but hope you feel better very soon.
Nothing, but nothing beats the Jungle Cruise! It never gets old......Thank you Molly for the inspiration to plan my next Disneyland trip. DGD's birthday will be here before I know it.....
Hubby is back from San Diego. Gabe and I are happy about that; I think Gabe missed him even more than I did.
Hugs and love to all
Octogirl
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I certainly will. I probably will be here more now that the government end of class is coming. It will even give me more time to work on my ancestry, which has suffered lately.
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good for you mommy, glad you are out.......wait did you mean crazytown or Connecticut? Me I need to work on my brain teasers More?
Love the photo of Wyatt and so glad he had time with the Disney group, Mickey seems to cheer up all little folks
Yesterday I met with someone from the retirement place to discuss the start of my downsizing and when I might move. Wow but moving from 2 bed townhouse to a 1 bed apartment requires lots of decisions on what and when. Hope to move in about Feb or March. This place is 2 stories and I really want one floor
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I will be getting out of Crazy Town when this class ends
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M0mmy , woo hoo on getting a break ! Octogirl , glad your DH is back . DL sounds like a great idea for your DGD birthday . Gma , brrr . Iris , I can't imagine having to downsize . It sounds nice to live in a community though . Thanks for the nice comments on my picture. Every good day with my boy is a blessing . Has anyone heard any updates on Beppy ?
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Thanks Molly! I so need it, my brain is melting from all the thinking! lo
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