Nikko, you sound so happy. I am so excited to hear what you are doing now. You so deserve to laugh and play!

bizi, I wondered were you had run off to. Love you and care about you. I am sorry that the manic monster caught you by your cute little toes. Massive hugs.

Mari, I still haven't found a solution to the tired and must sleep syndrome. Pdoc put me on Provigil. eweewwwwe. Got all kinds of jittery and anxious and then when it wore off I was even more tired than before. And then when I dropped it I went into a full blown (quiet and controlled) monsterous rage. Really bad choice for me. sigh. I think exercise and diet is a better choice.

FibroWendy. Oh yeah. Hear ya big time. Hubby is trying to help so take him with a grain of salt. They're so cute when they try to nurture. Trying to believe that I had bipolar disorder was a tough one to put my brain around. It just didn't seem to be possible. But it is. And the meds help.

So call it a cumquat for all I need to know as long as I have a way to combat it.

For some reason the fibro dx was harder for me to accept than the BP dx. I just refused to believe it for years until my little doc put her hand on my shoulder and said this is fibro. Do what you have to do to learn to live with it and find ways to put it in it's place, but you need to accept it.

Oh boy. That was a tough day.

My little Con has gallbladder surgery Monday. I am hoping and trying to believe that this is going to fix his pain. Please!! Poor little guy.

Work sux. Not cool. Won't get into it, but it set me into a self-depreciating depression from Hades. It's starting to fade, but I still feel worthless and stupid. Bletch.

I am working on not taking things too personal. Not there yet, but working on it.

Hubby is a hero. He has been so gentle and sweet since the wreck. He flipped out about the pain meds, but he saw how hard it was with out them so he let up a bit. It's getting better, but it's still with me. I think it has set off a fibro flare, because as much as I hurt before, this has been unbearable. It has been a testiment to me that no matter how bad one may think a situation is, it can always get worse.

Believe or not, that little pessimistic statement is what I need to stay positive. It all could have been so much worse. I am lucky or touched by angels to even still be alive.

If I tell people about the accident they respond "That was you on the news? You made it out of that? How are you doing? You look so good."

I guess it was pretty bad. I am so fortunate.

Hi everyone.

I am not as sick as I was but still sick. I have been sick with a chest cold, sinus infection, and diarrhea. The chest and sinus infection has been going on since New Years Eve. I was getting ready to go out to the grocery store earlier and got so sleepy before I had a chance to walk out the door that I never made it. I was all ready to go, dressed and make-up on. The phone rang right before I was ready to go out the door and in the 5 minutes I was on the phone I got really sleep and took a nap.

Have a great weekend everyone.

befuddled2

Back in the late 80's during a big time stressful period for me, I had alopecia bad. I had a spot on the top of my head about two inches across and one on the side of my head that was even a little larger. I went to a deramtologist and I got the steroid shots and used Rogaine, which at that time hadn't been approved to be used on women.

I have really fine hair and trust me, I used a ton of hairspray each day to keep my hair styled over it...thank God for big hair in the 80's! I don't remember how long it took to grow back, but it was so scary. Finally the side started growing back very thick. The one of the top took longer and I remember my hair stylist going ahead one day and cutting the rest of my hair on top of my head as short as the new growth.

Good luck and I hope it clears up real soon!

Dear Befuddled,
I hope that you get better soon. In the meantime, sleep and sleep.
mari

Thanks Mari for your post. Its been a rough road these past couple of months. I thought all the dx's were over long ago. I was dx'd with FM in 2000 so I long ago accepted that....or so I thought. With the BP, this is all brand new and now I have to figure this new jungle out. It feels like getting dx'd with FM all over again. So I have kind of been in a mental tizzy over everything and while my hubby tries to "help" and understand, it is hard for him.
Sigh...I am just glad that this website has FM, CP and BP forums to go to so that I can get support from everyone in one spot.

Sunday 10am- Thanks Doody for the info on Nioxin, I will get some, even though I am going to the Dermo on Wed for the injections which have always worked for me.
Julie it is scary, but I think I am so used to getting it, although its been a few years now.
Hi everyone, hope everyone is feeling better today.
Went dancing Friday night after we went out to dinner, it was fun, haven't danced since I lived back East and that's 2 1/2 yrs ago.
Mom is sick today with the stomach bug.
Not sure what today will bring. Feeling tired. It's sunny but still a chilly morning, takes awhile for it to warm up to the 60's in January here.
Everyone kick back, take time for yourself, decompress stress (if that's possible) just do what you want to do.

Hugs, Nikko

Feeling much more in control today...a couple of days of geodon will do that for me thankfully.
I will continue to take this at night for a while until I am sure that I will sleep well without it.
today is a day to clean up the house a bit...pull some weeds out of the yard and go to the mall with my friend and her baby girl.
I baby sitted for her the other day and that was a real eye opener...3 months old...only 21/2 hours and that about did me in and she napped some of that time.
wow!
I think that not having children was definately the best thing for me.
enjoy your sunday!
bizi
*who is less busy today....

Hi, Bear,

I hope Con does well in his surgery.
You went through an amazing ordeal. Give yourself time to recover -- and take the pains when you need them.

Work should give you some slack already.
mari