you did wonderful today!!!!!! glad that he understood.
that must have been hard to do....good job!
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

Hi Hilary and welcome aboard!

I've been AWOL more often than not the past oh... what? maybe a month? i don't even know. anyway. trickling in here and there and slowly less and less, now gradually hopefully more and more.

so i'm catching up. Well pleased to meet you and boy you sure do you have a plateful with the TBI/PTSD as well as bipolar. It's neat that you have a service dog. In regard to the Costco incident, I bet a lot of "regular dog" owners would not take nearly as much responsibilty as you did. nor put as much thought into encounters with atrition like that. That is a darn shame because people habitually bring out dogs they truly do not know how to handle and that's how other people get bit. I do understand Trip is specially trained to tune into you and behave protectively if he senses a thread to you. Sounds like that's what happened, just coz the woman surprised you. But also her precipitous behavior is easily perceived as aggressive by a dog.

I've always been taught not to approach *ANY* animal i don't know full throttle because it is taken as aggression - makes sense.

But believe it or not i digress. Yes. and i say i'm not ADD lol, well, I do come back to my points. And my point was when i read what you did about going back to Costco and talking with the store manager (at first, i couldn't understand how the store manager might be involved).... well, i was just totally impressed!

You just singlehandedly bridged a huge gap in understanding of disabilities... and the way you expressed it "invisible injuries" covers a lot of bases really.

So for a day when you felt like doing a mountain of nothing well.... woww! that is a SERIOUS accomplishment!!!

Regarding your meds.... I personally didn't find Seroquel helpful but many people do. There is quite a range prescribable dosages for the problems you've indicated. Do let the doctor know if you are still experiencing the paranoia or other thought disturbances whne you next see them, or if it is very bothersome, call the doctor. I also wish you luck keeping the weight off too. Best shot is if you can avoid the ready carbs as has been said. You do have to fight the cravings - giving in will only increase them. If you notice weight coming on again don't hesitate - ask to try something else.

Anyway, pleased to meet you and hope you start feeling better soon.

~ waves ~

Good job.

You really went to bat for many invisible disabilities today.

Its not usual for a service dog to be with us as much.

I have TBI, and my son has epilepsy and a mild intellictual disability.

SO its hard to realize that a problem could come up.

Donna

I slept really well last night, I think it was from handling business at Costco and sticking up for all of us and supporting Trip. I woke up to read the wonderful support from you all and I feel like it will be a good day today. I am armed with my list of tasks for the day after my biofeedback appt and yoga. I want to see if I can relax at yoga today having cleared my mind of the problem at Costco. I hope you know how you feed back impacted me-- it was wonderful to be supported. My mom said "you really need to take that lady flowers and keep that dog of yours on a leash" big difference between you and her--she just doesn't get it. Thank you.

Dear Hilary,

You did great yesterday. I wish I could send you flowers.

M

I bought myself a big old summer bouquet, I forgot about them and left them in the car but I did buy em for me. So funny! Thanks.

Hope they didn't wilt to much.

I want to buy myself some flowers. But its too hot here.

So I'm waiting.

Donna

yes I am hoping they did not wilt too much when you found them...flowers can really pick me up. hubby will buy them for us...it is so nice.
bizi