even though i am surrounded by problems I am feeling good. I just told off my nephew when he wished me a form letter wishing me a happy holiday and enjoying with my family. I said back at you, I hope that doesn't depress me.
I am sure i will lose all the weight i gained. I got my kitty cats. abby is now drinking out of the toilet.

I'm sorry that your nephew sent you something so impersonal, forgetting that he and his brother are your only family left. It was very insensitive of him, but a lot of people are in the habit of sending out those kind of cards to everyone during the holidays now and think nothing of it. I'm glad that you took the position you did and felt better after the response you gave him though

I hope it does not depress you later either
I think it was good that you let him know that his card was inappropriate given your situation, and the fact that you are related, and I think it was important that you allowed yourself the opportunity to vent.

I'm really happy that you are feeling good today and are feeling positive about your ability to lose the weight you have gained. Your PT can probably give you some light exercises to do at home that may help

My kitties are very important to me, too. I'm so happy to have them in my life. I love watching all the little things they do. Lots of animals like to drink from the toilet. I hope Abby doesn't fall in! Dottie likes to drink from the bathroom faucet.
You also have some very good friends in your life. That is something else to be thankful for

I'm glad that you are in a good place right now

t have to cut down on portions and not eat fattening food like general tse's chicken. I also have to stop eating potatoes. I an=m throwing out a bag as soon as i stop typing. I wished the other nephew happy holidays and wrote that i was going to a xmas party ad on xmas eve a nice restaurant! I am having trouble typing
love
bobby
ps i cleeaned the two sinks

I hope that the Christmas Party was fun!

Happy Hanukkah!!!

i just think the whole thing is chemical. I have been so depressed and things have been working out. Yesterday abby and i fought over a piece of chicken. She bit me on two sides of my finger. boy did it hurt. I didn't get mad aat her.
it was my fault for being cute.
I don't think i will go to the senior center today. I am trying an apple diet. Now i am really afraid. Instead of all the thin people around I am thinking of all the fat people. I am not the only one.

A lot of mental illness is chemical. Not all of it, but a lot of it.

I wouldn't be mad at Abby either. I make the choice of allowing my cats to get too close when I'm eating, and giving them people food. They don't bite me, but if they did, I would understand.

I know it's hard not to compare your weight to others, but at the end of the day, you're all just people

you have been lucky so far. My finger still hurts but not like before. such an innocent little kitty cat with poor aim. I know if you have bipolar it creates a lot of other problems too but when the depression hits you, it is the bipolar I think.

I think the depression is definitely from bipolar disorder. Other things can trigger it or make it worse though. The depression can make anxiety worse, and bipolar depression is very hard to treat

Buddy's 10 and bit me for the first time a couple of months ago, but it had nothing to do with feeding. Dottie (9) has never bitten me, but Rocky (11) tries when I clip his nails, so I dread doing it. I think they've all bitten, or have tried to bite, my husband though. He doesn't seem to pick up on the signals they give off when they want to be left alone.

I wonder if you can treat it. I am on two antidepressants. I am sorry he bit you.Your husband doesn't seem to mind? A lot of times abby pretends that she is going to bite and scratch me but I am hoping it is just kitten behavior. I tend to withdraw when she does it

You are getting treatment for it, Bobby. It's just hard to treat effectively. You can always talk to your pdoc about trying something new or doing more to get your depression under better control.

My husband flips out if one of the cats bites, or tries to, bite him.

What Abby is doing sounds like typical kitten behavior. You are doing the right thing by withdrawing your hand so that she doesn't bite or scratch when she gets older because she view hands as toys. It seems like she may need to play more. If you're not up to doing it often right now, you can buy her some solo cat toys.