home at last!
 

i noticed i felt weird landing... there was not the rise of positively charged nostalgia there was when, as i child i would go back home (a different place, btw - not here). and i would get that same feeling when i settled in the US, and would fly back there. nothing.

but boy did i high-tail it out of that airport, and once here.... ahhh... relief.

and then... well... home is where you hang your hat i guess, and at the moment mine is hanging here. andddd so are my folks. i hugged them both really hard, a lot.

had an intense intense (beautiful) conversation with the other of my two travelling companions last night that earned me 2 hours of sleep. it had got to where both of us thought we'd not get ANY 1 on 1 time, and we were both happy to be able to reconnect. indeed, i now regret the 2 hours of sleep and would have gladly spent them hanging together for all the alertness they earned me (close to nil). we actually entertained the thought of going to the beach and watching the sunrise. i hadn't touched the water, which is a ritual of mine whenever i go to coastal areas either... and would have wanted too. and sunrise over the sea, hanging with renewed friend, would have been a great way to go end the trip. unfortunately the beach was not close per my capabilities, and i don't think my feet/legs would have made the distance very well... i regret now not having taken the chance. but... at least we did get to talk a good bit.

at home i started tlaking about stuff and was getting derailed, badly..... then i crashed after dinner and woke up with thoughts racing. i think it is ok - as in transient effect of sleep deprivation. if i kept up the deprivation i'd get manic but believe me i intend to sleeeeeep!!!

i think i have a pdoc a point ment tomorrow but i can't remember for sure, i have to text him first. anyway. just checking in.

~ waves ~ mostly just checking in ... will resume the sleep thing soon.

So Glad you got home safely.

And so gald you got those hours with your friend.

Give the parents a hugs.

Donna:grouphug:

thanks Donna...

tears of nostalgia in eyes...

believe me i did hug both of them. mom is not huggy but acquiesced. dad got hugs left right and center and a kiss smack on the top of his sparse white fuzz.

i love them both so much.

i am on emotional overload from the trip i think now... lots of intense things went down within and without. thank goodness i planned the recoup time.

(((hugs))) hope you are well. it may take me some time to catch up with all the threads, i'm pretty spent, but also can't concentrate very well... mind is a train off its tracks. i read and space things sometimes... need sleep.

~ waves ~

Welcome Home!
 

Hi Waves,

We missed you as I'm sure your parents did. Coming off the plane after being away does feel satisfying.

'Good about the talk that allowed you to connect.

M.

Aw.... :hug:

I bet you re-organised your feelings and thoughts after your yrip dear waves... :hug: we learn a lot with every trip dont we ? :hug:

Nostalgia is good sometimes.... Like the gothic say... :o

Welcome back ! And if you took pics, please post ! :D

WELCOME BACK, WAVES!

Glad you made it home okay, and glad you had that long chat with your friend on the last night of your trip...NOW GO GET SOME SLEEP !!!

Hugs, Jacquie

welcome home
((((((HUGS)))))
bizi

;)The recovery is always--pour moi--the scariest part of the vacation. Hope your recovery is the absolute best! :rolleyes:.>C.G.

a big welcome back. sounds as if you have a lot to process. i hope you catch up on your sleep. are you glad you went? the talk with your friend makes it sound all worthwhile
love
bobby

thank you all for the wonderful welcome back. :) :grouphug: i am still tired. i thought i had an appointment today but it is tomorrow. i am trying to plan a 12-hour sleep for myself tonight.

CG - yes, i am actually afraid i won't actually have enough recoup time for all this....

Dear Bobby

yes... there is a lot to process. too much perhaps. i feel overwhelmed at the moment. i can't really say more but you have the right idea.

love

~ waves ~

Dear Waves,
I hope you get the rest you want.

Maybe don't try to process what's on your mind. You can let things sit for awhile. Good luck with your appt.

M

in pain...
 

saw pdoc today. he helped me sort out some imminent concerns. other processing i can take more time with and/or defer, yes.

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starting last night, the neck pain i started having my last night away worsened. it may have been a combo of luggage lugging and my head position craned to look out of my window at the gorgeous sea. See ~ waves ~ watch the sea waves ... reflections... for 1.5 hours. oh and those fluffy white clouds, some like cotton puff castles... tempting to climb out and sit on one but...

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back to now. neck and back pain - seemed muscular at first, but evolved with with neuralgia extending down arm and up face, and all areas became painful to touch... suspect some degree of myofascial inflammation as well... awful trip to pdoc, with cotton shawls on all the painful areas, in spite of the heat. came back exhausted, dehydrated, and in PAIYYYYNNNNNN!

being very very very still helps sorta... until i move a fraction of a millimeter. the double hit of muscle relaxer this morning helped but i forgot to take one before going out. so i ended up resorting to 600mg ibuprofen, on top of the missed myorelaxant dose, when i got home. that did help. i hope this just the combination of factors i mentioned at start of this post, and that it will resolve in a couple days. i can keep up this level of ibuprofen for max of 2 days.

i also cannot be in this state when i go to work on monday. my seating position alone would set me reeling.

SIGH... it seems to never end... first the mania escalating (pdoc confirmed today that his concern was my being snagged confined in some weird foreign hospital under goodness knows what hold conditions).

first night away, i had to text pdoc because my meds totally screwed me up (no balance, semi-dizzy). he called me and we determined a reduction since the mania was gone-GONE! next day... yet another medical issue... never mind what, following which (unrelated!) i don't know if from heat and possible bp dips, i had multiple transient episodes of tachycardia, daily... and actually i think i had one today too but by the time i took my pulse it was normalizing.....

AND NOW THIS!!!! OWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MOMMMMMEEEEEE!!!!!

ARGGGGHHHH. :(

~ waves ~

p.s. we don't have a sea (AC;))

Waves, :hug: :hug: :hug:
I'm worried about you.
i hope the pain stops.
Your pdoc is good for you. I am always relieved about that.


M.

ouch...I am sorry that you are having this pain. yes I hope it will go away asap.
I went to a chiropractor when we were in indy last month...I "pulled a back muscle and popped my back....very painful but after a couple of treatments, and some rest the pain went away.
What is up with the tachycardia?????
please take care of yourself.
((((((HUGS))))))
bizi

For the pain you can try Vitamin B my friend... It always help me with bad sore necks and pain of any kind...

If you already take vit B, take the double until you feel less pain... :o

:hug:

waves, so sorry that, in addition to everything else, you are now in pain. It's great that you were able to communicate with your pdoc, even on your trip, and work out the meds over the phone, that's great!

I was driving home after visiting my husband this evening when I realized that my neck and base of my skull were really smarting...probably from anxiety and also driving alone to a new place twenty miles from home...Glad to be home now, getting ready for bed. Took my puppy Lilo out for a last 'poop' and the lightening and thunder were awful, and the w-i-n-d----YIKES. I was happy she selected a spot quickly, did her business and then practically beat me back to the house. I was scared, as my yard is chock full of trees :eek: .

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j...10.48.11-1.jpgLilo taking a snooze...zzzzzzzzz

Welcome home Waves,
So glad the trip went well., and hope you can get the 12 hrs of sleep. The cervical strain problems are wreched. I use 3 Alieve for the inflamation, and try ice or heat on it. Right over the back of the shoulder to if it is tender, I use a tennis ball between me and the wall; deep pressing to try and relase some spasms.

Going to work like that is going to be rough, find a good anti inflamatory for you and take it as you can to help.
Feel better.,
di:grouphug:

Thanks Di! (hiya!)

Aleve is ibuprofen rigth? that's what i'm taking... 3 x 200mg... = 600mg... plus a muscle relaxer.

i can massage neck with fingers when pain controlled, other than that i can barely touch my skin. hot is bothersome, cold is bothersom.... i try to keep it at a sort of moderate temp wearing soft cotton only. work will suck.

thanks for the back up and suggstions. the muslce relaxr makes me groggy i may nap now.... geez i jsut goth ere;

w.

Hey, ~ waves ~ , well it's obvious to me you're allergic to your job & I prescribe your tripping over an abandoned ten million $ (after taxes) lottery ticket (or whatever equivalent your fantasy supports) supplemented by whatever hobby/volunteer activity in your life would be happy-making.

Oh, yes, that's my prescription :D:rolleyes:
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:rolleyes:
C.G.. *. **. **a work still being worked on