What's on your plate?
 

We had a wonderful time with our three daughters who came home to celebrate Fathers Day with Mike. I think I gained about five pounds but who cares....Rise & Roll Bakery is worth every calorie! Girls surprised him with a new golf bag...the velcro didn't work on the old one...:D

Had lunch with Barbo at Applebees and then went to the Leeper Park Art Fair...very well attended and very HOT!!!!

Hoping Doody is feeling some better...:hug: And Abbie...:hug: Worried about all of you. Hugs for the room. :grouphug:

Found out last night Im going to be a grandma again!!!!! YAY!

My daughter (who was never having kids ) is 8 weeks along!!! I am so excited, I have all I can do not to shop already......

She is wanting me to keep it quiet for a while!! REALLY????????????? are u kidding me I want to scream it from the roof top!!

January 30,2013 due date! SO EXCITED!!!!!!!:wink:

Well... what's on my plate...

There is paperwork spread all around me - I leave it there until it is completed (which can sometimes be days)... I'm quite a procrastinator and I jump from task to task depending on my mood... so... these have been an interesting few weeks...

If I have no "fear" that someone might visit me... I let my place go...

If I'm "depressed"... down... it goes... bad
If I"m "high"... it gets exciting... I start moving things around... sorting through memories... and putting things in "better" places... so that I can't find them when I need them (duh!)

So, I will work to complete the paperwork these next few days - especially because I have a work deadline!

I'm also working on a photo/music montage for a special friend who is turning 60. I'm having trouble coming up with the music and his partner isn't coming forward with any ideas except to say he likes Queen. Any suggestions from readers here will be gratefully accepted!

That's it in a nutshell... a million and one things to do but most important was to check here and see my friends :grouphug:

Jaded - I'm thrilled for you!!!! :hug:
Alffe- I'm always thrilled to hear about your family times! :hug:

My plate is filled with frustration!!!!
 

FRUSTRATION.... I've been waiting 3 months to get into my pain doc. Got a call today, and he had to reschedule due to personal reasons. Next available appointment is in OCTOBER!!!!

I told the person who called that I will need refills on all of my medicines. I have 2 weeks left on everything as of right now. I am going to call in the morning and ask for his nurse and make sure she knows that I need refills before he leaves town or heads off to where ever it is that he is going.

I was waiting to see him about my shoulder too... It's been in pain for the past few months. I had to sign an agreement that I would only see him for pain.... I don't know what to do. I can't wait another 4 months.

Guess I'm going to have to give in and talk with my Primary Doc...and have her look at it as there are times I try to move it and the pain is so intense that I can't move it...I have to pull it against me and fight back tears. If I get to talk with my pain doc's nurse tomorrow... I will let her know this also.

I also have a painful rash on my hands and neck. My mom says it's eczema as I had it as a child... I don't know what it is.. but it itches and burns. It's either this or something related to RSD?!?!?

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!:mad:
Super Frustrated!!!!!!
Abbie

October is not acceptable!! I don't wait well, never have but that is just ridiculous!! Please call your doctor and yell! I'm sorry you are hurting dear girl. :hug:

Abbie, I can't imagine having to wait for that length of time, either. That just seems so awful to me...you really need to be able to relate your pain level to the doctor.

Hubby and I are going to see my adoptive parents in VA for their 50th anniversary. We've never been to the place they've moved to....they've gone from being very active doctors too running a retreat center in a small town...left the big house and yard for a much different lifestyle and, evidently, loving it. I haven't seen my brothers and sisters in a long time, but they'll all be home....along with all of their kids...so exciting.

My BFF's husband is back in the hospital....he's had another round of chemo and had a horrid reaction to it....such a fighter, though. I'm so amazed at his strength...just when I would think that he couldn't possibly make it, he pulls through every time! BFF and I had planned (for a year!) our "party" in our hometown of Hannibal, MO...but, with her hubby being so ill and my parents anniversary, it's best to postpone it. We were both looking forward to it, but there's plenty of time for it later.....she needs to be with him right now and my parents will only celebrate 50 years once.....I'm so proud of them!

Gosh, with 6 of their own kids and then they took me on as a teenager, what in the world were they thinking???? I wonder just how many times they asked themselves the same question? Or maybe regretted it? I owe them everything...they are the ones who taught me how to love and how to open up...the first night I was with them, they both hugged me...it scared me to death because I'd never had anyone do that!!! LOL...it sounds funny now, but it terrified me then...now I think nothing of hugging...and anyone's fair game.....it's so natural. I think they created a monster!!!

Oh dear hippiechick, I love getting acquainted with your life and family. Feel great empathy for your BFF and her situation. I hope to see my BFF one last time in July...God willing. They are having a wonderful experience with the Hospice nurse who really cares. So hard on the kids who just assumed their wonderful mom would be here for many more years...we all did.

Dear Addy, the housework can wait....not like someone else will do it for us. You could finger paint in my dust...I'd rather be working in the yard.

Abbie...please tell us you called the dr. and raised hell. :hug:

I'm getting ready for my yearly physical (now called a wellness check) :confused: and they sent me a rheam of paperwork to fill out before I go in..guess it's a new Medicare thing....8...8 pages of questions!!! Many of them stupid!

Doody...please check in and tell us how you are. Better I hope. Hugs

dealing with ptsd again.... sigh.... i'll be so glad when all this crap is over..... saying a prayer for protection for my daughter... shes in the path of the tropical storm at florida. thankful its just a tropical storm :) I"ll be glad to see her when she finally gets home in July.
heading off to work.... thank God i have a job i love and i can get lost in doing for others.... {{{{{HUGS}}}}}}

I haven't called yet... It's really hard to get through to my docs
nurse on a monday. I'm not even sure she is working since he
was not. I have at least 2 months of med refills with the exception
of my pain medicine----I have 2 weeks worth of this and this script
has to be mailed in to my pharmacy...I'm just hoping that he is back or has a doc covering for him....I don't want to go through withdrawls.
The only reason I'm not out of meds is because everything got out
of whack when my niece passed away....if I couldn't remember
wheter or not I took a med I didn't take it because I was too afraid of
overdosing. My parents usually help me fill my pill dispenser but even
that was getting messed up. Too much going on for any of us to get
much of anything straight.

I also need to know what to do about the pain in my left arm??? Is it ok for
my regular doc to check it? I've been waiting 3 months already, because I
had to sign a paper that I would only see my pain doc for pain. 4 months longer, i'm afraid, could really mess up my arm. It's my left arm, I'm left handed, and use crutches to walk. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR MORE PIAN MEDS!!!!!!!!! I'm just worried that something is wrong!!! It almost feels like
it is going to come out of socket.

Sending prayers and positive thoughts your way dear friend. It just has to work out in your favor. :grouphug:

Oh, dear Abbie... your shoulder sounds very painful - have you ever heard of "frozen shoulder"...? I know that the pain from that can be unbearable - I truly hope even a drop-in clinic could help you? I know its different where you live (I'm in Canada), but surely a regular doctor can see you need help.

I'm glad you still have a few months of meds... its happened to me, before... where I would break my pills in half... until I could get some again... withdrawal sucks big time :hug:

I've cleaned up all my paperwork... and am breathing a sigh of relief. Work winds down now, for 2 months... and I'm looking forward to some sunny days at the pool (we've had a horrible WET spring - a lot of floods in the province of BC right now and more storms expected).

Some of you may have seen I posted in the BiPolar forum... I am feeling like I should delete the thread. Its had a lot of readers... but none that can relate to me and say they know my path, ... wonderful support, tho.. blows me away. I was hoping I could start up a conversation with those who have had similar experiences. I'll keep the thread there... it may help someone some day... I know it helps me.

I'm going to watch Grand-Addy have her swim lesson tonight... then bring her back here for a sleep-over. yay!

I want to now sort out the boxes of stuff in my bedroom... oh, its a big job... but I know I can do it!

Addy
 

Have fun tonight!!

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Oh I believe in this!!! And in you dear Addy. :hug:

Thinking of all of you!!!!

Since we are all scattered far and wide I worry....

Are you and yours safe from the fires in Colorado?? or
the other fires that are getting less media attention??

Are you able to get to a cool spot in the areas where the
temperatures are 100F degrees or more??

Have you dried out from the floods in Florida??

It's 102F here... i'm okay, in the air conditioner. Worried about a high-school friend who lives near the fire zone in Colorado...I can't reach her.:(

Much love & hugs to all,
Abbie

Thanks Abbie ........... I've been worrying about people too.
Here, right now - it's 108*. 108* a record.
I am so fortunate to be safe and cool here in my little condo with the a/c running.
On a bird feeder just outside my window I saw a goldfinch with his mouth open and holding his wings away from his body.

Wow... I'm so sorry for all these horrific weather conditions! Where I live, we just haven't had any decent weather... we know we'll wind up with heat one of these days but in the meantime, many rivers are rising and folks are being evacuated and losing their homes. (BC)

((((Alffee)))) thanks :hug:

Grand-Addy is here for a couple nights sleepover... we've had a grand time! :D My

Can I scream out a little more frustration?!?!
Was supposed to have an appt @ noon with my therapist....her office is approx 20 miles NE of my house. I got a phone call @ 11:37am that my appt had to be pushed back to 1pm. I was less than 5 miles from her office.

I thought, well ok.... I'll stop at McDonald's and grab a little lunch. Just as I was leaving around 12:40ish, I got another call saying that my appt had been pushed back 2pm. That means I wouldn't get out until 3pm at best and if my therapist was running on time.

I had already promised my niece that I would take her to work @ 4pm. Most times this would be no problem but to travel the 20 miles it's taking close to an hour due to construction of a new highway. I wasn't going to make her late because my therapist couldn't get her stuff together. I had to cancel my appointment.....not what I wanted----nor needed.

Are there days when a cancelled appointment feels like a lifeline was thrown, caught, and when pulled on for safety it had been cut? I find that happens. Last week the counsellor I see told me he has been promoted and that I would now be seeing someone new. Wow! So my struggle was that I have found having that appt each week seems like a safety net to me. A definite time when I can talk about how I am thinking. That counsellor understands that the psych ward has not been a super place for me to be. So it has been relatively safe for me to talk about suicidal thinking. Now how will it be with the new person? When the beast is here and I want to talk about it, will this new counsellor have me commited as the old one did in the beginning? This has me feeling some trepidation. Especially right now. Last appointment is this Thursday with the old counsellor. The new one will be there too.

Breath. Get out of bed and DO something.

Zenda... when you have your next (last) appointment, tell him about your feelings... he can prepare you for what's next.

Hang in there... we're here if you need us! :hug:

Good Advice Addy, Thanks!

Wow Zenda!
You hit the nail on the head!!

It did feel like my lifeline was being cut
and by the end of the day it felt as though
that lifeline had been shredded beyond repair.

I have a new appt. on the 13th....we'll see
what happens.
:hug:
Abbie

p.s. Nice to meet you!!

my plate
 

i have been on a business trip that caused my knees to need crutches. I am wracking my brain how to travel with my balalaika on crutches. How is it done? Perhaps sew some shoulder straps on the case? 5 more weeks to go travelling.