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Alffe · 06-14-2007, 09:21 AM

Are you any better BJ? Less pain??? thinking about you and hoping you are on the mend.

befuddled2 · 06-16-2007, 10:44 AM

BP, I'm wondering how you are also. Please check in.

befuddled2

BJ · 06-16-2007, 02:29 PM

I'm doing better, I guess.

I went to my doc's yesterday for a check up and everything looks good. But from the driving and just walking it sent my pain sky rocketing. I'm just really tired and have no energy.

I've been living in my recliner just about watch Animal Planet, Discovery and National Geographic. I've learned so much about meer cats, cheetahs, lions and tigers and bears OH MY!!

The sun is finally shining so I'm going to lounge outside for a while to get me out of this slump. I wonder if there is such a disease as SAD?

Doody · 06-16-2007, 05:00 PM

Why yes dear girl, there is such a thing as SAD and it's called Seasonal Affective Disorder. Those gall bladder operations are no picnic! It took me quite awhile to be able to move about withOUT pain.

Here's some info from Mayo Clinic for you on SAD...My daughter gets it really bad in the winter time.

Quote:

Like many people, you may experience cabin fever during the winter months. Or, you may tend to eat more or sleep more when the temperature drops. But seasonal affective disorder (SAD) goes well beyond those symptoms. Seasonal affective disorder is much more than the winter blahs. It's a type of depressive disorder.

If you have seasonal affective disorder, winter's short days and long nights may induce feelings of depression, lethargy, fatigue, cravings for sweets and starches, headaches, sleep problems and irritability. Though seasonal affective disorder commonly begins in young adulthood, it's uncommon in people younger than 20. It's more common in women.

What causes seasonal affective disorder is unclear, but it may have to do with the amount of sunlight you receive. Although SAD can affect people anywhere, it becomes more common the farther north you live — perhaps because these areas of the earth experience decreased daylight for months at a time. In some people, however, recurring episodes of depression may occur in the summer, rather than in the winter.

Although there's no cure for seasonal affective disorder, treatments can help you successfully manage the condition so that you can go through every season of the year in relative comfort.

And more, from that web site.... Information on SAD from Mayo Clinic.

BJ · 06-17-2007, 07:18 AM

Thanks for the info Doody. I think it's just a combination of things getting to me right now. I thought I'd have 5 little band-aids and be back to work in no time. I've had too much time to think about things which is not a good thing. We didn't have sunshine for 9 days because of one of those back door cold fronts we get here.

And then Mother's Day and now Father's Day. I was dreading today but every commercial was about what to do for your dad today. If all was good my dad would be resting in his hammock all day and my mom and I would be cooking on the grill and making potato salad. Dad didn't have to do anything today and he ate it up. But he worked so hard other days and we tried to make it special for him.

I sat outside and wrote a poem to my dad yesterday. I was going to post it but I think I'll just keep it in my pocket today with my cross.

Enjoy your day in heaven dad. I'm sure mom's cooking on the grill as I write this.

Doody · 06-17-2007, 10:21 AM

(((BJ))) Rest and do whatEVER pleases you...even if it's naughty.

Alffe · 06-17-2007, 12:11 PM

That's one of the things I love about Doody...she's so permissive in a non-judgemental way.

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