[Theta Z]

Albeit that I have been doing *much, much better* (majorly better!) cognitive-function-wise these recent couple months, since on Rx Aricept (donezepil), and doing yoga stretches, and mindfulness meditation.

Yet this week every single day, until today Friday, has brought to me an "extra-heaping helping" of majorly troublesome, stressful mishagash, (wholly unecessary 'crap') to have to deal/cope with, here at my home abode/living situation ... thanks to the the newly-next-door onerous interlopers /accosters, newly-engaged with the elderly gallery owner (elderly mother of my friend/landlady/out-of-state/out-of-region property owner) next door to me.

Suffice it to say, it has been a week of unbelievable hellaciousness, intrusiveness and major annoyance & physical-space dysfunction to have to deal with here nonstop all week.

Meanwhile I've been as well 'majorly challenged' to keep-it-all-together for my daily personal home chef work of late, which is a major boon ... and also with my "Finest Pet Nanny" local services/clientele and my fave lil guys & gals.

I've had to be majorly mindful to take care of myself & my own needs, each and every day, through all of this in this week. After but one 'accosting' encounter with the ignoramouses next door on Monday afternnoon ... I promptly phoned the local rental agent, and emailed my landlady/property owner ... AND put up a SIGN on my own door saying:
"DO NOT DISTURB. TAKE IT UP WITH THE OWNER & PROPERTY MANAGER."

It has been "cold" nights DownHere this week, in the lower 30s. Thanks to the bungling/meddling/ineptness of the disrespectful/rude new "helpers" next door this week ... I spent 2 nights this week w/o any heating (52 degrees overnight in my bedroom) ... because the "onerous ones" helping next door somehow saw fit (Why??) to shut off/leave OFF the Main Power switch to *MY* suite's HVAC & refrigerator & kitchen!! (Unfortunately for me, MY circuit breakers box is located NEXT DOOR in her little art gallery space; thus I have keys from the owner/my landlady/HER DAUGHTER, to her space for when my elec power circuits inadvertantly go out.

I've been majorly "challenged" every day this week.
And majorly working to be mindfullly attentive to my own well being.

I'm majorly pleased to report to you, my NT friends here, that I have thus far "managed all of this mishagash" --- thus far --- without a 'relapse', a need to take-to-my-bed-and-shut-out-the-world. This is a major improvement, I tell you!

I have to go here very shortly to deliver & serve & clear this evening's dinner to my clients. After that and the cleanup, I AM DONE! Alleluia!

My best to you each & all.
I've not been able to keep up with all the recent pages of posts this week.
Hope to catch up with you each & all on NT over this weekend.


Best regards,

Theta Z.

[rmschaver]

Sorry for the challenges Theta. Obviously you are up to the challenge. My prayers for you.

[Theta Z]

Thanks & appreciation, rmschaver,

I do truly appreciate muchly your response/reply here tonight to my post earlier this evening! Thank you!!

While I am of recent months & presently relatively 'doing well' and of little 'complaint' re: residual PCS symptoms ... PCS life still remains for me a GREAT DAILY CHALLENGE ... even now 4 yrs post-TBI. (I may in a yet further a new thread, denote my current such challenges.)

Meanwhile I "Keep On Keeping On", to the best of my available capability/daily capacity.
And of late, with attentive mindfulness ... that has been pretty darn good, considering the stress-threshold daily I've been dealing with here!

Much appreciation, rmschaver, for your supportive reply/response! Muchly appreciated here tonight, yes!


Sincerely,

Theta Z.

[andromeda]

Oh Theta. I know all about irritating and careless neighbours. Fortunately I don't have to deal with them anymore since moving last month, but it can reduce you to a Nervous Wreck. My neighbours once left their TV on for two days straight - day and night. My bedroom was below their living room. I was going out my mind, couldn't rest, couldn't sleep, pacing the room with insanity. I phoned their landlord who came to switch it off and it turned out they were away and would be away for FIVE days.

I also put a note next to the communal front door asking people not to slam it (my room was adjacent to the front door and shook every time somebody went in or out) which was promptly ripped down.

I can't imagine how upset I would be about the fridge/freezer, which I presume is especially important for your work. What would likely be a small annoyance and hill to climb for many is catastrophic and mountainous for us.

I hope you are able to get things sorted - it's unfortunate they are your landlord's relatives! Thinking of you.

[Theta Z]

Thanks so much for your replies, good thoughts for me, and your prayers here!
Muchly appreciated.

I am so glad to know that you are now living in a warm flat, andromeda!
That is great good news.

Things have settled down here this weekend, alleluia!
The onerous ones have not been back to the little gallery next door, either yesterday or today.

I dealt with the HVAC guy, the Terminix Exterminators guy (who offered to use a wholly non-toxic to me roach/insect 'bait gun' in my townhome space, in lieu of the awful, toxic normal pesticide spray!
Yay! I never knew before that this was an option!

And I've since Friday had most of the weekend off from my personal chef responsibilities, to recoup from the highly-stressful week.
I made certain that I committed myself to nothing outside my home for the weekend; spent most of yesterday in my flannel nightgown, resting, epsom salts bath, and using heating pad on my strained back, took ibuprofen and aspirin. (I know, I know. I just don't have any Tylenol/acetaminophen in the house & can't afford it right now!)

I've largely just kept quiet, rested, declined invites ... alternately cleaning-up some here & there, and outdoors just a bit. I haven't been to one store, alleluia! Not even the grocery store. Yay.

So, just reporting in to say, "So far, so good".
Yet it really does require a mindfulness to take good preventative care, and to *not* "keep doing" because we "feel okay".

As I shared with someone else, if I "wait" until I feel "tired", or "fatigued", or "brain-fogged", then it is already "too late" and I am "done for" a long recoup, be it a couple days of being (of necessity/NO CHOICE) dysfunctional, or longer.

My great compassion to those of you here with job responsibilities and a family!

Best regards,

Theta

[Theta Z]

Monday Night:

I had today/tonight off from personal chef responsibilities; did an afternoon of of "lil doggy/Maltese daycare" here today, which was super-easy, fine; we did some of my errands around town together & I delivered him home @ 6pm.

I dedicated most of my energy today to tending to 'paperwork' (which tends to pile up!), and dealing with medical insurance paperwork/claims/statements; and reconciling an 11-months-now medical billing error/issue on the part of the medical provider ... which led to a call this weekend, from the medical provider's collection agency (!!) attempting to contact me, via my medical form's listed "Emergency Medical Contact" person's name/phone # ... !!! (Needless to say, I was furious!)

And all the more so indignant @ the collection call, because for months now, my Medicare Complete Healthcare Provider has sent to me Claim Statements showing that they'd "Paid", and a "$0 Patient Balance".

Fortunately I was "calm & cool" today when on the phone with the medical specialist provider's insurance/billing person; she was super nice & apologetic; said she will inform the collection agency to no longer make efforts to contact, will research & make any necessary corrections, assuring me that if my insurance is showing "$0 Patient Balance", that the medical provider's billing is in error, and that she would attend to it promptly and mail to me this week a corrected statement from their offices. Yay!!

And the point here is that I managed all of this sans becoming overstressed today (which triggers PCS symptoms for me.)

I see my PCP later this week for a routine 6-mos. check-in/update appt.
I got my 3 Rxs refilled this weekend; amazingly my copay has been decreased! Yay!!

The weather variations/temp changes have been great of late; the barometric pressure was frequently fluctuating overnight, with thunderstorms, which led me to awaken twice overnight feeling most uncomfortable ... and finally at 4am I switched the central HVAC onto AC!

Tomorrow, Tuesday, I am back 'on-call' for personal care, and to prepare dinner for tomorrow evening's clients. I am feeling well rested, in a good state of well being, relatively PCS symptom-free, and ready. Yay!!

I simply cannot convey "how major" is this 'progress'/improvement for me in handling/coping with/dealing with the extra-ordinary stresses of the past week.

I remain faithfully at present a 'longterm veteran' here on NT ... doing presently quite well ... functioning highly & capably ... happy with my life as-it-is, and fully engaged with life again.

To each & all ... even for an 'oldster' like myself ... there's ample hope for improvement, positive change to-the-better ... even if it's not what-we-were pre-injury! KEEP THE FAITH.

All the best,

Theta Z.