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[Carleeta]

Well I'm positively back..lol lol. Had so many things to do and couldn't find enough time to get on and type a positive for the day....lol lol. Then again, that is a positive....lol lol

[Carleeta]

My positive today is I'm going to the doctors for my cat scan results and inspite of all this anxiety I am going.  I had every intention of driving there with someone coming with me of course, although that person is unable to go.  Therefore I called my niece and asked her if she would come with me.  Positively, she said 'yes'.  I do know she will end up driving because she is not a good passenger...lol lol.  Either way I am going to get this pain under control.

 

Another positive note is I will look for the positive in the loss of our brilliant and talented Robin Williams.  He shared his gift wite h us thought our tv sets and right into our homes.  He gave me laughter when I couldn't find things funny, he brought me laughter when I didn't have a care in this world.  He shared what he did best with every movie he made.  I positively grateful he shared this gift he has to so many of us.  Thank you Mr. Williams for some of the happiest and funniest times in my life...

[brzghoff]

 

13 weeks today off of cymbalta

 

never felt better. the anxiety cycle is down. way down. basically nil. physical pain cycle is up but ibuprofen works well. i typed up a very thoughtful post. took about an hour. pressed the post button. system then defaulted to me being offline and i lost it all. maybe i should have put that part in the negative for the day? nah. its all good. 

[FiveNotions]

Brzghoff that is just wonderful!! Happy 13th week anniversary! And awesome about the anxiety cycle being way down... nil is good, very good ... you've earned it ... worked hard through a lot of "stuff" ... be sure to do something to celebrate!

 

That losing a long post thing drives me nuts ... and when it happens, it's always what I think is one of my "masterpieces" ... hehehe

[brzghoff]

 

actually i  thought of it as the forum's way of telling me to shut up ;-)

[FiveNotions]

hahahah ... me too ...

[Carleeta]

 

 

13 weeks today off of cymbalta

 

never felt better. the anxiety cycle is down. way down. basically nil. physical pain cycle is up but ibuprofen works well. i typed up a very thoughtful post. took about an hour. pressed the post button. system then defaulted to me being offline and i lost it all. maybe i should have put that part in the negative for the day? nah. its all good. 

 

Yipeeeee on the anxiety issue.  Great job.....

[Carleeta]

I positively have positive and wonderful news.  I became a grandmother on Wednesday...yipeeeeee. I was driving to my doctor's appointment with my niece in the car when I received a call from my son (thank God for blue tooth) telling me my daughter in law was going to be induced... I was extremely calm and told my niece after the doctor's appointment we were going to go to lunch.  She just looked at me and said "What? you are going to be a grandmother any minute."  I laughed at her and said "Oh no, we have time for lunch because she'll be in labor a while.". lol lol  What a look my niece gave me.  You all would have just laughed and laughed and laughed.  All of a sudden I was as calm as a cucumber.  Let the doctor give me the trigger shots, (she wanted to hold my hand...lol lol lol, and I let her...lol lol) and tell me my results from the CT SCAN, which I don't even remember what he said because my niece was telling him that I was to become a grandmother and I said we had plenty of time for lunch...lol lol.  Had the doctor laughing and laughing.  He agreed with me though....lol.  What I do remember is I need a shot in my joint while under an x-ray in a few weeks.  hmmmm (high anxiety over that one).  Oh well I'll get it done...lol  lol..  Anyway, my son kept me informed about every hour as to what was going on.  I knew she wouldn't be delivering that day so my cousin drove me up to the hospital that night (my upper back was stiffening up from the trigger shots) and we brought tons of food to my son, daughter in law and her sister.  Couldn't see my daughter in law because they kept her in 'labor and delivery'.  Anyway at 4 the next morning my son text me to tell me what was occurring next, and next and next.  Then I didn't hear from him for an hour so I jumped in the SUV and drove up there.  Of course when I got there he told me it would be a while so I could go to another luncheon with my cousins (been planned for two weeks).  Ok so I got back in my car and drove to the luncheon and my phone was getting texts..lol lol lol.  He kept texting me to go ahead and order and eat because it would be a while.  Sure enough, lol lol as soon as my Cobb Salad was put right in front of me a next came across my phone reading "Now", "Now", "Now.....lol lol.  I left everyone there (was only there about 30 minutes), my cousin and niece said they would bring my salad up later..lol lol.  As I'm driving I get a call from my son asking if I could pick up his mother in law because she just had a root canel and couldn't drive...lol lol.  I put her address in my GPS and went to pick her up..  We arrived and sat around for 2 hours and then we got word our grandson was born.... About 20 minutes after that we were able to see him....God Bless him.  Now we were told in another 20 minutes we could see my daughter in law.  Well of course another 2 hours went by and we were still in the waiting room.  My daughter in law had fainted (she is ok) so they kept her in observation.  From this point I drove her mother home and I came home.  Twenty minutes after that my son called and told me my daughter in law was now out of observation and in her room.  Of course, I got back in my car and drove back to the hospital.  I was the only one to go back there, therefore they just put him in my arms and that's all I needed...I feel in Love...lol lol.   

I left when it was getting dark and my anxiety was sky high due to it's difficult for me to drive at night.  I did it but I was scared...couldn't wait till I got home.  Then yesterday my son called in the am and asked if I could go up to the hospital so he could leave and run the errands and get some rest.  Of course I went and baby sat for my grandson and daughter in law for seven hours.  What a positively positive joy it was.  Inspite of fact when 7pm arrived I was getting very anxious it would be dark in another hour and a half.  As soon as my daughter in laws sister arrived I was able to leave.  I was so anxious driving  home because it was getting darker and darker... I positively drove back and forth to the hospital on my own...a cool as a cumber until it started to get darker...lol lol.  I positively did this all through the anxiety I have and today I'm positively exhausted ...lol lol lol....and Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Carleeta]

9:37..it's positively time for bed....lol lol.  I'm exhausted and have been positively drained all day....lol lol. Guess I'm going to get to bed early...  

[FiveNotions]

Oh Carleeta, how wonderful! So many wonderfuls in fact! We want pics of your new grandbaby!!!

 

And just look at all you did, all cool as a cucumber!

 

Now, just slow down tomorrow and keep an eye on yourself and how you feel ... you may have used up a lot of "spoons" today ... even if for all wonderful things ... so, if you're short of "spoons" tomorrow, rest up as much as you can ... and take your meds!!

 

[brzghoff]

congrats carleeta, grandkids are the best!

[gail]

13 weeks today off of cymbalta
 
never felt better. the anxiety cycle is down. way down. basically nil. physical pain cycle is up but ibuprofen works well. i typed up a very thoughtful post. took about an hour. pressed the post button. system then defaulted to me being offline and i lost it all. maybe i should have put that part in the negative for the day? nah. its all good.

Brz, those lost post, happens to me also, hate this.

Bravo for the week 13, this is where it happened to me also, what a relief. Better days and less good ones began at that
Point. And where hope started to point its nose. Positive, glad you feel better.

[gail]

Carleeta, great news.

I am not one yet, but I remember when my mom became a grandma, it changed her world.

[fishinghat]

Congratulation Carleeta and a Yippeeee back at you. lol

[Carleeta]

Thank you everone..It's positively wonderful news....and yes I'm positively going to rest today.....

[TryinginFL]

Congratulations, Grandma Carleeta!

[FiveNotions]

TFL ! How are you? How are your doggies? How was the trip, the wedding, the hurricane ... we have questions ... we crave answers, anecdotes and the "full dish" on your doings !

[fishinghat]

FN, You forgot to ask if she meet any hot boyfreinds at the reception?  lol

[TryinginFL]

Hey all!  I am officially home,  mostly unpacked and still working on some jet lag, but thank God, it's over!!!

 

I am now 7 1/2 months off the poison and the anxiety is calming down.

 

The ceremony was beautiful  - including the 1001 orgami-folded swans that both my son and his fiancé made - took them 80 hours!!

Everything else was exactly as I expected -all I wanted to do was to go home.  Almost impossible to put my split family together for 6 days - ugghh!!!

 

Unfortunately, the ceremony had to  be inside due to the weather, but the worst was just wind and rain as the first hurricane went north of the islands and the second went south.  Egads - what else could have happened?  Plenty, but I won't bore you all with the disgusting details...

 

FH....I could only wish there would have been some handsome man to bedazzle, but all were younger or married

 

One thing is for sure - I will never go to another all-family function (including ex-husband and wife) unless if is a matter of hours, not days!

 

Had my therapeutic massage yesterday and my gal said boy, do you look tired!  I fell asleep during the massage - it was wonderful

[FiveNotions]

You mean "luau boys" ? 

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[TryinginFL]

FN...    Great pic!!!  They sure could have helped!!

[TryinginFL]

P.S.   Having trouble reading all the posts trying to catch up, as one of my son's Portuguese Water Dogs stepped on my glasses and one of the lenses is so scratched, giving a headache to read!   Unfortunately can't get it fixed until Tues.!!

[Carleeta]

TryinginFl. The most positive issue for you is 'you are home', exactly where you want to be. You can relax now and get back to healing yourself. Your intuitions were right on target, and things went the way you expected and now that's all behind you. Don't worry about trying to catch up on the posts, once your glasses are fixed you'll get back on track with everything that's going on. Rest up and relax.

[Carleeta]

You mean "luau boys" ? 

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FiveNotions....great photo.. where were they when TryinginFl was there...lol lol lol.

[Carleeta]

Positively feeling all the physical pain and it's taking the best of me today.  Im ok, although no driving today for me...lol lol.  Infact, yesterday I positively didn't go to their home because I was exhausted and starting to feel the back and neck pain...lol lol.  I knew I had to drive their myself and it was raining on and off, therefore, I said "Nope, not unless it's absolutely necessary."...lol lol lol.  I do know when to say "no"..lol lol.  I'll be going there later this afternoon with my cousin driving my car.  We'll bring food for the parents...lol lol lol, and will pamper the baby..lol lol. 

 

FiveNotions, I wish I could show photos...lol lol

[TryinginFL]

Carleeta...

 

Have a wonderful afternoon with your new grandbaby and feel better soon! 

[TryinginFL]

Just want to share a wonderful positive from the wedding...

 

Toward the end of the ceremony, the Hawaiian Officient noticed a bird near the window that is seldom seen in Hawaii.  She told my son and his new wife that it was his sister...my daughter who died 5 yrs ago June.

 

And for those of us who know about the cardinals - My son and his wife were taking a walk and saw a cardinal!  Probably my mother (his Nana) as she loved Hawaii and went there often. 

 

So Craig had 2 family members sharing his wonderful moments!!  That makes me so happy I have tears!

[Carleeta]

TryinginFl. How beautiful to have these two specific birds show up at the very moment they were supposed to show up. I find this glorifying.....yipeeeeeee

[Carleeta]

my positive today is after a very long few days of some disturbing pain, I was able to travel on my own a bit today. Went to the pharmacy (drive thru..lol lol) and then to a wholesale store for my dried Italian herbs which I ended up buying some for my family to stock up on also. We will be ready for the winter...lol lol. Depressing thought...omg. lol lol. We still use fresh herbs which are carried through the winter, although we do stock up on dried imported oregano, imported red crushed Italian red pepper and of course imported granulated garlic..lol lol. the garlic makes me laugh, although we buy the whole garlic bulbs on a breaded rope, we do at time need granulated garlic for certain receipes...lol lol. It's been a very short outing for me today, although I positively got into the car and drove as far as I could for today....yipeeeeee

[TryinginFL]

You keep getting better on that driving thing, Carleeta!!!  Bravo! You will soon be just jumping in the car without even thinking about it and just taking off...

 

(Sure would like to try some of your Italian dishes one day! )

 

p.s.  Did you ever get an answer from your pain management dr regarding the therapeutic massage?