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[TryinginFL]

warfare continues

 

 

Ok, you guys!!  I can't remember even one poem at this time!

(Probably due to the memory thing... )

 

Had my acupuncture this afternoon and have experienced the pain level going from an 8 down to a 3 or 4 most of the time!!  

[fishinghat]

continues improvement

 

It is not the cough that carries you off

it is the coffin they carry you off in

 

Anon

[gail]

Improvement confirmed

Liz, does it stay at 3 or 4 all week? Or does it go back up in between sessions?

Don't fret about your memory about poems, the important thing is Now.

FH, any floaters in your eyes from the vitrious?

[fishinghat]

Confirmed floaters

 

Enough floaters to build a raft!!  lol

[gail]

Floaters annoying

Really? Both eyes? I can spare the one I have if you need it for your raft!

[fishinghat]

annoying clerks

 

No, only in one eye, my 'good eye'. Or it was anyway!!  lol

[gail]

Clerks wanted

Hi FH, aren't we lonely here today! Sipping decaf coffee with grated dark chocolate in it. Miam!

PS. My doc got me back on 40mg prozaz, feel much better. As for clonidine, I might stay at one half am and pm. No more const...

[TryinginFL]

wanted help

 

 

Ok - here goes!!

 

Go Cubs go

Go Cubs go

Hey Chicago, what da ya' say?

Cubs are gonna win today!!

 

 

Fans all sing this after game if Cubs win...currently watching the cross-town classic - Cubs vs. White Sox at Wrigley!!

 

Gail, most of the time my pain  level doesn't go above 4 but today seems to be an exception - about a 6 in certain areas.

Don't know if it's the acupuncture or what, but I am so tired sometimes that all I want to do is sleep!  Still have motivation problems..

 

So things are better on the 40 mg Prozac?

 

Oh - getting my hair cut tomorrow - probably like yours Gail - like Jennifer Griffin's on Fox News if anyone knows who she is!

 

How are you doing FH?

[gail]

Help them

Nice to see you Liz! Cubs, that must be baseball. My mother almost married a famous (I think) American baseball player but my dad won her over. He said "choose now" and here I am, the daughter of a great chef!

Much better on 40 then 60, for the moment at least.

Short hair, just looked her up, my sides are shorter than hers. But what a plaisure in this heat. Enjoy♥

[ShadyLady]

help helps

[gail]

Helps with

I am so excited to see you back, we were talking oh how we missed you a few weeks back. I feel like a kid. Liz will be overjoyed. Welcome♥

[TryinginFL]

with all

 

 

With all of us so happy to see you back with us !! Welcome back, SL !!!

 

So happy that you seem to be getting your life in order - things are better, yes?  I have now been off the crap for 18 months!

 

Amazing isn't it - that we are all still here??

[fishinghat]

all together

 

I am OK I guess Liz. A lot of issues unrelated to Cymbalta or my anxiety. Just trying to deal with them one day at a time.

[TryinginFL]

together again

 

 

Here we all are... together again!!

 

Bless you, FH....   

[gail]

Again here

Ah! fisherman, sorry that you are dealing with a few issues.
Will add you to my list on Sunday. God bless♥♥

[fishinghat]

here forever

 

Thanks guys. You are all in my prayers as well.

 

A new day and a new opportunity!!

[FiveNotions]

forever grateful

Grateful that all my beloved forum friends are still here! (except, are Carleeta and Renee "present and accounted for"? is anyone else "MIA"?)

[gail]

Grateful words

FN, what a nice surprise, I missed you.

Carla is MIA, Carleeta and Renee and Xman also. Shady just came back, waiting to hear her hilarious stories.

Thinking of you often♥

[fishinghat]

words of welcome

 

Hello FN. Love having you back. Missed you so much.

[FiveNotions]

welcome vacation

 

 

I survived 9 months of employment, and am now "gainfully unemployed" for a while ... an it's a very welcome vacation ... worked 40 hr./wk telecomm gig as librarian for PBS, plus a 15-20 hr/wk gig doing freelance research for a PhD psych student ... had to quit the latter in April, as I was just too exhausted to continue ...

 

but, all that is a remarkable testament to recovery from crapalta ... thanks to every one of my dear forum friends 

 

I have a few remaining "issues" that so far seem to be permanent ... horrible tinnitus (now have to use closed captioning on tv/DVD's), short term memory glitches, chunks of missing time (years) in long term memory (maybe a blessing in disguise ... the stuff I've remembered has frequently been horrifying ), transitory optic neuritis, and extreme sensitivity to crowds .... and, of course, the weird anxiety sensation of "worms in my stomach" .... I've actually "made friends" with the worms now ... and, most of the time (trust me, there are still bad episodes ), I no longer identify them as anxiety/panic, but pretend I'm on a roller coaster or ferris wheel and turn it into a "fun" sensation ...

[TryinginFL]

vacation soon

 

 

FN, it is wonderful to see you back !! We have all missed you terribly...

 

To answer your question about those MIA, I think that Wagtail was the last to post - a welcome surprise!

 

I hope that you will have another vacation soon

[thismoment]

soon as

 

FN so nice to hear your voice.

 

I hope your residual symptoms fade as soon as possible. I too have a few remaining gifts after some 35 months-- tinnitus, balance issues, headache, and some memory gaps. Of course it's difficult to say which ones are a direct result of duloxetine toxicity, and which ones might have arisen naturally; I will never know.

 

I'm left with a few lemons as well, and I too am making lemonade. 

[TryinginFL]

as if

 

 

It seems as if I am part of your group here...

I have unbearable anxiety when I think about traveling out to Seattle next month - seems like last year when I went to the wedding.  I feel that I should stay home and avoid the horrible "worm feelings" (I get them too and was almost sick to my stomach today when I started checking flights.)

 

I also have both the short and long term memory issues - can't remember about 75% of last year's trip which is probably just as well.

 

Is your headache improving at all at this point, TM?

[Ramona80]

If only

[gail]

Only if

Woodstock and Charlie, can I join you? You always make me smile, life seems so easy with you both.

[Ramona80]

If not

 

 

I want to join them too! Life seems so simple in their world!

[TryinginFL]

not possible

 

 

It is unfortunate that this is not possible...

[gail]

Not wrong

Yes, if I remember well, there is also a "good" psychologist with that gang. Lucy? Never missed an episode when I was a wee bit younger. Linus comes back to my mind and his blanket!

[gail]

Wrong again

We look like three kids looking for magic! And we are not the only ones. We will have to make an appointment with lucy about that!

[TryinginFL]

Again, sure

 

 

Definitely need to see her again, sure....    and didn't she only charge 5 cents?