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I’m Trying Adderal.

My doctor was reluctant to put me on it (it would refute his diagnosis of depression mimicking the symptoms of ADD) but my therapist, who knows about these things, insisted it would help. So this is day three. Day one, I drove up to have an afternoon with Gayle and Janet. Now, we’ve been friends [...]

It’s Almost Over. . .

I went to the endodontist yesterday.  He loaded me up with novocaine, took out the heavy-duty dental tools, and excavated my tooth right up into the bone.  By about 8 last night, the glands in my neck had shrunk down to normal size, and the pain in my temple and eye were gone.  My ear [...]

Two Years Ago This Week

I was recovering from surgery on my gums to treat an abcess from a root canal.  I remember because I had stitches hanging out of my mouth while we were at our annual Presidents’ Day Weekend Retreat.  It looks like deja vu all over again.  The pain is back with a vengeance, up into my [...]

Dreams

I’ve been having a lot of dreams lately co-starring someone I used to know.  At one point during therapy back in North Jersey, we’d discussed what this person represented, and it essentially came down to me, or the aspects of myself that I denied or didn’t like.  Over the last couple of weeks, this person [...]

I am Going Stir-Crazy!

My back is killing me.  My house is a mess, and I can’t bend over.  I can get the kids to help a bit after school, but they have tons of homework, and music lessons tonight.  I haven’t been forced to sit still for so long since I was confined to bed for the end [...]

I Hate My Back.

It’s been painful, way down low, off and on for a couple of weeks and really bad for the last five days.  The kids have had to help me with pretty much anything that involves bending forward without holding onto something.  So I was really happy when I felt a lot better this morning (after [...]

I Hab a Code id da Doze. . .

I woke up this morning thinking that the allergies were just worse than usual. Oh, heavens, no! I’m all sploogy and red and raw and sore now, and of course, can’t take anything for it. I looked all over to see if I could find the Vicks Vapo-Rub. It burns when it first goes on, [...]

Sooooo Tired, but OK

Last night’s meetup was just me and Steve, but he gave me some hints as a Meetup veteran on how to get things more active, so that’s on the agenda. Last night’s sleep was pretty poor. Add to the normal wakeups the fact that it’s awfully hard to sleep with sticky things all over your [...]

Weight Loss and Heart Monitor and Spanish Meetup!!

This morning I went in to Weight Watchers, down another 2.2 pounds. Total of 9.8, so I’ll have to wait until next week to make a big deal about losing 10 pounds at the meeting. I went straight to the cardiologist for the sticking-on of my 24 hour Holter Monitor (I thought it was Halter, [...]

Bleh. And it’s Only 1PM

Actually, I’m mostly drained from my first visit with a new therapist. Going all over stuff and recapping history and all that rot is something that really sucks all the energy out of you. That and the fact that it’s raining. Again. Ugh. Good thing, though, this doc has ADD himself, and has a child [...]