The Official 2020 Everything But The Kitchen Sink Post

[Jean4]

Yes and no to the acupuncture/alternative med things.

Granted I know even people who do the acupuncture say it's more of a placebo effect (nothing against people who it works for or believe in it of course!), alternative med things--well depends on what it is, as some I know it's placebo (like you could down 50 bottles of it, and it is harmless) other things actually harm me (a nurse recommended something to me... I took it and it caused damage/pain, and it was just some herb!).

One recommended turmeric--I have side effects from it! Apparently it was supposed to help... I wanted it to help, I was hoping it'd help. But it didn't. It just had side effects that were worse than what it was supposed to help (can't even remember now what it was it caused).

I've been to a chiropractor... it didn't help, and it was mainly physical therapy after they did their thing.

I've had multiple injections into my neck and spine. Numerous discs that are degenerating or out of place slightly. None that are bad enough for surgery, but enough that together, well... it adds up. What it is... like C2-C4, L5-S1, and something in the T area have issues toward the top.

I had Bariatric Surgery. I can't take a lot of things, and because of my medical issues, meds don't work they way they should (including herbal.)

If you want, I can do some research for you and see what I can come up with. Which illnesses? Have you tried Bach Flower Remedies, in particular Rescue Remedy?

 

[Sensei]

Granted it'd be a bit noticeable if I went to work smelling like a sewer, oily hair and all lol


And yeah, I mean I get that, I really do. After a while it's just more and more piling on. I'm on so many meds to control pain/headaches/tremors/etc that it's making it so I can't concentrate/function. Go off, I'm in too much pain to concentrate/function. Most doctors (but one--and doctors say she's crazy lol) say I have Fibromyalgia. Blood work comes back saying my inflammation is in rheumatoid arthritis levels apparently, but no signs of it in joints.

It's like I'm falling apart lol. But I go on. It's just so tiring. Especially since I know that I'd have 40 years left of it if I live, and this is the least amount of pain I'll be in--it's just going to get worse.

Just so many things... too many things.


I honestly wish I would've had a diagnosis earlier. I really wish my friend, when I had a suicide attempt and stopped mid-attempt to take a friend to the er when she was caught in a suicide attempt (yes, her suicide attempt stopped mine), and she noticed it--that maybe instead of not saying something and us striking a deal where neither would stop the other, that she would have said something. But... it is how it is.

That must be incredibly tough to handle and you have to be stronger than most people ever have to be, so I can understand that you're very tired. I don't want to give you false hopes, but new treatments and cures for very serious illnesses and disorders do pop up. To take a couple of notable examples, the discovery, so to speak, of lithium in 1949 revolutionized the treatment of bipolar disorder and the introduction of zidovudine in 1987 the treatment of AIDS. Not to mention the discovery of penicillin in 1928!

Ugh... another dark thing.... this thread needs cute kittens or something now.

Well, I can help you with that!

 

[Carina]

I had Bariatric Surgery. I can't take a lot of things, and because of my medical issues, meds don't work they way they should (including herbal.)

If you want, I can do some research for you and see what I can come up with. Which illnesses? Have you tried Bach Flower Remedies, in particular Rescue Remedy?

Never heard of that actually

Basically my neck issues are from car accidents (yes, one was from a failed suicide attempt--all others weren't, I had probably 5 accidents when a teenager), but also because a tall woman isn't normally good, so I spent a long part of my life slouching--screwed up my back from it. It's 95% my fault--I totally take blame for it.

And shy of the assumed (but most likely true) of bipolar, fibro, migraines, essential tremors (or start of parkinsons) that's probably the big things... oh and whatever the mass is in my chest.... that's probably the main big things...

 

[Jean4]

Never heard of that actually

Basically my neck issues are from car accidents (yes, one was from a failed suicide attempt--all others weren't, I had probably 5 accidents when a teenager), but also because a tall woman isn't normally good, so I spent a long part of my life slouching--screwed up my back from it. It's 95% my fault--I totally take blame for it.

And shy of the assumed (but most likely true) of bipolar, fibro, migraines, essential tremors (or start of parkinsons) that's probably the big things... oh and whatever the mass is in my chest.... that's probably the main big things...

I have all that you mentioned except BP. I was diagnosed with that as a teenager. Morphed into Major Depression. Since a teen, I have been on Wellbutrin. That works for me.
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[Squiddy]

Morning. Going out in a few minutes

 

[Jean4]

Morning. Going out in a few minutes

To get the puppy?

 

[Squiddy]

To get the puppy?

No. Just going to the grocery store, but we are going to a shelter to look at more dogs

 

[Jean4]

No. Just going to the grocery store, but we are going to a shelter to look at more dogs

What happened to puppy?

 

[Carina]

No. Just going to the grocery store, but we are going to a shelter to look at more dogs

Did something happen with getting the other one?

 

[Jean4]

Did something happen with getting the other one?

Yeah @Squiddy ! This is our puppy too!! Don't you forget that! ;)

 

[Squiddy]

Yeah @Squiddy ! This is our puppy too!! Don't you forget that! ;)

We're just making sure that it's the puppy we want and not another one

 

[Jean4]

We're just making sure that it's the puppy we want and not another one

Well. Don't get us all excited. This is our puppy (who are you? )

 

[Carina]

We're just making sure that it's the puppy we want and not another one

Yeah, we were all hyped for the other puppy....

 

[Squiddy]

Most likely, we will be getting that puppy, but just to make sure, we're still looking

 

[realjunes]

We're just making sure that it's the puppy we want and not another one

@Squiddy - you are "going to the dogs."
Maybe that expression is only funny to Americans, going to the dog? Anything non-USArs? Okay, no sense of humor, I get it.

 

[Jean4]

@Squiddy - you are "going to the dogs."
Maybe that expression is only funny to Americans, going to the dog? Anything non-USArs? Okay, no sense of humor, I get it.

I get it. Haven't had my coffee yet. Will laugh in a moment lol

 

[Squiddy]

I get it. Haven't had my coffee yet. Will laugh in a moment lol

 

[Jean4]

 

[Carina]

I woke up this morning with 3 cats on me again... this has become a new normal for them... and it is still unusual. They don't want me to go.

 

[realjunes]

I get it. Haven't had my coffee yet. Will laugh in a moment lol

No. You are in the future, you are supposed to be ahead of the rest of us in all regards. Get with it! Squidmeister hasn't even served breakfast, something about going to the dogs. We will have to find another cafe, and on a Monday? No.
(amusing myself)

 

[Carina]

I'm thinking taking the gabapentin this morning was a bad idea... I feel like my eyes are rolling around in my skull.

The gonig to the dogs is really funny though, even without coffee! I do have pop though, so I'm on caffeine

 

[Jean4]

I'm thinking taking the gabapentin this morning was a bad idea... I feel like my eyes are rolling around in my skull.

The gonig to the dogs is really funny though, even without coffee! I do have pop though, so I'm on caffeine

I can't take Gab. You are a stronger person than me!!!

 

[realjunes]

I'm thinking taking the gabapentin this morning was a bad idea... I feel like my eyes are rolling around in my skull.

The gonig to the dogs is really funny though, even without coffee! I do have pop though, so I'm on caffeine

@Carina: I feel like my eyes are rolling around in my skull.

Like this?

 

[Jean4]

@Carina: I feel like my eyes are rolling around in my skull.

Like this?

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@Carina ! He got your good side!!!

 

[Carina]

I can't take Gab. You are a stronger person than me!!!

I take 3 a day, 1 in morning 2 at night!

@Carina: I feel like my eyes are rolling around in my skull.

Like this?

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Actually kind of yeah!, but also side to side

 

[realjunes]

I get it. Haven't had my coffee yet. Will laugh in a moment lol

Lagger.

 

[Carina]

Odd thing with the gabepentin is it stops seizures... people automatically think that's why I'm on it... like nope! it's for pain. kind of like propranolol, they're like 'oh high blood pressure?' nope! migraines and essential tremors.

 

[Misanthrope]

Wish something helped with brain fog.

 

[Squiddy]

I almost forgot to take my meds this morning

 

[Jean4]

I almost forgot to take my meds this morning

I reminded you!!! And get me breakfast which is lunch!