Hi everybody, It has been about 8 months since I last posted on here and my old screen name is no longer available. I used to have the screen name of stayingsoberonedayatatime. UKsean is so much easier to type not to mention quicker. A lot has changed over this time, and some things remain the same. First and foremost I am still sober and it has been over 15 months since I last took a drop of alcohol ( yea me
) I am still living in a sober studio apartment run by the great state of Montana. For those of you not familiar with the set up as long as I stay sober, keep to a few rules (no alcohol,drugs(including prescription narcotics on the premises) and keep myself available to random U.A. testing I can live there as long as I wish. (rent is a very resonable amount also).
A few things not going too well have been my health issues. I have been diagnosed as having C.O.P.D. which is a nice way of saying I have emphysema. It is not too bad right now , but I still have to live with the knowledge that it will be an issue in later life. (I am trying to quit smoking again after failing to kick the habbit once more) It is extremely hard to quit EVEN after finding out that I have C.O.P.D. and its something I have to keep working on. The Doctors also tell me that also due to smoking that I also have P.A.D. (There will be a spot quiz later on all these initials) Pheriferal Artery Disease(please excuse me if the spellings are not acurate) is a narrowing of the arterys that has been causing pain and discomfort in my lower extremeties, mainly legs and feet. These past 3 weeks I have not been able to work as the pain in my feet has been so bad it is impossable to be on my feet for any length of time. I am waiting to see a specialist to get this taken care of with a plan of action. However Wednesday was in fact a day of discovery, It whent like this; I had bills piling up as you can imagine with not working for 3 weeks and being new to the job I am not eligable for sick pay. I was paying weekly for a lovely flat screen T.V. and paid in full. I needed money to pay bills and was left with no choice than to get a loan against the T.V. at a local pawn shop(I got $200 for it) as I was bending down to pick it up I got this awful pain in my back, it got worse as the day whent on and ended up in the E.R. the Doc said he thought it was all related to this trouble in my legs and feet. I when to bed Christmas eve(in no pain due to a shot he gave me) however when I awoke Christmas morning I could not move or get out of bed. I laid there until Friday afternoon as I live alone and have no family here who check on me, BUT HERES THE RUB. I am having pain shooting down my left buttock and down my left leg THATS GREAT!!! why is it great?? because it looks like this is not circulation or neuropathy but....Siatica that would explain the pain in my feet and legs. So although in a lot of pain right now it may be an outcome better than one that was a possability with which was worse. So I have to be happy for the fact it is not more serious (not to mention how happy I was I had a vase at the bedside table which doubled as a loo while stuck in bed )EWWWWW sorry.
If I can make it to Monday and get to my Doc and get this sorted out quickly I can get back to work come up with the $250 by Feb 24th and get my T.V. back.(It's a $700 T.V. )There it is Seans life for the last 8 months or so. I hope to see everybody on here soon (I have to write in shifts as my arse cant stand sitting for long periods of time)
Take care everybody and hope to see you soon.
Sean..
P.S. Remember "It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice"
) I am still living in a sober studio apartment run by the great state of Montana. For those of you not familiar with the set up as long as I stay sober, keep to a few rules (no alcohol,drugs(including prescription narcotics on the premises) and keep myself available to random U.A. testing I can live there as long as I wish. (rent is a very resonable amount also).A few things not going too well have been my health issues. I have been diagnosed as having C.O.P.D. which is a nice way of saying I have emphysema. It is not too bad right now , but I still have to live with the knowledge that it will be an issue in later life. (I am trying to quit smoking again after failing to kick the habbit once more) It is extremely hard to quit EVEN after finding out that I have C.O.P.D. and its something I have to keep working on. The Doctors also tell me that also due to smoking that I also have P.A.D. (There will be a spot quiz later on all these initials
) Pheriferal Artery Disease(please excuse me if the spellings are not acurate) is a narrowing of the arterys that has been causing pain and discomfort in my lower extremeties, mainly legs and feet. These past 3 weeks I have not been able to work as the pain in my feet has been so bad it is impossable to be on my feet for any length of time. I am waiting to see a specialist to get this taken care of with a plan of action. However Wednesday was in fact a day of discovery, It whent like this; I had bills piling up as you can imagine with not working for 3 weeks and being new to the job I am not eligable for sick pay. I was paying weekly for a lovely flat screen T.V. and paid in full. I needed money to pay bills and was left with no choice than to get a loan against the T.V. at a local pawn shop(I got $200 for it) as I was bending down to pick it up I got this awful pain in my back, it got worse as the day whent on and ended up in the E.R. the Doc said he thought it was all related to this trouble in my legs and feet. I when to bed Christmas eve(in no pain due to a shot he gave me) however when I awoke Christmas morning I could not move or get out of bed. I laid there until Friday afternoon as I live alone and have no family here who check on me, BUT HERES THE RUB. I am having pain shooting down my left buttock and down my left leg THATS GREAT!!! why is it great?? because it looks like this is not circulation or neuropathy but....Siatica that would explain the pain in my feet and legs. So although in a lot of pain right now it may be an outcome better than one that was a possability with which was worse. So I have to be happy for the fact it is not more serious (not to mention how happy I was I had a vase at the bedside table which doubled as a loo while stuck in bed )EWWWWW sorry.If I can make it to Monday and get to my Doc and get this sorted out quickly I can get back to work come up with the $250 by Feb 24th and get my T.V. back.(It's a $700 T.V. )There it is Seans life for the last 8 months or so. I hope to see everybody on here soon (I have to write in shifts as my arse cant stand sitting for long periods of time
)Take care everybody and hope to see you soon.
Sean..
P.S. Remember "It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice"
. Seacailin I too have a prescriptionof chantix and plan to start in the new year maybe we do this together and be each others coach and support?. I just had a couple more spasms and one almost took me down my knees almost gave way. I may break down and go to the E.R. as I live alone and worry that if I get a spasm that makes me fall I may end up in a bad situation.
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