One Step at a Time - November 2012

[Juja]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

How did you tear your ACL, Zennie? Also, where are you planning to go? I'm out of the loop on this.

Nora, I understand how you're feeling about your parents. With mine, I consider my it mission to see that they (87 & 86) are safe, and feel secure. My father called this morning and said he couldn't hear a thing--something happened to his hearing overnight. What now?

[Juja]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

X-post, Mama.

What happened?

[Zenstyle]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

I was off starting dinner. A pot roast in a McCormacks bag... thing of beauty.

Juja and Fen... I did it on the treadmill... 3 months ago. I thought it would just get better but it didn't so I eventually took myself off to the Ortho. I gave up my health insurance and I tend to avoid mainstream medicine at the best of times (even when I had insurance I didn't go) so wanted to see if it would sort itself out... that was a mistake!

I'm supposed to be going to Scotland to see the family for Christmas... pending what they say when I go in tomorrow. They said probably rehab first (depends on x rays) and if that doesn't work, arthroscopic surgery.

Ve vill zee!

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

nothing happened family
just had to work by myself today and I was busy as F%%K!!!
THREE people came in to tour apts just as one of my guys got me a sandwich. I took them on a tour, did my cheery sales-pitch stuff, and ALL three let me spend 45 minutes with each of them only to tell me they had been evicted and was that an issue? DUH?????
damn losers
the phone rang off the hook and I couldn't even go pee till about 3
GAWD....I HATE it when I am by myself.
Nora....I know how you feel about your parents. Bret's Mom and Dad are more like parents than my own, and they are getting frail.
Zenny...I SO hope you get to go see your Mum. Can't everything be postponed till after the holidays??
Juja...hope you are feeling better.
and yes Skwerly one who wants a penis...you can come and just answer the damn phone...
I am gonna eat and flop.....my Nook is waiting.
kisses to all...may check in later if I don't pass out
love you all
tired and crazy Mama

long ago I would have been into my 4th or 5th beer by now
no more!!

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Really happy for you Mama that you didn't run for the beer. I'm still working on that but getting there. Made sure I TTFP this morning. :H:H

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Zen, holy cats! You hardly did anything to cause that damage. I figured it would have been a down-hill skiing accident or whatever. I hope you are on the mend soon.

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Mama, I'm proud of you. :h

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Went over to take some firewood from a neighbor. They moved and said we could help ourselves. The yard was filled with the small stumps from where plants had been cut back. I was wheeling a hand truck over with a trash can on it. Tripped over a stump and went flying. Luckily I was able to avoid the ones underneath me as I fell or I would have been impaled. So - that is my graceful trick from today. :H:H

[nurdl]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Good job Nora. You must have been so graceful in your fall .
I too TTFP this evening so we both have our super powers recharged to fight off Al.
Sleep well
~n

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Yes - I should teach charm school. :H:H

Nurdl - lots of questions for you now - is this your first time using antabuse? Did you say that you've been taking it for 3 months? How often do you take it? How long do you plan on taking it? I'm just curious because I'm still having the chest tightness, etc. I was going to back off on the antabuse but I've still been taking it about 4-5 days a week. I thought maybe the palpitations/tightness was stress but I've been on vacation. Anyway, just curious how you're doing on it. :h

[Zenstyle]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

fennel;1412034 wrote: Zen, holy cats! You hardly did anything to cause that damage. I figured it would have been a down-hill skiing accident or whatever. I hope you are on the mend soon.

I've been scratching my head on that one tbh. I was effing around drinking from the water bottle and I should have slowed it down but didn't... and I somehow came down wrong on my left foot... my leg twisted and that, as they say, was that. :upset: I'd like to say it was a sky diving accident!

Good job on the firewood Nora! Sounds like one of my tactful manoeuvrings! ;o)

Hope you have a better day at werk today Mama.

And I am now off to the Land of Nod. See yas on the morrow... Zzzzzzzz.....

[nurdl]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Nora, I'd be glad to answer questions. This is my first time on Ab. I started on September 5th taking it every night. I had terrible daily headaches for a few weeks and could hardly drag myself out of bed in the morning. There were a few days I stayed in bed all day. That may have also been related to early detox issues. I now take it every other night. I haven't noticed the chest tightness as much. I would like to go to a two night a week plan. I'm pretty sure that would keep enough Ab in my body and it's scary as hell enough that I'm not going to try to drink on it anyway. It really could be a placebo as far as i am concerned. I desperately want to be off it but this is part of the deal with my therapist. I also want to be on it over the holidays. It's a safety for me.
As for the chest tightness, I also just started on asthma meds so the chest tightness could be related to that too. How are you doing on Ab?

[Juja]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Good morning, dear ones, and a fine morning it is on my end, especially after sleeping with codeine (cough syrup). I don't like the after-affects, but I sure appreciate the sleep it provides. No coughing--blessed night. Feeling better, too, unless it's the codeine haze.

One more mishap, and we'll have the 3 Graces: Zen, Nora and ? Anyone want to volunteer?:H

Will check on male parental unit before work, and then a weekend with young, non-judgmental family members. Should be delightful.

Look both ways before you cross the street, darlings.:H

Love you all!

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Silly Juja...I adore your sense of humor
no hairy fruit baskets for this girl last night.....playing with me would have been like making out with a corpse!
BTW....Zen is lying to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Treadmill, schedmill. She has a trapeze swing over her bed.......and four members of the Lithuanain Men's Gymnastics team live next door.....
I swear she told me everything and there are pictures on FB.
Nora.....a wheelbarrow with a trash can??? Really???? Sorry, but that one made me laugh.
My assistant is back today and I am not doing a DAMN thing......(I am lying, but it felt good to say it out loud.)
Nurdl...do you enjoy going to to a therapist?? Enjoy may not be the right word...but do you find it beneficial?? AB gave me horriffic headaches and I quit taking it.
Juja...glad you feel better babe!!
Kisses to Skwerly Butt and Ally when she drops by.
bacinabit!!

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

ps...
Zennie
hope Hamish is ok
you should post a picture of your furbabies on this thread for all to see