Army garrison - February 2021

[satz123]

Re: Army garrison - February 2021

Well done ladies, you can keep us all honest and away from the sugar. Sometimes a no nonsense approach is the only way (unless you are dealing with a hormonal teenager :nutso.

How does someone even start using Meth, she must have had some unconventional friends.. very sad.
I can be a bit obsessive about running, but so are all my buddies, so I let it pass (but not them, I have to be first, obviously :haha

Satz, the dress will be hanging off you by July, YS will have months under his belt and they'll allow at least 50 at the wedding!

Anyone hear from Molly since earlier?

Mers I wish I was addicted to running instead of sweet stuff. I think I'm a bit long in the tooth now to start running - but I do walk for 60-90 minutes a day - every day except weekends when I'm chasing elderly ladies - who move pretty fast - out the door on a rollator when they want to :egad:
It's so very sad that some of them have memory loss but otherwise are perfectly able to get around. All they want is to go home.

Being confined for 12 months without seeing the outside world has taken its toll. There is something so unnatural about it.
Two in particular who were over 90 - spirited & funny are now crying messes .

Breaks my heart - so I walk them 'round the car park and it's like I'd given them millions.

[starty]

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Hey Satzy Not really been away just had nowt to say really.

I feel for the old and the young. I think this situation has fecked them both royally and its criminal the poor old folk who are stopped from seeing their families.

At work a lady who trained me 10 years ago is retiring this week. She is 65 and feels she has been managed out of the business. They put her on a productivity report and started counting and monitoring her calls. She has worked for the company for 12 years. It has worried me enough to make a plan for myself. I am 58 this year so one of the old ones. There is no way I am going through the indignity of anything like that so have decided if all goes well and I am left alone, I will retire at 60. If they make things difficult for me I am gone. No way am I going to go through anything like that. It made me feel quite worried so I have done some sums and if the worst came to the worst I can survive on my savings until I get a small pension when I am 60. Huge relief

[starty]

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Great to see you back Starts. :hyper:

Something I have noticed with MrS is since the pubs closed he too has acquired a 'mad' sweet tooth. He would NEVER eat chocolate in excess before last March.
He'd say "I don't like chocolate biscuits - I'd prefer plain."
Never ate dessert.
NOW - all the goodies bought are for him. Especially chocolate biscuits.
He ate a whole box of Milk Tray chocolates to himself over 2 nights.

All this is unheard of previously. Isn't that interesting? I think it's more than boredom.
Maybe [MENTION=18725]NoSugar[/MENTION] can explain why when alcohol is taken out of the picture this happens to everyone? Lifetime habits change over the months ?

Rich was the same. He was always a savoury person before giving up booze. Now he can be found lurking around the biscuit isle and I constantly have to drag him away

[JackieClaire]

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Morning and waves to the universe,
Just got my invite for a covid jab. :eek-new: Got to faff on booking it on-line and just waiting for himself to look over my shoulder when booking......and also I'm overexcited and would probably book it for March 2030.

[MENTION=22456]starty[/MENTION].......lovely to 'see' you. I shoveled sweet stuff down my neck when I stopped drinking on top of real food. Piled the weight on. Over 3 stone (30 kilos). Tried to find something google about it but it kept leading me to re-habs.
Luckily I found Slimming World.

Get out while you can. Life's too short to be under that pressure.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow........on the phone. Its a review to see how I'm doing with the antidepressants I've been taking since Bess died although I would like a chat about my tingly fingers and the fact I can't fully turn my neck.........but I think that may be down to Mikey being so strong he's pulled both my arms out of their sockets. I just trot beside Mr. JC.
My cousin's husband is a surgeon and splattered with all sorts although he's nigh on a year behind with his list because of covid.............he's had a right go that GPs are hiding behind closed doors.

[rustop59]

Re: Army garrison - February 2021

Morning and waves to the universe,
Just got my invite for a covid jab. :eek-new: Got to faff on booking it on-line and just waiting for himself to look over my shoulder when booking......and also I'm overexcited and would probably book it for March 2030.

[MENTION=22456]starty[/MENTION].......lovely to 'see' you. I shoveled sweet stuff down my neck when I stopped drinking on top of real food. Piled the weight on. Over 3 stone (30 kilos). Tried to find something google about it but it kept leading me to re-habs.
Luckily I found Slimming World.

Get out while you can. Life's too short to be under that pressure.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow........on the phone. Its a review to see how I'm doing with the antidepressants I've been taking since Bess died although I would like a chat about my tingly fingers and the fact I can't fully turn my neck.........but I think that may be down to Mikey being so strong he's pulled both my arms out of their sockets. I just trot beside Mr. JC.
My cousin's husband is a surgeon and splattered with all sorts although he's nigh on a year behind with his list because of covid.............he's had a right go that GPs are hiding behind closed doors.

Morning everyone . Delighted you are getting your jab JC and good luck with your online appointment. Nice to see you Starty. None of us have much to yap about but provides a bit of variety to hear about other peoples dogs and equally exciting lives. I’m going on two walks today. One with dogs, one with friend. Thinking of you Molly and Brit.

Off now to do the dreaded grocery shop.

[starty]

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Sounds like a trapped nerve JC. I had one once, not nice. 3st??? that was a lot of choc :haha: Sugar addiction is a real thing I think. The only way to treat is the same as AL. Avoid it. There have been studies that show sugar is as addictive as hard drugs like coke and heroin. Different results obv but same principles after you let it in. For some folk anyway

Yes where are the doctors? Richs aunt only went to a&e because she had fallen over. She had felt rubbish since Christmas but couldnt get a face to face appt. It was only because she went to A and E with a hurt wrist and that she told them her chest was bad and they xrayed it then admitted her.

Yeah I know Rustop but I was feeling I REALLY had no words at all. Started sentences, couldnt finish. Will do better. Enjoy your walks the weather here is gorgeous. Proper spring like

[mollyka]

Re: Army garrison - February 2021

Lovely day here too..lovely walk earlier...not great news yesterday..the infection still isn't gone..so another 2 weeks of waiting and wondering! 2 months to the day since all this started..feels like 20 years! How's everyone?

[starty]

Re: Army garrison - February 2021

Oh thats shite Molly. Does he feel ill as well?

[NoSugar]

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Maybe @NoSugar can explain why when alcohol is taken out of the picture this happens to everyone? Lifetime habits change over the months ?

Hey, Satz, I have been such an MWO-slacker, I was shocked to see a mention! So I hurried over here to see what is going on :haha:.

The simplest explanation is that most addictions (at least substance ones - I'm not sure about activities such as gambling, porn, etc.) involve the same brain circuits. And our brains like to get hits! People who are low in the "pleasure chemicals" especially like to get them triggered. Using myself as an example, I used to love readily absorbed carbs such as cookies and bread. I remember overeating them to the point of misery and feeling unable to stop. So, I tried not to eat them at all because that off-switch was clearly broken. But, sometimes I caved in and binged. The whole experience over the years completely mirrored what happened with alcohol later. Because I didn't drink until I was in my 30s, I struggled with carbs instead for most of my life. When diabetes was looming, I gave up sugar and simple carbs. And guess what??? My drinking addiction got MUCH worse. So, I had the reverse experience to what many former addicts describe. Now, life is much richer and peaceful with none of it my life and no cravings.

I hope everyone who is facing or has family facing health crises is ok. I think of all of you in the Army often. xx, NS

[JackieClaire]

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Gotta be short and sweet.

[MENTION=8529]mollyka[/MENTION]...........aarghhhhhhhh crap. I'm so sorry for the pair of you.

[MENTION=18725]NoSugar[/MENTION]........lovely to see you.

Booked in for 1st jab on 10th March.

:hug::hug: all round.

[satz123]

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Hey, Satz, I have been such an MWO-slacker, I was shocked to see a mention! So I hurried over here to see what is going on :haha:.

I hope everyone who is facing or has family facing health crises is ok. I think of all of you in the Army often. xx, NS

Hey @NoSugar - we're always here talking about something please drop in more.
We SHOULD be talking about alcohol on here I know but life gets in the way.
But it was such a huge part of our lives for so long - we usually get back to it eventually.

So NS if sugar & Alcohol are gone how do you get the "pleasure chemicals" triggered. I presume it Serotonin & Dopamine we are talking about. Exercise is one way I know... a walk will have you buzzing when you get back...
I remember about 4 years ago I cried in the doctor's office - because YS was in a really bad place & my job had become so difficult - first time ever in my life .
She put me on SSRIs - which increase Serotonin. They worked.

[satz123]

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Lovely day here too..lovely walk earlier...not great news yesterday..the infection still isn't gone..so another 2 weeks of waiting and wondering! 2 months to the day since all this started..feels like 20 years! How's everyone?

Oh shit - is he still feeling bad ?
It's a strange one isn't it Molls. That they can't pinpoint it. Is it resistant to antibiotics ?
I think with much more movement of people these days from country to country - different bacteria are introduced that native Irish haven't met before. (& visa versa of course)
That is what doctors told my SIL when she got sick with something they'd never seen before - they asked if she'd been to Africa. No - but she was a dental nurse - daily looking into people's gobs.

I'm not being racist - or any of that shite - just stating a fact. I suppose it'll take many generations for integration and a reboot of our immune systems.

Does that make sense ...... I may be delirious with tiredness

[IamMary]

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Very likely [MENTION=9094]satz123[/MENTION], its the natural course of things I suppose. (BTW, never to late to start running. 2 in my fit4life group were over 60. But a good walk is brilliant, as long as we keep moving I think).

Molly, Im really sorry to hear that. Has he improved at all? I know how ill a tiny infection can make you, if you cant find the root of it. My friend who is quadriplegic, had awful issues, but they found it eventually, in a tiny bed sore.

IF you just need an '@' to come over here [MENTION=18725]NoSugar[/MENTION], we can do that everyday! Great explanation, thanks for that.

Brilliant news on the jab [MENTION=7008]JackieClaire[/MENTION]! they are not hanging about. MArch 10th is less that 2 weeks away!!

Sun came out today, it felt positive and spring like. I even turned off the radio. Im not sure if others listen to the radio as much as we do over here - RTE1 or newstalk is usually muttering in the background.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Oh Molly, not more waiting?

[satz123]

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Off to the frontline:
Had another drinking dream. Horrible.
Thank God I don't drink .................

:llama:

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