2023!!! Jan Army thread

[IamMary]

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When i say slowly, I mean let each page fully refresh, then go back again and again, until your back to the saved post

[mollyka]

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When i say slowly, I mean let each page fully refresh, then go back again and again, until your back to the saved post

Mmmm....the odd time it's happened to me ...I must be the 1 in 10! Works for me on laptop but rarely on phone....

Morning all

[rustop59]

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Mmmm....the odd time it's happened to me ...I must be the 1 in 10! Works for me on laptop but rarely on phone....

Morning all

Morning everyone

Same here but think the key word is slowly. Get frustrated and do it too quick I think.

Lovely morning, walk done and now about to go to crochet class. Next door neighbour had baby boy so must drop off blanket and cardigan I did on the way. Lots of boys being born at the moment.

[mollyka]

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Morning everyone

Same here but think the key word is slowly. Get frustrated and do it too quick I think.

Lovely morning, walk done and now about to go to crochet class. Next door neighbour had baby boy so must drop off blanket and cardigan I did on the way. Lots of boys being born at the moment.

Oh god..according to my miseryof a granny it meant the world would be going to war....
Out near Lough Inagh...sun shining...seriously gorgeous!

[starty]

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Hi all, back from hospital. Well, they were supposed to be removing the 2 biopsied polyps but they removed 3 and another one remains that was too big to remove today as they didnt have back up in case removing it caused a hole in his bowel :egad: so he has to go back to have that removed on a Monday when the surgical team are available and might have to have some of his bowel removed with it. My head is screwed, it just seems to get more convoluted and scary.

[mollyka]

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Hi all, back from hospital. Well, they were supposed to be removing the 2 biopsied polyps but they removed 3 and another one remains that was too big to remove today as they didnt have back up in case removing it caused a hole in his bowel :egad: so he has to go back to have that removed on a Monday when the surgical team are available and might have to have some of his bowel removed with it. My head is screwed, it just seems to get more convoluted and scary.

Oh you poor things....they really can sound so bloody scary but certainly in Joe's case they were killed telling me this could pierce this and that could perforate that and I was honestly terrified ...so I just asked what were the odds of the operation being successful and the main fella told me 99%....well I took that...I spose I wanted them to be honest but they didn't have to half frighten me to death. Hopefully ...to THEM...what may need to be done for MrS is relatively routine and just sounds scary to us laymen? Easy for me to say but try not to dwell on it...hand it over to them and trust in their expertise ...sending love xxxxx

[starty]

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Thanks Molls, yes, that is exactly what I am trying to do and can usually succeed in putting my trust and faith in their hands. Its always in the immediate aftermath of the news that I get panicked. I'm sure we will both be better after a good kip. Up at 3.30am to start the old bowel cleansing procedure so both a bit knackered by lack of sleep oh and Mr S has managed to catch yet another bloody cold!

[Battle_for_the_sun]

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Evening,

Day 5, Seems to be getting harder rather than easier and I can't put my finger on why, I'm trying to keep myself distracted but my mind inevitably wanders, either to drinking or to the delights of PTSD flashbacks - which inevitably results in drinking thoughts and then feeling bad for having drinking thoughts and letting things that happened 10-20+ years ago bother me now. Then I say to myself I'm not drinking and that little thought chimes in 'why not drugs?' - so helpful when that happens - day 29 by the way on that front, big 30 tomorrow, just got to make it that far but its not easy - currently in one minute at a time mode. Outside of 'addict brain' being an uppity sod I'm enjoying my work, read a fascinating article linking lack of spatial awareness and sensory integration in children to the development of OCD - all very nerdy but as an OCD dyspraxic quite rewarding to look into.

Hate to think what rustop's postman would make of me - I'm 30 and still getting ID'd buying energy drinks (have to be 16 over here). Amount of times I've heard 'you must be doing something right' when showing my ID whilst buying my (former) usual of alcohol, energy drinks and soup. Yikes.

Molly - reckon my grandmother would've gotten on great with your granny - everything was an omen of impending doom haha.

Starty - Hope some rest helps calm the nerves, definitely sounds like the doctors are just being extra cautious though, which really can only be a good thing even if it does end up sounding petrifying

[mollyka]

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Thanks Molls, yes, that is exactly what I am trying to do and can usually succeed in putting my trust and faith in their hands. Its always in the immediate aftermath of the news that I get panicked. I'm sure we will both be better after a good kip. Up at 3.30am to start the old bowel cleansing procedure so both a bit knackered by lack of sleep oh and Mr S has managed to catch yet another bloody cold!

Tiredness will make everything a million times worse...try and bring yourselves back to basics...go to bed...get up have breakfast after walking the dogs...don't think think think...can't solve anything...watch tele series...pick up a book...draw something...occupy the brain with anything that it's too busy to think think think....and while you are keeping yourselves sane...the wheels are working to make him better and you....sending massive hugs xxx

[mollyka]

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Evening,

Day 5, Seems to be getting harder rather than easier and I can't put my finger on why, I'm trying to keep myself distracted but my mind inevitably wanders, either to drinking or to the delights of PTSD flashbacks - which inevitably results in drinking thoughts and then feeling bad for having drinking thoughts and letting things that happened 10-20+ years ago bother me now. Then I say to myself I'm not drinking and that little thought chimes in 'why not drugs?' - so helpful when that happens - day 29 by the way on that front, big 30 tomorrow, just got to make it that far but its not easy - currently in one minute at a time mode. Outside of 'addict brain' being an uppity sod I'm enjoying my work, read a fascinating article linking lack of spatial awareness and sensory integration in children to the development of OCD - all very nerdy but as an OCD dyspraxic quite rewarding to look into.

Hate to think what rustop's postman would make of me - I'm 30 and still getting ID'd buying energy drinks (have to be 16 over here). Amount of times I've heard 'you must be doing something right' when showing my ID whilst buying my (former) usual of alcohol, energy drinks and soup. Yikes.

Molly - reckon my grandmother would've gotten on great with your granny - everything was an omen of impending doom haha.

Starty - Hope some rest helps calm the nerves, definitely sounds like the doctors are just being extra cautious though, which really can only be a good thing even if it does end up sounding petrifying

Pretty much I'd say the same thing to you Inchy....don't dwell on it....all you have to do today is....not drink...not take pills....that's all....keep it simple....you KNOW its going to get easier...there's no formula that day 5 should be easier than day 3...it usually is but what about it....it WILL get easier..so in the meantime.....JUST STAY CLEAN AND SOBER.....and yup....the wheels are turning for you as well xxxxx

[satz123]

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Hi all, back from hospital. Well, they were supposed to be removing the 2 biopsied polyps but they removed 3 and another one remains that was too big to remove today as they didnt have back up in case removing it caused a hole in his bowel :egad: so he has to go back to have that removed on a Monday when the surgical team are available and might have to have some of his bowel removed with it. My head is screwed, it just seems to get more convoluted and scary.

Starts :hug::hug: They will always cover themselves - and give the worst scenario so there will be no recriminations if they have to do more than they advised.
The bowel is HUGE - like 20 feet long :egad: so taking a small piece may not be as scary as you think.

Small comfort at the moment but I heard of someone who had a graft from colon to esophagus and it worked. Gross but true.
Amazing what can be done.

So as Molls says leave it to the experts - they know what to do - you melting your head thinking about it will get you nowhere.
Sleep tight Starty & Mr Starty - hopefully things will appear brighter after a good rest. zzzzz

[starty]

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Morning all, feeling better after a good kip thankfully. Mr S not yet awake so hopefully he is feeling better too. Yes good point Satz they will give worst case scenario to cover themselves. So will just keep plodding through this tricky time we find ourselves in.

Inchy, thats what you need to do too. The first few weeks are always going to be a bit hit n miss on the psychological front as your mind loses its crutch. Especially hard when you have stresses, but it really doesn't always feel this way. The mind is amazing and it does recover. ODAAT really is the best way of taming this beast

[satz123]

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Morning Starts & all to come.

Just heard a lovely old manor house in the middle of the woods here, that our houses were built around, is being repurposed to house asylum seekers.
There has been great activity over there - wholescale felling of old trees and no doubt damage to the surrounding wooded area and wildlife.

80 unvetted men of unknown background to be housed there as our ridiculous government do nothing to stem the flow of immigration when our health system is about to crash, we're going through a housing crisis, and have little to offer them.

Off to work before I say too much more :llama:

[starty]

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Its similar over here Satz. I truly dont know what the answer is. I continually try and bury my head away from the news as its terrifying

[rustop59]

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Its similar over here Satz. I truly dont know what the answer is. I continually try and bury my head away from the news as its terrifying

Good morning

Definitely do that Starty, you have enough going on in your own world at the moment. One day at a time is the only way you can do it and try and get out on those walks.

My old home town was on drive time radio programme last week. They were extremely welcoming in the past and now they are just being dumped on and they do not have the services or infrastructure to deal with such a huge influx of people. Hard to know how to deal with it.

Beautiful morning here, sun is shining. Just back from long walk. Nothing much planned for the day.