My Bac Adventure

[Grommet]

My Bac Adventure

Gratitude, Bleep, Is , Murph, I just had a chance to login and I'm teary eyed. Thanks, thanks, THANKS!

Gotta run. All those friends I lost over the years are starting to slowly (and carefully) creep out of the woodwork. It doesn't look like I'll have to cook dinner for a while...

[beatle]

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Darn. Thought I'd written a response to this.

I said your post was heartwarming and heart-wrenching. Truly.

So happy for you. And inspired.

And great about the friends.

20 years here, too, but not so optimistic re relationship.

Go Grommit!

[Grommet]

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Beatle, heart warming and heart wrenching hits the nail on the head.

Sorry for the short, cryptic posts. Everything has been rush rush for me. The last post I made was also in a rush and I want to clarify one thing. Its not like all these long lost friends are clamoring back. Two of MY friends (not my wife's) have offered to bring dinner. Thats it. But its two more friends than I had last week.

Beatle, all YOU need is one because you already have me (oh, and several dozen other MWO'ers).:h

Edit: Don't worry about the logistics. I can figure out how to deliver a dinner to Norway (I think thats where you are?). Just say the word and PM me your address.

[Lo0p]

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Just read this.

Doesn't it feel like such a gift? :happy:


:rockon: Grommet.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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Grommet, I was and am really moved (and amused) by your posts. Can't wait to hear more!
rock on, brother!
xo

[bleep]

My Bac Adventure

Are you too busy dining out with all your new mates to update us, or has the domestic situation overwhelmed you?

How's it going?

[Grommet]

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Thanks for checking in, Bleep. I'll give an update tomorrow. Too busy on the domestic front. Have been keeping up with the threads but not enough time to post. All is well and AF.

[seeking_serenity]

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Grommet;1051237 wrote:
Sorry for the short, cryptic posts. Everything has been rush rush for me. The last post I made was also in a rush and I want to clarify one thing. Its not like all these long lost friends are clamoring back. Two of MY friends (not my wife's) have offered to bring dinner. Thats it. But its two more friends than I had last week.

Grommet, congratulations on feeling so much better able to cope with your tough situation! I hope that you have a wonderful time with your friends and wife. And that your 20th anniversary was wonderful! :h :l

[bleep]

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Grommet;1053792 wrote: ...
All is well and AF.

Casually thrown out there in the manner of one with too many nappies to change / homework to be done / etc...

Nice one Grommet!

[Grommet]

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So my first real post in a while is on my thread. I HAVE been keeping up on the threads - I promise - but I just have not had time to post. I feel like I'm becoming our newly adopted cat - it's all about me, me, Me, Me, ME ME! Don't you get it, I am not a dog, it is about MEEEEEE(ow)!!!!!

Don't have alot of time so I am going to have a stream of consciouisness bout with verbal diarrhea (with a tip of the hat to Beatle, see I have been keeping up with the threads!). Mind your head* as there will be no editing and the tpyos amd emoticons will be flying.

First and most important, my wife's surgery went great on Monday. She is recovering well and is off the pain meds. Still needs help moving about, but that's what I'm here for. :yay::yay:

So what's the deal with not being able to get buzzed on Bac? I've been reading others who have had this (umm) problem and I first experienced Sun. Opened a bottle of wine drank about half and felt nothing, zip, zilch, nada. Wound up finishing it over the next 3 hours. What's the point?

So what's the deal with laundry? I have always helped with chores around the house, but never 100% of them like now (never even 50% for that matter). I finally pulkled out an old trick from my bachelor days and told the kids to take their clothes off and put them in a pile, when they're out of clothes to flip the pile, and I don't want to see the clothes in the laundry basket until the pile has been flipped twice. We'll see how that works out.

One of the great things about MWO is if you have any question about anything in the universe there is someone who is an expert. Neva, UK I'm calling you guys out on this one - as a pre-emptive measure I have begun shving my palms. Those of you who are frequent visitors to Lo0p's porn thread will know what I'm talking about :xmouth:

I am still sleeping great , but I am expecting that to end soon. No more vivid dreams :upset:, so I had to say goodbye to the pool grils. Told them I would meet them again on the way down and we would become much more, uh, familiar.

No more easy road on the SE's. I went up to 225 mg on Mon and WOOOOOWWWWW!!!! . Mostly above the neck stuff - headaches, ringing in the ears, etc. I stopped by Walgreen's today to check my blood pressure and it was high, never had a problem with it before. So with that, and everything else going on, I have decided to go back down to 200 mg. I know there were some posts back in Dec regarding Bac and high blood pressure, so when I have a chance I will go and re-read them.

Other than that, all is well. AF since my wife's accident (except Sun). Not indifferent though. Can't drink tonight as I have to get up again at 5:15 am (fyi, if you value your weekend sleep NEVER let your kids participate in ice hockey or swimming). But I am looking forward to a bottle of wine and a couple of beers Sat night. Who knows, I may just give up after a couple of glasses.

I want to respond to all of your wonderful posts, but it will have to wait til tomorrow. Thanks, though!

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[Bruunhilde]

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Grommet, love that name by the way, reminds me of the old show.

Thanks for the update, and the reminder regarding blood pressure. I've been hypertensive since I was an exercising, fit teen. I'm on three BP meds now. If anything can keep me from upping the bac, it would be the fear of stroking out, because in spite of all the misery, I'd rather be AL than paralyzed having someone wiping my arse for me. In which case I would be AF without the bac.

Sorry about the pool girls. Reminds me, gotta get working on that pool vac, it keeps ending up in the corner all day.

[Grommet]

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Bruunhilde;1054291 wrote: If anything can keep me from upping the bac, it would be the fear of stroking out, because in spite of all the misery, I'd rather be AL than paralyzed having someone wiping my arse for me. In which case I would be AF without the bac.

I want to say ROTFLMAO (which is what I did when I read this), but I understand your concern. I am no expert, but Bac is used to treat hypertension (albeit at low doses I'm sure). It's funny that I stopped by WG to check my BP. I have never had my BP checked outside of my annual physical. Probably a combo losing my safety net, 36 hours of things to do each day, and a little sailin' solo Bac hypochondria. Didn't mean to bum you out.

[Bruunhilde]

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That's interesting, and believable that at low doses, it could help. That may be part of what I experienced as somnolesence, my BP was low, maybe everyone's is at first. Interesting. Sure hope I can raise it without problems with the BP. Don't have a significant other to be the wiper.

[bleep]

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Grrrr, this is the 4th time I've typed this, it keeps disappearing! Very annoying.

I still get a buzz, but it's not nearly as satisfying. Like you, I often think what's the point?

Real bummer about the pool girls, I'm sure they are disappointed as well!

The SE's will fade in a couple of days, then you can go up again in search of more. Yay.

Keep it up Grommet, you sound like you are doing really well.

[Grommet]

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Have to go off the Bac.

I talked to my Doc friend twice today for a long time. He is the only person (other than my wife and you guys) that knows I'm on Bac. The blood pressure thing has given him some concern.

But he was very clear, from the prelim research he had done in the time between our conversations, Bac at ANY dose does not cause hypertension. And he confirmed that I was correct in my post yesterday, that Bac is sometimes prescribed FOR hypertension.

I have been a 120/80 guy my entire life. While the subterranean roots of my family tree are soaked in alcoholism, there has never been an instance of HBP or heart disease.

I bought a BP monitor at WG when I visited yesterday bkz I was so freaked. My diastolic has been right around 80 but my systolic has been between 160 and 190. My doc friend's point is that I need to figure out whether this is temporary or not, and I need to work off the Bac in the meantime.

So TITS down for me for the time being. :upset: