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hollydolly said:
I;ve had an eclectic kind of a day today.. Had to be at my Doc for an appointment this morning about my long standing lower back pain..and she insisted I take Ibuprofen or Aspirin , I explained these will not work, that I;ve had surgery 3 times on my back and the only thing that works is a muscle relaxant ( she's new to the surgery as are all of them, mainly locums since Covid).. she said no.. because they're addictive.. ( I was only on 5 mg once a day to relax the back muscles ) :mad: I explained I cannot take Ibuprofen because I have stage 3 kidney failure.. so she looked up my notes, and said.. Oh yes, errmm. ...you must not have aspirin or Anti- inflammatory meds.. * well really, wasn't I just telling her that''?


Begrudgingly she prescribed me 2 mg of Diazepam, to take ''every other night' for a month.. good lord.. I could take the whole month's worth in one go, and it wouldn't have any adverse effects but of course I won't.. but it'll take me a fortnight of taking them nightly before they might work (I mean 2 mg.. you could give that to a baby ).... ..and she said she can't put it on repeat prescription .. and the reason '' because an old woman somewhere who'd been on a high dose for years , went into a Fit when she was taken off, and died ''.. 😖..

..Anyway.. from there I had to have a wellness check by the nurse/clinician... every 10 years or so we have these for free.. and despite my current physical maladies ... I am as fit as a flea... No High BP.. no Liver problems, No weight issues.. No pre Diabetes.. , she said ( she was young tbf and probably not been a clinician for very long ).. but she said she's never seen anyone my age with such low numbers... for everything, and whatever I'm doing to keep fit.. to continue doing it..

So that at least cheered me up.. (y):D
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Meds certainly have different effects on people……for many years I had been taking 1600 mg of ibuprofen, a day, wasn’t giving much relief…..then went to tylonal, close to the same dose, again not very effective……so finally the Doctor started me on T3’s, finally some relief, I’m allowed to take up to 6 a day, the codeine in the T3’s was doing the job. Never needed to try muscle relaxants.
 

MickaC said:
Meds certainly have different effects on people……for many years I had been taking 1600 mg of ibuprofen, a day, wasn’t giving much relief…..then went to tylonal, close to the same dose, again not very effective……so finally the Doctor started me on T3’s, finally some relief, I’m allowed to take up to 6 a day. Never needed to try muscle relaxants.
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yes well I've been on Diazepam for many years.. just one 5mg pill stops my back going into Spasm during the night, and taking my legs from under me when I stand up.. out of bed..

However the Doctor announced them to be ''dangerous'' today because of their addictive qualities.. so I asked..well then there must be another Muscle relaxant out there.. and she just ignored me, continually insisting that I just take Ibuprofen or Co-codamol... until I insisted she look at my notes.. and she realised I couldn't take those.. However she might as well have not bothered prescribing the 2 mg , they will make not a jot of difference..

Fortunately I have Muscle relaxants here ( not Diazepam)which I got perfectly legally a few weeks ago..
 
I'm heading to Ohio (from Maryland) early tomorrow morning for the wedding of my niece's daughter. My daughter and her daughters are picking me up so that the four of us can ride together. My 2 sisters have 28 grandchildren between them, so this is the fourth wedding of my grand nieces and nephews, that I'm going to in the last year!
 

hollydolly said:
I;ve had an eclectic kind of a day today.. Had to be at my Doc for an appointment this morning about my long standing lower back pain..and she insisted I take Ibuprofen or Aspirin , I explained these will not work, that I;ve had surgery 3 times on my back and the only thing that works is a muscle relaxant ( she's new to the surgery as are all of them, mainly locums since Covid).. she said no.. because they're addictive.. ( I was only on 5 mg once a day to relax the back muscles ) :mad: I explained I cannot take Ibuprofen because I have stage 3 kidney failure.. so she looked up my notes, and said.. Oh yes, errmm. ...you must not have aspirin or Anti- inflammatory meds.. * well really, wasn't I just telling her that''?


Begrudgingly she prescribed me 2 mg of Diazepam, to take ''every other night' for a month.. good lord.. I could take the whole month's worth in one go, and it wouldn't have any adverse effects but of course I won't.. but it'll take me a fortnight of taking them nightly before they might work (I mean 2 mg.. you could give that to a baby ).... ..and she said she can't put it on repeat prescription .. and the reason '' because an old woman somewhere who'd been on a high dose for years , went into a Fit when she was taken off, and died ''.. 😖..

..Anyway.. from there I had to have a wellness check by the nurse/clinician... every 10 years or so we have these for free.. and despite my current physical maladies ... I am as fit as a flea... No High BP.. no Liver problems, No weight issues.. No pre Diabetes.. , she said ( she was young tbf and probably not been a clinician for very long ).. but she said she's never seen anyone my age with such low numbers... for everything, and whatever I'm doing to keep fit.. to continue doing it..

So that at least cheered me up.. (y):D
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Congratulations on such wonderful results on your wellness check-up! I'm sorry your doctor was so hesitant to prescribe medicine you need.
 
NorthernLight said:
Yesterday a wasp stung me on the arm. Between that and the antihistamines, I'm pretty useless today. Had a 4-hour nap (I never nap!). I hosted my trivia game but didn't feel quite normal. I don't remember ever being so badly affected by a wasp sting.
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So sorry that happened to you. I hope you'll be feeling back to normal and pain free soon. A fresh a*s bee flew up under my dress..and I wear long dresses) while I was sitting at our vending table. It burned like hell and the church people had to run and get ice for me.
 
Did some digital cleaning today...organizing and purging files on the computer. I slept for most of the daylight hours. When I finally woke up fully, I finished the salad I'd made last night, loaded and ran the dishwasher, finished watching the season finale of Stranger Things and disinfected the bags that I'll put my clean laundry in. I intend to go down to the laundry room tonight around 11:30.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Did some digital cleaning today...organizing and purging files on the computer. I slept for most of the daylight hours. When I finally woke up fully, I finished the salad I'd made last night, loaded and ran the dishwasher, finished watching the season finale of Stranger Things and disinfected the bags that I'll put my clean laundry in. I intend to go down to the laundry room tonight around 11:30.
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@OneEyedDiva sometimes I think I could sleep until late in the day and then be more productive and functional in the later hours. I resist but may give in one day. Is is your natural circadian rhythm to work later into the night?
 
Leann said:
@OneEyedDiva sometimes I think I could sleep until late in the day and then be more productive and functional in the later hours. I resist but may give in one day. Is is your natural circadian rhythm to work later into the night?
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My sleep patterns changed about 9 or 10 months ago. Sometimes I think my biorhythms want to return to the time when I worked the 3 to 12 shift in my early 20's. I don't know why my hours flipped but it's a cycle that I've found hard to change. So now I just go with the flow. There are some benefits to it. When my son moved back home in February, he was worried that he'd disturb me with his schedule. He gets up around 2:30 a.m and leaves for work at 3:30. He was relieved to find out I'm already up during those hours.

Another benefit is that when I go down to the community laundry room, it's been cleaned up and nobody is down there during those hours. I usually take my clothes out of the washer promptly but if I don't (I come back upstairs until they're done), no problem because no one will need those machines. I only use the double loaders of which there are only two. A down side is there are a couple of things I prefer to do during daylight hours and if I'm sleeping all day, they may not get done.
 
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OneEyedDiva said:
My sleep patterns changed about 9 or 10 months ago. Sometimes I think my biorhythms want to return to the time when I worked the 3 to 12 shift in my early 20's. I don't know why my hours flipped but it's a cycle that I've found hard to change. So now I just go with the flow now. There are some benefits to it. When my son moved back home in February, he was worried that he'd disturb me with his schedule. He gets up around 2:30 a.m and leaves for work at 3:30. He was relieved to find out I'm already up during those hours.

Another benefit is that when I go down to the community laundry room, it's been cleaned up and nobody is down there during those hours. I usually take my clothes out of the washer promptly but if I don't (I come back upstairs until they're done), no problem because no one will need those machines. I only use the double loaders of which there are only two. A down side is there are a couple of things I prefer to do during daylight hours and if I'm sleeping all day, they may not get done.
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I feel much the same about my sleep patterns in terms of them changing. I am not a morning person but now it's as if it takes me until late afternoon to feel fully awake and aware. I am writing this at 11:10p and I am full of energy and will be doing some chores that I could do tomorrow but will take care of tonight since I'm not tired in the least.

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question. Have a good evening my friend.
 
Leann said:
I feel much the same about my sleep patterns in terms of them changing. I am not a morning person but now it's as if it takes me until late afternoon to feel fully awake and aware. I am writing this at 11:10p and I am full of energy and will be doing some chores that I could do tomorrow but will take care of tonight since I'm not tired in the least.

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question. Have a good evening my friend.
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You're welcome, of course. You have a good evening as well. Sometimes, like yesterday, I'm up for almost 24 hours. That's one reason I slept so much today.
 
Prime directive today was the 10am Livenation general public ticket opening sales for just added 3 days ago The Who concert on October 24 at our local hockey arena. Over decades from the 70s, I've seen the band a few times. Queued up online at the opening, I quickly snagged an amazingly cheap in this era ticket for such a major band that was listed at just $37 but included $23 in fees so $60 total. Of course by this point the concert is likely already sold out with scalpers jacking prices way up above 3 figures.

Although I've got an upper level seat, at rock concerts I'm not often actually sitting in paid seating but rather finding open areas like isles to dance about that is particularly limited in that particular venue. Where I really want to sneak down to is the wide open floor level haha beside the rows of most expensive portable chairs. Having seen bands for decades, I really don't need to continuously watch musicians playing playing that IMO is really only worthwhile if one is way close to a stage.
 
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The intent is back! The intent is back! Yea!!!

I woke up to thunder and poring rain this morning. There had been a zero chance of rain, and yet.....here it is!

I've been off line for almost 24 hours, so I'm going to go to my various social media pages.....not that I expect to be able to catch up! 😁

Good day to everyone!
 
The house is clean.. I don't have to do any chores at all.. ( I just finished dusting but that's all it needed)... even my office room is very tidy ... just waiting for an Amazon delivery now..

Sitting as predicted with my heatpad on my back after yesterdays jaunts... but that's ok...

I would like to get on with changing some new Extension Gang sockets over in the spare room, but it means' crawling under the desk that's in there, so it'll have to wait for another day
 
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