How do you feel today? v. 3.0

[Savor Dam]

julie still isn't feeling well.

Was wondering about her and what doctor had to say, but figured you'd share what you chose when you chose. Hope whatever it is goes away and she feels better promptly. You too.

[Cameraman Jenn]

Give both of you a hug from me, Sgt.

My lockpick kit has shipped and is slated for delivery in one week. Today I got my book though. I've decided to become a much cooler and slightly evil female McGyver.

www.amazon.com/Shenanigans-epic-guide-J ... 0646550373

This is my new bible. Sorus got to see it today. I was telling Mike about it and showing him so I ended up showing a customer the book and he took one look at the table of contents and then wrote down the title and author name and said he absolutely had to have one for himself. This book is awesome, it even tells you how to break into and reprogram those light up flashing signs you often see at road construction sites. They even showed sample pictures of how they made the starting sign say, "Muggles Beware" and the exit sign say, "Voldemort's Back." I love this book.

[Cameraman Jenn]

Wow, did I scare everyone away from this thread? I'm tired and I left a big mess in my department tonight and quite frankly I don't care because I am still in transition. I did get a lot accomplished towards getting the setup finished. The contest starts in February so time is rapidly diminishing. I doubt I'll be the first of the stores they visit though since Jarrod knows I had a lot of resetting to do. Hopefully he will have some compassion.

[I'm Murrin]

While I was cleaning my wardrobe out last night I found a picture of myself from back when I finished university. I can't believe I ever let myself look that bad.

[deer of the dawn]

While I was cleaning my wardrobe out last night I found a picture of myself from back when I finished university. I can't believe I ever let myself look that bad.

I know what you're saying. Just when I shoulda been young and hot, I decided the homeless look was it for me.

Credible threats against the school where I teach, among other targets. High alert. Sucks, and stressful to boot. Of course, "on alert" is better than "sifting through wreckage" or "fleeing the country".

[aliantha]

Hang in there, DotD.

Can't believe it's the last day of January already. The years just keep speeding up.

[Linna Heartbooger]

Its funny, I physically feel no different than I did last week before my physical and yet having the information has caused me to lose sleep and to be self absorbed as I try to figure out what this means. I did get a reminder this morning that you aren't promised even one more day as I heard about a lady cop who had someone pulled over just this morning and a drunk driver ran her over.

What I really need to do is take this weekend to pray with my wife and maybe even cry a bit just to get that out of my system. I have always worn my feelings on my sleeve so to speak and Ive been on the verge of tears. Ive only had one very short (a few months) bout of depression in my life and I don't ever want to go back there.

Hullo SB, I kind of wish I'd responded to this sooner... so sounds like you're seeing a connection between being bothered about the uncertainty of the length of your days, and losing sleep, and even potential depression... yes, those things would often go together.

Hope you were able to find some of the good you hoped for over the weekend... (and hope you're not too discouraged if some things didn't go as well as you hoped; as someone who thinks of herself as "someone who likes to pray," esp with those close to me... it is "more of a struggle than I expect it to be" to get me to sit down and do it.)

deer- wow.

CJ- pfft, these things happen on threads.

As for me, I think I'm pretty well overall; I'm loving tutoring, and have lots of energy lately; life's mostly pretty exciting lately... I think I'll post a big "Thank you" to the Watch on the Depression thread in the Close within the next couple of days...

[SoulBiter]

Hullo SB, I kind of wish I'd responded to this sooner... so sounds like you're seeing a connection between being bothered about the uncertainty of the length of your days, and losing sleep, and even potential depression... yes, those things would often go together.

Hope you were able to find some of the good you hoped for over the weekend... (and hope you're not too discouraged if some things didn't go as well as you hoped; as someone who thinks of herself as "someone who likes to pray," esp with those close to me... it is "more of a struggle than I expect it to be" to get me to sit down and do it.)

Thanks to all of you. I had a good weekend and got my head wrapped around this thing. I did go to my spirometer test and didn't do well but Ive had some time to read up on them and two things were wrong. First I had such a level of anxiety that I affected my own readings, and they didn't administer it correctly by a long shot. Also the X-ray that brought all this about was not what I had thought. The radiology tech wrote on it, "Mild or beginning COPD????? Inconclusive" Menolly had the best advice and Ive decided to follow it.

I believe it is safe to say that you don't "have" COPD. You make no claim to it, you don't own it, and you will not acknowledge its stake to your health.

Just be aware it is lurking, attempting to get a grip; and keep on doing what you are doing, along with any other recommendations you are given. You are in control, not COPD.

Ive got a Ski trip planned for the end of February and I'm going. I continue to do what I was doing except that today my wife and I are starting the process of working up to 5 miles running rather than 3 miles and starting some aerobics like kickboxing. We may have to change Gyms but that's OK.

Bottom line for me and everyone is that you cant predict tomorrow or next week or next year. God loves me but has not promised me that I will live a long mortal life in this world nor has he told me I wont. However he has given me a reminder that things of this world will pass but the things of God will go on.

[aliantha]

Good news all around, SB.

I just got back from a reception (cake and lemonade) for a secretary who has worked for our firm for 15 years. Starting at 10 years, and every five years thereafter, you get a party (if you want one) and a plaque (whether you want it or not!). We asked one of the department managers whether you have to turn in your 10-year plaque to get the 15-year plaque, and so on. (I figure it's always good to know how cheap your employer is. ) He said no, but the 15-year plaque is lighter than the 10-year plaque. I guess it's because the older you get, the less you can carry.

[sgt.null]

two days off - on antibiotics and a bottle of cough syrup i occassionaly take a swig from. doctor mention spoons - but meh.

had a bird in the house today - got lost. our dog (sonny) was crying and chasing him from room to room. managed to escort him out today.

[Cameraman Jenn]

I'm exhausted. I've been madly finishing the organization project at work and I made a ton of progress today. Caitlin was impressed when she came in to work. I'm hoping to have it finished tomorrow or at least the mass majority done. Caitlin and I came up with an awesome game plan for the closet and started in on it a bit to get the ball rolling but I mainly asked her to do some more of the finishing work on the front. Sorus was invaluable today by inspiring me with an awesome way to keep my operational binders neat using tall shelf divider cages. If she hadn't brought me the "miracle" book holders my brain would not have been triggered to think of using the shelf cages instead. Sorus and I both agreed that the "miracle" book holders were quite less than miraculous and that we no longer believe in miracles when it comes to our product lines.... I'll be so glad when all this is done. Hopefully I won't be forced to revamp the whole thing yet again for at least a year...

Everyone who's feeling punkish, hope you feel better, DotD, be safe!
SB, good for you!

[rdhopeca]

I'm really mad at myself. For those of you who don't know, I have Type II diabetes and have been battling it for the last ten years. Over the last couple, I've been battling the battle. The cocktail of medications that I am on result in weight gain (and I'm supposed to lose weight), cramps, bloating, and other issues (use your imagination). So much so that I simply felt better off my meds than on, and so I would go off them for a while, then go back on, etc etc. All the while my wife is rightfully pissed at me for not taking care of myself, and my doctor is frustrated with me. Earlier this week I finally unloaded on my doctor that I was 20 pounds lighter and slept through the night when I wasn't on my meds, and 20 pounds heavier, spent hours in the bathroom, and woke up with horrible leg cramps when I was on them.

He responded by putting me on insulin. Thursday I have to go in to an educator and learn how to give myself a shot every meal. I suppose I asked for this with my behavior, and I certainly feel like I've failed this fight. Maybe it's for the best, but still...so sick of always feeling miserable.

[Cameraman Jenn]

Rdhopeca, DON'T beat yourself up. Just do better. You can and will do better. My uncle had been diagnosed with diabetes for years and he was told to change his diet and his lifestyle and he didn't and he was on meds and didn't learn and had to have shots and still didn't learn and he had extremities such as toes removed and still didn't learn and he died a few years back and he was only in his late fifties. My stepfather was diagnosed with the early signs and he's done everything right, he's lost weight, changed his diet and he succeeded so well at nipping it in the bud that he never got to the shot stage and he doesn't have to take meds anymore. Even further, a friend of the family was in the giving herself stomach shots stage of diabetes and she changed her eating and exercise habits, lost the weight and after two years of eating right FOR HER BODY AND CONDITION (I emphasize that as each person's body chemistry and metabolism is unique to some degree) and taking care of herself, she has gone from having to take shots to not being on meds either. She's learned enough about her body and it's personal needs, granted she's put out the money for a personal trainer and also a nutritionist working in conjunction with her doctor, that she regulates her blood sugar by eating different foods depending on her blood sugar levels. You haven't sealed your fate and there is definitely a way to reverse the damage done. The choice is yours and I have faith that you can kick diabetes ass.

[MsMary]

I feel overtired and disheartened for a number of reasons.

Maybe everything will look better after a good night's sleep.

[sgt.null]

i need to lose more weight - gained most of it back...

after the superbowl we go back on the diet and start hitting the gym.

did it once i will do it again.

[Seareach]

Hey ya all! Did I miss anything????

I haven't been round much. I know. And I'm looking at all these names of people that I don't know so "hi ya".

And how am I feeling today: well, Son of Seareach goes back to school tomorrow after his 6 week summer break so, heh, I'm feeling good! It was great having him home but I really need some quiet time now!!!

[deer of the dawn]

I'm chuffed to see mrsnull's name here which means she must be well enough to post on KW, at least!

Seems like lots of Watchers struggling with assorted physical symptoms, so I feel less alone! Hang in there!!

[aliantha]

Sea!!

In preparation for our rollout of Office 2010 at work later this year, our training department is in the process of designing training sessions on the new software for us. But because so many of our attorneys do almost all of their own word processing (*long* gone are the days when a secretary would have to take dictation, or even, for the most part, type up handwritten notes), it's no longer clear how much familiarity some secretaries have with Word. So they have scheduled a round of "assessment tests". We won't get graded individually -- they're only interested in the aggregate score, so they can figure out what they need to focus on in training. (Hopefully it won't be as granular as "this is where the 'bold' button is. ) Anyway, I get to take my assessment test today.

It's been an interesting ten years or so in my line of work. In an effort to squeeze the past possible penny out of clients, law firms started to transition many tasks away from secretaries to other classifications of staffers (mainly paralegals) who charge an hourly rate. Then the bottom fell out of the economy and the clients started pushing back, saying they wouldn't pay for certain tasks no matter *who* did them. So now the firms would like to transition some tasks back to the secretaries -- but if you haven't done this stuff in five or ten years, you forget how. So now they have to train us all over again.

[Cagliostro]

Hey ya all! Did I miss anything????

I haven't been round much. I know. And I'm looking at all these names of people that I don't know so "hi ya".

And how am I feeling today: well, Son of Seareach goes back to school tomorrow after his 6 week summer break so, heh, I'm feeling good! It was great having him home but I really need some quiet time now!!!

Hiya, Puddin'. Enjoy your rest, and hope to see you around here more often. There is a good new wave of new faces lately.

[lorin]

I'm really mad at myself. For those of you who don't know, I have Type II diabetes and have been battling it for the last ten years. Over the last couple, I've been battling the battle. The cocktail of medications that I am on result in weight gain (and I'm supposed to lose weight), cramps, bloating, and other issues (use your imagination). So much so that I simply felt better off my meds than on, and so I would go off them for a while, then go back on, etc etc. All the while my wife is rightfully pissed at me for not taking care of myself, and my doctor is frustrated with me. Earlier this week I finally unloaded on my doctor that I was 20 pounds lighter and slept through the night when I wasn't on my meds, and 20 pounds heavier, spent hours in the bathroom, and woke up with horrible leg cramps when I was on them.

He responded by putting me on insulin. Thursday I have to go in to an educator and learn how to give myself a shot every meal. I suppose I asked for this with my behavior, and I certainly feel like I've failed this fight. Maybe it's for the best, but still...so sick of always feeling miserable.

you did not fail, your doctor failed. He should have sent you to an endocrinologist and had you evaluated, something you should do now. My insulin made me feel ill, my doctor sent me to a specialist and she changed the KIND of insulin I was taking and I felt much better.

You are in a vicious cycle. The insulin makes you feel unhealthy which makes you gain weight which causes you to need more insulin. Get back on the insulin (the right insulin), lose the weight and maybe you can get rid of the insulin. If you keep in your mind it will make it more tolerable. That is what happened with me.