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Looking on the bright side, sweating helps excrete toxins out of the body.:heartsmil When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks but celebrate them with glad cries of "Me too!" be sure to cherish them. Because these weirdos are your true family.0
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GG - I was also in the era of brown dresses and woolly hats (I made my own, slightly odd-shaped hat and was v proud of it
). The uniforms have been through a few incarnations since then. I loved Brownies - still remember it as one of the happiest times of my life. They had to pretty much kick me out when I got too old. I've been saying for ages that I'd still be there now if they let me, so this is my chance!
I told myself (sternly!) at the start of the year that I would not, could not, let another year go by in the same rut. Wishing each workday away, only to spend the weekends doing nothing anyway. Spending sunday evening crying at the thought of monday morning. Planning trips and holidays for FOH and me that he was always 'too busy' for. Trying to tell myself that it was normal to spend no time together, that all couples must be like that after ten years.
Am making some progress on changing things... but oh my, it is scary! When it all seems overwhelming I have to remind myself that none of it (ending things with FOH, new job, expanding social life, etc) can be as scary as the thought of another 50 or so years of the same soul-crushing dissatisfaction with life.
Sorry for the slight recap of my life there! Just trying to talk myself into being brave lol.0 -
You'll love it, tea!
And it does sound as if your life is being very positive ATM. You're just in that horrid paralysis period before FOH leaves.....
Ex board guide. Signature now changed (if you know, you know).0 -
Hugs to all who need them. Hope you all feel better soon.
I have been taking a cough remedy that my Mum has always sworn by - it's called Pulmo Bailly...and when I looked at the active ingredients one of them is codeine. No wonder I loved it as a child, I was blatantly beaned off my head when taking it haha!
Had a telephone counselling session yesterday. The lovely lady thinks that my mental health issues are a division between suppressed grief and the worst case of low self-esteem she's heard in years.
I have been kept on the Fluxotine (sp?) and am booked in for some therapy sessions in May. Hope it will work.
HBS x"I believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another."
"It's easy to know what you're against, quite another to know what you're for."
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HBS - I seem to remember something similar with Benylin (different formulation now). No wonder I enjoyed it! Really hope the therapy sessions help x.0
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Aww I loved Brownies too, I too had a woolly hat and brown dress! I was also (I think) only the second Brownie in the country to get my Signaller badge with semaphore instead of morse code. And I corrected a Navy captain. Dad was both proud and mortified
Guides wan't quite so much fun but that's because I wanted to do all the mad outdoor stuff the Scouts did - my Guide group was fairly sedate and girls couldn't join the Scouts then
On a personal level, I wish they'd take religion out of it though
HBS x"I believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another."
"It's easy to know what you're against, quite another to know what you're for."
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If I didn't laugh I'd cry. It turns out the locum doctor has noticed I was due a medication review in February and won't prescribe until I come in. I tried to make the appointment for that at the time and was told to wait for 2 months because it wasn't urgent and my doctor's office was under-staffed. So I asked for an appointment and the next one they can give me is 6 days time. I explained that I am about to go into withdrawal and the receptionist spoke to a nurse who said that as I was only taking 30mgs of codeine 8 times a day that I wouldn't go into withdrawal and I can take other pain medication in the meantime. They will supply the other medication on the prescription but not the opiates because that is what the yearly check is for. I explained that I cannot take other medications so the by now very shirty receptionist told me to go to A&E if I can't wait.
Oh well, by the time it gets to next Tuesday I will be out of the other side of withdrawal at least. How they can possibly think that it won't happen is beyond me. The next few days will be fun.Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened - Anatole France
If I knew that the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant apple trees today - Martin Luther King0 -
Ok, so doctor said no. Actually he looked at me in horror and refered me to a neurologist. . Since I've been pushing for that for 6 months, I'm not too upset.
Pain is bad today.Eu não sou uma tartaruga. Eu sou um codigopombo.0 -
Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »If I didn't laugh I'd cry. It turns out the locum doctor has noticed I was due a medication review in February and won't prescribe until I come in. I tried to make the appointment for that at the time and was told to wait for 2 months because it wasn't urgent and my doctor's office was under-staffed. So I asked for an appointment and the next one they can give me is 6 days time. I explained that I am about to go into withdrawal and the receptionist spoke to a nurse who said that as I was only taking 30mgs of codeine 8 times a day that I wouldn't go into withdrawal and I can take other pain medication in the meantime. They will supply the other medication on the prescription but not the opiates because that is what the yearly check is for. I explained that I cannot take other medications so the by now very shirty receptionist told me to go to A&E if I can't wait.
Oh well, by the time it gets to next Tuesday I will be out of the other side of withdrawal at least. How they can possibly think that it won't happen is beyond me. The next few days will be fun.
Oh Was, I'm so sorry. That's rubbish. Maybe you should go to A&E. Or make an emergency appointment with the doctor. Its irresponsible to leave you in pain.Eu não sou uma tartaruga. Eu sou um codigopombo.0 -
That is so ridiculous WaS - how on earth do they think you won't have withdrawal?? Is there anyone else there you could speak to?0
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