INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Teka

Patty,

 I'll be thinking of You tomorrow at My weigh in ;o)

camillegal

 that's me

badger

Cami me too and Teka thx that reminds me I have steel-cut oats cooking, gotta go! 

mdnghtdeb3

Patty, like Badger said, it's not whining if it is the truth! Trust me when I tell you...if you read a few of my posts a week ago...wow! I was all about having pity parties for myself (not saying you are...just saying that was my state of mind). I couldn't help it, and I found myself apologizing and feeling silly for whining. Thing is, I learned very quickly that on here you get to say and feel whatever is in your heart. No judging allowed. This group is truly amazing! 

sas-schatzi

GolfGirl----I did good, very good. Broke my own rule--passed them up on friday. Went back for a 4.00$ Prescut bowl which was gone.. Decided to buy these. Federal glass windsor pattern. aegean color--(blue).

2 serving bowls, 2-2part relish, 4 11'inch platters---could be used as dinner plates.------30.00$ for the lot.. Highest prices I've found are---$24 for each serving bowl, $12 ea for the relish, $18 ea for the platters/plate.-------$144.00.   Cool. I've already given away some in clear, but it was to a niece-in-law just starting out and had no serving dishes or much else.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/159279122/vintage-fede...

FierceBluebird

Not even finished my first cup of coffee and you girls have me laughing and crying at the same time. Loved the videos!

Sas, very pretty!

sas-schatzi

Tang---took pain med---have to write things now before I forget---when I started melatonin. It first took about 2hours to work then over a X(?) weeks it took less and less time until it was a about 10-15 minutes before I started to feel sleepy. It was fast enough  that instead of staying up, I made sure I was in my comfortable bed. But it was 10mg . It was also combined with Ativan 4mg. That's a high end dose for Ativan. My insomnia was horrible. Sometimes not quite 4 days but over three days. More often though it was between a day and two days. My doc was involved with this. It wasn't russian roulette, but there was experimentation with doses.

Solteria pointed out that melatonin should be used daily if it's used. I said at the time I was going to relook at the research-----I haven't. Wouldn't have been hard because some research is in the topic box. Melatonin has an affect on brain chemistry......CHIT I may have too look. I used to remember everything, but all the chemicals of the last 5 years has changed that. 

My guess your thinking CHIT and WTF, I just need to sleep. I get that, but remember ALL DRUGS HAVE CONSEQUENCES----off soapbox and back too thinking melatonin. Please, read links in topic box.

For everyone here it's likely a good thing we all do it at once and have a box meeting-----yup, I've figured out how to have a realtime meeting using the boxes. Different then a chat room, but it works. Not everyone has to be involved, but even just you and me tang is okay.

sas-schatzi

Bluebird-HELLLOOOO and thanks---love glass and the searching has taught me so very much about our history----love junk

Patty, sorry not being insensitive to your pain I'm a two finger typer and sometimes by the time I get done with a realtively short post a page may pass. Your NOT a whiner and what everyone else said. The fact that you are to Radio Frequency Ablation. That's advanced treatment and radical. What about pain pumps?Are you using any opiods or fentanyl?  Just a guess with the kids that would be difficult. Fentanyl though what I adore about it is for me at least when I was using it routinely., it did not have the alteration of mental status that opiods do. I had my wits about me.  

Are you comfortable talking about the full pain routine here, or better by PM?---Oh old nurse, not bragging , but good at playing Sherlock Holmes.

sas-schatzi

PattyP, With the kids are they in counseling? Truly it would help. Uh---total family and individual counseling would be the best.

Blessings------hooting tooo you, we need your expertise

Soteria hooting to you toooo, we need your expertise on melatonin

sas-schatzi

Teka yes, safety net and blockade from all that is hurtful

Cami hootinlol, I missed the WINE yes. We ALL know I like my wine. Have too be conservative though b/c of sister. Damn the genetics, but at least I know

PattyPeppermint

none of us r in counseling. I think it would be best but no one else wants to do this. The school counselor tried to talk to me oldest son 11. He was major upset when he got home from school that day and the counselor said he refused to talk about it.  Dh says he doesn't want to either but maybe it would b good for me. Huh? Dh had been incredibly supportive about everything. Not sure what the hiccup about this is. I think he is in denial. Keeps saying i can make it another 20 years like my mom. Maybe but maybe not. Mo says   2 years is more accurate due to the extent but he has patients 10+ years out He gets upset ehen i try to talk about dying and important stuff h needs to know. So i have started s notebook for things like my life insurance etc. he makes the money but i handle it. He doesnt have a clue about our financial things. I keep thinking it will get easier when we figure out this pain issue because I will b up and about more like my old self. I may have to hog tie them all and take them to a counselor like it or not.  A really good friend to our family is a counselor and her hubby is a psychologist but my family has been avoiding them so they won't have to talk about it 

Sas / I would love a Sherlock Holmes on my side. Pain mngmt dr had discussed a pain pump a few times but I am hesitant. Would rather try all options to get rid of the problem before I give in. Any suggestions would b great.  

Thanks all

Spookiesmom

If you need to whine, somebody will bring cheese!

It must be my iPhone, she's sideways for me too I know how to change it, not how to right side up. Photos seem to load right. The BRAT said so. 

Teka

sas,

Thank You!!   *Hug*

Chevyboy

So Spookie's legs are down now.... I think they were sideways...  That's not a good thing....  But you know more than I do about changing avatars...  But I'll just leave mine.

You mean Cammi the brat?  Or me?  I'm mostly confused....  I want to be the brat too! 

And Sass.... You lost an owl?  Try looking for him by going here.... 

http://www.google.com/imghp   Then type in owls.... or anything....   There are a gazillion owls here...   See if you can post a picture of one smaller than a Volkswagon....

Yes Peppermint Patty!  Keep all of your important papers, insurance policies, phone numbers  and who to call in case of this or this!  Also your bank phone numbers, and numbers to call to shut off services, or ss checks!   Or any automated withdrawals that are taken out of your accounts.

I've been doing this....  I also have our car titles, marriage license, wills, etc in the same notebook.   So when I get it all finished.... (again) I'll show it to our Daughter that lives here, AND DH, who does not like to think of things like that.   But my folks had all of their papers together...  and their important accounts in our names jointly.

Maybe your Son will talk about it when he gets ready.... He might surprise you.... Sometime when you are talking,  you might just "mention" something, and see what he says....  Now might not be the right time....   If it isn't important at that age, for him to know everything about your treatment, then just wait awhile....

And who said cheese?  I have lots of cheese now!  I found some on the mark-down table!  I was so excited!  Even whipped CHEDDAR!  I don't have the wine, but I DO make a mean chocolate coke!  

Teka

Teka

I'll try a chocolate coke!

Chevyboy

With lots of ice!  Or even a hot Dr. Pepper, with a slice of lemon!  You will love these!

I love your cartoon..... A lot of truth in that....

Teka

I'll try both, set me up!

Anonymous

what the heck happened? I was up late, woke up being pages behind. Hmmmm....

Many nights, I post then just fall asleep. Not so earlier. Minding my own business watching a silly Hallmark movie, my DD (you know, the one who thinks I suddenly ruined her life?) texts me from upstairs in her room that she's in pain and want me to rub her back. Thinking she might open to me and tell me what's going on, I went. Well, no revelations, but she did finally fall sleep. I didn't fall asleep, didn't turn on iPad, went back to finish movie but fell asleep. 

Anywho (or would it be anyhoot here?), woke up to 30+ notifications! you've all been busy.

Now I can't remember what I wanted to say as I was reading. 

Sassy, followed the link for the glass. That blue platter, I think I have one of those in the sideboard. Have to dig it out and see. 

Spookie, sometimes the avatar is sideways one way, sometimes the other side, and even upside down. I think you're messing with us. 

Teka

Blessings2011,

The link works!

sas-schatzi

Pattypeppermint. Blessings will be a great help to you. She has her Masters in counseling, but it is broad. When she wrote what it was, I asked her to do a blurb in explaining it because it's unusual. Methinks she will be a boon to your needs in what to do to get the family together in the counseling thing.

My description of what can happen is a like a jelly sandwich with a hand on top of it. You put enough pressure on a jelly sandwich with that hand and all of a sudden you have jelly squirting out all over. Well that's like us. Put enough pressure on and at some point stuff starts coming out all over the place. Once the jellies out, getting it back in the sandwich is impossible. The counseling will get that pressure off and guide you. Blessings will do a much better job of explaining than me.

Now in regard to all the other stuff of life, the following link is Ma111's thread . It's related to death and dying. It's in the StageIV listing's The info is universal. to all age's. I'm an advocate of being prepared for everyone.

On pg 25 and 26, Bon did a synopsis of the info from page 1-24. She did it masterfully. She also did a thing that she named Bon's Bag. In it is everything that is a need to know. Once you read it you will find it a great relief b/c you can use her list to check off what you need to collect. The thread is on about pg 56 say now. She's stated that she wants to do a synopsis covering the pages from the last synopsis. Just as any thread, you don't have to read everything. Scan for interest to you.

http://community.breastcancer.org/topic_post?forum...

Teka

sas, I get the jelly sandwich!

sas-schatzi

Chevy---all I wanted to do this morning was put the word "coffee" back where it was supposed to be----then in a millisecond---all was awry. CHIT CHIT CHIT. Those owls that I love, are just so hard to keep them where there supposed to be. I remember your words about your trepidation about taking care of the girls in the coop the first time you had to do it. That's what I feel when I try to edit in the box.

Hooting to Smarrty, Enerva, Who am I forgetting? Dwilli, ndgrrl, 

Spookie such a BRAT -------LOL,  Chevy and Cami are BRATS. But I'd like to be a BRAT too. When I found Chevy and Cami on STFU last spring, I started posting there b/c these two are the funniest two since Abbott and Costello. I was hoping it might rub off, cuz I'm way tooooo serious. They have made my life so much richer. So let's call them Master Brats and we can be their apprentices.:)

TEKA

sas-schatzi

Maddy the owls are taking up so much of the page, the pages are turning faster. It's a figment of something. An illusion, no a delusion. I'll try and put them where there supposed to be. If you hear my Chitting in California from Florida you'll know they aren't cooperating

tangandchris

Sas-forgive me, but I don't understand lol.....I swear I'm loosing thought capacity since my dx. Are you saying I shouldn't do the melatonin? I took 3 mg and honestly it knocked me out and I didn't wake up except once and went right back to bed. I've been taking xanax, but that wasn't working. I was planning on talking to the doc about all of this too.

It's so crazy because I am tired, I mean really tired during the day. Physically I feel like it is an effort to get off my couch. I have recently learned I have an iron and B deficiency so I'm assuming that is at play here. But at night, I cant turn my head off.

camillegal

OK first Spookie is playing with out slow-witted brains, and she's a big Brat.

Tang listen to Sass but I would take anything to sleep so don't listen to me.

Patty don't go by what any Dr.s say as my Dr. said drs. are always wrong. I think he was covering his ass.  My sister also is Stage Iv 7 yrs now and still working FT and well I work a little home job, but we're still going. I'm not saying don't get everything organized, I'm just saying don't have it in u'r head u have an expiration date, cuz I'm sure it's not written anywhere and I'm sure u'r family has more shock than anything it is a scary disease, but somehow little by little talk about it--do it slowly without being 100% serious about it just throw it in easily and after a while u'll be surprised it might be taking affect.

Oh Chevy u got a lot of cheese on sale? I know they told u blue cheese or Roquefort (sp) CHEVY IT'S MOLD, I mean real mold so don't think u'r loading up with penacillen either, it doesn't work that way. Oh to save a dollar or two. 

Anonymous

Sassy, looks like there are still 30 posts per page, we (as a bunch) just have a lot to say!

Teka, love that funny about diet! Need to copy that to my FB

Chevy, did you say you make a great chocolate cake? Will be right over, mentally and gastronomically at least.

Looked back over the past couple pages, they move so fast. Who said that Insomniacs is a good place to whine (or wine)? Not only is it okay, it's encouraged, get it out, and move on. Not only acceptance but love and support! Cheaper and easier than psychotherapy and you don't even have to leave the comfort of sofa, chair or recliner and NO fancy dressing up. PJ's and leisure wear is just fine.

Feels strange, no football to ignore

camillegal

2nd no no no--Chevy's making a chocolate COKE, yes well don't ask a lot of questions.  Well we know she's using Coca-Cola, but originally there was really really coke in that drink until they banned it--who knows she might have the original Hmmmmm

Anonymous

Oops, I guess I wanted it to say CAKE as I don't drink coke. Better to read it more closely

Chevyboy

I'm coloring my hair.....  I'll be "cooked" pretty quick!  Which means I will be most gorgeous again! 

 Cammi, did you hear THAT?????  Sass Said we are Masterbaters...I mean Masterbrats....  Or something!  Okay, we are masters....  But so is Spookie! 

Maddy..... It's her age.... That's all.... She is just growing up, and wants things to go her way, and that's all.  She can be a brat with us!  Except we'll probably smack her one! 

IT'S A CHOCOLATE COKE!  Damnit!   My fixin's are just waiting..... Another cup of coffee for me right now....  Okay.... times up.... I have to go rinse.... xoxoxo