INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

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https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Restless-Legs-Syndrome-Fact-Sheet

Oh no! If you talk to her before she pops in here, please let her know I am thinking of her.

As if getting a foot of snow yesterday wasn't enough, I am getting snow showers tonight and we have the possibility of getting another storm early next week.

JunieB, now why did you go and delete your post? It’s easy to feel defeated when we don’t feel well and are not getting reprieve from the troubles of life. They can drag us down physically and emotionally. Hope you were just having a bad day and today is a better day for you. Please don’t think about waving the white flag. The Enemy will win. Hugs

Loverly. Wow. Now those wigs look good. My wig during round one of this fight was plain ugly and you could tell it was a wig from far away. Course that was in 2002. I guess wigs have improved.

Mags. U lurking. Prayers are with you.

Hootie hoo

Patty, glad to see you posting here and on your page. You are a shining example of grace, strength and courage.

Jaymeb, what you describe happens in the Catholic high schools as well. DS was in our parish grade school and started at an all boys school in 7th grade. They had their problems. The school went co-ed his junior year. I would hear stories of the food fights the boys would have at lunch time. I told son his junior year if he heard a low rumble that eventually got louder to hit the deck because the girls were about to get into a fight. First time it happened he came home and told me I described it to a T. Between junior and senior year, DS had a summer job and didn't go on vacation with us. Some boys showed up at a house and barged in on him. Yup, they brought alcohol with them. I had this funny feeling come over me and called home. I was assured nothing went on. Arrived home a few days later and the minute I walked into the house I knew something wasn't right. Living room was ok, dining room was ok but something seemed different. Kitchen had the cup missing from a milkshake maker and I was missing the utensil holder to my dish rack. Ah ha, that's what was different in the dining room. On of the idiots melted the holder onto something that was in the dining room. Wasn't a lot but it's what caught my eye. Went to the basement and the fire extinguisher had been set off at the ceiling. Old tiles that are no longer made. I had to get very creative in replacing them. Well we had a nice talk and he got grounded. I would refer to them as "your friends" and by the end of summer he asked me not to say that because they weren't his friends anymore. It was a hard learned lesson for him, that he should have called the neighbors or the police to help him get them out of the house. DDs went to an all girls Catholic high school. Plenty of drinking went on there. One girl had to be taken to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. Some of the private high schools here whether denominational or not have plenty of problems. There were other problems as well. Never fails that at the beginning or end of a school year or at prom time that a carload of students has had a fatal car crash where alcohol or drugs weren't involved. Hope this makes you feel better in the sense that it can happen in any type of school be it public or private. Just keep your antenna on high alert.

Mags, love the new house. I drooled and almost shorted out my keyboard, LOL. First thing I noticed on the outside shot of the house was the wood between the windows making a cross. Had a fleeting thought that it was a parsonage. Hope all is going smoothly for you.

Sensi, so sorry to hear about Chance. I cried my eyes red the day we lost our last dog when I lived at home. Went into work the next day with them swollen and pink. One of the bosses asked me what happened. I was embarrassed to tell him but he got it out of me. Told me there was nothing wrong to cry over a pet because they were just as much a part of my family as any human being was. That put things in a new perspective for me.

Wrenn, how did your daffodils hold up in the snow storm you had?

Junie, wish I lived closer to you so I could come over with my pruning and loping shears to take care of that hydrangea for you. Hope you are feeling better. If you complained to the state, would they come take a look at that hospital in your town and get them to shape up? No one should have to put up with that.

Shep, how is Miss Ellie doing? She looked so peaceful in the picture where she on the couch. I know, looks can be deceiving.

Sas, time to buckle down and do some serious research for a new computer.

Lover I think it's wonderful you get together with the Sacramento ladies. How's your dad? School going well for your DDs.

Hi to all I've missed.

Ok, I've done it again and have written a novella.

Shep. How beautiful. Wow. Can’t show my Essex trip pics on line. Might get me in trouble. 😜

Yes yay sas. Our expert leader. No sarcasm.

Shep~ Well one of us has to be good. Who in the world brings those to.....oh never mind. I forgot how much you packed on the 3-day mini vacation. This very much reminds me of that day.

Ok. Maybe, minus a few packages. I am not exaggerating, ladies. Ms. Sas, can testify. Junie was almost as bad. I think I remember seeing a ceiling fan or was it a space heater in one of her luggages.

sas. And wow Your son surely made something of his self. What mom wouldn’t want their son to be an atty.

JayNC, I like that! Maybe JNC to save space?

DD2's school and the adjacent middle school (public) had a lock down on Wednesday for nearly 2 hours. Apparently, a girl overheard a boy telling another boy that he has a gun he brought a gun to school that day. The girl immediately went to the security guard and told him. Teachers were alerted and the police were called in. DD said that there were many officers on campus searching bag packs of students who fit the description. No gun was found. Thank God. Hope it was just a prank as it was finals week, but you never know. We have 2000+ kids at these 2 schools.

Kath, I think that's the first time I see you wrote a novel. Hah! Oh the things that kids do. Your poor boy. We thought about sending our kids to private school when they were younger too, but glad we didn't. The school that was built near our home is a pretty good school. One of the top in our area. We saved $$ instead to help the girls with college.

Dad had his post-op follow up appointment two weeks ago. I really like the urologist. Very thorough and took time to explain the pathology report. Feline is right, the way they stage prostate cancer is different from BC. He is stage 3. He did have a few cancer cells on the capsule of the prostate. The urologist took extra surrounding tissues and quite a few lymph nodes and they were all clean. PSA went down from 10.3 to .05 four weeks post-op. So....no radiation or hormone therapy. I hope the PSA continues to go undetectable. Dad is recovering quite well. Minor leaking which is to be expected with prostatectomy. His doctor is happy with Dad's quick recovery. Thank you for asking about Dad

Ms. Sas, you did a great job with DS.

DH is flying out to Nepal shortly for a medical mission for 3 weeks. They lost 2 doctors and a nurse from the team, but gain 1 new young doctor and a nurse. Rough trip last time. Hopefully, not as bad this time.

Getting drowsy and I still need a shower before I can hit the sack. Night nigh

The two doctors and the nurse decided not to join the team this time. Trips to Nepal is never easy on folks from affluent countries. Can’t carry the comforts of life with you.Rough and dangerous terrain plus possible dysentery issues are not easy to deal with. Also, carving out 3weeks from job is a challenge.

Oh before I forget, has anyone had cataract surgery? Got my prescriptions in the mail today and noticed that I have to use the antibiotic drops for two weeks, which I can see (no pun intended), but the drops for pain and inflammation for six weeks, which I think is overkill. On top of that the two usually aren't used together unless your doctor thinks otherwise, hmm. I've been through some perfect storms with some medications lately causing some very bad swelling in my lower legs and feet and looking back over the past year I think it had been brewing since November, 2017. Worried that this could happen between these two eye drops and don't want to take a chance with my eyes. Have mild retinopathy in my right eye that required a shot prior to the cataract surgery to keep it from getting worse because surgery to the eye can cause that to happen. Did you have to use the drops for pain and inflammation for that length of time. (Kicker is that it can cause eye pain. Go figure. I know not everyone gets the SEs but I don't like what I see that can happen. Can we say I've become gun shy about trying new meds.)

Thanks Wrenn. Appreciate your input and glad for a second opinion on the two drops being used together. When I read that about the two, I thought WTHeck! Will call his office Monday and ask about that and why so long on the one for pain and inflammation. That last one makes me question having my other eye done. if it weren’t for the fact I like driving I wouldn’t have scheduled this but the glare is very bothersome. I’ve taken to finding routes with one way streets for night driving to cut down on the amount of time I have to deal with oncoming cars, LOL.