Daily Check-in

[starwatcher]

 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Wednesday, November 17th, to midnight on Thursday, November 18th (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #26364 Daily Check-in

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 38

How are you doing?

I am OK.
25 (65.8%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
11 (28.9%)

I could use some help.
2 (5.3%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
15 (39.5%)

One other person.
18 (47.4%)

More than one other person.
5 (13.2%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 

Comments

[harpers_child]

To the surprise of no one, I have caught the family cold. Please keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't turn into a sinus or ear infection as I'm prone to.

[twistedchick]

Fingers definitely crossed. If you have zinc, or elderberry/zinc, take it now; it has definitely helped me.

And I go tomorrow to a new doctor (slightly nervousmaking) to see if she has exercises that can remedy the problem with my food that makes it harder to walk than it should be.

[harpers_child]

I hope the doctor can help you.

[ride_4ever]

Sending good-health wishes.

[ride_4ever]

Sending good-health wishes.

[lexin]

Fingers crossed.

[shadowhive]

Oh no, I send good vibes!

[lexin]

Everyone who needs this personally has been sent it.

Further bad news.

Do I want to mess about getting my specialist to take more tissue from my breast, which may not work leading to a possible fourth operation after the third, or would I prefer to have my breast removed? I have a dew days to make a decision.

More tissue would be before Xmas, mastectomy in January.

I'm thinking about it. Don't know what to choose yet. Not sure if I want advice, but if anyone has faced this, what did you choose and why?

[shadowhive]

Depression has been really bad and it’s messed with my sleep schedule which hasn’t exactly helped. (Especially with Student finance being a pain lately and DSA being contradictory, annoying and hard to contact. And we could really do with the additional support In as meant to get from it) it kinda feels that lately whenever a good thing happens something and comes along and knocks it out

[mecurtin]

I once had a shrink who said depression is basically a sleep disorder, the two go together so tightly. I hope you have the right meds, and take them--Mr Dr Science says, "When you miss your meds, we all do."

And it is been a really sucky period of history, too! This is a good thread about how everyone is messed up right now, it may help.

[shadowhive]

Yeah that sounds accurate. I’ve been pretty bad at taking my meds lately too which is kinda… but the past month+ has felt like a lot of bad has happened (not feeling well, student finance messing up, uni chasing me about student finance, the net deciding to go down for maintenance the day I was starting my uni assessment, general massive depression mood swings and I’m sure I’m missing stuff too). It’s all just so exhausting

I’ll give it a look in the morning sometime🖤

[mecurtin]

Taking one's med scrupulously is SUPER important, trust my experience on this! Do you have a pill caddy? I actually have 3, for the 3 different times of day when I take meds. And make sure the other members of the household support you & will ask if you've forgotten when you start to show symptoms. For instance, Mr Dr spotted that when I walk around with my thumbs tucked inside my fists he should ask if I've missed a dose.

[shadowhive]

When I first started taking them they had, helpfully, days on the packaging. But then they stopped and it’s easy to forget. I did get one, but mum appropriated it (for the best, she has to take more than I do). And oh wow that is a lot! I’ve only got one lot to take so I’m gonna take them now after this reply

Ohh that’s useful, I’ll ask mum to remind me.