Monthly Archives: October 2011

I’ve been under a lot of stress lately. It’s not even so much about anxiety any more, it’s what I like to call “real people stress” – that is, the sort of stress everyone experiences in life. Who wouldn’t feel … Continue reading →

I don’t recall a time when I could stay focused on one task for long. My mind has always tended to race from thought to thought, often spanning a wide variety of subjects. My actions tend to follow, resulting in … Continue reading →

Shortly after my last post I started getting that “don’t feel quite right” feeling. Next thing I knew I had a full blown, nasty cold. It turned out to be the worst cold I’ve ever had. Maybe my body wasn’t … Continue reading →

I’ve been doing so well since the surgery. Some numbness, but minimal pain and almost no bleeding or oozing at all. It’s great! I’m starting to realize the difference between having teeth extracted by a dentist (at least the ones … Continue reading →

Wow! I’ve had almost no bleeding and minimal pain. I don’t think I will need the prescription pain medication, although I did have it filled today just in case. I also got the antibiotic prescription filled and will take the … Continue reading →

Thanks to a number of most helpful suggestions I received from readers and online friends, communication difficulties were kept to an absolute minimum. Thank you my friends! Everything went quite smoothly despite my anxiety being through the roof. The staff … Continue reading →

17 hours, 30 minutes to go. Between anxiety and exhaustion I was not able to get any work done today. I did manage to partially clean up the work area, save my remaining pile of raw materials,  two old writing … Continue reading →

On top of everything else I am now sick! Or injured. Something. Forty eight hours ago I was in enough pain that I was seriously considering having my case manager take me to the emergency room or call an ambulance … Continue reading →

I accomplished very little today but I am emotionally and physically drained. My DLSS worker arrived late morning. We went shopping so now I have food. Although I was extremely apprehensive about it we went to the local building supply … Continue reading →

For the past week I have been trying every day to get to the local building supplies place and have them deliver materials for my project. Every attempt has ended in disaster with panic attack after panic attack after panic … Continue reading →