Author Archives: Paul K

Recovering

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

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Crash! New Source of Paralyzing Anxiety

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

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The Day After

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

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The Day

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

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The Day Before

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

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Pressing On

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

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Unproductive Yet Exhausting Day

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

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Time Grows Short

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

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The Circus Comes to My Home

This has nothing to do with anxiety, but perhaps it’s a cute story. It sure made me laugh! I was working on my home repair and renovation project today, in an area that used to be a screened in porch … Continue reading

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Why I Am Able to Speak in Front of a Group

A comment to my last post started me thinking about why I am able to speak in front of a group, but panic in even the simplest social situations. It should have been obvious all along, but I guess I … Continue reading

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