Thursday Coffee and Chat-- 28th may 2026

Good on you for doing a workout. Yes it’s

hard to go for a walk when it’s rainy @creative_writer .

Think I know what the female test is and I’m sorry you couldn’t do it. I hope you can overcome this but understand if you can’t.

I have a female GP and a female psychiatrist. The psychologist I tried was male. I liked him but couldn’t afford anymore appts. So expensive! My mental health care plan ran out but even with one psychologist is just too expensive. He wasn’t able to help me with what I wanted help with either so that was pretty useless.

Morning @creative_writer . Last night I watched the news and a bit more tv. Went to bed relatively early. Woke up early but slept about 7 hours so ok. Need cereal so should walk up shop, but can’t get motivated just yet.

Hope you don’t have an infection they are so unpleasant. Hope you can do the test. Have a good day.

@creative_writer I usually have high fibre muesli for breakfast because my anxiety often makes me constipated. I inherited that from my father who had GAD and depression. I inherited bipolar from my mother. What a combination hey. My sister told me I was getting more like dad as I aged which she intended as an insult. She thinks mental illness is a weakness and attention seeking. Insensitive b… .

I’m so sorry you could not do the swab. I can’t begin to imagine what that is like. Maybe a GP could give you a short course of antibiotics? Or you could try yoghurt. Depends what the infection is though so really you need to do the test I’m afraid. Maybe ask a chemist I believe they can now make recommendations on UTIs.

I get panic attacks too @creative_writer . A bit concerned about how I’ll go with eye surgery Thursday. Used to needles for teeth, flu and blood tests, but not in or near eye. Hoping they will sedate me and use drops to numb my eye first.

Well if it’s a yeast infection there are creams for that. Those infections are very unpleasant. I’d be doing the test but understand if you can’t.

I can imagine how hard it would be to talk about SA @creative_writer .
The cataract surgery takes about 15-20 minutes. It is the injection in or near the eye that has me anxious, not the actual surgery. I told the surgeon I had bipolar and suffer from anxiety. He said it would not be a problem. I’m hoping they sedate me first.