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outlanderSenior Contributor
hi @Mazarita @Owlunar @Former-Member @Adge @Spookytookims @CheerBear @Former-Member @Shaz51
i was lil-caterpillar
im back..... i think.....
im just treading very very lightly at the moment
but id like to let you know that i have read what you wrote on my other threads and i appreciate your kind words and for thinking of me even after i left here 
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Good morning @outlander ...... 😊💕
I am glad you sought treatment yesterday, because you would have had to have gone this morning anyway, as soon as that temp came up, and signs of infection like redness around the wound .... and your sense of panic would have been worse too. Good call .... and something worth remembering for the future. If you can't settle, then seek treatment, vpbecause it's not good for you to be so distressed about it anyway. Even if you get sent away cos it doesn't need treatment at that time, at least you have a better understanding about what is going on, a plan to follow, and a greater peace of mind.
My WH used to be on a variety of different medications and particularly when they were new or changed, he suffered side effects that really spooked him .... I don't know how many times we ended up at the hospital for a couple of hours in the middle of the night, just for him to be told it was okay, and he could go home again .... but it was always worth going cos he wouldn't have been able to settle otherwise, and knowing what I know now about panic attacks, it probably prevented some of those too.
Hopefully the antibiotics have kicked in already and you will start feeling better quickly.
💙💕
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I think your post was removed because it mentioned a location @outlander and think the moderators have done the right thing, I immediately thought it was dangerous. I wanted to say Parents are just people too, not necessarily good nor necessarily bad. They have their own individual brain processes and are going through their own stages of life. Do what you can do, but take it easy. Perhaps you could use your tasks as a diversion to the things that are worrying you?
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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ZahliaSenior Contributor
Correct you are @Former-Member 🙂
Sorry @outlander I sent you am email about you.... you mustn't have seen it yet.
Sorry the conversation can go on as it is, just nop reference to suburbs 🙂
Zahlia
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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OwlunarSenior Contributor
Hi @outlander
So glad to read that you are up and posting this morning - but worried that your mother made you clean the horse paddock - ah - she sounds like real fun - you told her what happened and she made you clean up after the HORSES!!!!!
My stars - that is so cruel - you must be so sore
I know you are seeing your doctor tomorrow or in the next few days - it would be a good idea to get yourself checked for anti-tetanus shots - to see if you are up-to-date with them - but I think if you are around horses a lot you are - still - find out
Your mother - wow - had it been my daughter I would have been taking you to the hospital and sitting with you and giving you a day of peace and quiet -
And now I think you said you have a monster headache - no wonder - you have a temperature and really should be resting - I hope you can now
I guess I am still the motherly type of person - and I so wish I could still do that -
Take things as quietly as you can today - it will take a few days to recover from that
Dec
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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