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utopiaSenior Contributor27 Aug 2017, 3:34 pm AEST

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Well I'm finally home (again).
4 hospital stays in 91 days. Wow. No wonder it feels so strange to be in my own house again. Adjusting will take time. Cooking for myself will take time.
My house is in the same condition in which I left it. A pigsty. So no one room has warmth and charm to lift my mood. Will have to slowly start cleaning up - one room at a time.
I did go and watch my son play soccer in the finals. I'd been so sick this year - thst it was the first game I had been to all year. His team lost. But they play again next week. So still stand a chance of playing the grand final.
My son is still living with my mum. Has been since the end of April. Hopefully he will see how much I've improved on my new anti depressants and anti anxiety meds. Then he may choose to come home soon.
Was up and doing the washing early this morning. But now reading a book in bed.
Am very bored. But have AA Meeting tomorrow night.
And I have my WorkCover IME (independent Medical Examination) - psych interview with a tough psychiatric on the 30th of this month. Think it could be on Wednesday. And then I have my much waited for Psychologist appointment. Can't see him when I'm in hospital (too far away).
So that's it for now. A new thread for a new beginning.
@Zoe7 @soul @Former-Member @Faith-and-Hope @Bast @oceangirl @outlander @Former-Member @Teej @BlueBay @Owlunar

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SnowieSenior Contributor19 May 2018, 9:04 am AEST

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@utopiasorry to read you have had such a rough night. I am glad everything came back clear even if you had to stay there all night to find out.

Hoping some sleep helps today

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BlueBaySenior Contributor19 May 2018, 9:06 am AEST

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Oh @utopia I'm sorry to read you were in hospital last night. High blood pressure can be dangerous especially when you had a sore arm as well and you had a previous stroke.
Glad though thst all tests came back all clear. Good to have the stress test.
Hope your mum is there soon to pick you up. Rest up lovely take it easy today.
Thinking of you. Xxx

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frogSenior Contributor19 May 2018, 9:16 am AEST

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@utopia that sounds exhausting and stressful. I hope you can go slow today and rest. Take care

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Sans911Senior Contributor19 May 2018, 9:17 am AEST

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@utopia I'm glad you didn't have to go home in the middle of the night. And good news this morning too.

And I'm that's great your mother can come and get you. Take care of yourself today.

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor19 May 2018, 10:20 am AEST

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💜💐 @utopia ......

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utopiaSenior Contributor19 May 2018, 1:08 pm AEST

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Sitting at the soccer. Waiting for the game to start. Two 45 minute halfs. Then can finally go home.

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utopiaSenior Contributor19 May 2018, 3:51 pm AEST

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Just got home. Am going to sleep

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Shaz51Senior Contributor19 May 2018, 3:56 pm AEST

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hugs @utopia

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Bella1978Senior Contributor19 May 2018, 5:35 pm AEST

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@utopia

Far out, what a night you had last night! Your bp was quite high, wasn’t it? and totally understandable that it concerned you after having your previous stroke.

And yep, the minute you mention chest pains, docs start flapping around (and I understand why they do). Its happened to mum a couple of times – they do so many tests, and it ended up being anxiety. it sounds like that was what your chest pain was too? but not good about your arm being sore.

Ah yep, the patch to lower bp – they wanted to give one of them to mum but she was having a bad day and refused – cheeky cheeky. I had never heard of it but im guessing that is what the patch was for luv.

Oh no, im so sorry you ended up in the same ED where you worked – that would have just pushed your bp up even higher with the stress of being there! Its quite daunting with all the stuff they have to hook you up to, and the tests they do. I have never had to go to ED for myself but have had a bit of experience with mum over the past 18 months.

I don’t like the sound of the nurse that was looking after you. I wouldn’t be surprised if your high bp contributed to you having a headache too. I guess the good thing about having a family member or friend with you in ED is that they can go and hunt down the nurses until they get what the patient wants. That is my job with mum lol 😊 gotta look after the mama hehe

That’s a bugger you didn’t end up making it to your walk today as I know how much you were looking forward to getting up early hehe. But next Saturday you can start. I want to go for a walk this arvo but I cant be bothered.

That’s bizarre about your blood not taking – I wonder what that even means?? Do you often have trouble when you have to have blood tests or your veins are usually pretty good?

Im so relieved for you that all of your results came back clear. The whole ordeal of being in ED is so distressing though, isn’t it?

You are no doubt so exhausted! I hope you are having a snooze and having sweet dreams 😊

I will pop back over to my thread and fill you in on my day xxx

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utopiaSenior Contributor19 May 2018, 6:26 pm AEST

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@Bella1978 - my blood took a while to be drawn by the nurse and it ended up clotting - so that sample was no good.
Definitely anxiety causing the chest pains.

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