Taking the plunge

The smoke cleared over the city a couple of days ago @Maggie but it is still burning out of control in the south-west. It looks like only rain will put it out so hoping that comes in the area soon.

I still have a lot to do in the garage - pulled down the temporary tarp today and reaslised I had to move another lot of shelves to get to do the wall - needing a little extra framing as well - so a bigger job than I first thought. Going to see how much energy I have after my gp appointment tomorrow and may go to Bunnings then otherwise it will be Thursday.

Haven't heard anything yet about the new school but HR only came back this week so it will take time to organise. Going to send off an email next week to see where they are with the process.

The ADs you were on sound like ones I was on sometime ago - always felt lethargic but still not enough to make me sleep - in the no-where land and it was tough to deal with - so I can expect it has been for you too. It did take many tries to get the right meds for me over a couple of years - hope it doesn't take that long for you. Fingers crossed the next ones you get to take will help and you begin to feel a little more 'alive'. It is super hard Hon so I really hope you find something that helps.

How is little Mags? Toby and Cat are well - Toby still needs a bath and a haircut but his naughty mummy keeps putting it off - especially as he has been 'supervising' in the garage and getting really dirty - so I figure why bath him now as he will just get dirty again - as I said ...naughty mummy needs to get her act together and just bath him!

hugs @Maggie and sitting with you

Hello @Zoe7, @Corny, @Former-Member, @CheerBear

@Former-Member I have only read tiny bits of your thread, enough to know things are really hard for you. I am sorry to read of such deep struggles and wish I could help, but I can only listen empatheticly, and I do.

I have had a morning of tests.. Nuclear bone scans. That was a few hours, with a optometrist app in between. Waiting for results. It's funny, now I'm worried nothing will show up and it's all in my head !!!!!

I was diagnosed with ostio and rheumatoid arthritis some years back, not as bad as your mum though. I have had to hang up a few activities, but still manage to keep myself going.

Its the hearing aids that are duel colours @Former-Member One candy pink, one galactic blue. I just couldn't decide, so chose them both. They are a talking point often though. Lol. The glasses as the cheap $9 frames that used to be free. Hopefully they will be ready next week and look out world.

The kids will be moving on to their new home very soon. I will miss them, though I haven't had the energy of late to do crafts with them,,plus I can't see close up. Life really is tough.

Yes Mags is very cute, with or without a haircut. How is Holly after her Christmas Day birthday????

Cool here now thank goodness. I think we hit 33 last week, way too hot for me.

Sending Warm thoughts. 💕💜💕💜💕🐾🐾🐾🐾

@Shaz51 I was just about to send some hugs your way, you beat me to it. Hope you are holding up,okish.💜💕💜💕🌷🌷🌷

thank s @Maggie , I can feel your hugsand love coming my way

yes mr shaz had a second fall and has hurt his shoulder , taking pain relief

@Zoe7 I smiled when I read naughty mummy, and pictured a white puppy turning blackish in the garage.

Ive tried every AD on the market, plus Bi Polar meds, anti psycotics. I seem to have a super sensitive system, just to match the personality.

Not too long till you hear about next year. You have done so well this year, despite the struggles. I hope you get the school you prefer. I wonder what the picture will look like this time ext year for oth of us.

Oh @Shaz51 sorry to hear that. A fall shakes the whole system. 💕💜💕

Toby is certainly a shade darker than his usual fluffy white @Maggie lol He does like 'helping' though. He decided today that me folding the tarp was not a job I should be doing myself and proceded to jump all over it like a little energiser bunny. It was super cute but really didn't help me much lol

It does seem that you are super-sensitive to most meds - I was the same with sever side effects for most until we found the right combination that is working for me now. There has been so many we have tried and much like you it has been ADs, antipsychotics and prns as well. The one that has helped me so much with sleep is a very old med that isn't often used anymore - the side effect is I am super sensitive to the sun and burn easily - my skin gets itchy and swells as well if I am exposed for too long - but that I can live with better than no sleep.

I so hope you can find something and get some relief soon without the excessive side effects - often it is a fine line between what we need and what we can put up with as well.

@Corny You can post wherever you feel comfortable, no need to apologise.

Im guilty of searching for the quick fix. I've had a few falls trying, and usually end up back with the small steps.

I did enjoy the read, though realistically, not in my lifetime. I do hold out hope that something might come through in the future, but like everything, it won't fit everyone.

Your fasting sounds interesting. What's the purpose behind it, hoping that's not a silly question!!!!?????

Always good to catch up with you when you can manage. I know too well how hard it is just breathing at times.

Good morning @Maggie, and also @Zoe7 @Shaz51 @Corny @CheerBear and others.

Maggie there is no need for you to read my thread, we can talk here instead. Yeah there is a lot going on with me right now, and I am not coping that well with any of it. Listening with empathy is all anyone can do, so I very much appreciate that you, and others here, do that.

The bone scans do not sound too good, I guess they are looking for something in particular, or else trying to rule our something. Its hard isnt it, not knowing whats wrong. To be told nothing shows up can be a bit of a let down, because we know in ourself that there is something wrong. I know when hubby was getting tested for all sorts of things when he was so dreadfully ill in hospital (bedridden and delusional among other things), tests showed nothing. But it was plainly obvious something was seriously wrong, they just hadnt discovered what. When it comes to your test results Maggie, I'm not sure what to hope for. To be worried that nothing will show up, and thus prove that its all in your head, is not a reasonable assumption. It just means they need to keep looking.

Arthritis in its many forms is a painful and progressive illness. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is the most severe on the scale of arthritis, and can be very disabling. Unlike osteo arthritis (caused by wear and tear of joints), RA is an auto immune disease. Our immune system attacks parts of our body, mostly joints, and causes inflamation. If untreated it can cause severe damage to joints. Thankfully RA only affects something like 1% of the population. So its not all that common. I'm sure your medical professionals would have told you that gentle exercise in some form is important? Your regular walks with little Mags is ideal, if you can continue to do that.

Oh gosh ... silly me! Of course it was the hearing aids. Actually my Mum is going to get hearing aids later this month. She has been getting deafer and deafer and when I visited a couple of months ago to visit Dad in hospital, I arranged for her to get a hearing test. That happened prior to Christmas and her new hearing aids are due to be fitted in a couple of weeks time. She is very excited about it. And I feel sure she will benefit greatly from being able to hear again. She was tested as being very deaf in both ears, so she's getting two of them. I should suggest she gets different colours, same as you! 😊 Oh really? I was not aware that they are now charging for what used to be free glasses. I too hope they will be ready for next week. I know from the eye issues I've been having the past few months, that its pretty awful not being able to see clearly. I dont have cataracts, merely very large chunks of eye floaters and some occasional light flashes. Nothing they can do apparently, but keep a check on things in case it results in retinal detachment. Dont need that.

Sorry you will be losing the companionship of the kids soon. I'm sure they have appreciated your care and assistance during the time they had there.

Little Holly is doing okay thanks. Started her on some glucosamine chews to try to ward off some early signs of arthritis in her shoulder. Hope it helps her. She's like me though, she feels the heat. We had 2 days of cooler weather on Sunday and Monday, but yesterday was back into the low 30's. Today is meant to be much the same. At least it didnt get back to the 40C we had last Saturday. Our air conditioner copped a real working over during the heat wave of last week.

Sending some welcome 'cool' hugs and thoughts your way Maggie. 🆒 🤗🌸💕

Sherry