Waiting for hospital

Hi @Twerp. It's hard to imagine what you are going through right now. It sounds absolutely awful and I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through it. I think I'd be feeling really scared too 🙁 It's a great effort to have reached out here with the lack of energy you have at the moment. It may take a little while sometimes to see it, but there are always people here and listening.

I wish there was more to say but I'm hearing you and really hoping that your hospital stay is helpful and happens soon.

Thank you so much @CheerBear 💜
It helps to know I'm heard. I'm grateful.

Hi @Twerp. Just wanted to say that I was thinking of you this morning wondering how your night was. Hoping that you hear confirmation soon about when your hospital admission will happen.

Thank you CheerBear,
My friend and NDIS worker called my GP about my throwing up. He said to hobby ambulance to a hospital and he would call aghead and tell them I was on my way there.
So we did this. They gave us 5 bags of IV fluids to rehydrate us. We were admitted overnight.
The next day, Friday, we were transferred to the hospital we'd been waiting for a bed in. We're here now still.
It is good to be in a unit where I know the nurses and even some patients. They are being really gentle with us. And we are taking medication to reduce our nausea still. I feel safe and cushioned.
Thank you for your care.
Much love, from Twerp.

Hi Appleblossom,
How interesting you had Conversion Disorder-type symptoms. You must have been under enormous stress.
Conversion Disorder comes back again with more stress and with feeling overwhelmed in the future, once you've had it once. It's a form of dissociation. It's like once the neural pathway is there to Conversion Disorder, it hangs around for more use.
I first went paralysed, all over except breathing and blinking, in 1994 after successful surgery for malignant melanoma. Then for decades I've had "mini" paralyses where I can't move for about 30 seconds to 30 minutes at a time, or I get stuck in a chair for a few hours and can't get up (not due to other reasons like weight or alcohol).
When I had a baby this happened and I called my playgroup leader to please come over because I couldn't reach my baby who was crawling around. She came over and I told her all about my life then. The Conversion Disorder hadn't been diagnosed still at that point.
She visited this year when I was in a wheelchair and was so worried she came to clean and take out my bins etc, twice a week. She's now one of my NDIS workers. She's amazing. So sweet and we laugh a Lot together. It is special we already had trust in place before she came on board to help.
Having the Conversion Disorder diagnosed this year has been a relief. No one understood why I got paralysed before. It just seemed quite crazy. To know what it is and how it is caused is a relief.
I hope yours stays dormant for as long as possible.
It's cool you researched it!
Love from Twerp

Thank you utopia!
Yes I'm in a bed in hospital now.
I was taken by ambulance to a medical hospital due to my dehydration. I was admitted one night there and now I'm in the psych hospital I was waiting for a bed in.
It is good to be in a safe place where I know the nurses and can get support for a little while.
Thank you for checking up on me.
Love from Twerp

Hi @Twerp. It's really good to hear from you again and to know you're feeling safe and cushioned (love that) somewhere where you're being treated well. Sorry to hear it took what it did to get there though. Great to hear you have some awesome sounding support.

❤