Comments on: Seeking Moments of Bliss

By: Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:05:12 +0000

I’m OK. I’ve just been forced to focus on my health. My back troubles have led to several visits to the physical therapist each week. I am currently doing only two exercises with the therapist’s approval, one is like a modified push up for my lower back while they do compressions, the other is in the pool. I had no idea how difficult the whole getting next to naked thing was going to be until I actually had to do it. My insurance will cover one more week and then I will have to keep trying at home. I was pretty naive about the whole thing before I started, which is probably a good thing, I wasn’t prepared for so much pain.
My psychiatrist has been trying to help me with sleep troubles by tweaking my medications, again. I’m either asleep for 18 hours and I can barely drag myself around, or I can only sleep an hour or two a night. Not fun. A happy medium exists somewhere.
Last week I finally broke down and called the dentist about a toothache I had been having. I ended up having to have root canals and fillings. I’ve never had any trouble with my teeth before but I have been neglecting them the last couple of years. Somehow the little post it note I put up to remind myself to make a dental appointment didn’t spur me to action. Even after insurance covered 70% the copay was huge.
I feel like I live in waiting rooms, on buses, in doctor’s offices. I am freaked out by some of the bills that are starting to come in. I talked to my psychiatrist and he encouraged me to continue to use this time when I don’t have a job to get my back stronger. It has been a difficult journey, this entire year has, but I am still hoping to come out of it stronger and healthier. I haven’t felt like writing about any of it, but I have started a few things that I hope to finish soon. Thank you for your continued kindness. It means a lot more than I can say. Tammy

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:03:55 +0000

Thinking of you, missy. Hope all is well!

By: lsk

lsk — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:04:50 +0000

Taking a hot bath, stopping and eating something out (by myslef) while my daughter was at her art class, getting my hair trimmed.

By: Emerald

Emerald — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:48:41 +0000

I’m so happy for your craving free morning, may you have endless more! Also, I heart the goat.

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:25:34 +0000

Hope your holiday was peaceful. I thought of you!

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:08:55 +0000

Trying to think if I had any moments of bliss today – probably the big one was that I didn’t have to go to work today and taking a hot bath tonight

By: Thursday

Thursday — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:54:12 +0000

Finding a big fat toad when I was raking leaves.

By: Ursula

Ursula — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:21:57 +0000

Every morning these days starts fairly well (except for the whole alarm thing – but I found a nice chimes ringtone that I use as the alarm on my phone – kinda Zen). The alarm goes off, my husband and I say our first of the day “I love yous” and he gets up to have his coffee. I wake the dog who moves from his “place” at the foot of the bed up to my arms and I wake up slowly by scritching his belly and kissing him while he “mmmmmms” at me. Then I get up and the kitten is meowing for me to feed him. If I have time, I get in a brief cuddle. Then Stan drives me to work through Central Park (which is just gorgeous these days), and we kiss at all the red lights.

Unfortunately, then I have to go upstairs to work.