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  • Last week was rough. I had to bring a friend to the emergency department because they had stopped all of their psych meds cold turkey, and their psychiatrist had just put them on a benzo about a month ago. They're doing okay now, but they were struggling with walking, talking, eating and drinking on the day I brought them to the ED. If you're on any benzos, please please please never stop them cold turkey, you can quite literally die from doing that. Speak with your physician about a taper plan.

    The following day I was supposed to have a rather minor procedure to implant a nerve stimulator in my dorsal scapular nerve. A few months back I had this placed. There were issues with that surgery - it was supposed to take 30 minutes but took 2.5 hours, and ultimately they had to remove it because it got infected. When I came in to get it removed, the charge nurse messed up their first IV placement and put the needle through the median nerve in my hand which still hasn't fully healed. It was a huge hassle to get this surgery scheduled because they recommended that I get the next placement done by the doc who's done the most of this particular procedure.

    The surgery was delayed about an hour because there were a bunch of accidents that day and it was already a late appointment where they advised me to stop liquids rather early in the day. Unsurprisingly I was quite dehydrated. The charge nurse here knew what he was doing and set the IV no problem in like 5 seconds flat. Unfortunately, however, they blew the IV nearly as soon as they transferred me to the operating table because they were far too aggressive when tucking that arm for surgery. They spent the next hour failing to place an IV about 7 times including using the vein finder and attempting ultrasound placement. Eventually they managed to get one in near the elbow on the arm they were going to need to tuck for surgery (in my opinion not an ideal placement) which also blew immediately upon repositioning my arm. At that point the surgeon who sounded frustrated asked me if I was okay rescheduling the procedure, and because I didn't want a frustrated and exhausted surgeon operating on me I agreed. I don't have a new date, but we are now 4 months out from the initial surgery and 3 trips to the operating room and I still don't have a nerve stimulator 😩

  • Two consecutive 4-day work weeks for people in BC, Canada. Our Thanksgiving is next week, very much looking forward to it.

    • I use this time of year to larp as someone who has a 4 day work week.

  • chuck went in for knee surgery on thursday and came out a tripawd. his injury was much worse than originally thought. he also had diarrhea most of the weekend, but we’re finally out of that stage now. he is resting and seems to be adapting pretty well, all things considered.

    last photo of him with four legs.

    my other dog is in for a teeth cleaning today and getting at least one pulled today, which means 2/3 dogs here will be drugged up and in recovery of some sort. thankfully dental recovery is usually quite quick and easy.

  • Bad news: Anxiety's been climbing for no real reason. Stomach knot continuously tightening, even noticing it while lying down, which is new. Tried a cannabis gummy to see if it'd at least unwind the knot. No tolerance to THC at all after about a decade of not using it, so the dose I thought was sensible - one gummy - turned out to be way too much. It was by no means the relaxing experience I was kind of desperate for, but I did devour an entire bag of baby carrots without noticing, so that happened.

    Neutral news: Beyond that, pretty okay. Routine's been mostly unchanged.

    Good news: In January a massive tree fell during a blizzard and crashed through the roof in the room where I was sleeping, and while we managed to get the tree lifted off the house there's been nothing but tarps covering what remains of the roof ever since then. Because there was so much damage to so many houses as a result of the storm - and the insurance only uses one construction company in the region - we've been on a waiting list to have the collapsed part of our house fixed for six months. They've said they ordered the trusses to fix it as of one week ago, and should be out to get started Oct 16. I am super hyped about this.

  • I have some online friends who have really been irritating me lately because they message me all the time about stuff I don't want to engage with and if I don't respond they'll find me thru other apps and message me there. I have uninstalled a couple apps and am ghosting them for a couple days until I can stop feeling so grouchy about it but unsure of my long term plan.

  • We had a windstorm midway through the week last week, with knocked about 75% of the apples off of my little apple tree, a few days before they would have been perfectly ripe. So we made apple crumble, and it was absolutely delicious. None of the apples were wormy this year even though we don't spray the tree- just lucky I suppose.

    I saw the CPAP specialist, who is apparently a respiratory guy, and he agreed to tighten up the settings on my CPAP so it stops giving me jumpscares in the middle of the night. I can go see him again in a month if that doesn't help. So far it has not, but it's only been four days. I also wrote to the nurse helpline to ask how I should dry my hose, and they not only offered to send me a spare hose for free, they are also sending a full face mask for when I inevitably get a cold. This is of course a completely new experience with ResMed, but they can keep it up!

  • I haven't been sleeping well at all. Keep waking up at around 4, unable to fall back asleep again. Because of this there are times where become very nasty and hateful for no reason at all, and I really hate it. It's not who I usually am, and not who I want to be.
    I guess I just have a lot on my mind and it's just not possible to shut down the endless grinding of these thoughts going through my head.
    Taking a sick day today to catch up on my sleep and rest, hopefully things will look a little brighter tomorrow.

    • I had a phase where I'd basically do the same - wake up at four and be incredibly snappy for the rest of the morning. It eventually passed, and I hope the same will be said for yours.

      • Well my day off really helped, napped throughout the day and slept alone at night for a change (my partner can be very restless in her sleep).
        Hopefully things will improve from here on out.

  • I'm okay. I'm mostly settled in my new place. Landlord and Comcast are both here fixing a few issues and getting internet installed. I got a nice used dining set, but beyond that I'm somewhat lacking in furniture right now.

  • Pretty chill, not been doing much so far. Need to attend to my weed grow a bit and train the new plant but that's about it.

  • Hello everyone,

    Getting more and more frustrated over this tuition thing. I don't wanna do it if these kids become the cause of my stress. Also, been on a consumption kick. I have been so focused on consuming content and not paying attention to my friends that I feel horrible inside.

    Started Interview with the Vampire and Patriot Games tho!

  • My weeks are pretty routine (and I like schedules and routines). Wake up, organise household stuff, gym, do study related stuff, Dutch study stuff, do more household related stuff, wind down for the day, sleep. All in all, I can’t complain.

  • Not had a great week, not been very well. I've had what feels like a chest/throat infection and it's made me knackered. Had hardly any appetite and haven't felt like going to choir was a good idea (don't want to infect anyone) so have had barely any good things to get me through it.

    I don't really get sick but when I do it hits me like a truck. Slowly getting better but I'm very impatient.

  • Doing Okay. I've gotten through my hyperfocus on leveling a new-to-me class in Final Fantasy XIV, so I am able to pull my brain back to writing more. I want to get two more chapters up on my Patreon before my next public chapter is released on Thursday.

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