Happy Pills Aren't Working Anymore!

[mitch5252]

Some of you may remember that I FINALLY asked my doctor for some Happy Pills around November - unexpected death of best friend of 40 years, husband of almost 40 years developing Alzheimer's, only sister with Parkinson's disease progressing rather fast, and sister-in-law with breast cancer metasticized to her bones...YIKES! But, the Happy Pills were doing just fine.

Until recently. My Christmas diagnosis of diabetes. And today's diagnosis (brought on by near-constant chest discomfort) of heart disease requiring heart cath with possible stents (sp?) and/or other remedial procedures. Happy Pills just aren't cutting it today. So, ya know what I'm doing - I'm having my THIRD glass of wine AND I just may eat the ENTIRE frozen pizza (no delivery pizza where I live). The dang mutt is poking my leg. I tell her, "Be gone, Beast. I will share this pizza with no one but the Grim Reaper..."

I just may have a 4th glass of wine, but I don't think there's any left. Maybe I'll suck the spigot! Ouch - burned my mouth with a piece of pepperoni! Wish I had a Carolyn's Cooler...

No comments necessary. I just wanted to bitch.

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[Mollysmom]

I'd say you have every right in the world to bitch !!! Glad we were here to listen.
Sorry you've had so many things kick you in the butt - I'm sure you're just about fed up with all the crap. Have a day or two to cry, bitch, drink wine and eat pizza, then pull up the big girl panties and walk forward - it's all we can do when life kicks us in the teeth ! Jump back up and say "Hell no, you won't win !!!"
Bitch all you want girl - take care of yourself.

[VickieP]

You'll be fine, you're too mean to have anything bad happen to you. You'd be sent back anyway, they wouldn't want you or put up with you like we do! When you go to the hospital, they will do whatever is necessary to get you up and at em & in no time flat you'll be back to your old self, okay, your little old self .

[mitch5252]

You'll be fine, you're too mean to have anything bad happen to you. You'd be sent back anyway, they wouldn't want you or put up with you like we do! When you go to the hospital, they will do whatever is necessary to get you up and at em & in no time flat you'll be back to your old self, okay, your little old self .

Hey, Meanie Greenie, maybe I'll ask the surgeon if he can tack on a few inches and then I can kick your little LA Arse and you won't have to buy me that Golden Ladder!!!

And you say I'm too mean to have anything happen to me?????? Huh?
YOU happened to me.
DUH...

(how do you NOT love Vickie???)

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[VickieP]

Hey, Meanie Greenie, maybe I'll ask the surgeon if he can tack on a few inches and then I can kick your little LA Arse and you won't have to buy me that Golden Ladder!!!

And you say I'm too mean to have anything happen to me?????? Huh?
YOU happened to me.
DUH...

(how do you NOT love Vickie???)

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See what she wrote in teeny weeny print: (how do you NOT love Vickie???)

Yep, she knows I'm nice.

Ronnie said go to bed, ain't nuttin wrong with your Thumpin Gizzard!

[Cedar518]

Wow Mitch, I'd say that wine and pizza was definitely in order, now top it off with a batch of chocolate fudge,... cuss, cry and then sleep for a while, wake up to a new day. The dang weather you have been having in TN hasn't helped any either, I'll bet.

I know the docs will take good care of you and we'll all be waiting her at the campfire for you to get back, pull up a chair and have another glass of wine.

We love ya!

[Lotus]

A lot has been thrown at you.....some of it lingering for a year or more, and some of it all of a sudden. Based on some PM's between the two of us, I sense you're a very strong person. Have your pity party (with us!), drink the wine, eat the pizza, and then just be "you". Hmmm, you might even want to eat some chocolate! I suspect that you'll find the strength to work through these issues even though it may not be as quickly as you would like for it to be. Wish we all good do a group hug with you!! Or maybe not since it's been said that you are challenged in your height, we might "sqush" you!!

Your body can't heal without play.
Your mind can't heal without laughter.
Your soul can't heal without joy. ~C.R. Fenwick

Lotus....Beck

[ali1257]

Mitch I am so sorry for all you have had to deal with and now health issues on top of it. Enjoy your wine and pizza tonight and start battling those battles tomorrow. Venting is good and we are here to support you. Let us know how you are doing after your procedure.

[Echo]

Sic'em Mitch!! grrrrr

It's a biatch when so many troubles flood you seemingly at once. I've been there Sweetie. I sank a little bit for a while then started treading water. Floated once in a while to take a break too. You will over come!!

Biatch, cry, scream, have a tantrum, eat, drink and get it over with. Just hope your drinking red wine? It's suppose to be good for ya!

You will deal with all the bullchit, I have confidence in you. As Trudy said, yank up those big girl panties!! Don't matter if your short or not!!! Length don't count. We aint talking bloomers or long johns!

We will be here for ya when ever ya feel the need to vent! {{{hugs}}}

[carold]

B--tch away Mitch (does that rhyme or what ). Nothing like a pity party with good friends. As usual, the sisters have great advice and large shoulders. Life can kick you in the a-- at times, but sometimes it's what also gets you moving. I'll toast a few glasses tonight just for you. ps and just when did you start believing that these girls would have "no comment" on anything carold

[Barbzeee]

Mitch...Sorry I have not commented earlier..but I really haven't been on much to even follow the flow of the pity party... I had mine years ago..and I still to this day..have to wallow every once in awhile... Yes, been there done that...at least you have a Partner in Crime to whip back and forth..mine have all gone either to He77 or Heaven..not sure which... However, wanna just hear my saga..nah it's tooooooo long..

I've had the MIA's and that's not missing in action either...3 to be exact...had by pass done robotically...wonderful..but guess what it was only done on one blasted artery...so now I have the major Mother of invention.. the L.A.D...(known as the widow maker)..have had Stents coming out the Ying Yang.. 9 total just in that blasted LAD...and now told.."No More Room IN the INN" so in other words... I have to have by pass...(AGAIN).. Oh and yes, I too am a Diabetic...comes with the fun...and ooooooooooh while we're at it.. I have Liver Disease..called Fatty Liver... now that's a sweet heart..comes from all the meds I'm on.. 27 pills a day just to exist.... and along with the Diabetese...I have Neuropathy...joy to the friggin world... (has that pizza been eaten yet ?) oh and just for the fun of it... I had a stroke..well one that I wasn't aware of... SURPRISE....

And not to top anyone..but recently had a bad fall... Looked like an Eggplant...aaaah the colors are amazing..and just couldn't understand why I didn't feel better after so many days.. I mean I just ached...well.. yes, there was an answer to that... I have a hair line fracture of the hip...OOOOOOH just Ducky..

I still could go on... and I too just lost a good friend... called to just chat and was told she passed away... I'm gonna miss her..

And as for my Sister who just went into the hospital to have test done..never came out of the anesthesia (sp) she went into a coma..3 years and now is in a nursing home.. no short term memory and in a fetal postion...

So not that I don't feel your pain.. I sure do... ... So I'll say a prayer for you.. and definitely add you to my list of members of the club... It's hard but one thing Mitch..you do have all of us that will listen and attempt to offer some good advise..well sort of...

So here's lookin at ya...and know YOU ARE NOT ALONE>>>


God Bless
Zeee.... never found any happy pills that worked...but...a great GTG sure does help..

[JanetA]

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[BarbaraRose]

Mitch,
SO sorry to hear about everything you've been going thru! You will get thru this one day at a time. The one big thing you have going for you is your great sense of humor! That always helps to get thru the tough times so much easier. Don't ever lose your ability to laugh! Laughter releases endorphines which boost your mood, so just keep laughing, even it Vickie has to be the victim (again)!

Barbie

[Nasoosie]

Mitch---I KNEW things were going to hell in a handbucket for you, as your posts recently have been way too few and far between, plus the energy they used to have was missing when they did appear. Thank you for letting us all know what's been happening with you.

First of all, the health problems of all your loved ones cannot be fought by you, although you still have to deal with them emotionally as someone who loves them. It is not easy, but emotions can be kept in check by remembering this quote, which I have had on my wall since college:

WORRY NEVER ROBS TOMORROW OF ITS SORROW;
IT ONLY SAPS TODAY OF ITS STRENGTH.

I know, I know-----easy to say, difficult to remember and follow, but VERY true. As humans, we tend to worry thinking it might help what happens tomorrow, and it never does. It only keeps you from enjoying what's in front of you today.

However, your own health problems CAN be dealt with directly by you. and at this point, it appears that they all can be treated in one way or another. That involves fighting and attacking and mustering the strength needed for the battles! I KNOW you have that within you! If you need support both physically and emotionally to deal with those battles, I am sure there are those of us near enough to you to help with both aspects. I will be here to share any and all thoughts and feelings via the computer, as we all on this forum will be happy to do. Do not underestimate the detrimental effects that emotions can have on physical health, either. With, or without, happy pills, seek out happy things----find things to do TODAY that can elicit a laugh or a smile, and see what a difference that can make. Just look at the plight of those Hatians with crushed limbs, missing limbs, missing family, missing homes, life-threatening infections, hunger, and on and on-----and yet they find ways to sing and laugh every day. I have been so amazed by their attitudes and outlook on life that it just causes me to sit up and wonder, "How do they do it? Where does their strength come from? Is it genes? Is it environment? Is it support from others? Is it faith?" Whatever it is they have, I want to learn about it!

Step one-----seek the physical surgery you need to fix your circulatory system IMMEDIATELY IF NOT SOONER, and ask a friend to stay with you while you recover.

Step two-----find the best/easiest way to treat your Diabetes. They are right on the brink of finding ways to repair and replace Pancreas cells, so, in the meantime, choose the best splint until the cure is finalized.

Step three-----find a reason to laugh every day!

Step four-----remember the old adage that goes something like, "Please give me the strength to change what I can change, to ignore what I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference." The real quote is much better than my memory can recall, I think, but you get it!

NOW---go call the doc and make yourself an appointment! You CAN do something to help your physical health!

[Nasoosie]

Barbzee!

As with Mitch, I knew things were not going well for you either lately. You have been through more than I can even begin to fathom since I joined this group----from your family traumas to your own health issues. If you haven't yet read the message I replied to her, read it, and know I mean the same for you. It seems, that in spite of what you have already done to repair yourself, there are still more options to go for. Granted, the recovery from such options is not easy, but you, like Mitch, are a fighter I believe. The fall must have been a helluva scary thing, not to mention excruciatingly painful. So glad they finally discovered you have a hip fracture, and won't be forcing you to use that hip until it heals.

I am not sure if you have anybody staying with you to help you----do you? If not, you have a lot of family, most of whom could benefit from having to think about things other than the trauma of what happened to them in the past year. Caring for you could be just the ticket for them to begin feeling good about themselves again. I know you could use some help with caring for your beloved 4-footers while that hip heals.

HUGE HUGS from me and Molly, as you regroup and go onto the next battle. We will all be here for you and thinking about you.