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Hey guys! Hope you're all feeling positive today! Just wanted to share some good news :D

Today, I celebrate my ninth week of EEN. I was initially supposed to do eight, but due to some occasional flares, my GI doc and my dietitian has asked me to do about 1-2 more weeks of Modulen. So now, I've officially crossed into the "safe zone", whereby I can technically start reintroducing food. Hooray! \ ^^ /

To add more good news on top of good news, I'll be starting Azathioprine 2 days from now. Although I'm a bit worried about its side effects, but I guess if it puts me in remission, then it's all good, eh? :)

Although I'm extremely happy that I've been granted the freedom to start reintroducing food, but somehow, I feel kind of hesitant to do it after not eating anything (except for an almond cookie and a pineapple tart during the Lunar New Year) for 9 weeks. I'm just really afraid of what may happen if the food that I eat causes me to flare up again. :/

Being on Modulen has its own benefits and shortcomings. I do flare up less while on it, but I'm still getting alternating cycles of diarrhoea and constipation. Plus, the temptation of food will always be there. I know its good for me, but I just hate having to drink it. ._.

I'm balancing out the pros and cons of reintroducing food as I'm typing this out right now. Having the freedom to eat something is one thing, but suffering the consequences of doing so is not mutually exclusive. I guess I should start on the 18th too, since I'll also be starting Azathioprine then. Make both the schedules line up, I guess. ._.

Anyways, I'm just glad that I've come thus far. I know EEN is not a miracle drug, it doesn't make me 100% symptom free, and it's not pleasant to drink either, but if it makes me feel even a tiny bit better, I'll be glad that I did it. Right now, I just feel like a winner :D

I can't say definitively whether I'm excited or hesitant, but I really wonder what comes next...
 
That's a nice looking dress Cat....you are so clever being able to dress make...it all escaped me being thrust into the world of academia..head in the clouds forever lost in books....miss so much when it comes to practical ways of life.
However with all my sisters there was always someone to do these things for me.Carol...I envy you with all the bike rides and especially your proximity to the seaside...how refreshing.
That is a lovely bike Cat...can just see Ron sailing up the road on it and getting the shopping...
I do have some lovely views of Lake Ontario from the apartment and there is a beach but nothing built up like in England.it is possible to drive or take a bus there....I don't have a bike ,don't drive.. so have to depend on others.
The Lake is huge and runs through Ontario to Quebec via the St Lawrence Seaway.
The five Great Lakes are all fresh water and quite vast in scope.
Keep well Everyone...not easy...but can be done.......(sometimes).....
We had such lovely sunshine today but bitterly cold.....snows not yet finished with us...
Hope you all enjoyed St Valentines Day...
 
CYY... good to see you and know you are making some progress Be careful not to expect immediate results with Azathioprine...it works gradually over a few weeks.
It is exciting to graduate back to some real food but it must be done carefully and slowly.
Hope everything goes really well for you.
Trysha
 
CYY said:
Hey guys! Hope you're all feeling positive today! Just wanted to share some good news :D

Today, I celebrate my ninth week of EEN. I was initially supposed to do eight, but due to some occasional flares, my GI doc and my dietitian has asked me to do about 1-2 more weeks of Modulen. So now, I've officially crossed into the "safe zone", whereby I can technically start reintroducing food. Hooray! \ ^^ /

To add more good news on top of good news, I'll be starting Azathioprine 2 days from now. Although I'm a bit worried about its side effects, but I guess if it puts me in remission, then it's all good, eh? :)

Although I'm extremely happy that I've been granted the freedom to start reintroducing food, but somehow, I feel kind of hesitant to do it after not eating anything (except for an almond cookie and a pineapple tart during the Lunar New Year) for 9 weeks. I'm just really afraid of what may happen if the food that I eat causes me to flare up again. :/

Being on Modulen has its own benefits and shortcomings. I do flare up less while on it, but I'm still getting alternating cycles of diarrhoea and constipation. Plus, the temptation of food will always be there. I know its good for me, but I just hate having to drink it. ._.

I'm balancing out the pros and cons of reintroducing food as I'm typing this out right now. Having the freedom to eat something is one thing, but suffering the consequences of doing so is not mutually exclusive. I guess I should start on the 18th too, since I'll also be starting Azathioprine then. Make both the schedules line up, I guess. ._.

Anyways, I'm just glad that I've come thus far. I know EEN is not a miracle drug, it doesn't make me 100% symptom free, and it's not pleasant to drink either, but if it makes me feel even a tiny bit better, I'll be glad that I did it. Right now, I just feel like a winner :D

I can't say definitively whether I'm excited or hesitant, but I really wonder what comes next...
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Great news! CYY

Maybe just try little bits of stuff that you know you can tolerate at first.(I'm always the careful guy). Then may a full fledged life of eating return to you. Hoping for you to feel awesome!

All the best and congratulations,

cmack
 
Lol, I was going to post this picture even before I read your comments, Cat. I'll be back tomorrow (well I guess that is actually today now as it is almost 2am). Too tired to say anything else.
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Oh no, was there another earthquake in NZ? :( I didn't see anything on the news about that. I hope everybody in NZ is okay!

Sandy, I was quite disappointed, I went to a couple stores yesterday but the biggest discount was 50% off. Target was only 30% off. I didn't end up buying anything because the discounts weren't good enough for my liking.

CYY, best of luck! I hope everything goes smoothly. It's okay to be both excited and hesitant at the same time. It's exciting but also a little scary because you don't know how your body will respond. Just take it slowly with food. I don't have any experience with Aza myself but I hope it works well for you.

Trysha, yeah, learning to sew was one of the best life skills that I've learned. When I was a little girl, my grandma brought me an old sewing machine, and she showed me the basics - how to thread it, how to put the bobbin in, how to change the stitch and the tension and all that. And then she gave me some fabric and basically left me alone to play with it and figure things out on my own. I've been sewing ever since.

As an adult, I wanted to learn how to tailor clothes, so I went around to garage sales and bought some cheap clothes (we're talking in the 25 cents to $2 range). I specifically looked for clothes that looked cute or had potential, but may have been too large for me. Then I'd try my hand at taking them in. If I succeeded then I'd have a cute new outfit. If I failed, I would learn from the experience what I did wrong so that I wouldn't do that again in the future, and I'd only be out a couple bucks at the very most. So if you want to learn how to sew, that's how I'd suggest you try it - buy some cheap clothes and try to tailor them. Buy large clothes and try to take them in, or if they have a weird detail that you don't like, such as poofy sleeves, remove the sleeves and hem the edge where they were attached, things like that. It doesn't cost much money and it's great for learning how to sew in a practical way. And I find it's easier to fix an existing piece than it is to sew something from scratch/from a pattern, although I know I need to get better at sewing from patterns, so that's what I'm focusing on lately.
 
For inspiration about how to tailor existing clothes to make them cuter/fit better, have a look at this girl's blog. I've been following her blog almost since she first started it, she's been very inspiring for me.
http://www.newdressaday.com/
 
Wish everyone there the best. I don't have scales but I know I was at 170 lbs. Lately, my clothes feel a little loser. Hope everyone is well.
 
Ron,

My pants got a little tighter! I don't know how as I have been getting in lots of hours of exercise. The clothes still fit though. I guess that's a bonus. Soon mine will be loose again too! Happens every summer once I get outside and do all the chores. I tend to fluctuate by 10 Lbs or so. 178-188 or so.
 
Azathioprine made me nauseous in the beginning. I now take it at bedtime and it reduces the nausea a lot.
 
Hard day for Allie and me. I woke up very nauseous, had to stop myself from throwing up. (Doing a lot better now.) :( Now my little heart is broken. It was Allie teeth cleaning (and extraction) day, Allie was upset from the moment she woke up because she couldn't have food or water, was whining, whimpering, and occasionally barking (she seldom barks), and I ended up hiding in the bathroom to stop her from jumping on me and trying to grab my hands (smart puppy) so she could try to get me to get her what she wanted. The appointment wasn't until 11 am. Sigh. Somewhere in there she dragged out her food tray (empty of dishes) down a couple steps into the livingroom.
Then she kept scratching at the bathroom door of course. (She never follows us in the bathroom unless invited.) Then came the big bad vet place. I went to the store for a couple necessities (and a couple fun things including a book teaching 88 crochet stitches) and then home and realized how much my life is intertwined with doggy. On the way home I picked up a sandwich for lunch, and immediately in my mind was trying to figure out which little bits of meat I could and wanted to give her. Oops, no doggy at home. Then as I drive in the driveway, I'm trying to figure out how to bring bags from trunk of car and back (had several) without letting doggy out. Oops again, not home. I found myself temporarily wondering why she wasn't at the top of the stairs when I came up from laundry downstairs. And other times why she wasn't following me around. I really missed her.
On top of that, my heart rhythm meds (which are tiny) got stuck in my med sorter last night unbeknownst to me and I could feel my heart do funny things today (nothing that was emergency though, thank goodness). And my cough was wayyyyyy worse.Then Doug brings Allie dog home and she is whimpering and pacing, and wouldn't take her pain pill even mixed in cheese (she's always been good about taking disguised pills.) We didn't dare force her mouth open because of the extractions (three). Finally got her to take it. Hope she feels better soon.
 
And Cat, I can follow patterns no problem, I just can't alter them. I appreciated that link.
 
I love my dog. The ex bought her and I got to keep her. She is at nearly the end of the road. So it is hard. She used to climb mountains with me. Now she is 15-16 yrs old and a little confused. I'm gonna take her out for a bit right now. She is my very best friend. I sure do love animals. They never talk back or complain.
 
Gizmo and I have had a lot of good years together, I'm not crying about it, as we all live to die one day.(Gizmo is a true mutt) all we know for sure is she is mostly terrier and part Pomeranian (her former owner abused her) not my ex, but the boyfriend would throw her into walls and so she has a bad back. My other dog Meika. Moms but I picked her from the litter, is a Lhasa Apso. She wouldn't go in her bed last night and ended up sleeping on my bed. At least she doesn't snore!
 
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I called Allie a puppy, but she is actually getting a little older herself. She is 13 or 14 (lost track) and has a very bad back, doggy seizures, cataracts and losing her hearing. On the good side, she has a good heart and organs. She could go quite a while longer, but I hope without too much difficulty.
When I divorced previously, I tried to get the Persian chinchilla cat we had, but ended up with nothing from that marriage but my clothes, an inexpensive sewing machine, and my sanity. That divorce was one of the best things I ever did.
 
Sandy,

At least you still kept your sanity. I had to split. She left, but I know I chose the wrong lady for me. It was for the best. I'm happier with the dog if that says anything. LOL

Allie could very well have a few more decent years left in her. I think Gizmo might defy science. Maybe she already did? Who knows right?
 
Cat...thanks for the info...don't feel like starting dressmaking right now
Hope you are all ok inNZ...prayers for you Kirstie and Trev plus your families....how awful to have to endure that with all the other health issues going on.
Sandy...I know how you feel....hope Allie makes a swift recovery...you too...bye the way looking at all that chocolate ...who eats all that stuff.im a bit ticked since I have just been
informed I am pre diabetes....gotta stop all these negatives in my life...suspects all the Meds have done this...now another appointment to add to the list....dietician...have never found them helpful in the past...easy enough to look up all the dos and donts methinks..
Two steps forward....four back.....leg is really mending quite well now and I can go for walks again...weather permitting..
Trying to win.....
 
I call my eight and five year old dogs puppys. Especially when talking to both of them. I'll say 'puppys this way' ie,versus using their names when talking to them individually. Dogs,cats,birds,horses,...all our companions help us.
 
Ha ha Dave.....good to see you.....did not hear of your dogs before...
Wish I could have another dog....wouldn't be fair in an apartment setting.
Fed up with apartment living...may look around for a small house or condo.
Trouble with condos are maintenance fees which seem to be getting too excessive these days
 
Too bad I couldn't just come and help you with maintenance services. I used to do maintenance at a huge resort. If I was close I would help you with it. But the I win :ysmile:
 
You did win, cmack, but I came back. :ylol2:
Dave, when I'm talking about Allie to others (especially to Doug), I call her a puppy, I think because she is like our child. But when I talk to her, I call her "baby" more than Allie or anything, so I sometimes wonder if she knows her real name still. I've been trying to say Allie more so she doesn't forget her name. I also call her "monkey butt" (because of a funny looking hind end) or "miss piggy" because of the funny snorting sounds her breed makes. But she is, and always will be Queen Allie.
 
I'm relaxing Carol, well I should be sleeping, but the loo was calling me [emoji3]. I will be having a quiet weekend that's for sure. The recent fires have been very scary for my best friends parents. They live in one of the evacuated suburbs. They needed the rain I had on the drive home. The fires have been in Christchurch in the South Island and I live in the north island.
 
I don't know how people cope.Life in general is fraught with danger and worry,then Mother Nature throws this stuff at them.I understand it MAY have been arson,as with the present bush fires in Australia.What can they be thinking about ???
Glad you're having a restful weekend Kirsty.
 
My cat, Lydia, who is nearly 14, I still call her my kitten. Sometimes I refer to her as my old kitten. I think it's because I've had her since she was a kitten, she was a stray and was somewhere between 10 and 16 weeks old when I got her, so in my mind she's still that crazy little kitten that my friend found in a bush and gave to me. Lily, my dog, she is 8 now and I got her when she was 2, her previous owners couldn't keep her. So I never had her as a puppy, she's always been an adult dog to me, so I never call her a puppy. Her previous owners kept promising to send me puppy photos but they never did, so I don't even know what she looked like as a puppy. (Which is sad, because I know corgi puppies are absolutely adorable - wish I could see Lily as a puppy!)
 
Sandy,I hope our little girl is feeling better today and is enjoying warm,soft chicken,hand fed of course.(Allie,not the chicken).It will take a day or two for her to forget the trauma,but dogs are much more resilient than we give them credit for.It's us who suffer the most when they are sick.
 
Dogs are definitely resilient. I took Lily on a 4 mile hike this past Sunday, it was very challenging for both of us. The path was slush and meltwater, so both of us had soaked feet, and there were high winds - I thought the path went through the woods, but it turned out a big chunk of it went through prairie & open field, so there was nothing to block the wind for a lot of the hike. So, the next day we were both a bit sore in the joints and not moving very quickly. But the day after that, Lily was back to her old self already. Meanwhile I'm still moving a bit slowly! :p Lily definitely recovered much faster than I did.
 
Alex adjusts pretty easily. I don't walk very fast but he will walk the ssme pace. There is an organization of ladies in this town that run him three or four times a week. He is also fine with that pace
 
My dog is not fine with running. :p She'll walk and walk and walk, but not run. My brother lived with me for awhile a few years ago, and he's a runner, so one day he tried to take my dog out for a run with him. Not 5 minutes later, they returned home. Apparently my dog had run for about 1 block, then she decided that she was done and she just stopped. Corgis are not known for their running prowess anyway, and my dog in particular is a bit fat and lazy, ha ha, so that was the end of my brother going running with my dog.
 
Same here Ron.....it is so good to know that we all care for what happens to each other...and also ready with helpful comments and advice.
Winning.....
 
I think today may be a two or three nap day. I have had a morning nap. Now thinking of having early arvo nap. Jammer has been helping too.
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That sounds freaky. We dont have bears or cougar of the four legged variety. I don't know what predators we have over here. I guess wild boar in the bush. But that's it. Unless you count stoats etc.
 
cmack said:
Does anybody here have trouble with bears in town? Or have you had predators in your area? We found cougar tracks a week ago.
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There's this guy who has long hair and huge muscles who stays in the block of flats some 5 minutes away from me. His whole body is covered in tattoos and filled with scars. He looks like some gangster or loan shark or something.

Almost every morning, on my way to school, I see him wearing nothing but a pair of underwear (it's very traumatising because I can see the outline of his huge bulging penis :O), bringing along his big-ass radio and blasting music so loud that it could wake the entire neighbourhood.

There's a rumour in the neighbourhood that the man was an ex-convict. However, he hasn't shown any signs of aggression towards me, or done anything illegal by the law, so I don't want to be too quick to judge a book by its cover. If he could just put a shirt and some pants on, and maybe get an iPod or something, I would definitely treat him as less of a "predator", if you get what I mean XD
 
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Sounds like a bad guy, don't want to meet him. I'm not sure I get it . I don't want you to be upset.
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I know he's not a bear or a cougar or anything, but he seems like a "predator" to me, and he lives in my area.

Oh god, that image of his schlong is stuck in my mind right now. I feel so dirty :/
 
CYY said:
I know he's not a bear or a cougar or anything, but he seems like a "predator" to me, and he lives in my area.

Oh god, that image of his schlong is stuck in my mind right now. I feel so dirty :/
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lucky for you he doesn't go commando .....
 
Hi peeps ..had wifi issues for a couple of days... had it sorted this morning . The Virgin man (or was he 😆haha) put me a new modem in and sorted out some wiring n signal issues.

The only predator round here is ME...:rof:
Hope all doing well continue to do so. Those not feeling great soon do. Big hugs :ghug:
 
Hey everyone! I'm back! Just a little update from me:

I had my first meal today! Woohoo! It was great to start eating something again, even if it's just a tiny potato and some slices of chicken breast meat. My dietitian has given me the choice between 3 tablespoons of white rice or a potato, accompanied by a matchbox size of white fish or chicken, and some clear broth, once a day for the next 8 days. 8 days seems like a really long time to be on so little food, and I hope that I can reintroduce the food in larger amounts soon.

Anyways, I'm just glad that I get to reduce the Modulen by 2 and a half scoops everyday for these 8 days. After all, little reduction is better than no reduction at all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Time to think of innovative ways of cooking rice, potatoes and chicken (I don't like white fish, I prefer salmon) without adding much salt or seasoning! :D

I started taking Azathioprine today, and my, was I nauseous. I felt like I ate something wrong, but was unable to vomit it out. My head feels heavy and dense, and I'm unable to concentrate properly. The only thing that I'm satisfied with was that I took it immediately after food. Who knows what would have happened have I not done so :/

I'm currently feeling tired and nauseous from the Azathioprine, so I think I'll hit the sack early tonight and sleep the effects off. Hopefully all goes well with the food and the medication, and I'll be in remission soon ^^

Here's giving everyone a little positive energy. Stay strong guys! :ghug:
 
Oh my goodness - between CYY's horrible underwear pervert and Mandy's virgin man, this thread has gotten a bit risque all of a sudden! :p I don't have any predators like that in my neighborhood, the worse I've got is a skunk who sometimes visits my garbage can to eat banana peels. (I named him Scroungey Skunk.)
 
CYY said:
Hey everyone! I'm back! Just a little update from me:

I had my first meal today! Woohoo! It was great to start eating something again, even if it's just a tiny potato and some slices of chicken breast meat. My dietitian has given me the choice between 3 tablespoons of white rice or a potato, accompanied by a matchbox size of white fish or chicken, and some clear broth, once a day for the next 8 days. 8 days seems like a really long time to be on so little food, and I hope that I can reintroduce the food in larger amounts soon.

Anyways, I'm just glad that I get to reduce the Modulen by 2 and a half scoops everyday for these 8 days. After all, little reduction is better than no reduction at all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Time to think of innovative ways of cooking rice, potatoes and chicken (I don't like white fish, I prefer salmon) without adding much salt or seasoning! :D

I started taking Azathioprine today, and my, was I nauseous. I felt like I ate something wrong, but was unable to vomit it out. My head feels heavy and dense, and I'm unable to concentrate properly. The only thing that I'm satisfied with was that I took it immediately after food. Who knows what would have happened have I not done so :/

I'm currently feeling tired and nauseous from the Azathioprine, so I think I'll hit the sack early tonight and sleep the effects off. Hopefully all goes well with the food and the medication, and I'll be in remission soon ^^

Here's giving everyone a little positive energy. Stay strong guys! :ghug:
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Ron, leg cramps can mean low potassium. Can you eat bananas or sweet potatoes? Those are both high in potassium, so try having those if you're able to.

CYY, I like cooking rice in chicken broth. It adds a bit more flavor than just cooking it in water. As for Aza, I have heard that it can cause some nausea, especially at first. I think some people on the forum have said they take it just before bedtime, so that they can sleep through the nausea. I haven't been on it myself though so I don't know if that's the recommended time to take it or not. Glad to hear you're able to start enjoying food again though! That's great news. :)
 
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Sandy,I hope our little girl is feeling better today and is enjoying warm,soft chicken,hand fed of course.(Allie,not the chicken).It will take a day or two for her to forget the trauma,but dogs are much more resilient than we give them credit for.It's us who suffer the most when they are sick.
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Allie is much better, thanks. And I don't have any live chickens around here to feed.
 
Cat, what was your brother thinking, trying to run with a corgi? 😂 The last movie we saw that I mentioned, "A Dog's Purpose," had a corgi. I thought of you. I also think you would love the movie. And I'm glad you don't have major predators in your area, but stay away from Scroungey Skunk.

Ron, I think it's awesome you have a group of ladies that will run Alex, and Alex sounds like a great dog. 😀😀😀 Also, low magnesium can cause cramping, but needs to be supplemented with calcium.

Kirsty, Jammer looks like the prefect dog for cuddling up with for a nap. I hope you are getting some rest.

CYY, your kind of "predator" is a difficult kind to deal with. Does your area have any decency laws that would require him to wear more? Would local police be able to be of any help if so, without causing you repercussions for yourself? On your other post, it is great you are able to start reintroducing food, altho such small amounts must be hard without wanting more. And sorry the med has caused problems. Could the reintroduced food have added to the nausea? With all the multitude of things I've had to deal with in my life, feeling nauseous and inability to concentrate are at the top of my worst ways to feel. Hope it lifts soon, and that you adjust quickly to the Aza. :hug:

Now Mandy, you're the type of predator I could deal with. :hug:

And Doug, Allie is not much of a predator at all at present, the poor partially drugged, partially toothless puppy. :heart: :heart: :heart:

For all I have not mentioned here on LOW, you are in my :heart: too.
 
Sandy, my brother seems to have some sort of undiagnosed mental illness or something, he's very hard to get along with and he doesn't have much in the way of common sense. I could complain all day about him, but I'll just say that I have no idea what he was thinking as I never can understand much of anything about him. He's a difficult person.

But this is the fun thread and I don't want to drag it down, so that's all I'll say on that subject. I haven't seen that movie, I get sort of emotional at watching movies (I seriously cried watching E.T. on Netflix a few weeks ago!) so I kind of try to avoid movies that I know will make me cry. Even if it's a happy cry. I swear, I never used to cry at movies! Then IBD came into my life and now I seem to cry at everything.

As for Scroungey Skunk, I definitely do stay away from him! He has no fear of me. I had been lying in bed, and our outdoor garbage cans are right on the other side of the bedroom wall, and I could hear something in the garbage. I figured it was a squirrel because we've had squirrels in the trash in the past. So I went outside, saw something that was too large to be a squirrel, with a white stripe down its back! It paid zero attention to me as I backed away slowly and went back into the house. I don't want to get skunked so I definitely avoid Scroungey!
 
Sorry, Cat, I had (temporarily) forgotten what you had said (I don't know if here or another thread) about your brother in the past. I too have a brother with an undiagnosed either mental illness or brain injury or something, who is very bright, actually gifted, in oh-so many ways but socially, ... , well, there's just something wrong. But I love him dearly, he doesn't have a mean bone in his body.
I'm glad you stayed away from your skunk friend. I lived for a year with my sister in Arizona, only to be awakened one time in the middle of the night, along with the rest of the household and some neighbors, to discover her dog and a skunk in a ferocious fight in the backyard. The dog won -- er -- sort of. The poor skunk was mortally wounded (it took awhile even after the dog lost interest), and the dog was banished from the house, except for baths in everything under the sun, for a couple of weeks.
As for the movie, I would wait until it comes on Netflix or something so you can be by yourself, and wait for a day when you're in the mood for a good cry.
I think I'm going to soak in a hot steamy shower for awhile, I seem to have caught a cold from my physical therapist and my cough that I haven't totally gotten rid of since my lung function study clear back at the beginning of December is really bad right now. Have a good amount of congestion in nose, etc. Hope I can clear out some air passageways. But first, I'm going to eat some soup and a grilled cheese sandwich Doug is making. Yummy.
 
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Sorry, Cat, I had (temporarily) forgotten what you had said (I don't know if here or another thread) about your brother in the past. I too have a brother with an undiagnosed either mental illness or brain injury or something, who is very bright, actually gifted, in oh-so many ways but socially, ... , well, there's just something wrong. But I love him dearly, he doesn't have a mean bone in his body.
I'm glad you stayed away from your skunk friend. I lived for a year with my sister in Arizona, only to be awakened one time in the middle of the night, along with the rest of the household and some neighbors, to discover her dog and a skunk in a ferocious fight in the backyard. The dog won -- er -- sort of. The poor skunk was mortally wounded (it took awhile even after the dog lost interest), and the dog was banished from the house, except for baths in everything under the sun, for a couple of weeks.
As for the movie, I would wait until it comes on Netflix or something so you can be by yourself, and wait for a day when you're in the mood for a good cry.
I think I'm going to soak in a hot steamy shower for awhile, I seem to have caught a cold from my physical therapist and my cough that I haven't totally gotten rid of since my lung function study clear back at the beginning of December is really bad right now. Have a good amount of congestion in nose, etc. Hope I can clear out some air passageways. But first, I'm going to eat some soup and a grilled cheese sandwich Doug is making. Yummy.
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Yeah you got me going on the skunks now! Thanks for reviving the memory, Gizmo went outside a few years ago and there was a skunk. She kicked it's butt but boy did we both stink. Skunks spray when the stores are closed. Oh the smell, I'll never forget it.
 
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Yeah you got me going on the skunks now! Thanks for reviving the memory, Gizmo went outside a few years ago and there was a skunk. She kicked it's butt but boy did we both stink. Skunks spray when the stores are closed. Oh the smell, I'll never forget it.
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Oops, sorry I didn't stop the skunk talk. The smell is way worse than people who have never experienced it would think, isn't it? And it is nothing like how bad the smell of driving by a dead one on the road is, is it?
 
I was kidding Sandy. I'm all good. But yeah its way worse when you get it on you. I'm just glad my animal won the fight, but then again we all lost. LOL
 
Don't go to the Zoo. Come visit me here. Way cheaper, and most North American animals seem to be hanging out all over the place. We never even used to see a deer when I was a kid. The odd squirrel and some birds. That was about it.
 
Hey everyone! Thanks for all the concern :ghug:

Slept like a log last night. For 10 hours. Best sleep I've gotten in weeks :)

SandyUte said:
CYY, your kind of "predator" is a difficult kind to deal with. Does your area have any decency laws that would require him to wear more? Would local police be able to be of any help if so, without causing you repercussions for yourself? On your other post, it is great you are able to start reintroducing food, altho such small amounts must be hard without wanting more. And sorry the med has caused problems. Could the reintroduced food have added to the nausea? With all the multitude of things I've had to deal with in my life, feeling nauseous and inability to concentrate are at the top of my worst ways to feel. Hope it lifts soon, and that you adjust quickly to the Aza. :hug:
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I'm not too sure about the law, but as far as I know, nobody in the neighbourhood has taken any action against him yet, although they are quite annoyed by him. I guess that means that he is protected by the law? I've also been told that in neighbourhoods where there's a larger proportion of westerners, the westerners jog around the neighbourhood with nothing on but boxer shorts, and they don't get caught by the police. But in conservative neighbourhoods such as mine, 99% of the people living here are Asians, so there's a lot of disapproval when it comes to "indecent exposure".

On an other note, I think you do have a point that maybe it's the potatoes and the chicken that's making me feel nauseous, although it's quite unlikely. I think I'll try eating potatoes and chicken again tonight, and maybe take Azathioprine slightly later at night to sleep off the effects.

Oh, and Jamie Oliver's cooking show is showing on TV right now. He's cooking some yummy pasta. Mm mm :p
 
CYY I take my azathioprine at night as it makes me sleepy. It took me ages to figure it out as I take a heap of pills. Vesicare also makes me sleepy.

Steve made pulled pork today, so yummy!

I had more naps today recovering from last week. I did manage a walk to the beach with Steve and Jammer. Now just chilling [emoji41]
 
I have a lot of fun here too. Nice to find a group of people to chill out with and get to know.
 
Cyy...i was on Aza at one point, fine with it at 1st then 5/6mths later just started being sick as soon as i took it. Doctor took me off it as my liver levels had gone sky high. Shame really as it can be a great help if tolerated well. Everyone is different and i really do hope it works for you. Best wishes 💕
 
Hey peeps! :)

Tried potato and chicken for another day. Seems to go well with me. I'll be trying rice with some chicken slices tomorrow. Maybe even make myself some chicken broth. Too bad I can't cook as well as Jamie. That pasta really did look nice :p

Just took some Azathioprine. Feeling all nauseous again, a headache and sore throat has started to set in too. I feel so sick, and my feelings are so bipolar right now. I was feeling okay only an hour ago...

Side note: lots of homework, projects and topical tests coming up my way soon, so I may be less active for a while. I've still got crap loads of stuff to study, but I'm just so exhausted that nothing's going in D:

I really hope that I can wake up in time for school tomorrow :/

Crohn's really does suck :(
 
Pant antler!! Cmack, I am glad I wasn't drinking water when I read that as I would have spit it out, hah! :p

Rant ahead. Sandy, my brother is gifted in many ways too. He's got a very high IQ and he can be very charming and charismatic. But he also definitely can be mean and there is something very wrong with him mentally, when I see him I never know which version of him I'm going to encounter. He's very into victim-blaming and I often hear from him that if I just wanted it badly enough, if I just told my cells to heal themselves, if I just had "autonomy and mastery" over my illness, then I wouldn't be sick anymore. He listens to a lot of self-help tapes but he misinterprets the reality of what self-help can actually do and he doesn't seem to get that chronic illness doesn't work that way, I can't just magically cure myself by wanting it (believe me, if I could do that just by wanting it, I'd be the healthiest person on earth!). He also told me not to talk to other sick people because I should surround myself with success, so I should only talk to healthy people. Ugh. He says many crazy things like that to me. I recently had to remove him from my facebook because he started saying this stuff to me on there. He also said this sort of thing to me on an almost daily basis while he lived with me a few years back. I selflessly opened my home to him and in return he repaid my kindness by being horrible to me. I can't stand him. /rant over.

CYY, glad to hear you got a good night of sleep! Sometimes that by itself can make a huge difference. I hope you can get through the school stress and studying okay. Make sure to take breaks from studying every now and then, even if it's just for 5 minutes. Do some deep breathing, that helps me a lot with stress.
 
CYY,

I agree with Cat that taking breaks from studying every now and then helps with stress. I used the same approach while in college. Slow and steady wins the race. I hope you do well on your school work. :)

cmack
 
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