u/Common_Kiwi9442

I need to use eye drops sometimes. I have chronic pain conditions. Any advice please?

Hey, I would like to talk to people here who might have Aries Sun in the 12th or some Pisces planets. I have so much trouble with escapism and dissociation.

Wondering if there is already a decent discord server set up or I would happily make one because I use it every day. I can make different channels for different types of pain or discussion, etc. 💗💗

I am unsure about how I will react to this medication, but it's scary with my history of alcohol abuse, withdrawals, and self harm.. I don't want mania and I don't want to hurt myself. Love you

Hey all. I am scared to take it because not only am I a very anxious person, but I have recently cut down from heavy drinking that I did for a long time. I would say that I am not emotionally stable at all and I really really worry about hurting myself. I need help for the nerve pain, but I don't love that I love knives and hurting myself when I dissociate, which is why I can't keep my switchblade in my bedroom any more. I know that self harm and suicidal ideation and mania could be common and I'm just scared. Any experiences? Has it affected anyone's mental health?

I saw the thread but I don't know every single local union of everyone here. Please drop it in the comments so I can make flairs. Add departments if requested, it will be done. Thank you!

I was worried about going to my doctors appt yesterday... and I could have never predicted what happened.

Every. Single. Person. Was kind to me. Everyone. My PCP wasn't available and a specialist came in to see my foot. I told her it was okay to touch it to take pulse and everything and it went well.

Then, she asked, so is your foot usually flared up like this?

Oh the look on my face must have been bewildered and I almost laughed. I said, "This is absolutely not a flare. Do you want to see my flares?" and proceeded to show her my picture documentation of said flares. She gasped and backed up a little bit. Asked me to put my leg down off the table, and of course right away the discoloration began, she and the nurse could see it turning blotchy and purple right before their eyes. She called it something I can't remember.

But.. It has taken me years to see a doctor again, out of fear. I started crying and said I am so sorry it has taken me this long to come back. She said, "Don't be sorry to ME, be sorry to YOURSELF." and that really stuck with me.

She immediately asked if I wanted to try Pregabalin/Lyrica and I said I've heard about it and I explained the ways that i've tried self-medicating at home. She looked so sad and told me she is so sorry that i've been doing this at home and suffering. She ordered the Rx immediately and also asked if I wanted to try Physical Therapy, and yes my Partnership DOES cover it, which I did not know!!! I said yes ma'am I would like to try it. She asked if I would be interested in acupuncture, and I said yes I'd be interested in a consultation about that.

She said she would take care of all of it, and she did, and told me that Radiology was open until 4 so I still had some time to get my ordered X-Rays done. Partner rolled me over there and something happened I also could have NEVER expected...

The X-Ray tech, he was already cracking jokes and I said you remind me so much of him (partner), he tries to keep me happy and IM the depressing one. He said How could anyone be depressed with a lovely person like you! I was already like.. okay awesome sweet guy.

He started to position me for the X-Rays and I mentioned that it's very sensitive and he said, RSD right? I GASPED and said HOW did you know????

Turns out... his wife has had RSD/CRPS for 30 years. Unfortunately she had multiple surgeries before they figured it out, and didn't know why the pain kept getting worse until one doctor finally figured it out for her. We talked about everything right then and there, since I was the last X-ray for the day.. we BOTH cried.

He said that he tries to help his wife so much and it breaks his entire heart when she's crying in pain and he can't do anything about it. He said that she said the same things that I say to my partner, "Don't you know you could have a better life without me? You don't have to do this and stay with me and care, etc"

It BROKE MY HEART and I was sobbing, then my partner came in when the X-rays were done and we kept talking about it, and also love. He said that you don't just leave someone like that. I said no you don't, if you do, that's NOT love.

He said that I have a beautiful soul and that I deserve to live, and that I should never give up on myself. He said he goes home to tell his wife about his patients and she will be ecstatic to hear about me and how I have "this look in my eyes" of determination. He saw it, he knows. We are so strong. All of us.

This will stay with me for my entire life. Thank you. 😭😭😭😭

I love all of my Aries and they can do as they please. If you come in here calling my rams attention seeking whores you're gone. Bye see you never 😘

Doctor wants me to do a 12 hour fast for labs. I am not obese or anything, I get really weak dizzy and shaky and I don't think I can do this. Are there any tips or anything? She is very busy so I can't contact. I just don't know if I can do it and if she's going to be mad and/or condemn me if I can't. We also have to borrow a car and go all the way downtown and I have to be carried down our apt stairs (please no comments about this, its because of rent control) and go through the docs in a wheelchair mostly. I wouldn't be able to do a 12 hour water fast and be on my crutches, I would 100% fall

I'm very clean, bleach everything, keep things in containers and sealed. They're not huge but they're in the apartment building since we had some bad neighbors and it's SO frustrating and gross to see them... I sanitize everything possible.

But I heard that their eggs and stuff can transfer

If I moved what are the best practices for making sure I don't bring any along?

Just paper, pens, maybe color !

I want to try using more apples in my cooking and lean savory. Do you cook anything savory with apples? Recipes? I would love to hear them thank you (: 🍎