What's making you happy today? - Page 689

orthodoc · 09-16-2014, 07:58 PM

Excellent news, Grav! And re Radar Love, all I can say is, OMG. The song each of us (born within a certain cohort) recalls in a personal way. I had a lot of autonomy in late high school (Canada) and that song resonates.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-16-2014, 10:15 PM

Glad Grandmadigr is kicking ass... still think you should have slipped her some whisky though. The Mighty Ack! I fucking love it.

Lola Bunny · 09-17-2014, 09:56 AM

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Also, Grandmadigr is coming on like gangbusters, now. She's been moved to a swing bed facility. Last hip-break (couple years ago) she was there for a week and a half and went home.

Broke hip and wrist on the same side, about a week ago, wrist set and in a cast, hip pinned, and she walked across the room today.

Like I said, tough old bird.

Lola Bunny · 09-17-2014, 10:00 AM

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Honest to God, the most difficult thing in all this is...what class should I take?

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Did you choose a class yet? Choose something that you think you might enjoy. Or maybe a fitness class....weight lighting, aerobics, uh....ballroom dancing? Hihi....Something that you won't have to study or study hard for. I made a mistake of taking Music Appreciation because this "smart" friend of mine said it's easy and she got an A in it. Well, I got a C because I didn't have the time to study although it wasn't a hard class. :roll eyes: So, yeah, choose something fun, fun, fun with not much homework, unless you like to study.

Clodfobble · 09-18-2014, 08:29 AM

Making me happy and mildly amusing me...

Minifob has a tough time sleeping, that seems to be getting worse as he gets older. It is a problem both of falling asleep, as well as staying asleep. We have developed a number of habits and routines over the years to try to get him a good night's rest... he listens to NPR (enough background noise to keep him from cycling through his own obsessive thoughts, but not interesting enough to keep him awake,) uses a weighted blanket, wears an eye mask, crunches a cup of ice to let some held-in stress out, and a million other things.

None of this shit works, for the record. He's in his room with the lights off by 8:30, but never falls asleep before 10:30, and usually around 4:30 in the morning I hear him get up and turn NPR back on. Even worse, he was on a prescription med for awhile that had him passing the fuck out, which was great, but it had other side effects and we had to stop it. Since then he gets even more frustrated because he remembers how easy it was to fall asleep during that short time, and he literally starts sobbing at his inability to sleep, which doesn't help with that whole, you know, relaxing thing.

Anyway. The happy part is, a few days ago we started trying an OTC supplement that is working like gangbusters for him so far. Extra bonus is it's a skin cream instead of a pill, so we get to avoid all the typical worries about digestive side effects.

The amusing part is that the stuff works so well, on the second night he took it, he literally fell asleep with his cup of ice still held aloft, and accidentally dumped ice water all over his own face and woke up screaming. We were trying so hard not to laugh at him... And even after cleaning up that catastrophe, he still fell back asleep a few minutes later!

Now the only risk is that he'll build up a tolerance and it will stop working. Crossing our fingers...

glatt · 09-18-2014, 08:34 AM

A skin cream! That's so cool. I hope it keeps working.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-18-2014, 09:12 AM

There's nobody to blame, no white whale to focus on, just constant logic resistant medical staff and Insurance companies, who underestimate you. I don't know how you stay on top of it without becoming a straight jacket inhabitant.

Pico and ME · 09-18-2014, 06:22 PM

What is the skin cream?

lumberjim · 09-18-2014, 06:50 PM

ETHER

Clodfobble · 09-18-2014, 07:06 PM

This stuff.

It smells funny and doesn't rub in perfectly. Minifob objected to how it felt on his hands (he doesn't have problems with the texture of lotion in general, just this stuff) so I rub it into his back for him, wearing a vinyl glove so I don't steal half the dose. It also ain't cheap, but one bottle lasts two months, and nothing he takes is cheap anyway.

Lola Bunny · 09-18-2014, 08:06 PM

Sounds like cool stuff. Glad you found something that helps your son.

Griff · 09-18-2014, 08:24 PM

Excellent.

Gravdigr · 09-19-2014, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

...he literally fell asleep with his cup of ice still held aloft, and accidentally dumped ice water all over his own face and woke up screaming.

I shouldn't have, but I did. Sorry. I feel for the boy, I've had serious sleep problems my entire life.

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What is the skin cream?

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ETHER

..Hey, son, does this handkerchief smell like chloroform?..

Gravdigr · 09-19-2014, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

...It also ain't cheap...

footfootfoot · 09-19-2014, 06:23 PM

Cool. That stuff is an analog of Gabapentin, the stuff I take for RLS and sleep. I might try that instead.

That is so great minifob is able to sleep! Not sleeping is awful.

09-16-2014, 07:58 PM	#10321
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Excellent news, Grav! And re Radar Love, all I can say is, OMG. The song each of us (born within a certain cohort) recalls in a personal way. I had a lot of autonomy in late high school (Canada) and that song resonates. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

09-16-2014, 10:15 PM	#10322
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Glad Grandmadigr is kicking ass... still think you should have slipped her some whisky though. The Mighty Ack! I fucking love it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-18-2014, 08:29 AM	#10325
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Making me happy and mildly amusing me... Minifob has a tough time sleeping, that seems to be getting worse as he gets older. It is a problem both of falling asleep, as well as staying asleep. We have developed a number of habits and routines over the years to try to get him a good night's rest... he listens to NPR (enough background noise to keep him from cycling through his own obsessive thoughts, but not interesting enough to keep him awake,) uses a weighted blanket, wears an eye mask, crunches a cup of ice to let some held-in stress out, and a million other things. None of this shit works, for the record. He's in his room with the lights off by 8:30, but never falls asleep before 10:30, and usually around 4:30 in the morning I hear him get up and turn NPR back on. Even worse, he was on a prescription med for awhile that had him passing the fuck out, which was great, but it had other side effects and we had to stop it. Since then he gets even more frustrated because he remembers how easy it was to fall asleep during that short time, and he literally starts sobbing at his inability to sleep, which doesn't help with that whole, you know, relaxing thing. Anyway. The happy part is, a few days ago we started trying an OTC supplement that is working like gangbusters for him so far. Extra bonus is it's a skin cream instead of a pill, so we get to avoid all the typical worries about digestive side effects. The amusing part is that the stuff works so well, on the second night he took it, he literally fell asleep with his cup of ice still held aloft, and accidentally dumped ice water all over his own face and woke up screaming. We were trying so hard not to laugh at him... And even after cleaning up that catastrophe, he still fell back asleep a few minutes later! Now the only risk is that he'll build up a tolerance and it will stop working. Crossing our fingers... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-18-2014, 09:12 AM	#10327
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There's nobody to blame, no white whale to focus on, just constant logic resistant medical staff and Insurance companies, who underestimate you. I don't know how you stay on top of it without becoming a straight jacket inhabitant. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-18-2014, 06:22 PM	#10328
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	What is the skin cream? __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

09-18-2014, 08:34 AM	#10326
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	A skin cream! That's so cool. I hope it keeps working.

09-18-2014, 06:50 PM	#10329
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	ETHER __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-18-2014, 07:06 PM	#10330
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	This stuff. It smells funny and doesn't rub in perfectly. Minifob objected to how it felt on his hands (he doesn't have problems with the texture of lotion in general, just this stuff) so I rub it into his back for him, wearing a vinyl glove so I don't steal half the dose. It also ain't cheap, but one bottle lasts two months, and nothing he takes is cheap anyway. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-18-2014, 08:06 PM	#10331
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Sounds like cool stuff. Glad you found something that helps your son.

09-18-2014, 08:24 PM	#10332
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Excellent. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-19-2014, 06:23 PM	#10335
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Cool. That stuff is an analog of Gabapentin, the stuff I take for RLS and sleep. I might try that instead. That is so great minifob is able to sleep! Not sleeping is awful. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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