Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:40:37 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/8968/1213251406.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/8968 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/1140032 Sorry i haven't been on here in so long. don't really have much time to get on here now. don't know what all i had when i signed up on here but currently have narcolepsy with mild cataplexy, bipolar, restless leg syndrome, hemiplegic migraines, ADD, neuropathy of unknown origin... Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:44:21 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/633586 If anyone has any ideas on how to improve the rapidly declining memory, please share. I seem to only remember and pay attention to things associated with strong emotion (good or bad) or if they're written down and I can read them slowly when it's quiet and digest it all. Like emails. It frus... Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:47:20 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/574766 Still here. Just posting a quick update. My son went to half day kindergarten and i got busy. it's a lot to handle cuz there's now school functions and homework to do and i have to be onto of things with my memory. i already forgot to turn in one of his homework assignments. have to send tha... Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:39:52 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/244759 Well, my husband, me and my kids went to Idlewild Park, an amusement park with our church. I was worried about riding the rides and my cataplexy or not being able to keep up cuz of tiredness. I was also worried that the kids wouldn't have a good time if they weren't big enough to ride things... Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:17:56 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/202083 This touched me so I thought I'd share with all of you. Dusty old shoe  I showered and shaved.............. I adjusted my tie. I got there and sat.............. In a pew just in time. Bowing my head in prayer......... As I closed my eyes. I saw the shoe of the man next to me..... Touching m... Thu, 31 May 2007 09:18:03 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/199854 Ok, the following is a joke that is a little bit on the naughty side so if you don't like those kinds of jokes, don't read any further.Lonely WomenA lonely widow, aged 70, decided that is was time to get married again. So she put an ad in the local newspaper that read: HUSBAND WANTED:MUST BE... Wed, 30 May 2007 09:16:59 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/124390 Well, I've had a big moment in my life. This will sound strange to some and others will totally understand. Last night my son asked if he can help make dinner. Normally I would have told him no and told him to get out of the kitchen and hurt his feelings and I'd have been aggitated and mean about it... Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:31:50 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/113480 Well, I've officially arrived. Yeah! I chose the excellent face cuz there's not a "really good" face between the good and excellent faces so I'm actually in between but this is the first time in so many years I can't count that I've felt this good. All I have to say is...thank God for the drugs. Sad... Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:55:31 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/99937 Sorry I haven't been around lately. My husband is on vacation this week and I have had 2 doctor's appts. a day so far so...also, he's been really sick with a flu or something too this week so it's been fun. Lots of stuff coming up in the next 2 weeks so might not be on for a while. Hope everyone is ... Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:59:28 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/69354 well, we made it out to the park and the grocery store and my in-laws and then home and collapsed. I was exhausted but a good exhausted. The kids had a ball and wore themselves out. My littlest was falling asleep in the grocery cart. It was so cute. I don't have more energy today but I seem to have ... Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:15:20 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/68227 Feeling some better I guess. Spent the last 2 days crying all day and night and I don't know why. Picked a fight with my husband and I don't know why. Felt hopeless and really negative. Was really down. Haven't slept well either so that doesn't help. Guess that will happen. We're supposed to go out ... Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:14:36 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/66106 Tired, not feeling well at all, back hurting. Not sure if I slept wrong or what. Have no patience or tolerance with the kids. Just want to throttle them today. I know they're bored and stir crazy but I can't handle it. Going to put them down for a nap and take one myself to see if that helps. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:44:16 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/64523 well, didn't wake up feeling like a slug today. It was very nice. Woke up to my daughter poking me and this time I laughed at her and tickled her instead of trying to convince her to go back to sleep cuz I was so exhausted. I could get used to this... Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:47:40 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/62202 Well, doing better. Afraid to say that cuz it seems like everytime I say that things go bad again so...after the first night of Xyrem and getting sick, I was able to take it the past 3 nights without any trouble so that is awesome. It is a very weird medicine though. You can feel it working and it's... Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:06:38 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/59480 it's 1:12a.m. i'm waiting for 1:30a.m. so i can take my xyrem and go to bed. tried it for the first time last night. it is some nasty stuff. about 40 min. after i took it i was sleeping and woke up with vomit in my mouth and rolled on my side and threw up all over the floor. i felt awful. supposed t... Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:18:50 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/57948 ssi called an hour earlier than they were supposed to cuz they were booked up. the kids were screaming and fighting in the background as usual. i guess they got all they needed. we'll see. at the doctor's appt yesterday i couldn't stop crying. so that doctor called my neurologist and told her about ... Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:57:47 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/57710 everything hurts. i'm exhausted even on the provigil. went to family doctor yesterday. they pulled my license. ordered physical therapy for my back. they thought i could get home pt with not driving. nope. I'm too young. so there goes that. can't give me any muscle relaxers cuz they don't mix with m... Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:22:51 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/55073 Hi everyone! Don't feel like writing but it's been a while so I figured I would. Feel lousy. My neck and back are really bothering me and it's making it really hard to get comfortable to go to sleep. My sinuses are acting up again but they won't give me anything for it till I go for an appt and I ca... Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:00:35 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/52678 An inspiring story... A little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it was "too crowded." "I can't go to Sunday School," she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by. Seeing her shabby, unkempt appearance, the pastor guessed the reason and, taking her by the ... Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:19:03 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/8968/journal/51991 And... One Flaw In Women Women have strengths that amaze men. They bear hardships and they carry burdens, but they hold happiness, love and joy. They smile when they want to scream. They sing when they want to cry. They cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous. They fight f... Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:38:59 +0100