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I just read through Janet Lynn’s profile and she is a amazing person! In my prior life, I have taken care of patients like Janet. Her upbeat attitude and her faith in God is contagious so please read her Bio when you can. This morning while reading Yahoo news, they had a story from a Hospice RN who wrote about all her patients regrets before they died. This woman has worked for Hospice for 20 plus years so she has seen a lot. But there were 3 things that the majority of her patients regretted . #1 Caring about materialistic things and not taking the time to stop and enjoy the smaller things like smelling the flowers or watching nature. #2 Not forgiving themselves or others during their lifetime. #3 Not taking the time to learn more about their faith and not doing what their faith told them. This was a eye opener to me. I will say in my 32 years in my prior life, I have never met a atheist who was dying. Yes I’ve seen miracles though ! But please take the time to read Janet’s Bio, she is a inspiration to all ! Welcome to the group Janet!….David

Guys and Gals, I need some input from all of you dealing with a hard problem, As all of you know, forums are good but there’s 1 problem that we all need to address. When a member joins 2 things happen #1 The member stays and slowly opens up #2 The member joins and then doesn’t feel right and never comes back on.. I am going to open up a real possibility that’s happened. Practical Turtle was very active on this site. She would also on occasion message me . She opened up to all of us about her desire to commit Suicide as well as self harming. Right before Christmas, she was going through high emotional thoughts. I haven’t heard from her since and she has not posted anything in the chat room. How does everyone feel about a “sponsor” type of method. 1 could share their private EMail for instance so they could hopefully get in touch with that person? No phone numbers just E mails. Daily or weekly depending on how active they are, One could check in with them and see how their doing? I probably will worry about Turtle forever always worrying. If anyone has any other idea please throw it out there…..David

Morning hours are probably the most enjoyable time of the day for me. Taking Buddy Outback to do his business while I sit and reflect on what I need to accomplish today. My thoughts instinctively go out to all our members and the problems their facing. Just know your not facing them alone and these problems one day will be in your past and not your future. In med 101 your taught the different stages that apply to Hospice patients which also can apply to most individuals facing challenges #1 Denial #2 Anger #3 Bargaining #4 Acceptance. Until you accept it’s hard to move forward. But you will. My older sister is Bi Polar but very enjoyable to be around. While going to college I worked the 11P-7A. On the crisis stabilization unit. Yes there were patients with small issues but during that year I can honestly say there was only 1 person that was “crazy”. He if he hasn’t died is still at the State hospital. But rest assured, these small issues can be fixed ! Always think positive about your future! …..David
P.S. Boss, is there anyway to set up a wellness check for members? Practicle Turtle hasn’t been seen since before Christmas.

I have made several posts about the situation with my son so I won’t explain that again. On February 25th we go to court to remove him as my guardian. I have petitioned the court to let me be my own guardian again. Even with the complications from my current struggles with insomnia, I am capable of making sound decisions for myself. My morals and values are intact. I am very anxious to get this over with.

Speaking of the insomnia - I sleep less than 3 hours per 24. At least 2-3 nights a week I don’t even get into bed. I am following a healthy sleep guide that says bed only when sleepy. I started having bizarre episodes where my whole body jumps as if I was startled awake - but I was not sleeping in the first place. When I ran it by my PCP and now also my Psychiatrist, they both mentioned researching microsleeps. According to my research, they start when you are so sleep deprived that your organs are in danger of damage and/or failure. The human body needs to go into regular sleep cycles to rejuvenate all of the body systems regularly. I am going to be started on a new sleeping med called Belsomra when the prior authorization goes through.

I have also started to take some food extracts to assist meds I am already taking. Replace deficiencies revealed in blood work. And hopefully replace some prescription meds. I take 127 prescribed pills every day! The only thing both doctors asked is that #1 I only start 1 new extract a week. And #2 I notify each of them when I start something new so they can help track any side effects and/or benefits.

I have so many physical and mental health based dxs that I need to address. Doing it one at a time with single ingredient extracts when possible. With my autoimmune disorders, it can cause a different reaction or need a higher dose to accomplish anything. I am being careful and checking with my care team before I even purchase any extracts. The way I am doing this is very expensive. But how can I put a limit on my health and even my existence. I need to find some sort of quality of life- something I don’t think I have ever had. Anyway, this is the direction I have chosen at this time. I hope and pray for positive effects.

Those are the major updates I have to offer at this point in time… #Insomnia #MajorDepression #foodextracts #Court #microsleeps #Sleepmed #Guardianship #autoimmunedisorders #sounddecisions #organrisk #consultdoctor #Update #numerousdiagnoses #physicalhealth #MentalHealth #PTSDSupportAndRecovery #healthysleephygiene

A great afternoon all. I just woke up from a well needed nap and walked out back to feel a slight taste of fall. Some of us enjoy different seasons. Here in North east Florida, we usually only have 2 . One is called Cold and the other one is Hot. Truth be told I don’t like either one of them lol. The cold brings out the joint pain and the heat with high humidity is becoming intolerable. I can remember as a young kid my Dad was stationed in Key West. For the first 10 years of my life I never noticed the heat and stayed outside all day. Cars didn’t come with A/Cs ( those were for rich people). That was during the Cuban Missle Crisis. We all got these little pamphlets what to do if one was shot. Duck and hide under our desk was the solution. ( Damn we were idiots back then ) but some of my ideas when I was there taught me life long lessons. NEVER do a autopsy on a dead shark you pulled home on a wagon and like a surgeon, remove all the organs in your carport on a hot key west summer. Both my neighbors Dad and then my Dad took turns whipping my ass. It took months to get rid of that smell. Lesson #2 lesson : Tarzan never slid down a Palm tree.. That might look cool but it also will remove all your skin from your inner thighs,abdomen, and inner arms plus a trip to the dispensary. #3 Never jump out of a tree with your Superman cape on with the old rubber coated wire used on a clothes line carrying one of those cheap bone handle steak knives. #1 The clothes line will tighten around you. And secondly that cheap steak knife takes awhile to cut through wire. Lastly Superman never fell 25 feet (he could fly..I couldn’t ) another trip to the dispensary . So many memories So many lessons learned……..David