Posts by Ngaire BookieMonster
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And to the original post - yes to the criticism of the news - it's appalling on both channels, to the point where if I can I'm either going to start watching Prime at 5.30 (at least it's only 1/2 hour) or just leaving it to the internet.
I'm sick of promotions masquerading as "news" - lifestyle and puff pieces are fine to relieve the doom but not when they're just constant ads for a channel's programs. And the pointless "live crosses" - my particular favourites are the live crosses to Reporter Blahblah in our Auckland studio - in other words that room down the corridor. A live cross does not add any credibility to your story when there's nothing happening live.
Actually, I think I'll just follow the newsreaders' and reporters' Twitter feeds instead.
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Oh. Heh, snap.
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Ah, Supernatural - even when it's bad, it's very very good. Hot Dean and Cute Dean. Awesome.
Anyone know if we're going to get Community and Parks and Recreation? I'm dying to see those.
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Pantaloons!
Also - on the subject of pants as a swear - pantsicles! And pantshead. As in, "that book is pantsicles" or "Ian McEwan - what a pantshead".
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I have to admit that my escape plan mostly consisted of never going anywhere. I was a bit of a shut in. It's taken a long time to rebuild the social confidence.
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Oh, it's so nice to meet someone who understands about the pants! :)
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On the subject of brain-fog and weird thinking I quite often found myself in public double-checking that I had my pants on.
Because I would realise I couldn't really remember how I'd gotten myself to where I was at that point in the day, and developed a bit of a paranoia that I was going to go out forgetting to have done the basics (like dressing)!
And one has to remember, those were good days.
And my spelling ability downgraded considerably. That really got on my nerves.
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The problem with diagnosing CF is that "chronic fatigue" is a symptom of many different underlying conditions. Just because the cause of that underlying condition hasn't been identified certainly doesn't mean it doesn't exist - it just means it hasn't been found.
When I had CFS thinking about this just wasn't that great news. Every time a new symptom came up or an existing one worsened it usually meant another test (time consuming, painful, anxiety-inducing) to rule out another potential disease that had a similar symptom.
Or it was just another excuse for me to beat up on myself "For god sakes, everyone gets tired!". Knowing that your particular syndrome is currently just a collection of symptoms that also occur with other diseases/syndromes/conditions isn't as hopeful sounding to the person who isn't well as it is to people who are. Which kind of goes to the heart of the first sentence in Emma's post - giving something a name can be quite powerful indeed.
It all adds up to going through a constant cycle of denial and validation (by yourself, by your medical professionals, by everyone), not to mention I felt like it was just fluffing about without actually *doing* anything.
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What helped me:
- supportive family, I was able to quit work completely for 18 months.
- supportive medical professionals (Dr Vallings particularly, as said)
- increasing salt intake to retain minerals
- low dose amitrip to regulate my sleep cycle and ensure I went through the proper peaks and lows of sleep every night
- zinc
- B12 injections
- acupuncture. I went to a lovely acupuncturist who was recommended by my GP. Whether the acupuncture itself did anything who knows, but it was nice to actually feel like I was having a "treatment" that was physical instead of just "time". Probably placebo but it was like having physio or a massage or similar physical treatment.
- time.
- luck.Did/does anyone else with CFS feel like that? Your body is such a focus (because it's not working correctly) but at the same time it becomes this sort of detached thing into which you put the suggested treatments but you have no idea what's really happening in there because there's no definitive test or scan or whatever that can show you this is what's wrong with you.
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I'm right handed. Just don't ask me which hand is right.
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But... but... it was the Wombles! Bring them back!