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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Friendship Moments: good or bad
« Last post by lighter on December 31, 2025, 11:10:48 AM »
A neighbor had recent shoulder surgery.  She woke up with bright blood shot eyes....I mean ...they look camera ready demonic.  Crazy!

Eye clinic won't see her till Jan 2nd!  Very worrisome, imo.

Your situation, Amber, and this other seem very odd to me..... my brain can't make sense of either.

My lungs are looser......but abs feel tight as a drum from coughing. SO painful. Going to take a methacarbonol and see if that helps.

Lighter
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Friendship Moments: good or bad
« Last post by sKePTiKal on December 31, 2025, 08:41:26 AM »
Oh, I will call next week. But this morning I'm battlin it again - it's not so bad today. And the nasal spray to help clear the sinuses is my most effective weapon. A few sneezes helped too. Hot shower coming up next. I can see to type now, so only affected an hour or so. I checked online too, for info about issues - and sure enough - the symptoms are there. Since I didn't have sinus symptoms around the surgery dates I didn't have problems at first.

So, it's not a problem with my eye surgery. But because the surgery is 'fresh" and the sinus crud is pretty heavy-duty this go-round. Maybe a 2nd humidifier in the bedroom would help. But it's already full of stuff as it is.

The weather is about to do another dipsy-doodle move by the weekend. i'm less concerned about this than when it started. Now that I know what it is, I have tools.

ETA: and it's mostly cleared up this morning. Bright light is bugging me some. But that's to be expected.
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Friendship Moments: good or bad
« Last post by Hopalong on December 30, 2025, 08:59:41 PM »
Thanks for asking, (((Amber))).
I'm doing okay, though I was surprised that after Xmas some anxiety kicked in. Odd, when I do such a good job of isolating and avoiding the usual holiday triggers. Familyfamilyfamily conversations, etc. I got nuttin' and try hard to avoid the jolliity because it's hard to take.

Really sorry to hear atmospheric pressure variations affect your eyes. But re. your right eye, I thnk there's no good reason to avoid an immediate call to the doc, holiday or not. Complications can present in a variety of ways and you have quite a lot of symptoms there.

You might be absolutely correct that atmospheric pressure is affecting your eyeball, but please don't avoid asking the eye doc for confirmation of this. [I've never heard of cataract surgery recovery being affected by weather changes. Doesn't mean it doesn't, but...I'd be wary of overconfidence.] Sometimes, even practiced intuition could use a hand.

Forgive my standard worrywartiness. And I'm so glad B is (generally) more mellow these days.

hugs and happy New Year,
Hops
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Friendship Moments: good or bad
« Last post by sKePTiKal on December 30, 2025, 08:18:06 AM »
Nope. I can seriously feel the pressure in my sinuses just like initially, I could feel the new lenses or at least the incision in my eyes. Doc looked at me weird when I asked if it was normal to feel that. I guess maybe i'm hyper aware? I dunno. I'm not imagining it.

I am adjusting to the vision help from the new lenses - distance vision is improving still; getting sharper & clearer even in lower light. Middle distance is OK, but I have occasional flashes in my peripheral vision. It's like a flashlight beam from behind me or sometimes a black flare. And I notice a "shimmer" sometimes.

Close up, I do need readers. First pair I picked up were 1.5 magnification. Those were helpful and they cover my whole eye - which was sensitive to things like wind moving across the eyeball. Since then, Amazon had a good deal on 4 pr of the half glasses, I got them in 1.0 because I'd noticed the 1.5 would make my eyes hurt wearing them for any length of time. But enough about me!!!!

Are you feeling better? Sounds like y'all got smacked with the smorgasbord of viruses going around. Are you heading for the island this winter?

Hopsy, how are you doing? Are you getting outside any amount of time in this cold? It's brisk, for sure! But it's good to brave it for a little bit, several times a day. Gives the pups a chance to sniff all the sniffs outside of his own yard, too. I am liking my "cozy" inside time, with a cuppa tea and something to watch. We haven't been going out much since Thanksgiving. B does, he's cleaning up some down trees for the woodstove racks. Fully dressed & then insulated coveralls to stay warm.

B has been feeling much better, pretty much every day; physically. Mentally is consequently better too but he still has some black moods and hears something completely different than what I said. We're working on that. How are things going with your friends?
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Friendship Moments: good or bad
« Last post by lighter on December 29, 2025, 11:40:56 AM »
Do you suspect pink eye, Amber? 
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Friendship Moments: good or bad
« Last post by sKePTiKal on December 29, 2025, 09:10:03 AM »
Yes and since it's still not to B's standards, he's making minor improvements that will be changed when we rebuild the deck. Also... there was a glitch, one day last week as B moved a wagonload of wood up here. Lift basket tilted while travelling up. We were told the fix for this was lower the basket all the way down, and then let the winch reset itself as it spools up empty. I'm going to play with it some and see what it does. I have the troubleshooting guide and can call customer service. (Without a guarantee of getting a service person here from Texas any time soon.)

It's a REALLY simple machine and both B and I understand how it works. He's fixed more than one winch in his day. Pretty sure the lift basket had weight loaded to one side instead of balanced and that caused the problem. But the wagon he's using doesn't have brakes... LOLOL.

It's still quiet around here and even though Hol is tired of being here and alone, she seems to be managing herself pretty well. BF may be back from his trip in a couple of days. Her friend with the dogsitting need isn't well enough to make the long drive... and so Hol is just making "other plans" until they figure out what they're doing.

I've had a good bit of yucky sinus congestion. That in itself wouldn't be a big deal, but the high pressure is affecting my eyes. Mostly very watery, light sensitive, blurry vision with occasional stabbing pains. The right eye (first one) is the worst; very bloodshot & swollen too. I had anti-inflammatory & antibiotic drops left over, so reached for those. But my saline nasal spray and an ibuprofen has been faster relief. Yeah. I know. Call the doc. Except last week was Christmas and this week is NY's... and you KNOW there won't be reaching anyone in the office till the 5th.

It's been 2 months since the first eye surgery and a month since the right. And they didn't bother me at ALL until these weather fronts started playing hopscotch. Right over us. Guess I'm adding a cup o' Breathe Easy tea to my nighttime routine. For awhile anyway. I stocked up this past fall.
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Friendship Moments: good or bad
« Last post by lighter on December 27, 2025, 03:53:41 PM »
How's the elevator project going?  Is it completed?
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Mindfulness and codependence thread
« Last post by lighter on December 27, 2025, 03:52:18 PM »
Well, we're all sick.  Different kinds of sick, but sick.

Youngest DD is mostly recovered, and is at her second day at her new retail sales job.  It's a touristy place, everyone who enters buys something from her, as she mans a position in a big round counter.

I went from coughing up small chunks of phlegm, to a super dry cough, so painful.  I was jealous of DD's very productive cough ......and so I took a Mucus Relief pill.

I woke up with productive coughs, but felt I'd breathe it back in, during coughing fits.  Scary.  Be careful what I wish for..... considering an Urgent Care visit today.  Guessing it's upper respiratory.  I'm shaky and weak ...phantom pains pop up.  Yesterday it felt like a broken bone in my right foot....stabs in the ribs.... headache....neck, spine discomfort, and sting in the center of my right knee.  Not terrible pain...not consistent.  My body remembers terrible flu bugs, with huge pain.....so I feel lucky it's not worse.....water tastes bitter, blech.

Oldest DD has fevers and chills while visiting BF's family.....he was sick first. 

The ejected guest, from our trip, reported a stomach bug, with 3 days of vomiting.  Poor guy. 
::knocking wood::.

We have a yummy batch of bolonaise and pasta, with chicken thighs and green beans.  DD made apple strudel topped muffins yesterday.  The pug enjoying new batch of nummies made with lamb, turkey and organ meat. 

We're resting....healing.....watching Studio Ghibli movies, and the entire original Air Bender series.  It's SO GOOD....such great world building.
My brother heads to the island tomorrow.

Sister and BIL in Hawaii having Christmas with their DD and her bf.  Think....camping in 2 man tents.... kind of trip.

Lighter









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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Friendship Moments: good or bad
« Last post by sKePTiKal on December 27, 2025, 12:58:25 PM »
Lamb, onions, garlic, peas & carrots and of course, "stiff" mashed potatoes - if they're too loose, the pie falls apart.

Friend Debbie is coming out New Year's day. For just an overnight, but it's been awhile since we got together. Before I had my eyes done. Think I'll make a breakfast casserole for brunch with mimosas and we can graze in the evening.

Gathering the energy to start the mudroom project in the next weeks. It's a little project. Won't take long.
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Friendship Moments: good or bad
« Last post by lighter on December 27, 2025, 12:37:40 PM »
What's in your Shepherd Pie Amber?
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