Mental health check-in

My wife had a rough day yesterday. Her dizziness came back and her left arm and leg are really not cooperating. She was scared last night and that's not her personality at all. When she's scared it's serious.
My stress levels from fear and the extra responsibilities of almost being a single parent are really high which doesn't help control my anxiety.
Huge project at work that is taking longer than corporate would like but my hands are tied by the city and they don't seem to understand that. You don't follow up daily when the city is making a decision on property zoning. You piss them off and they can just shut it down.
 
It’s been a good summer. My work is still really hectic but the wife took a break from her nursing assignments while the kids were out of school over the summer, so a lot of my non-work duties have eased up. I used 3 weeks of built up vacation time this summer. Lots of lake days, some long weekends, and Im currently at a resort in Cancun so life is good

That time off makes things worse when I get back to work but fuck it. This is the first “real” vacation we’ve had in 7 years. First the kids were too young (Im not gonna be the one who brings a screaming 2 yr old on a plane) and then Covid happened

Having a little down time has really gotten my head back to a good place. Im a little anxious about starting back into the full blown rat race next week but trying not to think about that for just a little longer
 
MonkeyZero said:
My wife had a rough day yesterday. Her dizziness came back and her left arm and leg are really not cooperating. She was scared last night and that's not her personality at all. When she's scared it's serious.
My stress levels from fear and the extra responsibilities of almost being a single parent are really high which doesn't help control my anxiety.
Huge project at work that is taking longer than corporate would like but my hands are tied by the city and they don't seem to understand that. You don't follow up daily when the city is making a decision on property zoning. You piss them off and they can just shut it down.
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mojo
 
2manband said:
It’s been a good summer. My work is still really hectic but the wife took a break from her nursing assignments while the kids were out of school over the summer, so a lot of my non-work duties have eased up. I used 3 weeks of built up vacation time this summer. Lots of lake days, some long weekends, and Im currently at a resort in Cancun so life is good
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I had my first real vacation in years over last weekend. I flew out to Providence for an H. P. Lovecraft convention. No family, no tourists, no drunks. Just a bunch of nerds geeking out for three days.
 
MonkeyZero said:
My wife had a rough day yesterday. Her dizziness came back and her left arm and leg are really not cooperating. She was scared last night and that's not her personality at all. When she's scared it's serious.
My stress levels from fear and the extra responsibilities of almost being a single parent are really high which doesn't help control my anxiety.
Huge project at work that is taking longer than corporate would like but my hands are tied by the city and they don't seem to understand that. You don't follow up daily when the city is making a decision on property zoning. You piss them off and they can just shut it down.
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Much mojo to you and your wife!
 
Well it's worse. She went to the out of network neurologist today and he recommended at home IV steroids for I don't remember how many days. If that doesn't break her episode she has to decide to either accept her symptoms (dizziness and losing control of her left arm and leg) or do a plasma transfusion that requires a 10 DAY HOSPITAL STAY.
I'm really hoping the at home IV works. Really, really hoping.
 
We're about 10 grand into out of network doctors and hospital right now. In network appointment is set for mid October.
 
jbj said:
Not to turn things political but fuck the US healthcare system.
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Oh I agree. Our out of network after annual deductible has been paid jumps from 20% to 50% out of pocket and we have the "good insurance" through work.
 
A lot of folks needing mojo, fwiw, I'ma sending.

Been buried in work for the last month and a half, starting the second half of our two-week dogsitting "staycay" at my brother-in-law's giant RV up in Port St. Joe, FL (actually technically we were in Simmons Bayou, but since that's even smaller than PSJ, which no one will have heard of...). Good problem to have, but one that kind of raises the stress level eventually. Especially when currently that load includes an appellant's initial brief after a 3-year divorce that has a record of almost 3,000 pages. Ugh. Plus the actual counsel of record (I am just writing the brief, in a consultancy status, not representing the party) has been pussyfooting about getting the necessary extension of time and supplementing the record, after having agreed to do both those things.

On Monday I have an appointment with the Oral Surgery Dep't at Shands Teaching Hospital, that I'm not looking forward to. They're probably going to recommend removing my back 3 teeth on the upper left jaw. They don't really do anything, since the bottom teeth below them are gone, from when I had to have my lower left jaw rebuilt 6 years ago. But the problem is that I have osteoradionecrosis (which is why the lower jaw was replaced), and I don't think they know if the jaw will heal if they do surgery on it. Not sure if there are any decent options though.

It's always something.
 
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Brian Krashpad said:
A lot of folks needing mojo, fwiw, I'ma sending.

Been buried in work for the last month and a half, starting the second half of our two-week dogsitting "staycay" at my brother-in-law's giant RV up in Port St. Joe, FL (actually technically we were in Simmons Bayou, but since that's even smaller than PSJ, which no one will have heard of...). Good problem to have, but one that kind of raises the stress level eventually. Especially when currently that load includes an appellant's initial brief after a 3-year divorce that has a record of almost 3,000 pages. Ugh. Plus the actual counsel of record (I am just writing the brief, in a consultancy status, not representing the party) has been pussyfooting about getting the necessary extension of time and supplementing the record, after having agreed to do both those things.

On Monday I have an appointment with the Oral Surgery Dep't at Shands Teaching Hospital, that I'm not looking forward to, They're probably going to recommend removing my back 3 teeth on the upper left jaw. They don't really do anything, since the bottom teeth below them are gone, from when I had to have my lower left jaw rebuilt 6 years ago. But the problem is that I have osteoradionecrosis (which is why the lower jaw was replaced), and I don't think they'll know if the jaw will heal if they do surgery on it. Not sure if there are any decent options though.

It's always something.
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major mojo, krash :sad:
 
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