~cattleman cafe~ & another 24...

[Jude58]

Nice truck Ginger! I've only bought two brand new vehicles in my life, and that was years ago. We always buy used cars and have never had a major problem with them. It helps that Mr. J is really good at fixing mechanical things.

Slo, I hope that The New Mind therapy works for you. I've never heard about it before, but I hope that it helps you.

I'm in for another 24 hours of peace.

[Rava]

Good morning cafe! Slo, the new mindset therapy sounds interesting. I hope it works for you! Ginger, beautiful truck. Love the look of it and the fact that it’s a cross between a truck and a car with the bed in the back. Very cool! Mul, hope you start feeling better! Wishing all my cafe friends a great Friday. 24 more please and thank you.

[abcowboy]

5:27am in Alberta, another 24 for me please, and thanks...

In the last 24 hours, these friends have joined in for 24 hours of wellness:
Jude58 Rava Slo Ginger999 dill Mulburry

Today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!

[abcowboy]

That's too bad about being sick through the nice weather Mulburry, hope you're back to normal soon.

That's a pretty sweet ride Ginger, I'm sure you're going to like the hybrid feature.

How did the treatment go yesterday Slo, is it something you feel the results of right away?

Waves to Jude and dill!

[Ginger999]

Sorry you've been under the weather, Mul. There's a nasty bug going around, that's for sure. Hope you're back to 100% soon.

Waves to all my pals in the Cafe! I'll take another day of freedom

[Slo]

I traveled this morning 2 1/4 hours to see Young Daughter’s swim meet. Now I am at a hotel, and will watch tomorrow morning too.

Nice truck, Ginger! My daughter D3’s husband has a Maverick too! A full-sized truck wouldn’t fit in their garage, so she only “allowed” him to get a “trucklette” -ha!

Treatment went well. So far I notice that I am sleeping better.
I am tapering off of my antidepressant Lexapro too, so went through another rough-ish patch this week as I dropped the daily dose down again. One more drop next month, and I will be off of them!

May your sickness be short-lived, Mul. More on PN when I’’m not typing on my phone.

It was an AF day!

[Jude58]

Slo, glad that your treatment went well and you got a decent nights rest.

Mulburry hope that you are feeling better.

Zero degrees this morning but the temps are supposed to be in the mid 20's later on. Woo hoo!

Who wants to join me in another 24 hours of freedom?

[abcowboy]

5:25am in Alberta, I'll have 24 more please, and thanks...

In the last 24 hours, these friends have joined in for 24 hours of wellness:
Jude58 Rava Ginger999 Slo

Today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!

[abcowboy]

It's a bit warmer here as well Jude, not quite warm enough to use the smoker grill yet, but maybe later in the week. I'll join in with you on not drinking today!

Enjoy the swim meet Rava! My full size Ford truck won't fit in the garage here either so I think my next truck will be a Ranger. I like the 4 wheel drive feature instead of the all wheel drive in the Maverick. Although I wouldn't mind getting a hybrid, it's not available in the Ranger, at least not yet anyway.

Have a great weekend y'all!

[dill]

I guess I didn't post yesterday. I did write a post but must have missed the step of clicking on the 'post reply' button. I had a long day as I drove my friend to a medical appointment an hour away.

Mul, I hope you get well fast. I too am curious about Slo's experiences about PN.

Slo, I was on lexapro years back and I never really felt it was helping me. In addition, it seemed to coincide with weight gain so I think it may've been causal. Anyway, I went off of it, but did it without doctor's guidance and oh my! That was a mistake. Definitely one I will not repeat. Tapering would have been the better choice for certain!

Jude, we are going to be in the 30s today! It's going to feel like Spring.

Ginger, how's your sister doing with her home sickness? Is she over it?

Cowboy, how is Adam's cabin project coming along? Have they been able to do any interior construction/finishing thru the winter months?

Yes! to another day of freedom.

[Rava]

Good morning Cafe. Hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday. Slo, hope to hear more about your therapy session. Cowboy, hope you get that smoker working soon! I could use some red meat. Hi to everyone on here! 24 more please and thank you!

[Ginger999]

Slo, glad your appt went well and you got a good night's sleep! Enjoy your daughter's swim meet.

Sister leaves on 2/1, that's a couple weeks early. Her dr called yesterday with a referral she's been waiting months for. Her appt is 2/4. I'm so glad she finally gets to see the cardiologist but sad she has to leave so soon.

Nothing to drink over though!! I'll take another day of freedom

[Mulburry]

Slo, I was on lexapro years back and I never really felt it was helping me. In addition, it seemed to coincide with weight gain so I think it may've been causal. Anyway, I went off of it, but did it without doctor's guidance and oh my! That was a mistake. Definitely one I will not repeat. Tapering would have been the better choice for certain!

Yup, it's always best to taper off anything you've been taking for a while, I've learned that the hard way a few times. It took me over 6 months to taper off of Pantoprazole (for acid reflux) to make it relatively painless (I tried a month at first and that was hell). I would imagine anti-depressants could be ultra nasty, messing with your brain chemistry and all.

[Slo]

I’m home now! Young Daughter had a good swim meet. She did very well in swimming the mile.

My brother made the best brisket for us on his smoker for Christmas dinner. Delicious!

Many of the people I know who got sick in December & January have gotten very sick with lengthy illnesses. Hope that’s not you, Mulberry!

My peripheral neuropathy seems to be caused by nerve damage in my low back combined with a knee replacement revision that left one leg longer than the other, that has left me crooked. And now I’m in severe PN. Numb hands and feet, some tingling, pain in the knee replacement knee; pain in the other foot that I have to wear the built-up sole on in order to compensate.

They’re saying now that the SSRI antidepressants aren’t that effective long term anyways, so I’m finally getting off this Lexapro that I’ve been on for decades. Good for you for dropping it years ago, Dill. Bet you got some brain zaps though, with the abrupt discontinuation!

I joined you in 24 hours of freedom, Jude!

[Jude58]

Good morning cafe! Looks like I'm a tad early for breakfast; the chickens probably haven't even layed the eggs yet.

Yesterday was one of those screwed up days where nothing seems to go right. I was having a little pity party for myself and of course that made my problems seem worse. I've found that if I think about everything that I'm grateful for when I am troubled, my problems become much more manageable.

Hope that everyone has a wonderful, sober day!

24 more please and thank you!