Journal Entry for January 30, 2008
January 30, 2008 4:22am
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ABRogers 
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About Me
ABRogers
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About Me
I am a young woman with medical "issues" dating back to when I was 6. Only a third of my ailments have been diagnosed and the pain, which I've been working through the past 17 years, has become too difficult to handle.
I am a young woman with medical "issues" dating back to when I was 6. Only a third of my ailments have been diagnosed and the pain, which I've been working through the past 17 years, has become too difficult to handle.
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Journal Entry for January 30, 2008
January 30, 2008 4:15am
This is going to take longer than expected due to some medical setbacks. I will probably only ever record one album, as music is not an intended …
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Journal Entry for January 28, 2008
January 28, 2008 11:09pm
I changed my goal in order to monitor pounds lost; I hadn't set things up correctly before.
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Hay there.I havent been here for a long time like you.But i still remember you hunny.I really hope things are ok ,or better for you these days.Would love to here from you to chat again ,if you like........Bob. huggs
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Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionMy depression's grown over the years alongside my other physical problems. The fact that I don't have people in my life who understand what I'm feeling physically (not that anyone can feel another's pain - I wouldn't claim to have that ability) I retreat to silence and being alone. That doesn't do wonders for the depression and I know it certainly doesn't help me to be understood.
Treatments
- Positive Thinking Not Working
- I'm having a difficult time seeing the glass as half full.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- I went once to a psychologist named Ben Franklin and I haven't been back.
- Support from Friends & Family Not Working
- I'm definitely not receiving the support or understanding of my current situation.
- Trazodone Not Working
- Tried for sleeping - made me feel hungover the following days.
- Writing Working / Worked
- I've always written to express myself and I lately haven't been able to feel relieved or productive afterward.
Close Chronic Pain
I've had chronic pain since I was six: back pain, abdominal pain, nausea, headaches, muscle tension, bone pain, etc. I've been diagnosed with hydrocephalus (excessive fluid on the brain) and have a shunt that releases that into my stomach, but this is only a preventive measure and has not helped my pain by any means.
Treatments
- Chiropractic Adjustment Not Working
- Made my pain worse.
- Flexeril Not Working
- Simply did not help my pain.
- Heat Working / Worked
- Heat does seem to help some of my back pain.
- Hydrocodone Working / Worked
- The other pain medication that can occasionally cut through things...but I'm well aware it's just a quick fix.
- Marijuana Not Working
- Used to work.
- Meditation Somewhat Helpful
- I used to be able to focus for longer periods of time, but I can't get my body to settle long enough to relax through a session.
- Methadone Somewhat Helpful
- At one time it helped, but not anymore.
- Morphine Somewhat Helpful
- Never seems to help and just leaves me feeling hungover.
- Oxycodone Working / Worked
- Definitely one of the pain meds that can occasionally help, but not always and not for long periods of time.
- Physical Therapy Not Working
- Was treated for awhile but was hard for me to handle.
Open Family Issues
I, like most people, didn't grow up wth a solid family base I could rely on. An only child, I was raised almost entirely by a mother who loves my more than anything but doesn't recognize how much pain I'm in and is incredibly overbearing.
Treatments
- Music Working / Worked
- The first thing I turn to when I need a break.
- Talking Not Working
- Talking with my Mom is not working - everything goes in one ear and out the other.
- Writing Too Soon to Tell
- I've focused my writing these past few years on subjects unrelated to my personal life and I'm now just beginning to change that for the first time in a long tiime. we'll see how it goes.
Open Anxiety
My physical pain makes me incredibly anxious - also interaction with my Mom, who has the ability to make me stress out more than any other person, place, or thing.
Treatments
- Breathing Exercises Working / Worked
- Steady and slow breathing does slow my body's rythym down and help me calm myself.
- Klonopin Working / Worked
- Numbed me out which "works" in a sense, but isn't what I'm looking for.
- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- Sometimes. but only sometimes.
- Valium Working / Worked
- Always works but usually combined with things I shouldn't be mixing.
- Xanax Working / Worked
- Fantastic, but I don't have an Rx for it.
Open Bisexuality
I am bisexual. That's just about it. and it's not a facade or something I feel is "in" with my generation (though I do understand I'm probably more open to exploring this fact because of our culture's "acceptance" of it now) - I'm simply attracted to both men and women.
Open Step Families
My mom, the parent I've lived with since I was 10, has been remarried 3 times and in relationships with many other men; jumping into things that negatively affect me while using my well-being as an excuse as to why.
Open Healthy Relationships
ABRogers hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open Diets & Weight Maintenance
My metabolism has slowed due to my physical issues so it's very difficult for me to keep my weight down. (or get it down at this point - I've gained 40 pounds in the last 4 years) I'm trying my best to keep myself as healthy as is possible.
Treatments
- Counting Calories Working / Worked
- Same as above.
- Eating Healthier Foods Working / Worked
- At least it keeps me healthy - but I can't say I don't have times when I go out and get fast food because...it's fast.
- Eat Less Working / Worked
- Same as above.
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
- Definitely helps to bring tone back even if I'm not losing weight, but I'm just starting to get back into a routine.
- Weight Watchers Working / Worked
- I lost the weight I first gained 5 years ago due to the program but it doesn't work alone now.
Open Prescription Drug Abuse
ABRogers hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open Family & Friends of Cancer Patients
My grandmother suffered quietly but battled courageously with both ovarian cancer and leukemia for twelve years before she passed away when I was fourteen. I was with her when she passed.
Open Insomnia
Treatments
- Counting Sheep Not Working
- ha.
- Music Working / Worked
- occasionally helps me relax
- Reading Working / Worked
- sometimes helps.
Open Migraine Headaches
One of the side effects of issues not yet diagnosed (but, of course, misdiagnosed along the way), I have migraines about once a week.
Treatments
Open Career Changes
I have not been able to hold down a job since I was a teen due to physical difficulties.
Open Hydrocephalus
I was diagnosed with hydrocephalus when I was 14. Though the headaches that brought me to me neurologists and neurosurgeon, having a shunt placed at that time has left me confident that a step was made in the right direction. Have had one infection but no recent issues.
Treatments
- Shunts Working / Worked
- Preventing excess pressure on my brain.
Open Epilepsy & Seizures
Treatments
- Keppra Too Soon to Tell
- Just started in June, 2008. Too soon to know if it's helping or not.
