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January 25, 2009 3:35am
First off... I'm freezing!!! I can't seem to get warm and I'm very tense. I guess it would be good to take a xanax or …
DiNMontana
11:22pm, February 5, 2009
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About Me
DiNMontana
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About Me
I'm a mental health therapist in Montana. I work with kids and families. Its a good time but it can be stressful at times. I'm recently divorced from a combat vet, have two adult kids and one teenager. She a fabulous kid but she was recently diagnosed with cancer. What a lonely feeling. I tend to keep very busy so I don't have to deal with stuff but I think it might be time to give myself a break. EEK!
I'm a mental health therapist in Montana. I work with kids and families. Its a good time but it can be stressful at times. I'm recently divorced from a combat vet, have two adult kids and one teenager. She a fabulous kid but she was recently diagnosed with cancer. What a lonely feeling. I tend to keep very busy so I don't have to deal with stuff but I think it might be time to give myself a break. EEK!
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Interests
Music, outdoors, wildlife, people, good coffee, books, etc.
Music, outdoors, wildlife, people, good coffee, books, etc.
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I'm a newbi
November 20, 2008 8:23am
Okay, this is the first time I've ever entered an online forum or online support group. I'm a little apprehensive but figured that …
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Good Luck
Happy St. Patrick's Day. Don't forget to wear GREEN!!!!!
Little Love
Happy Valentine's Day! I just set up a website/blog to keep all my friends & family updated on my progress. I wanted to include you: http://home.comcast.net/~trish.sholl Hope you enjoy! --Trish
Little Love
Happy Valentine's Day to you and Maddie !
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Thanks for the great pick-me-up. Sometimes it's easy to ignore the urge to send a hug - I'm glad you took the time.
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you are very welcome, and I am glad you liked the poem. If there is ever a time you need someone to talk to, I will be here for you.
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Close Fibromyalgia
I had a discectomy at C5/6 in Nov 1996. The disc was impinging on my spinal cord and after surgery it was thought that I had RSD because there was so much time prior to surgery where my nerves had little or no fluid surrounding them. After LOTS of grueling tests for years after the surgery I was finally diagnosed with FM. I guess I'm grateful that I'm not paralyzed and its good that I can feel pain. But its tiring for sure.
Treatments
- Cymbalta Working / Worked
- It seems to take the edge off of the neuropathic stuff though its not perfect. I like that I don't gain weight with this. So far its one of the better drugs for me. Hope it keeps working. The drawback is that its so expensive.
- Effexor Working / Worked
- This worked pretty well but it seemed to stop working over time. That seems to be my story though
- Guaifenesin Working / Worked
- I like this for several reasons. It seems to help with keeping the mucous flowing. I tend to dry out with medication and then I can't breath as well which affects my ability to sleep. Helps my energy level.
- Heat Working / Worked
- Love heat when I'm cold or sore.
- Lyrica Working / Worked
- Didn't work for me. I was pretty disappointed because I had some hope that something would help with the neuropathy. Its expensive, made me more dizzy than the FM does already and the weight gain really impacted my self esteem. I had some vision problems with it and my feet and ankles would swell.
- Neurontin Working / Worked
- Weight gain and the positive effects didn't outweigh the negative.
- Ultram Working / Worked
- Not a strong enough pain relieve for me.
- Vitamin B12 Working / Worked
- I wish I would stick with it. I used it religiously when I was recovering from the surgery and it seemed to calm the inflamation around my nerves
- Zanaflex Working / Worked
- I liked this as a muscle relaxant. Its a little expensive but I like that it doesn't leave me with a super sleep hang over like flexeril.
Close Kids With Cancer
I'm a divorced mother of 3. My youngest is 16 and was diagnosed this year with thyroid cancer. She's had 2 surgeries and one bout of radiation. She still has a tumor in her lung. I live in a rural town in MT. Work FT. I'm a little freaked. There have been so many major stressors I don't know if I'm coming or going. Right now we're waiting for the next scan, the next tx recommendation...
Open Family & Friends of Cancer Patients
I have three children, I'm a single mom. My daughter is a 16 year old with cancer who is not recovering and she's supposed to have a good prognosis. There's a lot more to my story but basically, I'm a mental health therapist that works in a very rural school in northwest montana. Its very interesting. I have my hands full.
Open Thyroid Cancer
Type: Papillary CarcinomaMy teenage daughter has pap thyroid cancer. So I am super involved in trying to get a grip on the whole thing. Apparently, its rare for kids to get this cancer and it seems difficult to get it under control. She's exhausted and she has watched one year of her adolescence pass her by.
Treatments
- Radiotherapy Not Working
- Maddie has I131 but within a month she her lymph nodes on each side of her neck were large.
- Thyroidectomy Somewhat Helpful
- Her thyroid and infected lymph nodes were removed in surgery 1.
Open Healthy Relationships
well I want a healthy relationship. I was in a marriage for 22 years. There were good things and bad. I'm read to move on but I see a pattern or I have a fear of hooking up with more umm un healthiness???
Treatments
- Couples Counseling Somewhat Helpful
- worked for a time but it takes both to contine to carry through with the guidance and goals.
- Patience Not Working
- didn't work before.. I'm was patient this time around but I might be done.
- Talking Somewhat Helpful
- In my current relationship, this isn't working... we're not on the same page tho we're both therapists its weird.
- Writing Working / Worked
- Never blogged or used a journal before but I do this a lot. It helps soooo much.
