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- TRIGGER WARNINGIf you've ever survived direct physical assault, you may not want to read on.It's just that as Community Leader here, I have to tell you that there's a PTSD symptom aftermath for me after having a front tooth extracted by my good...
- I enjoyed my first of retirement from 40 years of teaching today mostly but for that my kidney doctor found something in my blood work that made him wonder if I had more than plain CKD (chronic kidney disease). CKD being chronic like our PTSD, it...
- When I went up for tenure for my community college job in 2016, I had to provide evidence of community service, so I submitted my work as Community Leader for our PTSD support group here on Daily Strength. Boy, was that a mistake. My boss, who...
- I apologize for starting 2 threads in 1 week, y'all, I generally wait my turn. However, this week I'm retiring from 40 years of teaching Spanish and Death & Dying psych classes to nursing students. It's a big transition, and to afford retiring...
- Because it dawned on me after work today on Tuesday that I'm one hump day Wednesday away from RETIRING on FRIDAY!I'm overflowing with relief and joy now looking at what I had pent up to uncork here at the end as I cross the finish line. I do not,...
- I’m about to retire in 9 days, so I’m going to take the chance to go public here with something I’ve kept quiet about at work until now. I’m retiring from a job I’ve had for 10 years teaching Spanish & psychology. You’d think being a...
- Hey, y'all, like a lot of folks I'm finding it to be difficult to keep track of the USA's mass shootings and officer involved shootings in the news. I ration my news consumption and keep in touch with positive people to use my therapy tools to...
- I fainted from kidney disease weakness when I went to the bathroom at 3:30am last night like I did in Feb 2020. This time I tore the toilet paper dispenser off of the wall as I fell to the floor, not the towel rack. Since the toilet paper...
- I thought I got rest and relaxation yesterday, but today I slept all day, which is not like me. Too tired to get out and walk--first time in months I've missed a walk. Have to be guest speaker at church tomorrow, and not really up to...
- Today the Microsoft TEAMS software my college uses for us to teach live streaming from home broke down 4 times while I was online live with students on screen. My college IT support, then, had to call me on my cell to help me re-boot and get back...
- Uh-oh. I got a voicemail left on my cell while I was at work from an official at the Social Security Administration saying he had questions about my application to start benefits in June when I retire from teaching. I called back to the number...
- A year ago working full time with a part time weekend job finally got to me with my 40% kidney damage from too much PTSD Seroquel and I collapsed and ended up in the hospital overnight. It was the third time in the last 3 years. I retire in 50...
- I've worked hard teaching from home via computer with zero training this past year, my last year of 40 years of teaching before I retire this summer. I've had to change software because it turned out to crash in the middle of classes leaving my...
- Tomorrow, Thursday March 11, is my twice a year kidney doc day. I go alone to a medical center and hour away and hear them interpret my blood test results from this week. The creatinine level is the key kidney condition number. So far it's...
- It's March 7th today, and this Saturday March 13th will be the first anniversary of the death of my best friend from COVID-19. I miss that friend deeply. We were friends since 1983. That friend was there when I got my doctoral diploma in...