That's weird Hil. Maybe she thought she said something or meant to and then forgot.
I have a return date for work, part time - May 17th. Not as soon as my therapist would have liked but they were making the schedule for that week and it would have taken some work to juggle me in. I'll go for 20 hours a week for 2-3 weeks and go from there. I won't be working closing shifts anymore (to maintain my sleep schedule) so that's good. I haven't been racing around taking my half a klonopin in the afternoon for about a week. Which is good. Also haven't needed it for added sleep aid. Also good.
Mom will be here from the 12-21 so that will give us some time together.
The assitant manger I talked to said I looked good, less stressed and several people at work who have no idea why I'm gone said that I looked good and are happy I'll be coming back.
I'm nervous but not freaking out.
askye, that sounds wonderful! So glad things are coming together for you, you deserve it with all your hard work.
askye, that is good news! Best of luck. I hope your transition back to work is as smooth as possible.
So good to hear it, askye. I'm really proud of how you have handled this whole situation.
askye, that all sounds great.
I'm in NJ now, and remembered to bring my nebulizer and almost all of the parts. That "almost" is important. Gonna need to call around to medical supply stores to see if they've got the part I need tomorrow. (I've been using the nebulizer every night, and sometimes in the morning, and it helps a lot.)
Saw my meds manager today. I don't have to see her for a month (I was seeing her every 2 weeks). She noticed an improvement in my demeanor.
She wanted more blood work to see if the mega dose of vitamin D was working and also to recheck my lithium levels.
My blood pressure was the best it's been in - maybe a year. Not that it was that high before, round 120 over something. Today it was 112 over something. I never remember the bottom number.
And I was at my highest weight around November and I'm 17 lbs down from that.
However I did something to my shoulder Saturday, started bothering me on Sunday. I asked her about it and she said alternate heat and ice and otc pain relief.
Need to figure out something to do tomorrow to get out of the house. Should have saved the grocery store for tomorrow.
Other victories - had to call corporate HR and let them know I was returning to work. I had to repeat myself multiple times and I didn't undestand but instead of getting upset I just said "I want to make sure I understand " and repeated back what I thought she said.
Skills for the win!
Oh and this morning I was lying in bed and my mind drifted to the disastrous temp job that left me reeling and totally gutted my confidence. In the past when I've thought about that I've been upset and anxious and went spiralling into bad feelings and then suffering behaviors. Today I just kind of acknowledge it and that it sucked and thought about something else. I wasn't even aware of what I'd done until later.
I feel like I'm spamming about this but progress!
