Totally understandable sj. I don't remember if you have done iron infusions in the past. I have found them to be very effective. It is just the time sitting there that is annoying.

I did have them in the past, and it was 3 times a week for several months last time. So, this should be much easier. It wasn't that bad other than the waiting and my vein issues.

sj, that is a lot of doctor visits, but would it help your doctor anxiety at all if you framed it as something you're doing for yourself? Clearly not as good as a trip to the spa, but I still consider getting myself to the doctor to be a form of self-care.

Teppy, I get that way sometimes before an anxiety attack. Try not to push yourself too hard at the gym until you're sure it won't make it worse.

I did about half an hour on the elliptical, and I think I've burned off some of the jitters. I'm going to take a hot shower and then maybe hot chocolate with booze in it and see how I feel. I got some movies at the library (Anchorman, The Losers), neither of which we've seen, because we are always hideously behind with movie-watching, so I think we'll chill out with movies tonight. Hopefully that'll get the jitters gone.

I predict you will have great fun watching the Losers, Teppy.

I predict you will have great fun watching the Losers, Teppy.

YES SHE WILL. Ahem.

Argh. This cold is starting to kick my ass (I was awful on Monday, sorta OK Tues/Wed/Thurs, and now I have hit the congested and coughing time). I don't think I should go out dancing tonight. But I wanna go out dancing tonight! Also, because I don't have evening plans the rest of the weekend. BOO I SAY.

Maybe the sudafed I've been taking has been going to Teppy. All back-channel like.

Maybe the sudafed I've been taking has been going to Teppy. All back-channel like.

My sinuses ARE nice and clear!

I actually feel the early flutter of a migraine, so maybe the jitters were a warning sign. Although I don't recall ever getting the jitters before a migraine. It's usually an eye twitch or really tight shoulders.

Okay, we went with Anchorman. I'm generally not a big Will Ferrell fan, nor am I a fan of flat-out stupid humor. But -- I know this is convoluted -- the preview for Anchorman *2* looked really funny, not stupid-funny, so I figured the first one was probably funny, too.

Not the funniest thing I've seen, but it had some seriously hilarious parts.

And I sort of suspect I'm Brick. ("To you I would like to extend an invitation...to the pants party.")

I wish excerise, chocolate, or booze would help my jitters. For two weeks i've been feeling like my heart is about to beat right out of my chest. Figured it was from going up on neurontin, but went back down (and then off together) and no love from within my ribcage. Even went to the Dr today and got an EKG just to make sure it wasn't anything serious (it's not, my heart, pulse, and blood pressure are all great) and there shouldn't be any neurontin left in my system now so....that's not it. *sigh* Haven't tried combining chocolate and booze yet...which I could, haven't taken any muscle relaxers today and not taking anything heavier than melatonin at night....yeah....that's a really good idea. Gonna try that now.

And I have an apple pie cake in the oven. Won't be able to eat it tonight, but with the all day nausea since rising I don't really feel like solids anyways. My amazing PCP is in Hawaii this week (boo for me, yay for her) so I saw a diff Dr in the practice today who told me that nausea can be related to cervical (neck) dysfunction. Huh, never heard that before, even from the many Chiro's I've been through over the years. And I do have random unexplained nausea fairly often and chronic neck problems. Hrm. She didn't give a solution, just correlation, so I may have to look into that more. After self treating all my problems with spiked hot cocoa.

Not the funniest thing I've seen, but it had some seriously hilarious parts.

The Ocho cracked me up when I watched Anchorman.

erin_o I hope you get some relief from the nausea and thumpy-heart soon.

I have to work today, and I wish I didn't. I want so much to go back to bed. I woke up at five and naturally didn't start feeling sleepy again until shortly before it is time to get ready to leave. Bleh.