Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.

Kaylee ,'Shindig'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Sep 05, 2018 3:10:09 pm PDT #29136 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I really doubt that you are the only teacher these kids have been loud for.

Yeah, agreed. If nothing else, the proof is in the pudding of your other classes! Good luck though, Scrappy. You can doo eet!

Um, resolutely not extending sympathy, Jesse.

Thanks.


quester - Sep 05, 2018 3:34:09 pm PDT #29137 of 30002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Went through menopause at 45, ridiculously early for my family. I may be the only natural one of my 5 sisters only the youngest and I still have uteri.

Still have hot flashes at almost 63. Not typical. I rarely feel cold. I still keep ice water and a fan always near and crank my a.c. to frost levels to sleep.

I'm no help, am i?


Connie Neil - Sep 05, 2018 3:40:27 pm PDT #29138 of 30002
brillig

I guess that all worked?

I get called in from the waiting room, walked down the hallway, directed to a chair, and the nurse puts the cuff on straightaway. I'm already anticipating bad numbers, so I'm not very relaxed. And the cuff always hurts.


Stephanie - Sep 05, 2018 4:02:37 pm PDT #29139 of 30002
Trust my rage

I am always cold. Frisco, my son, now 10, is always hot. I'm convinced it's something about him biologically because he's very skinny and always hot.


Zenkitty - Sep 05, 2018 4:04:25 pm PDT #29140 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Today I saw the nurse practitioner at my regular doctor's office. She was gobsmacked when she saw the x-ray of my leg. She gave me a prescription for all the painkillers she was allowed to prescribe, and recommended a surgeon. It happened to be the same surgeon two of my often injured karate friends recommended, so I'm going with him. Also he's at the hospital complex 10 minutes from my house so that's excellent.


Zenkitty - Sep 05, 2018 4:07:11 pm PDT #29141 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

As for menopause and hot flashes, I've been in perimenopause for, seems like 5 or 6 years now. I'm always too hot. The slightest thing I do makes me sweat. I keep my house at 68 or 69 degrees Fahrenheit. I'd like to actually have menopause and be done with this.


Calli - Sep 05, 2018 4:10:54 pm PDT #29142 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I started menopause around 42-43. My dad was dying at the time, so in between caring for him, going from hospital chill to senior living establishment over-heating, and going on antidepressants to deal with everything, I didn't really notice the process of menopause. I can't really recommend this as a coping method, though.

Before menopause, I disliked temperatures over 80 and was fine down to ~50 F. Now that I'm on the other side I hate temperatures over 80 and I'm fine down to ~50F.


Steph L. - Sep 05, 2018 4:11:38 pm PDT #29143 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Zenkitty, you deserve ALL THE PAINKILLERS. Or, well, legal amounts that won't cause respiratory depression and kill you. But right up to that line.


Zenkitty - Sep 05, 2018 4:12:40 pm PDT #29144 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Stephanie, you are amazing, and we are blessed to know you. Keep rocking asylum, wonder woman.


Zenkitty - Sep 05, 2018 4:13:47 pm PDT #29145 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Steph, I have ALL THE legally allowed PAINKILLERS.