Posted by ksvt on October 24, 2000, at 20:04:48
In reply to Re: I guess I'm not doing well - long, posted by dari on October 24, 2000, at 17:28:05
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Dari - I posted you earlier after 2 hours in a dentist's chair getting a root canal for my bacterial infection. It's funny how something as inocuous as a tooth can cause so much trouble. I, too, live in the northeast, altho not in a tourist mecca like cape cod. It's been so beautiful lately and the foliage spectacular, but every now and then I get this eerie foreshadowing of a very long winter and I start feeling down. I envy you your 3 weeks in Florida. The farmer's almanac is supposedly saying we're going to have a cold snowy winter. I don't mind the snow part so much, but the prospect of cold is a little daunting, oil prices being what they are. I hope you feel better soon. ksvtDear ksvt:
> Thanks for your post. Yes, I have no fight. Everything seems like a bit of a struggle. I'm sure that alot of it has to do with the pneumonia lingering more than I care to admit. Here on Cape Cod where we live, the summers are crazy and the winters are dead. You need to be pretty "hearty" to make it through the season and retain any semblance of sanity. Fortunately, we are going to Florida for three weeks from Christmas into January. Hopefully this will carry me through without completely losing it.
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> It's funny how you know what is wrong, but you still need to hear it from someone else who understands, and not from the "buck up" school of philosophy (ie those who don't understand depression, bp, etc.) Thanks again for your thoughtful words and PLEASE take care of your bacterial infection. I'll be thinking of you.
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> > Dari - I know with me that it's hard to keep myself mentally balanced when I'm sick - particularly with infections that take so much energy to fight off. You just start feeling like you have no "fight." I had the flu last winter and it took me forever to really feel like I was recovered. I also think Noa's suggestion is a good one. I've been very down lately - part of it I think is that I just discovered I had a bacterial infection that left me pretty wiped. I also think tho that it's hard to muster energy when you start thinking about a long winter ahead, particularly after such a great summer. good luck ksvt
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> > > Shar expressed some of what I was going to say--maybe you are putting expectations on yourself that are causing pressure, expecting the "perfect" recovery, etc.
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> > > Another thought is the question about Seasonal Affective Disorder--you might want to ask your pdoc about trying out a light box to see if it helps. A friend of mine's therapist called the light box company and explained that she wanted to test it out to see if she should start recommending it to clients. They sent her one for a month. She let my friend try it and it worked so my friend bought one. Maybe your pdoc could try this?
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