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Posted by Racer on March 10, 2004, at 21:49:04
Oh, my! He's such a genius! I've eaten exactly eight of them so far, and they're going to cure what ails me -- I can already tell.
Meanwhile, I went to the emergency room today, to get my eye checked out. Infection, antibiotics, no big deal. Many sighs of relief.
I also wrote a letter to my former therapist, telling her that I was sliding down in a big way and didn't know who to contact within the agency for help. I told her several times that I know she's doing a different job now, I know that my intentions in writing her can be misinterpreted, and that I know she has no obligation to help me, but that I hoped she would tell me who could help me. I also told her about the new therapist seeming a lot more concerned about getting me to accept a diagnosis, and defining that diagnosis, etc, than in exploring my perceptions and their possible validity. That I was feeling much more hopeless, and as if there were no options open to me for getting help. Cross your collective fingers for me, 'K? I hope she can do something, because this is the last effort I feel as if I can make right now. Not a good feeling, being this far stuck with no sign of which way to go to try to get out.
But those Peanut BUTTER m&ms are sure good. I think four more before bed will just about do the trick -- if the trick is getting me through the night. Can't say what tomorrow will bring.
So glad you're all here for me. It matters.
Posted by allisonm on March 11, 2004, at 8:37:36
In reply to My husband found the cure: peanut BUTTER mms, posted by Racer on March 10, 2004, at 21:49:04
OK, maybe I live in the hinterlands... Peanut butter M&Ms? Not peanut M&Ms? You mean like Reese's Pieces?
Good for you for writing your former therp. Your description of your letter sounds reasonable. I hope you get a good and reasonable answer.
Posted by Racer on March 11, 2004, at 11:29:16
In reply to peanut BUTTER mms..clarification?, posted by allisonm on March 11, 2004, at 8:37:36
Yep, it's not peanut M&Ms, but peanut butter M&Ms. They're a little like Reese's Pieces, only better. There's a thicker layer of chocolate around the peanut butter, so you get more wonderful tastes. They are really good.
I don't know how long they've been around. My husband is diabetic, so any time he buys me something sweet, it's a hit or miss proposition. He was looking for regular M&Ms, which the store was out of, so he brought home crunchy M&Ms, which were not very wonderful. He also brought home a list of all the different M&Ms they have out now. The peanut butter sounded good, so he brought some home last night. Good man, I think I'll keep him.
(Gotta keep any man who recognizes the therapeutic importance of M&Ms, right?)
And I'm crossing my fingers that the old T will respond in a helpful way. I wrote it despite my fears that I'll be punished for being "uncooperative" with the fabulous treatment I'm receiving at the hands of such dedicated and caring professionals, but again -- desperation sometimes makes other doors open, right? It's frightening, at any rate.
Oh, yeah, and the antibiotics for the eye infection are causing internal distress, in a big way, so if I wasn't feeling all that well before, you should see me now. Into the bathroom six times a day to ensure that nothing stays in my digestive tract longer than three and a half minutes. And now I get to go to that idiotic group, sit there for an hour and a half, listening to my fabulous therapist facilitate. Oh, so useful, especially when she starts in on Axis II Diagnoses...
Anyway, I'm taking along a new book to read, so at least that's something to look forward to...
Posted by allisonm on March 11, 2004, at 17:13:49
In reply to Re: peanut BUTTER mms..clarification? » allisonm, posted by Racer on March 11, 2004, at 11:29:16
You're right. Good man. Keep 'im.
I'm not big on Reese's pieces, so maybe these peanut butter M&Ms would appeal. they'll prolly show up in stores here in about 10 years. Maybe I'll be dead by then.
I was in a group once. At first I thought it was sort of OK, but then ended up hating it. Too much information and people I lost patience with. I don't think I would be in another one.
Sorry about the GI stuff.
Posted by noa on March 11, 2004, at 18:16:45
In reply to peanut BUTTER mms..clarification?, posted by allisonm on March 11, 2004, at 8:37:36
My clarification question is different: Did I read correctly that you ate exactly 8 of these M&M's, and that your big plan to indulge this evening will involve eating exactly 4 more of them?
We talkin individual pieces of candy?
Such discipline--I'm amazed!
Posted by Racer on March 11, 2004, at 22:50:23
In reply to Re: peanut BUTTER mms..clarification?, posted by noa on March 11, 2004, at 18:16:45
It's just knowing I'd get sick if I ate any more than that! (Well, that and a history of disordered eating...)
Great news on the GI front, though: I had a follow up at the doctor's, for the stomach stuff that started when I first started Zoloft, and when I told her about the GI problems I was having from the antibiotics for the eye infection, she was horrified! "They gave you PILLS for an eye infection? That's absurd -- here are some antibiotic eye drops. Why go through that when you can just treat the problem???" I told her I loved her. She told me she doesn't go to doctors, so I shouldn't feel bad.
Anyway, I must be getting sicker, because I love the world right now. Yeah, it won't last, but after being up most of the night with upset tummy, and vomitting pretty copiously most of the day, just the fact that I kept down the Low Sodium V-8 Juice makes me happy and feeling lovey towards the world. (Or maybe it's listening to Alison Moyet? That can do it, too. Or because I did something impulsive: put on perfume. My husband doesn't love it, but I do. I feel sexy -- fat, flabby, homely, and so sexy...)
So, hugs to you -- but I promise not to go overboard with it...
Posted by coral on March 25, 2004, at 16:09:09
In reply to My husband found the cure: peanut BUTTER mms, posted by Racer on March 10, 2004, at 21:49:04
On March 10th, you wrote, "But those Peanut BUTTER m&ms are sure good. I think four more before bed will just about do the trick -- if the trick is getting me through the night. Can't say what tomorrow will bring."
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