Today we went to our vet, Ebenezer Animal Hospital https://ebenezervets.com . We had to get Ollie’s stitches and staples out. One of the receptionists saw me holding Hestia while waiting for Ollie to come back out, and exclaimed “CHIN!”. Turns out she has a 12 year old Chin named Bella, and […]
We got our little Xmas tree set up, with mostly ornaments from when we were babies! The tree is a fiber optic tree and changes color. Underneath the tree we put two guinea pigs resting on presents (ceramic), some old Amazon gift card containers (they are the right size to […]
“Sleepy Sweetie”– that’s what Brad calls me! I am doing well on the Latuda, no mood swings or depressive episodes since starting it yay! However, it makes me even MORE tired. I’m getting about 6-8 hrs a day awake now. I wanted to share this because people have been emailing […]
Today I met up with CJ and Dan, my fellow members of the three musketeers. Normally CJ and I swim first, but we didn’t feel up to it today. So I picked Dan and CJ up for lunch, and I brought Hestia with me! We went to Waffle House! I […]
We went to the psychiatrist today. He was concerned with the amount of depression I’ve been having. So he is starting me on Latuda. He said there are only three meds that have been shown to be effective on bipolar depression– zyprexa, seroquel + prozac (there’s a combo med), and […]
Ollie is recovering nicely from his surgery. I wanted to take some pictures of him in his cone of shame, but Hestia insisted that she be in the pictures, too! Photobombs! Ollie is a silver standard poodle with a blue cone of shame. Hestia is a small black and white […]
Ollie had surgery today. He had a leaking mole and three cysts removed, and also a dental. The vet said his teeth were amazing! They needed a cleaning, but for a 10.5 year old dog, she was so happy about them. He has never had to have a tooth pulled. […]
TRIGGER: suicidal feelings but much less triggering than my last two posts. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Thanks to everyone who has sent me support! It really does mean a lot! My new hourly plan is at the bottom of this post, and it’s […]
Edited to add: I am not currently suicidal! Sorry to scare people! TRIGGER suicide 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I shared yesterday that I have a 72 hour plan to try to stop myself from committing suicide. I promised myself that if I still feel […]
