It happened again.

I was so excited to do the videos and set tomorrows up along with having such a bad day yesterday that when I got to the comments this afternoon, I realized I lost some.  I am so sorry to those who commented and did not get a reply.  If that was you, please either put your comment in again on any post or email it to me.  My emails are in my profile.  I will do better, now I think I will check comments first when I get up and put them in a set of tabs so I don’t lose them.  Thank you everyone for understanding.  I only have so much time and energy, I am running on fumes right now and so want to go to bed.  I woke up at 12:40 last night, have had a lot of my pain medications which are sleep inducing, and I am so tired.  I am trying to stay awake.  I went to bed last night at 6:30 so when I woke I had only about 6 hours sleep.  If that.  So I may go to bed soon even though I am trying hard to stay awake.  Hugs.  Scottie

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I am an older gay guy in a long-term wonderful relationship. My spouse and I are in our 36th year together. I love politics and news. I enjoy civil discussions and have no taboo subjects. My pronouns are he / him / his and my email is Scottiestoybox@gmail.com

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  1. I feel you. I have a splitting headache right now.

    I tend to use the JetPack app to make sure I don’t miss comments. Link to Android, but there’s a version for Apple too, apparently.

    It notifies me whenever I get a comment on my blog, or a reply to any comment on a WP blog. That’s how I stay on top of them. The app has a “Unread notifications” section I use regularly. Just a thought.

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    1. Hi Janet. Thank you. I have the JetPack that comes with WordPress, and yes I get the emails that dump into my Outlook email. The problem is not with the notifications, but the issues are I have / try to do far too much to do each day. I use the bell notification on the blog to tell me of new posts of those I follow and if I don’t get to the new comments soon enough the bell notification simply drops them. My issue is time management and trying to do too much every day and not getting it all done. Hugs. Scottie

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      1. As a spoonie, I understand limits on what/when you can do. I still do too much sometimes. So, no worries. The thing about the app notifications was that they won’t age off. At least, not in my experience on Android. 🫂

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        1. Hi Janet. I just learned about the spoon theory thing from another survivor just two days ago. He was talking about running out of his spoons. I was thinking he meant silverware and needed to do dishes. I need to either manage to do more or intend to do less so I don’t feel so bad about missing stuff. Hugs. Scottie

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            1. Hi Janet. No I just had my friend explain to me what he was talking about when he laughed at my suggestion to get a box of plastic spoons from the store. I felt so sill and out of touch. I guess it is like the idea that everyone has a sign of who they are that starts out happy, but as more people attack or tear you down they take pieces of your sign until there is nothing left. Spoon theory reminds me of that as he described it. Thanks for the link, I will take a look at it if it is short. My mind is not up for deep dives right now. Hugs. Scottie

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            2. Hi Janet. Wow oh wow. I so understand the author. What she wrote about her day and spoons is my daily life. It is in that lifestyle, the difference between being sick and healthy. It is the beautiful ability to not think and just do. I miss that freedom. I miss never having to count “spoons”. I understand that so well. As my health got worse and my abilities less I so missed that freedom. To this day in my good dreams I can still run or jump, even just walk without support. In bad dreams my physical limitations cause the bad things to catch me and prevent me from fight back. Thank you for the link. Hugs. Scottie

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              1. I became aware of Christine and the spoon theory when my late wife was struggling with lupus. It forced my wife to retire (early), and it ultimately killed her. Lupus is a bitch.

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                1. Hello Janet. I want you to know I struggled with liking the comment. When I think of you losing your dear wife I can not like it. But I do want you to know I thank you for sharing. Of all my nightmares and fears, the one I hold most painful is the loss of Ron, my wonderful spouse of 34 years. He is 69 this year. He struggles now more than ever. His mind is not as sharp or as quick, yet his ability to know how to do construction is still as great as it ever was. Things take him longer, he struggles to get down on the floor to do plumbing and other things. He is tired much easier. I watch him so much more closely to make sure he is OK and I cringe at times I find things on the counter he left out by mistake.

                  Janet I never knew your wife, but I grieve with your loss. Please feel free to express it here on this blog if it will help you. I know you have your own space, but sometimes it is nice to reach other audiences with our most loved content. I will or Ali can repost anything you wish to showcase about your wife. When I say I care I mean it. And if I want this blog to be anything, it is to show caring to others and help them with their pain. If I can help in any way I want to. Hugs. Scottie

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                  1. Scottie:

                    When Barbara passed, I created a site to commemorate her, and our life together. If you are interested that site is Barbara’s Words of Wisdom. It exists so that is some simple way, she lives on. The first post is her obituary, as I wrote it. She was a beautiful, passionate, and loving woman.

                    Feel free to read through that site at your leisure.

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                    2. Hi Janet. I love the words of wisdom she said. Live life consciously. Choose rather than simply accepting. As an abuse survivor that is something we have to try to learn and follow through on. I will read more later. I saved the blog address. Best wishes. Hugs.

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    2. Hi Janet. I wanted to ask you about your headaches. Do you get them often? Do they have a cause? For me the only time I have any pain in my head is in my forehead from my sinuses. I hope you do not suffer from them long or often. Hugs. Scottie

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      1. I have had a problem with migraines for decades. My first one was as a late pre-teen just as I entered puberty. I recently got a prescription for a migraine interrupter drug (sumitriptan) that seems to help a lot. I’ve been getting one to two migraines per month for years now. But that drug, if taken quickly enough, can put a stop to one within 30 minutes. I don’t know what it will do if I wait. That occasion hasn’t come up since I started taking it (as needed).

        I also get sinus and tension headaches. Weather is the most common cause of the sinus headaches. I can tell you if the weather is about to get nasty fairly reliably. Tension? Well that one is self-explanatory. 😆 That pain is typically in the neck and back of my head. A recent acquisition of a special support pillow seems to be helping with that. I have stenosis of the cervical spine. That results in pinched nerves in the neck.

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    1. Hi Ali. Thank you, but it doesn’t feel good for me. I got 4 hours of sleep last night. My blood tests show I may be anemic again and my problem with my bone marrow is getting worse. But I have not had a call from the doctor yet so this is just me talking by using my prior history and doctor google. Hugs. Scottie

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      1. Well, I did mean that the rest of it is all good, so that you can get you all good. So, I’m sorry to seem to make light of your condition, Scottie. It’s so hard when the medical providers are so busy that it takes so long to get back with you, by which time the condition has progressed. It’s like starting over every time. I hope this gets resolved, though. Suze Hartline’s idea seems so sensible, but I know it has to be determined, first. sigh

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        1. Hi Ali. I know you were not making light of my situation. I just feel very crappy right now. I am very tired, but just tried to sleep and couldn’t. Yes I hoped her idea would help, but it did not pan out. But it is OK because there maybe something else going on. I will be better as soon as I get some sleep. Hugs. Scottie

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