One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

Somedays life sucks and then there are days like today. I awoke early (well, early for me) at 7:20am only to discover my Internet connection wasn't working. Considering my phone service is intermittent at best, I was getting depressed quickly as my contacts to the outside world were rapidly diminishing.

I restarted my computer a few times, no change. I disconnected the modem, waited and...voila = nothing. So I gave up and watched a movie. An hour later I again tried and my connection was working

Sometimes It just takes time and patience.

BTW, the first image I perceived upon logging in was that of Paolo looking down on me. I knew Paolo was the Good Luck Dark Lord.

[Blaise (imported)]

Somedays life sucks and then there are days like today. I awoke early (well, early for me) at 7:20am only to discover my Internet connection wasn't working. Considering my phone service is intermittent at best, I was getting depressed quickly as my contacts to the outside world were rapidly diminishing.

I restarted my computer a few times, no change. I disconnected the modem, waited and...voila = nothing. So I gave up and watched a movie. An hour later I again tried and my connection was working

Sometimes It just takes time and patience.

BTW, the first image I perceived upon logging in was that of Paolo looking down on me. I knew Paolo was the Good Luck Dark Lord.

My broadband sometimes goes down. I never know why. Per next post, I too wish you well. I hope you are healing and feeling better.

[Paolo]

We're all thinking of you, Mac!

I hope you're feeling somewhat better.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

We're all thinking of you, Mac!

I hope you're feeling somewhat better.

My burns are healing slowly but are healing. Nurses say my leg graft is healing but it feels the same.

My current worry are panic attacks: my pulse is faster, breathing shallow and the unreal but realistic fear that if I don't concentrate on breathing, I will stop breathing. Dumb huh. This usually only happens at night.

Any ideas? Anyone else here have panic attacks and what cause or cure might be?

[Blaise (imported)]

My burns are healing slowly but are healing. Nurses say my leg graft is healing but it feels the same.

My current worry are panic attacks: my pulse is faster, breathing shallow and the unreal but realistic fear that if I don't concentrate on breathing, I will stop breathing. Dumb huh. This usually only happens at night.

Any ideas? Anyone else here have panic attacks and what cause or cure might be?

Yes, I have them! They won't kill you, but you think that you are dying. I never found anything that helped but medication. There are short term medications that are addictive and long term ones that are not. The short-term are stuff like Xanex and the long term are antidepressant medications. It takes a few weeks for the latter to work. Xanax will stop the attacks cold, but only short term I had a period when I had the attacks about every fifteen minutes. The attacks usually last only a few minutes.

I used to get them everytime I was about to leave my wife. They are why I did not leave her. When she finally left me, I never had another one until May this year, but the medication is probably the reason I did not have new ones for a long time. I had them a few weeks ago when I experimented with getting off medication.

The short term meds do work--this paragraph is in reference to Jane Says below. You feel that you are dying, but you are not dying.

[jane_says (imported)]

I had a panic attack only once, abotut 10 years ago. I was at the mall, standing in line waiting to return a ridiculous dress my mother-in-law bought me for Christmas. I was 5 months pregnant, and had not eaten breakfast, and apparently had a quick dip in blood sugar. I began to sweat and shake, and was convinced that my death was imminent. My heart raced, and although I didn't know how or why, I was definitely about to die.

Thank God I never had another one. It scared me so badly I can't imagine going through it again. I hope you are feeling better soon, Wolfie. Please mention your symptoms to one (or several) of the health care folks I'm sure you're seeing lots of these days. You've have a lot of issues lately, and there's nothing wrong with medicating situational anxiety. There's no reason to feel badly if it can he helped.

[Blaise (imported)]

I had a panic attack only once, abotut 10 years ago. I was at the mall, standing in line waiting to return a ridiculous dress my mother-in-law bought me for Christmas. I was 5 months pregnant, and had not eaten breakfast, and apparently had a quick dip in blood sugar. I began to sweat and shake, and was convinced that my death was imminent. My heart raced, and although I didn't know how or why, I was definitely about to die.

Thank God I never had another one. It scared me so badly I can't imagine going through it again. I hope you are feeling better soon, Wolfie. Please mention your symptoms to one (or several) of the health care folks I'm sure you're seeing lots of these days. You've have a lot of issues lately, and there's nothing wrong with medicating situational anxiety. There's no reason to feel badly if it can he helped.

Panic attacks are awful experiences. They shut down anything one does. But they will not kill you. And you can get medication for them, but there are risks with those medicines. But they do work.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

Panic attacks are awful experiences. They shut down anything one does. But they will not kill you. And you can get medication for them, but there are risks with those medicines. But they do work.

Jane - your panic attack sounded as scary as mine.

I had one last night night but it was mild. I also had one today from 10:00am till 1:30pm when my nurse arrived to change the bandages on my burns. This one was the worst panic attack ever.

Either her presence countered it or my eating a sandwich had something to do with it. "Maybe" it was Diabeties related. I feel fine at the moment.

Tomorrow I have a 2:30pm appointment with the doctor who did the graft surgery on me. I'll ask him for some Xanax and hopefully he says yes.

MacTheWolf crosses his paws

[Blaise (imported)]

Jane - your panic attack sounded as scary as mine.

I had one last night night but it was mild. I also had one today from 10:00am till 1:30pm when my nurse arrived to change the bandages on my burns. This one was the worst panic attack ever.

Either her presence countered it or my eating a sandwich had something to do with it. "Maybe" it was Diabeties related. I feel fine at the moment.

Tomorrow I have a 2:30pm appointment with the doctor who did the graft surgery on me. I'll ask him for some Xanax and hopefully he says yes.

MacTheWolf crosses his paws

I hope the doctor refers you to find out the source for the attacks. Did they begin after your hospitalization?

[Riverwind (imported)]

I remember one of mine, I was still in St Louis and the family and I went to IHOP, that in its self was not bad but I got stuck on the inside bench. I had to go outside, to many people. I don't have many any more but yes they can be very scary.

Another thought is that you might need a sleep study, I remember when I got mine, they gave me a CPap machine, wow, I have never slept better.

River

PS glad your hand is on the mind. When you are healed I will need to teach you how to make fries without hurting yourself.

RW