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☦ Things aren't good. I'm not well. Scared. eom (Original Post) sprinkleeninow Sep 2023 OP
Physically or emotionally not well? femmedem Sep 2023 #1
Physically, mentally, spiritually. sprinkleeninow Sep 2023 #7
I'm so very sorry, Sprinkleeninow. femmedem Oct 2023 #17
Sending prayers and calming energy to you. nt woodsprite Sep 2023 #2
You're not alone. Holding you in my heart. n/t TygrBright Sep 2023 #3
Holding you in thought and prayer. madamesilverspurs Sep 2023 #4
Hang in there! Ocelot II Sep 2023 #5
Ah Sprinkleeinow. Come along with me on a happy dream mahina Sep 2023 #6
My eyes welling up with tears of gratitude. Y'all blessing me untold. eom sprinkleeninow Sep 2023 #8
Holding you in light and love. Your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as niyad Sep 2023 #9
Scared is human. hunter Sep 2023 #10
Hugs, sprinkleeninow. sheshe2 Sep 2023 #11
Breathe. Breathe in the love we feel for you Easterncedar Sep 2023 #12
Do you still have afib? Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #13
... 2naSalit Sep 2023 #14
((sprinkle)) blm Sep 2023 #15
I have been watching for you AmBlue Oct 2023 #16

sprinkleeninow

(20,544 posts)
7. Physically, mentally, spiritually.
Sat Sep 30, 2023, 08:30 PM
Sep 2023

Last edited Sat Sep 30, 2023, 09:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Some here know. Husband of 46+ years reposed in 2019 of cardiac arrest. This year is the worst. From like February. I feel imprisioned and can't break free. I don't like overly psyche explanations, but I read online:
perhaps delayed/complicated/unresolved grief. Plus something physical. Doc visit last Thursday. Not COVID, not really another UTI (but at-home test showed 'yes'), not strep. I'm more short of breath than usual. Mild COVID in '21 left me w/AFib. This worse feeling of combined whatever started almost 2 months ago. I was pretty good before that. Of course, the political climate we're experiencing just exacerbates my condition. Trying to watch my thoughts and my words. I want to curse nearly all. I've been strong natured my whole life, but now I'm feeling way broken.

femmedem

(8,444 posts)
17. I'm so very sorry, Sprinkleeninow.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 07:27 AM
Oct 2023

That's so much for one person to handle. I'm glad you posted so that your DU family could let you know that they care.

mahina

(18,932 posts)
6. Ah Sprinkleeinow. Come along with me on a happy dream
Sat Sep 30, 2023, 08:21 PM
Sep 2023

When Im stressed and scared, I take a mental journey to Waimea bay. Swimming in the clear aqua waters of summertime Waimea Bay, chasing the opelu ball of little fishes around the bay (they swim around me too,) sometimes soaring with the honu (sea turtles,) till I'm out past the catamaran and - a smallish spectacularly beautiful air bubble rises from beneath me.!

I look down and see a big bubble, maybe half the size of my head, rise up right in front of my face.

Slowly the dolphins come into focus! I hadn't seen them before.

There were about 20 of them, looking at me under water, as I look at them in wonder. The ones in front of me were in a vertical position with eyes at my eye level.

They blew the bubbles to get my attention. I was getting pretty far out of the bay and they stopped me this way.

True story, very true. Tonight I will dream of being out there with them, and with you!

Clear sailing dear. Aloha kaua.

niyad

(119,830 posts)
9. Holding you in light and love. Your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as
Sat Sep 30, 2023, 08:38 PM
Sep 2023

you need. Your DU family is here for you.



huggggggggs

Grasswire2

(13,708 posts)
13. Do you still have afib?
Sat Sep 30, 2023, 09:41 PM
Sep 2023

It might be time for some gentle supplement to calm things. Like ashwagandha, which controls the stress hormone cortisol. Or magnesium, which calms the heart muscle.

AmBlue

(3,438 posts)
16. I have been watching for you
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 01:57 AM
Oct 2023

Hoping you are doing okay... and not just because I miss your music posts. I am so sorry you're going through this. So many here care about you. I hope you get some answers soon-- the not knowing is hardest part. Sending healing love and light to surround you and lead you on the path to recovery.

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