Posted by cubbybear on December 23, 2002, at 1:43:22
In reply to Re: Update on email address » cubbybear, posted by bluedog on December 22, 2002, at 5:58:27
Hi bluedog,
Sorry that you have been feeling so rotten. We all know that stress lowers your resistance to infection, so you've got to work on your mental as well as physical woes at the same time. Last summer, during my worst depression ever, I also had to suffer through another bout of sciatic pain (in sciatic nerve from lower back, then down the leg) at the same time as my depression. I was virtually incapacitated from the brain down to the knee. Thank God, I was able to obtain total relief from the physical pain from Chinese ACUPUNCTURE after only 4 visits. Not everyone can deal with the thought of lying on the table with about 14 needles sticking out of their body, but it's really painless and it works wonders. Some time, maybe I'll get to tell you more about acupuncture, if you're interested.
I've been thinking a lot about your predicament and precarious situation as you survived your first week back at work.
Now, about Xmas in Thailand. . .well, this is not a good subject for public posting, so I will say more when we get E-mail correspondence going. Suffice it to say for now that I do not celebrate Christmas at all, since I am not a Christian. And, as far as Thailand is concerned, this place is 95% Buddhist but the dept. stores put up the decorations for 2 whole months, as if it were a Christian nation, and holiday time off is taken for five straight days until Jan. 1 simply because the Thais look for any excuse to take time off from work. It is positively absurd to see all the commercialism of Xmas displayed in a nation that is so overly Buddhist. Oh, well, I guess I said more than I expected to say on this board.There are way too many holidays every year in Thailand, which lead to the usual all-night drinking, blasting of music and carnage and drunken driving deaths. I would love to get out of the city for New Year's Eve, but my mother said via E-mail that there's a good chance I could encounter the same nuisances anywhere else, even in the countryside. I know she's right, so I'm not sure what I'm going to do. All I know is I'll be very glad when these holidays are over. My entire family lives in the U.S. and so perhaps I'll make some plans with work colleagues or try to find some things to do by myself.
I've been feeling a bit lonely lately, doing a lot of soul-searching about companionship, friends, and living alone. Since I've come to enjoy my independence and freedom (living alone) for the past 18 years, I wonder what I will ultimately do in the distant future, because I can't really envision living alone forever. It's a real dilemma.As for medication--I've been taking the Aurorix now at 300 mg. day for the past couple of weeks and have felt no side effects. I'm also gradually phasing down the Clonazepam (down from 4.0 mg/day to 3.75 mg/day now). Even at that slow rate of decrease, I can feel a difference. Sometimes I get mild feelings of anxiety, irritability or malaise, but if it doesn't get any worse than this, I'll be OK and should be able to phase it out over a period of several months.
I look forward to getting your E-mail address as soon as it is more convenient for you. Take care of yourself...............
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