Class of November 2019 Part 8
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On our way back from Belize. All checked in. Everything seems ok and nothing weird has happened so far. There are still no cases here in Belize. Of course we are flying straight back to nyc which has now basically become the epicenter of the US outbreak. Brooklyn has more cases than the entire state of California. I’m a bit anxious and very tired because I haven’t been sleeping well, but I am looking forward to getting home. Then we’ll have tomorrow to settle into the new normal before we have to deal with working from home on Monday.
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Safe trip home SBTS 
I’m glad you got some eggs Suze.
We have 2 chickens so eggs aren’t a problem for us
We used to have 4, and we went to get a couple more young layers to join the 2 girls we have , but people have bought up all the layers so nobody has chickens for sale at the moment.
We need to get our veggie garden up and running again.
It’s mostly weeds at the moment.
If nothing else, the current situation is making us revamp our veggie garden and get back to being a little more productive at home
I’m glad you got some eggs Suze.
We have 2 chickens so eggs aren’t a problem for us
We used to have 4, and we went to get a couple more young layers to join the 2 girls we have , but people have bought up all the layers so nobody has chickens for sale at the moment.
We need to get our veggie garden up and running again.
It’s mostly weeds at the moment.
If nothing else, the current situation is making us revamp our veggie garden and get back to being a little more productive at home
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Originally Posted by soberbythesea 
Oh and it is day 140. ❤️
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I'm on day 7 here and although I look completely fine now, I still don't have the ability to regulate my body temperature and my stomach is in knots. I got up early and did a few very light chores around the house and found myself dripping in sweat. I expect the MDMA will be having more of an impact on this than the drinking as although the mental and emotional effects would still be there on day 7 of an alcohol withdrawal, physically in terms of basic stuff like: body temperature, appetite, nausea etc would all be back to normal. The part of me that doesn't want to panic is telling me that I need a few more days for this to work itself through and my brain has taken a near lethal battering. Way over and above what I have given it in the past. But another part of me is asking myself: have I done permanent damage to either my brain or liver or whatever organ actually controls how wretched I feel physically at the moment? I suppose noone here has the answers. And frankly doctors won't want to know right now - so got to keep ploughing on.
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Yes! 140 days is awesome SBTS 
Oh Briansy, be very gentle with yourself. One week is early days, and you’re doing so well. Congratulations on a week! Get lots of rest and stay hydrated and try to get some nutritious food into you. Your body and mind ned rest and time to heal
I’m on day 21, so by tonight I’ll have 3 weeks again. I’m still feeling anxious, but a large proportion of the fog of depression has lifted, I’m still a bit flat but not in despair like I was 3 weeks ago. Each day is a good day to be sober.
People are still out at pubs and restaurants here (not us), with limited numbers allowed in to allow social distancing, although I suspect everything may close down soon...
The PM is going to make an announcement tonight regarding schools (they’re still open here).
Oh Briansy, be very gentle with yourself. One week is early days, and you’re doing so well. Congratulations on a week! Get lots of rest and stay hydrated and try to get some nutritious food into you. Your body and mind ned rest and time to heal
I’m on day 21, so by tonight I’ll have 3 weeks again. I’m still feeling anxious, but a large proportion of the fog of depression has lifted, I’m still a bit flat but not in despair like I was 3 weeks ago. Each day is a good day to be sober.
People are still out at pubs and restaurants here (not us), with limited numbers allowed in to allow social distancing, although I suspect everything may close down soon...
The PM is going to make an announcement tonight regarding schools (they’re still open here).
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Cheers Willow, you seem in really good spirits. Yes normally I'd be well on the way to feeling really good and motivated but this recent session with the drugs has knocked me back and I have ongoing nausea and hot and cold temperatures which are hard to cope with. It's a very physically uncomfortable sensation. I live in an apartment and the lady below me likes to cook late at night and early in the morning and even when I'm not feeling nauseous the smell of her cooking is really pungent and unpleasant and overwhelming. It smells like someone boiling large amounts of meat and is absolutely disgusting!!! What can I do if I am stuck in this flat for 6 months? I will need to address it soon. I had wanted to before but figured that it's not a very fair complaint. But I think in current circumstances it may be more reasonable to politely raise it. Problem is this is her way of life so it will be a tough conversation to not cause offence and get her back up! She's already a little bit difficult about complaining herself! Oh well, we move on - going to investigate ways of cancelling out the smell!
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Oh yuk that sounds awful Briansy 
I hate the smell of meat cooking. I don’t eat much meat at all (a bit of fish or chicken sometimes but not red meat or pork, ever). My partner and his daughter eat a lot of meat and sometimes I have to go somewhere else when they’re cooking because the smell grosses me out too much
I hope you manage to work out some kind of solution soon.
And I hope you’re feeling better soon.
I hate the smell of meat cooking. I don’t eat much meat at all (a bit of fish or chicken sometimes but not red meat or pork, ever). My partner and his daughter eat a lot of meat and sometimes I have to go somewhere else when they’re cooking because the smell grosses me out too much
I hope you manage to work out some kind of solution soon.
And I hope you’re feeling better soon.
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Cheers Willow I sent a nicely worded (but not too watered down!) Text and she said sorry for inconvenience. That's good enough for me. It probably won't stop completely but it will lessen.
And thank you - I'm sure I'll feel much better in a few days. At which point London will be in full on melt down mode! It's getting pretty intense here I must say. I'd usually just turn on the sport, but with no sport my default is news. I just watched a documentary on Netflix on the Unabomber...nice light viewing! Thankfully only my Aunt and Uncle got the virus but both mild symptoms. I don't actually know anyone else with it.
Glad you're in a good spot - give kitty a cuddle for me.
And thank you - I'm sure I'll feel much better in a few days. At which point London will be in full on melt down mode! It's getting pretty intense here I must say. I'd usually just turn on the sport, but with no sport my default is news. I just watched a documentary on Netflix on the Unabomber...nice light viewing! Thankfully only my Aunt and Uncle got the virus but both mild symptoms. I don't actually know anyone else with it.
Glad you're in a good spot - give kitty a cuddle for me.
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I've never read Jules Verne's Without Alcohol in 80 Days but it's come into my mind on this my 80th day milestone. Just thought I'd look in and sprinkle my little bit of positivitity here. Looking at TV or anything and I see how our whole culture is immersed in alcohol, so it can be a lot to fight against.
I'm not shocked but I am saddened by the current panic buying frenzy but I have to admit that if I were still drinking - forget toilet rolls and handwash - my house would be filled to the brim with emergency back up bottles and cans.
Anyway, best wishes everyone.
I'm not shocked but I am saddened by the current panic buying frenzy but I have to admit that if I were still drinking - forget toilet rolls and handwash - my house would be filled to the brim with emergency back up bottles and cans.
Anyway, best wishes everyone.
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Hi guys.
Briansy love.....please try not to worry. I am with Willow, it is early days, and I do agree with you that the MDMA is still possibly part of the reason you feel so bad.
But I felt that bad last time I got sober....really. And it lessened dramatically around day 11....I remember it vividly. I was also scared I had killed my liver or kidneys or both. s
Briansy love.....please try not to worry. I am with Willow, it is early days, and I do agree with you that the MDMA is still possibly part of the reason you feel so bad.
But I felt that bad last time I got sober....really. And it lessened dramatically around day 11....I remember it vividly. I was also scared I had killed my liver or kidneys or both.
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Hi Suze
Briansy I really hope you get to feeling better soon, but I think it will just take a bit of time. Maybe scented candles for the cooking smell if it doesn't go away? I pretty much always have a scented candle burning in my kitchen when I'm home (er, which is all the time now.)
Willow you're sounding in very good spirits I bet that kitty is helping
Tap, big congrats on 80 days.
TA how are things?
Well, we're home and settled in. My bf just went out to get some files from his office since technically NYC's lockdown doesn't officially start til 8 pm tonight. I'm worried that we're going to drive each other nuts during this time. He's such a social creature that I know being in the house will be hard on him; he also hates working from home and finds it hard to focus. I don't at all mind being at home, but I'm a bit of a neat freak and I worry that I'll drive him crazy with that, especially since for obvious reasons I've now cancelled the housekeeper until further notice. He's not a slob, at all, but I tend to be a bit more vigilant about things like making the bed, not leaving dishes in the sink, cleaning the bathroom often, etc.
Still, we're very lucky that we're young(ish) and have no underlying health conditions and have enough money to ride this out and a nice apartment to do it in. I'm going to bake some brownies this afternoon, which should raise spirits.
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Briansy I really hope you get to feeling better soon, but I think it will just take a bit of time. Maybe scented candles for the cooking smell if it doesn't go away? I pretty much always have a scented candle burning in my kitchen when I'm home (er, which is all the time now.)
Willow you're sounding in very good spirits
I bet that kitty is helping Tap, big congrats on 80 days.
TA how are things?
Well, we're home and settled in. My bf just went out to get some files from his office since technically NYC's lockdown doesn't officially start til 8 pm tonight. I'm worried that we're going to drive each other nuts during this time. He's such a social creature that I know being in the house will be hard on him; he also hates working from home and finds it hard to focus. I don't at all mind being at home, but I'm a bit of a neat freak and I worry that I'll drive him crazy with that, especially since for obvious reasons I've now cancelled the housekeeper until further notice. He's not a slob, at all, but I tend to be a bit more vigilant about things like making the bed, not leaving dishes in the sink, cleaning the bathroom often, etc.
Still, we're very lucky that we're young(ish) and have no underlying health conditions and have enough money to ride this out and a nice apartment to do it in. I'm going to bake some brownies this afternoon, which should raise spirits.
Back later
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I'm sure he will. I can see that he's making an effort.
Also, I thanked him yesterday for not drinking on our vacation. He actually hasn't had a drink around me for months now, even before that. But I just told him I wanted him to know that it didn't go unnoticed that he didn't drink the whole time we were in Belize, and how helpful it was for me; it made the vacation very easy for me in terms of sobriety. He said that it's not a big deal at all for him to refrain from drinking around me. Which I'm obviously glad to hear, given this strange time we're moving into.
Also, I thanked him yesterday for not drinking on our vacation. He actually hasn't had a drink around me for months now, even before that. But I just told him I wanted him to know that it didn't go unnoticed that he didn't drink the whole time we were in Belize, and how helpful it was for me; it made the vacation very easy for me in terms of sobriety. He said that it's not a big deal at all for him to refrain from drinking around me. Which I'm obviously glad to hear, given this strange time we're moving into.
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That is indeed lovely and very reassuring.
I am very lucky....Nick is fantastic.....adapted to my very neat (like anal to the max) ways....I love my lonungeroom to always look perfect for example....including couch cushions, lol....
He makes our bed every day....oh yes. And vacuums for me....not for a while tho....but he mentioned it yesterday and I know he will get to it in the next few days (or I will). Plus he loves to sweep up outside....which I do not.
I am very lucky....Nick is fantastic.....adapted to my very neat (like anal to the max) ways....I love my lonungeroom to always look perfect for example....including couch cushions, lol....
He makes our bed every day....oh yes. And vacuums for me....not for a while tho....but he mentioned it yesterday and I know he will get to it in the next few days (or I will
). Plus he loves to sweep up outside....which I do not.
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Glad you made it back, SBTS! Adorable kitty Willow As for me, the latest news sucks. Oncologist says I have no "markers" to target for immunotherapy. Went to the City of Hope on Friday, and the specialist agreed. So Tuesday I meet with the raidiologist for a plan to "zap" the 6 tumors in my brain. Then I will start chemo. I don't know yet how often or how long....just scared to death. Prognosis is 4 months without treatment and 1 year with treatment...so I am getting my affairs in order. My older daughter FINALLY contacted me yesterday. When I asked about seeing my grandson (who is now 2 y/o) she said she would send me pics/videos, My younger daughter came by yesterday and it turned into a nightmare. She had tried to steal some syringes that my husband has for ED, last time that she was here. We found them in the kitchen drawer. She wanted to take a shower (since she is homeless) and I told her that she had to use the guest bath. She freaked out, cusssed me out and walked out the door, leaving the suitcase that she came to pick up, behind. So that's the latest. Sorry to be such a downer.....
As for me, the latest news sucks. Oncologist says I have no "markers" to target for immunotherapy. Went to the City of Hope on Friday, and the specialist agreed. So Tuesday I meet with the raidiologist for a plan to "zap" the 6 tumors in my brain. Then I will start chemo. I don't know yet how often or how long....just scared to death. Prognosis is 4 months without treatment and 1 year with treatment...so I am getting my affairs in order. My older daughter FINALLY contacted me yesterday. When I asked about seeing my grandson (who is now 2 y/o) she said she would send me pics/videos, My younger daughter came by yesterday and it turned into a nightmare. She had tried to steal some syringes that my husband has for ED, last time that she was here. We found them in the kitchen drawer. She wanted to take a shower (since she is homeless) and I told her that she had to use the guest bath. She freaked out, cusssed me out and walked out the door, leaving the suitcase that she came to pick up, behind. So that's the latest. Sorry to be such a downer.....
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