yesterday
Our first Christmas market is a new one off, twilight market. 3-9pm. The organizers actually seen us out at the country market and emailed us to invite us to this twilight market. So they liked what we had! We haven’t done this market before so no idea what to expect, but it’s being well advertised and it has lots of different things there, so hopefully busy!
Then we have our monthly country market, last for the year and it’s usually pretty busy. It’s well known and well organized. And lots of people come to do Christmas shopping. (And then they don’t have a market for January and February).
Ah IBS can be so rough @Snowie and it can be tricky to know what sets off a flare up sometimes.
yesterday
Those markets sound like fun @Bow especially if you were invited to one and that they liked what you have made. A twilight market sounds like a really good idea. I wish we had something like that here.
D went out for tea last night with friends so that probably didn't help. Something in the food that set it off. When I cook there are certain things I don't include b/c of her IBS.
2 hours ago
55m ago
@Bow wrote:
@Jynx That looks fabulous! I love how it glows with the light…. It won’t overheat and catch on fire will it?
So far so good!! Haha I got one of those like 'green' bulbs, they don't get as hot!!
How you going today hun?
Aww @Snowie I hope D has fully recovered!! IBS is soooo gnarly, my dad had so many gut issues whilst I was growing up. He's on low fodmap now, cos garlic and onion could leave him bed ridden for days!! As I get older, I realise more n more just how important gut health is, hey!
40m ago
I cook low fodmap for her too @Jynx Onion and garlic are two of the worst things. Thats why I think she might have had something with them in it. Do you know how hard it is to find stir fry sauces and pasta sauce without them in it? Surprisingly Aldi is the best for these.
6m ago
im just home from my schema group. Laying on the couch. I’m so tired.
Sat down at the beginning of group and the facilitator made the comment that I didn’t look ok today. Been a rough couple of days… more tired than usual. Feeling physical stuff. After our usual check in, we did reimagery. There was only the 2 of us there, but when it got to my turn I said I don’t think I had the capacity to participate in that today. Not only thinking about how I was feeling there in the moment, but also recovery afterwards. They were absolutely fine with that and appreciated that I was able to verbalize what I needed.
We did do a little bit of chair work though, which I was ok with. The over controller has been pretty loud and in control.., as has the inner critic. Pushing me to push myself despite feeling so exhausted. Going to aim to at least take notice of what little bow needs in those moments. Take notice when she needs rest. Maybe even stop when I get to that point. That’s the plan anyways.
My SW was suppose to do a home visit early this morning. I was waiting around for her. But when one of the other SW calls I immediately knew she was away today. That’s the only reason someone else calls. But she ain’t only away today, but all week 😩 covid I can assume, cause I was told to monitor for systems. (Actually did a test, thought maybe that’s why I’ve been so tired? But it was negative). Most shittyest time for her to be away with mum being away too. There is only 2 SW on this week now with 2 of them being away. So I’ll get very minimum support, probably just phone calls and group will probably be cancelled. I had bloods with my SW on Wednesday and then gp on Thursday.
dietitian appointment tomorrow. That should be interesting.
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