What Makes You Angry Today?

[Spock]

At least you're calling yourself on it Dan, assuming that is better than before. :)

 

[combatgoldfish]

Man down for 2 days, self inflicted via booze. When will I learn, very rarely do I drink and when I do I'm a health hazard. Very pissed at myself and battling serious blues. I can't even concentrate to responed to posts (probably a good thing!). Next time I get the urge I'll try remember this feeling; stupid twat.

I go through the same shit from time to time. Remembering how you feel afterwards is good. One thing that helped me way removing booze from the house. If I happen to drink, I get a small bottle so I don't end up overdoing it.

 

[Chin Strapped]

Biggest guilt trip ever, everytime. Just this urge sometimes...

 

[Sarg]

It's difficult to abstain. Took me forty years to learn that. My beast would rear it's ugly head and I'd start drinking. My problem was I didn't get hangovers unless I really chugged down the hard liquor. It was my only weapon against the beast. But it's also very destructive. To one's own health, relationships and sometimes relations with the law.

I feel deeply for you Dan. It's a very difficult time you're going through. If I can help...

Sarg

 

[Chin Strapped]

Cheers Sarge. I get this urge and I don't care at what cost, I just drink...allot, blackouts the lot. Complete self annihilation! Should not have drunk on my meds. Hopefully I can see out the year now, booze free.

 

[vikingr12]

Cheers, brothers. I guess it's the easiest medicine you can find. I think my car has a mind of its own. But I am not a bad drinker. Know when to quit and never drive and drink. There was a time or two or three when I did not. Stupid really.

And it just does not help the insomnia at all. I think that was my first step to reality.

 

[Sarg]

Only problem is the states have been dropping their threshold so low that one beer on an empty stomach will put you over. So, you can't even get a buzz and drive anymore. So, I'm thankful to have control over it and not drive drunk anymore. Miss the honky tonk music tho'...Merl Haggard and "Today, I started loving you".

Sarg

 

[Chin Strapped]

Initiated the smallest bit of banter last week at work; today I get pulled in for upsetting someone. It was a complete joke and very petty. What is up with people? Most people know I like a laugh and can take as good as I get. I spoke to said offended person directly and sorted it out, hear say bull shit doesn't wash with me, rather sort it.

Pissed off at the situation though. I am in a job where thick skin is needed anyway; I will not change.

 

[Barberian]

Day 6 of a very bad stomach flu of some kind. I won't go into details, but it's horrible. Today I wake up in very bad pain ALL OVER, and my right big toe feels like someone hit it with a hammer on the big joint. I can't put any weight on it when walking.

My wife got the stomach flu too, but not nearly as bad and only a few days.

I've been having a hard time staying hydrated. The more I drink, the worse the stomach cramps from top to, well... bottom.

Since my wife got a new pup to train for her as a service dog a month ago, I've been having a hard time keeping mine with me. My dog knows something is up, she won't leave my side this last week.

 

[JarHed]

Just a word of caution about your big toe. It may just be the flu but symptoms of gout are a lot like that. Swelling at the joint of the big toe, tenderness and redness, pain whether you're walking or have it elevated. If that doesn't go away in a few days besides the flu symptoms I'd get to a doctor for treatment for the foot. Gout is a nasty, extremely painful and debilitating condition. Cause, excess uric acid that builds up in the joint and then crystallizes there. Just saying to be mindful of it. And I hope that you get better soon.

 

[Barberian]

Gout came to mind before I got out of bed. Thank you for pointing it out though. The joint IS red and swollen. I was going to look it up this morning but haven't gotten around to it yet.

I've been having a hard time keeping hydrated and have had very dark urine. I'm concerned about gout, and kidney stones, which I've had several times before. My kidneys are painful too, but I don't feel a stone at the moment. I'm forcing myself to drink a lot more water and Gateraid today whether or not I'm thirsty.

This is probably the worst stomach flu I've ever had. At the worst times feeling like food poisoning, which I know it isn't.

I'm going to give this a few more days. If it hasn't cleared up by then, I'll go see a doc.

 

[JarHed]

Hey Bar

Don't wait a few more days, call the doctor and go. Don't mess with your kidneys, you have two but they can be twice the trouble. Dark urine isn't a good sign, it can mean that there's blood in it as well. Even if you can't see it. I do the same thing as you, wait a couple of days, suffer on ................... then I go. Please don't be like me. Be smart, call the doc and go. He'll be better a figuring out what's wrong and getting you treated.

Here's a link to wiki for gout

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gout

It can be a nasty bugger of a thing to get. It's pretty easily treated though with a daily pill that helps to lower the uric acid levels. The pain is nasty. A rhumatologist can easily diagnosis it with a micro thin needle, not as bad as it sounds, into the toes joint to check uric acid levels. Either way don't wait a few days, go get better Brother.

Jar