Melissa

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:25 pm

I was wondering if you are feeling any better? I hope that you are. Love Oma :bigbighug:

moremuscle · Post by **moremuscle** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:12 pm

Melissa,

I was wondering too?
Let us know how your pets are doing and what's going on with you - please, don't get out of the bed to start cleaning the house; that's so depressing; just let it get a little dusty, doesn't hurt anyone!! But do get out of the bed and just take a walk or sit outside for a little while to get in touch with the smells and sounds that surround you; when you get back inside will you please write us a note to let us know how you are doing?!

Love,
Karen

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:52 pm

Melissa,
I've been wondering about you too. Hope you are feeling better by now, but either way, we'd like to hear from you.

Shirley

harvest_table · Post by **harvest_table** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:47 am

M, I care about how your feeling. If your down, please talk- it's good for you. Even if you feel like a dollop of nothing.

I hope your spirits are lifting...are they?

Love,
Joanna

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:09 am

Me too, Melissa. How goes it? Am sending a giant hug your way. :bigbighug:

Love,

Polly

JJ · Post by JJ » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:46 am

Hey Melissa...hugs from me too!

Take care.....Jill

Geri · Post by **Geri** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:47 am

Melissa,

I am thinking of you today, and hoping that you are feeling better?

Big Hugs,

Geri

m · Post by m » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:56 am

Well, I feel like crap, no pun intended. I dragged my sorry butt to work on Sunday so I could sign time sheets and just have a look around before Monday morning hit. It didn't improve my spirits any but at least I made it there and back. Monday I went in and worked all day but it was tough. I had to lay down on my office floor at noon for a rest. Mentally I feel stronger today but physically I think I'm in a full blown flare up. I got to work today and stayed a couple of hours and then felt so nauseated and sick that I had to leave. I'm so frigging fatigued and nauseous. I finally wrote my boss an email just now and explained my disappearing act. I felt I needed to do that.

One of my cats, Stinky, is dying of lymphoma. It's very, very hard for me. She is really thin and I'm finding it hard to interest her in food. My other cat, Gracie, is 17 and I think is going into kidney failure (ie. she drinks alot). this may sound weird but their failing health also reminds me of my mother. I spent 5 years watching her slowly disappear because of Alzheimers.

I guess this is just one of life's rough patches.

thanks for listening.
m

kate_ce1995 · Post by **kate_ce1995** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:14 pm

Melissa,

I hear you about the pets. I lost one of mine in June..I think she went away to die on her own. Mine are now all under age 6, but my sister has a 16 year old cat who gets fluids once a day by IV because of kidney issues. It is going to be very hard for her when he does go. If it weren't for that you'd almost never know he was that old.

Take good care of them. One of the fortunate things is we have the room in our hearts to love more than one pet in our lives, and there are plenty of them out there that need good loving homes (my two kittens were both strays...one I got at the shelter, the other took up residence in my garage). I find days when I think about the one who dissappeared, but most of the time I'm too busy skritching the 3 sets of ears currently living in my house.

Any ideas what set you off into a flare? Are you sticking to the diet? I hope you can get better soon. Have you tried the BRAT diet? I think feeling nauseaous is the worst. Harder than pain or D IMHO.

Take care
Katy

Post by **tex** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:51 pm

Hi Melissa,

I agree with Katy, being nauseated is the one thing that knocks me out of circulation faster than anything else, except maybe dizziness. It sure does sound like you're having a full-blown flare. I hope it lets up soon.

Just for the record, most of my cats also drink a lot of water, this time of the year.

Take care of yourself, ya hear?

Wayne

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:18 pm

Hi Melissa.....it is so hard to accept when a pet is ill. I worked at the Humane society for a year....and saw alot of that. People would bring in a "beloved Pet" because they were sick and wanted us to take care of them til they died. We alsways did. Treated them real good until quaility of life turned south and then we let them go peacefully and kindly. By quaility of life I mean when they no longer eat or enjoy much of anything at all. I feel bad for you and your cats. I know they are your babies. I thought my own little chihuaha was diabetic for awhile and I had her quailty of life all planned out. I hope you feel better soon. Pet the cats for mee. Love Oma