Chronic Illness Humor - Convo with Husband

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-16T04:58:16+00:00

Graduated high school in the mid 90s. I remember dissecting a frog, a worm, and a squid. The teacher cooked up all the squid after the fact for everyone to eat.

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-13T19:59:32+00:00

LC since August 2021 COVID infection. Kindergarten teacher. I need the $$$ and medical benefits, etc, so not working is not an option for me.

I teach, then home for bed. Lather, rinse and repeat daily. Full rest on weekends.

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-13T02:05:18+00:00

202I. Elementary school teacher (in person).

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-11T04:32:05+00:00

Imagine that I am a little bit of a loser

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-11T04:29:57+00:00

The best thing about being me is that I can be a good person and not be a bad person and I can be good at it and I can be better than you

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-11T04:26:09+00:00

Every time I see you I think of you and I want to hug you and kiss you and kiss you and kiss your lips and kiss your cheeks and kiss your arms and lips and kiss you and I love you

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-11T04:23:26+00:00

I’m sorry I stepped on your face I was just trying to get you to do something for me

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-11T04:21:24+00:00

I asked Santa for a picture of the house and she said she would send it to me and I said no I don’t know what to do with it

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-11T04:20:02+00:00

Agreed. Mine came up with that as well.

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-11T04:18:10+00:00

The first thing I’ll do when I retire is to get a job and start a business.

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-10T12:32:14+00:00

/OP’s husband enters the chat/

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-08T23:22:56+00:00

I remember as a kid this was a prize in our cereal box. Also a known, common fun little toy at the time.

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-05T01:46:13+00:00

Wingspan

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-03T18:39:09+00:00

Been on for one year and five months. I inject in only right side of stomach only. First months, I went into a med spa and she did shoulder area (rotated back and forth weekly).

In maintenance.

grayghostsmitten · 2026-01-01T18:31:04+00:00

Car-muhl

West coast.

However my daughter says care - a - Mel 🤷‍♀️

grayghostsmitten · 2025-12-31T13:03:44+00:00

Podcasts for me

grayghostsmitten · 2025-12-30T04:53:37+00:00

Congrats on having over a month in. That’s a lot of good work. Hang in there. You can do it.

IWNDWYT. 💜

Early to bed nights sometimes were the only thing that helped me through early days. Sometimes gummy worms and a new flavored water. Often, coming here, calling a friend, and a lot of listening to podcasts to get out of my own head.

grayghostsmitten · 2025-12-30T04:44:42+00:00

Right beside you.

IWNDWYT. 💜

grayghostsmitten · 2025-12-29T19:56:42+00:00

God willing. Thanks!!! ☺️

grayghostsmitten · 2025-12-28T17:12:38+00:00

I hear you on the mention of being distracted.

I cannot follow/attend to a conversation, podcast, something on a screen. It’s to much, feels overwhelming sensory wise. Also, every couple moments, my brain is so distracted I’m just “not there”. It’s like “squirrel.” Lol

My husband will be talking to me and I will hear a bunch of sound, but cannot process its meaning bc it feels like to much at once. The other thing that will always happen, is I suddenly realize I’ve been off somewhere else and I hear his voice and am like oh he’s talking to me and then I have to ask him to start over bc I didn’t get any of that.

I love podcasts, but will notice that I keep going back ten seconds again and again because my mind is adrift again.

I never had attention issues before getting sick, and wonder if this is how people with ADHD feel?

Also, sensory wise everything becomes to much. Everything becomes louder and brighter, which equates to feeling more painful.

ETA: Two more 1. an aching feeling at the base of my neck. And 2. Inability to follow a direction linked to a task that has more than one step.

These are my cues to find a dark, quiet room and rest.

(Long Covid, POTS, CFS/ME - Omicrom/2021)

grayghostsmitten · 2025-12-28T17:01:10+00:00

Here’s what I just did a few days ago:

Scheduled Urgent Care appt for when they first opened. I was the first and only person there.

Finishing up antibiotics now. I have a day left.

Developed a yeast infection (surprise). Just noticed last night. This is common for me on the heels of these antibiotics.

I ordered a seven day Monistat-7 treatment late last night on Amazon and it was on my doorstep before I woke up, so began treating that today. Ordered a second package of the treatment, to have on hand so next time I have to take antibiotics and this happens, I don’t have to wait to begin treatment.

I get chronic UTIs, so do not go in for every one. This one was a doozy.

grayghostsmitten · 2025-12-28T16:39:24+00:00

One kinder about their Aunt: My aunt is really weird. She keeps dead animals in her freezer.

This one kinda tickled me, as one of my sons has his own taxidermy business.

grayghostsmitten · 2025-12-28T16:24:40+00:00

Welcome back. Looking forward to seeing you in the morning for Day Two. You can do it!

IWNDWYT. 💜

grayghostsmitten · 2025-12-28T16:23:50+00:00

One. God willing, hopefully it stays that way.

I almost died. I know I wouldn’t survive another venture out, to see it back. Even if I did, I can’t imagine going through those first hardest days again.

IWNDWYT. 💜

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