I just recently visited the doc for a check up and had my treatment extended for a year. I may at that time decide to get off the meds and see if I can live without. At this time all is going well and I don’t want to make any changes.
I never really knew him. My mom and step father raised me mostly. I never got to meet him when I was older. He passed away when I was 17 or so from AIDS. I would have loved to have known him but atleast I want to visit his grave if I can find it someday.
I found that going hiking in the late fall can irritate wild animals especially when food is scarce and I have a pound of beef jerky in my pack. Although I really love hiking I could probably go without re-living this one…Fear comes to mind :)
I have been married for 10 years now to my high school sweetheart. Although we have had our ups and downs we are still together and happily at that!
I would like to make an effort to get to bed an hour earlier and do some reading at least a few times a week instead of falling asleep in front of the TV everynight.
I have struggled with depression for years and didn’t understand I even had it. It got so bad last year that i was getting very suicidal and destroying my family. I talked with my doctor and am now taking Lexapro. This is the best decision I have ever made. My life is so much better now and my wife even says the last two months have been the best since we were married. I didn’t get help at first because I felt like I was worthless and taking pills would make me an even bigger loser. WOW was I wrong!
After spending alot of time at the doctors office & having to wear a heart monitor for two weeks, my wife also got to call 911 after I passed out with a resting heart rate of 160bpm. I ended up in the ER that night. I was put on 7 different medications and was sent to a cardiologist for tests though nothing was ever found. I have learned what job and life stress can do to a person. I am trying to take better care of myself now as I have discovered that maybe stress can kill a person!
I want to drive to the top of this mountain (overlooking Hood Canal, in the Olympic National Forest) again but will need a 4wheel drive vehicle before doing so. I tried to take my family up there the summer of 05’ in our toyota corrolla but had to turn around due to bad terrain and just plain fear of getting stuck. On the way down we burned up the brakes and had to let them cool before we could drive again!
