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magic_treehouse

Mostly boring and rambling. I'm sorry!

Jul 29, 2009 14:40

I keep going back to Facebook to look at people I went to school with. I've done it before of course but I'm becoming a bit obsessed by it at the moment. I'm just fascinated by what that look like. My old colleague Liz used to go to a lot of her school reunions (she's twenty years older than me) and she always said that 'people turn out exactly ( Read more... )

fourth plinth!, my crap body parts, music, party in the park, school, facebook, james

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awehla July 29 2009, 15:57:57 UTC

With my anxiety I haven't had dizziness for days but I've had the spaced out jelly legs feeling on and off for days and tingly arms, legs and face. Oh and I get weird feelings of pressure in the head and neck sometimes. If you actually passed out they might take you seriously but feeling like you're going to pass out doesn't cut it with the medical profession. You should go again and ask for blood tests for overactive thyroid, maybe they could test you for menieres (sp?) disease and other things that can cause dizziness. If that doesn't help you could try complementary therapies. You do have to keep pestering them though, it took me 3 GP appointments to get a referral to the mental health services and 4 appointments to get diagnosed with asthma, even the asthma nurse didn't spot it and said I had a cough. Don't give up the exercise, just be gentle and walk and swim, running like a mad man will get your heart rate up too much and it is probably high enough. You could try yoga. I guess weights are OK too but I don't acknowledge ( ... )

magic_treehouse July 31 2009, 09:18:44 UTC

Thank you for this, it helped to put my mind at ease. The funny thing was, I did pass out a few weeks ago and forgot to mention it! I wasn't sure if it was related though. Still, I am feeling better than I was so I'm just going to wait for a bit to see how I go. One thing that the doctor did do was take my blood pressure and that was fine so at least I was assured that I wasn't going to drop down dead. With the pins and needles the first thing that came to mind was heart problems so at least I know that that's ok.

Hehe, as for money-earning boyfriends, we're on a similar wage, it's just that James seems to get all the perks! That's what I get for working in education though isn't it?

awehla August 2 2009, 19:06:58 UTC

Well that's nice, David earns twice as much as I do and we get no perks at all except the days off between Christmas and New Year. David gets quite a bit of annual leave anyway plus statutory days that universities get as standard.

The passing out could have just been a one off thing and then maybe worrying about it could have made you feel like it would happen again.

Lisa
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magic_treehouse August 3 2009, 14:37:04 UTC

I think living with someone who earns twice as much as you do is a perk ;) Well, providing that he spends it on you that is! I can see taht being the case in our house eventually. Civil servants get paid much more than librarians in general!

I do agree though, the only perk I get is the niec Christmas hols! What does David do at his Uni?

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sonrosado July 29 2009, 19:38:17 UTC

I for one am proud to have moved into the middle class ish (just by virtue of not having kids yet/going to uni) our lifestyles so different from other lifestyle choices...
On a different note, how did you meet James? One of my friends has had a very run of bad luck with boys and thinks he will be alone forever. Its very sad, but unfortunately he tells me I don't understand the gay community! I'm guessing you do? Any advice for my friend? xx

magic_treehouse July 31 2009, 09:25:41 UTC

Haha, yes! But as a (nearly) doctor you have much to be proud about! I meant to comment on your last post actually, I'm glad that Mexico was great!

I don't know about understanding the gay community but I met James on internet funnily enough! I do recommend it for meeting people as I've met loads of friends from the internet. I guess it depends where you go though. Gaydar will not get you a boyfriend! But LJ seems to be good for making friends so maybe a blog? Or joining some sort of internet forum can be good as well. It is difficult though, I feel for your friend. Especially as there are a decent number of utter fools plaguing the gay world and it can feel like you're the only gay person in the world who wants a decent normal relationship sometimes. However, have faith! He will not be alone forever!

whatisbiscuits July 29 2009, 19:46:12 UTC

I'm annoyed that VV Brown is not on Spotify, I can't afford to buy her album right now!

Lots of people from my school have got married, one even has four kids by now. I don't know how they afford it!

Hope you feel better soon.

magic_treehouse July 31 2009, 09:27:20 UTC

Is she not?! I thought that Spotify had the answer to everything!

I can't believe that someone you went to school with has four kids. Four! I would definite rather have the money. I can barely afford to keep myself going so God knows how people afford to have kids.

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magic_treehouse July 31 2009, 09:31:30 UTC

Yes! Some people on my Facebook friends list keep updating about babies, whereas my updates tend to involve random nonsense. I prefer my life this way though, who needs kids to validate their life? I'd rather be defined by what I did rather than who I conceived! You can be not self-centered and have kids though, I definitely believe that. There's just too much I want to do with my life so even if I did want kids I really couldn't see myself as being in a position to have them for at least ten years. Being gay gives me a good excuse not to bother though :p Too much effort!