\Madeline Mcewen-Asker aka the mother of the charming (and very very funny) Leo, Owen, Ella and Tamsin, and also of the cats Unis and Rascal I hope I have those names right :-D\ wrote:
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1. What were you afraid of as a child?
Dogs, even before I was bitten.
2. When have you been most courageous?
Every time I go into a social situation, try something new or deal with the unexpected.
3. What sound most disturbs you?
Anything with a sharp attack (the very first part of the sound). Balloons popping, certain drum sounds, anything like that. The machinery used in certain food stores bothers me, too, and I used to be scared of the sound of hand dryers.
4. What is the greatest amount of physical pain you’ve been in?
During this: (happened months ago)
Ok so this is what has been happening to me.
On Thursday night I was sick. This may be totally unrelated to the other stuff but I thought I'd mention it in case it isn't.
On Friday I'm fine.
On Saturday and Sunday I get a headache and start feeling all achy. I figure that it's just stress and ignore it.
By Sunday night I have pain in the left side of my chest that worsens when I take a deep breath. The muscles across my shoulders, neck and upper arms are also very stiff and sore. The pain ranges from aching to crushing to tearing. By the time I go to bed it feels like my entire chest is being crushed and like the muscles in my chest, neck and shoulders are being ripped apart. I have to lie on my right side all night because lying on my left side hurts. Any movement intensifies the pain.
The next morning (Monday) I am sore but not too bad. That day my boyfriend has an argument with his mother that upsets me. On the train on the way home the pain gets so bad that I can hardly breathe. I try to take a deep breath and get a stabbing pain in the left side of my chest. The pain is all over my upper body by now and lasts for a good quarter of an hour. It is a tearing, stabbing and crushing pain all at once. It is very frightening. It lasts for about 20 minutes then subsides from agonising to merely extremely painful.
On the bus I cancel the lesson that I am meant to be teaching that night because I can hardly stand or talk.
I go home and take 2 Panadol. I stay very still because it hurts to
-move
-laugh
-do anything that involves putting strain on the left side of my body
- have feelings
- breathe deeply
-cough
- enter a cold room, because I start shivering
- lie down
All of these things start the pain again and make my muscles go into very painful spasms.
I stay very still for a whle and the pain subsides to a dull ache. However, because I can't take a decent breath the lack of oxygen makes me lethargic and my body tries to keep yawning to get more oxygen in.
I go to bed. This morning, I wake up and I can take a deep breath, but when I do so I feel like it is putting strain on the muscles on the left side of my chest and on the left side of my neck and my left shoulder. When I move it hurts my chest etc. The most comfortable position is sitting up and leaning forward slightly. My neck is extremely stiff and the left side of my chest is all tight and crampy.
5. What’s your biggest fear for your children? (or children in general if you don’t have your own)
That they'll lose their sense of wonder and curiosity. Too often, they do.
6. What is the hardest physical challenge you’ve achieved?
Riding my bike about 20km.
7. Which do you prefer: Mountains or oceans/big water?
The ocean. Both are good, though.
8. What is the one thing you do for yourself that helps you keep everything together?
Compose.
9. Ever had a close relative or friend with cancer?
Both maternal grandparents.
10. What are the things your friends count on you for?
Uhhhh... they can... ummm.... always count on me to forget to call them?
11. What is the best part of being in a committed relationship?
Someone to care about how your day was.
12. What is the hardest part of being in a committed relationship?
Where do I start?
13. Summer or Winter? Why?
Winter. Cold weather invigorates me, and the winters here come with beautiful clear blue skies. Summer is sweaty, with cockroaches.
14. Have you ever been in a school-yard fight? Why and what happened?
Yes. I don't remember why, and nothing much happened. A few punches thrown, a few bruises as a result.
15. Why blog?
Why do anything?
16. Did you learn about sex, and/or sex safety from your parents?
Yes, from my mother. She told me the basics at age 4. I was fascinated, and for a long time afterwards, when I played with my Play-Doh, I would take two little lumps, pretend that they were an egg and a sperm, mash them together, then add more to make a baby.
17. How do you plan to talk to your kids about sex and/or sex safety?
I do not plan to have kids.
18. What are you most thankful for this year?
That I have not suffered from any severe depressive episodes.
2 comments:
Wonderful. What a jolly good egg you are.
Sounds like you need to find a good doctor and sort out what on earth is happening to your body.
I think that playdough babies is a great move forward.
Best wishes
Thanks. :)
I have a good doctor. I have a fantastic doctor. What I don't have is money.
:jolly good egg: I already have a habit of sounding British rather than Australian (I read British literature as a child and watch British comedies now. It's rubbed off on me.). Phrases like that one just add fuel to the fire. :)
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