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    Depression

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    On 20/04/2024 at 15:59, Thistle_do_nicely said:

     

     

    Ach, aye. Thank you for the reply.

    A few days of reflection helped, in the end. It's not even been 2 years since my mrs passed away. It feels longer.

    It's uncomfortable with picturing what the rest of my life is like from here on, sometimes. Not long before I'll be the same age she was when she died, too, which is a weirdly uncomfortable thought.

    Still. I'll give myself more time for things to improve. Euros are around the corner and I've the time off for them from work, few days sunning myself somewhere might help.

     

    Keep going. Good luck with your recovery, and I'm glad you're alive and kicking to post this.

     

     

    On reflection - and without going into it too much - some folk at my prior work were complete and utter c***s, including a gaslighting psychopath of a manager that openly gossiped about (what I thought were) private conversations with her and mocked me routinely at my lowest ebb & some of the most dour faced, wretched people I've ever had the misfortune to work with.

    Console myself that I won't have to see any of the fuckwits again; motivate myself to keep getting stronger out of spite towards them.

     

    😬 Not a pleasant feeling, and not that petty either.

    Aye, I can mind flinging myself baw deep into a job during Covid - never got so much as a leaving card organised for me at that place (although bizarrely I got a nice one from the other, shitty one)

    edit: can also mind one guy who I was only ever civil to that, for reasons I'll never fully understand, took an immense dislike to me. It happens, fine, but I had chipped in a fiver for his birthday card & signed it a month or two before mine came around - at which point everyone on my team signed it and chipped in, barring this miserable p***k who didn't give me the courtesy of at least even signing it. Wasn't like he was off on holiday or anything either, we were all given plenty of notice for colleagues birthdays. You can make of that whole practice what you will, but its a shitty thing imo.

    You're not being petty to expect courtesy, imo.

    I wouldn't beat yourself up. It's been 11 years since my last wife died, 15 since Mrs. RN#2 died and that still bothers me at times. 

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    Questionable attire

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    3 hours ago, pozbaird said:

    See also Las Vegas Raiders NFL T Shirts. I suppose the ‘ultimate’ example of this are NY Yankees baseball caps. Everywhere… clearly no-one (or 99% of them anyway) wearing one is actually a baseball fan, it’s just about the logo. As an NFL fan myself, if I see someone wearing a Raiders item, I generally don’t reckon they’ll be into the sport. I saw a guy in my local Tesco recently wearing an old Reebok era Cincinatti Bengals jersey, said ‘Go Bengals’ to him in passing, and he was a fan. Was too niche a jersey to be a ‘fashion choice’ item. 
    Doesn’t always work out, but you can usually differentiate between a fan, or someone who went to Lids and came out with a Raiders cap.

    I wear Raiders "gear" but I am actually a Raiders fan.

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    P&B Hospital

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    Still at the Rehab/Care facility. Doing leg strengthening exercises, balance exercises, but need to have the parallel bars to hold onto or grab if I start to "fall" doing the balancing. As for walking....I need to use a "rollator" (ken those things with wheels and a built-in seat that old people use) otherwise I either get very out of balance and would likely fall. Can do about 30-40 steps before I begin to feel like I'm going to fall/start getting light-headed. BP is still crappy, recent high was 108/67 (during PT/OT) but most mornings and afternoons it's usually low 90s/mid 60s, this despite taking meds to raise my BP.

    Ach weel, at least I can stand, walk, talk, feed myself, get to the lavvie by myself, so it's not all bad. Moving about here/going to meals, going to activities I have to use a wheelchair, but, on the positive side, ay least I'm able to do this without help (I can propel myself fairly well).

    No discharge date (can't send me home until it's safe) and no return to work date either (assuming I get to go back/they will have me back)

    Time for me to go to bed now, hope all of you P&Bers oot there are doing well.

    Goodnight.

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    Teachers of P&B

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    1. Phones: our school policy is to collect them during morning "Mentor" time (think registration) prior to period 1. They get them back at afternoon "Mentor" (last "class" of the day), dismissal also runs at this time. Phones are kept in secure locking desk/file cabinet. If a student doesn't hand in a phone ("I didn't bring it today") them admin staff call home for confirmation (or sometimes just call the student's phone). 

    2. Addressing staff: Students at said school use staff first names, e.g. I'm "Raider" not Mr. Nation, or Sir.

     

    Mind you, it's a small school and all students are referred to us by their school district because they are neurodivergent and have social/emotional issues which mean they can't be successful in a general education setting.

     

    P.S. I'm calling this my current school but there's a decent probability it may not be for much longer as I'm on my 3rd "lengthy" absence of this school year (all genuine and approved by insurance). My current absence started on April 3rd with a trip to the Emergency Room and 9 days in hospital, in bed as I was/am a fall risk. Since the 11th I've been in a care facility so I can get physical and occupational therapy.

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