Re: Carol: Dry lips, vaseline and feeling connected

[Guest guest]

Sara,

I think you look great ... not to worry. I'll try and post mine once

I've settled in post surgery. You only have a month to go. Hang in

there!

Holding onto those happy thoughts,

Carol

> > > > > > Ok Group ... tomorrow is my surgery and I'm starting to,

> > well,

> > > > > > to " freak out " just a bit. If I think about it too long,

> my

> > > > chest

> > > > > > starts to constrict and I feel like my insides are

> shaking.

> > I

> > > > think

> > > > > > about being wired shut and what a claustrophobic must

feel

> > like

> > > > when

> > > > > > s/he is in a closet with the door shut. How do you

handle

> > that

> > > > > > panicked feeling? What if I all of a sudden just can't

> > breathe

> > > > or

> > > > > > move or think or ...? Maybe I'm just being paranoid or

> maybe

> > > I'm

> > > > just

> > > > > > being silly. But the question occurred to me yesterday:

> what

> > > if

> > > > I

> > > > > > have some sort of panic attack when I'm wired shut? You

> guys

> > > > have

> > > > > > been so nice to me and you seem to have a plethora of

> > > information

> > > > > > available among the masses. So, I pose this question ...

> > with

> > > > the

> > > > > > risk of sounding silly or being embarrassed - because the

> > > thought

> > > > > > won't go out of my head - because I can - because the

> answer,

> > > or

> > > > a

> > > > > > decent facsimile thereof, might come back to me.

> > > > > > Thanks ... so much,

> > > > > > Carol

> > > > >

> > > > > CaROL I AM Claustrophobic and I also breathe through my

> mouth.

> > So

> > > I

> > > > > was getting myself all worked about being wired shut also.

> Will

> > > you

> > > > be

> > > > > wired for sure? I had my surgery last Tues. and I have has

a

> > few

> > > > mini

> > > > > attacks, This sounds silly but when I feel one coming on I

> > stomp

> > > my

> > > > > foot and say no no no. So instead of a panic attack I have

a

> > > > tantrum.

> > > > >

> > > > > It's working for me. Good luck tomorrow. It's not as bad as

> > you/me

> > > > > have made it in our heads. (wink)

> > > > >

> > > > > Michele

> > > > >

> > > > > ---------------------------------

> > > > >

[Guest guest]

C,

Thank a bunch. I think I'll be sending my boyfriend out to the

pharmacy to see if he can find what you've suggested.

Carol

> Rather than either vaseline or chapstik, try Vitamin E. oil, or

> aquaphor. Aquaphor is a lot like vaseline, but it's made by Eucerin.

> Vitamin E. oil is messy as the dickens, can be bought in bottles, or

> you can get the capsules, pop one with a pin, and squeeze out the

oil.

> The oil worked way the best for me.

>

> C.

>

> And Sara, Does " in bocca al lupo " work against creditors, too? If

so,

> it will become my new mantra!