suicide attempt survivor writing about the hopelessness that accompanies depression and chronic pain that no one likes to talk about. also writing about my daily struggle with chronic pain and how it affects my suicidality
Sara Evans is coming to a casino near me and my sister got tickets for me and a free room so we can spend the night. It will be the first time seeing her. I’ve been listening to her music all day. She has a sweet voice. One of my favorite songs of hers is this
I had therapy today. She wants me to find a support group so I emailed someone at MGH in bereavement. We talked about the grief and how it is affecting me. I told her I have had bouts of suicidality. She didn’t ask for plans or specifics so I just let it go.
Tomorrow will be a month that my mother has been gone. My sister showed me a video today of her being silly. I miss her so much. I was looking at her unmade bed and just doesn’t seem right. I think I am going to make her bed just so that it doesn’t irk me so much. Tomorrow I need to go to the bank to unlock her account. I don’t know why the bank did that when my sister and I are on the account, too.
My pcp finally got back to me about my testosterone level. It is on the high side so will recheck it in a couple months. I knew I got it drawn too early but I didn’t want to trek back to the hospital a couple days later. I seem to be going there every few days anyway with the fluid in my chest. It is getting better though. I have to go back next week to get it checked again. I had to put more money on my tpass for the month. I also put some funds on my Starbucks card. Maybe I will go to the Square more for some lattes.
I got some food stuck in my tooth when I was eating lunch so I brushed my teeth. I used a new toothbrush because the one I had is more than 3 months old. Still stings when I don’t see my mother’s toothbrush in the cup. Little things like that just make the grief worse.
I took a fall yesterday. I tripped over the top step on my front porch. I thought I hurt just my left knee but today both knees hurt. I also have a headache. I keep getting these sharp pains in my head. I don’t know what they are about. I’ve had them since I was in the hospital. Every so often they come back. Today has been one of those days. I took some ibuprofen but it doesn’t seem to help it. It isn’t migraine activity as my migraine med doesn’t do anything to relieve the headache. I don’t know what it is. I keep meaning to message the doc but it is so infrequent that I forget to mention it.
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