I used to dream the phone was ringing with certain noises, including my alarm to wake up. I bet you “heard” something without waking all the way up, and your brain filled in.

I think they are saying hers is migraine, but she had so many problematic and quirky things, and I think she’s too busy/stressed to pursue it. I would not be surprised if anxiety is in their back pocket though.

I’m glad they are pursuing this aggressively. I have a friend with a similar MRI and neurological symptoms in various body parts, and she’s getting the brush off.

That’s wonderful!

Congratulations!

Yay!!!

Stuff You Missed in History The Rest is History

Praying and hoping for a clear answer.

Not really—people here have recommended this over and over, and this antibiotic is notorious for GI issues. I’m feeling fine now and will likely back down on my dose.

Most people I know with MCAS are on Allegra 180 (I can take up to four per day). Zyrtec does nothing but make me sleepy. Claritin is not potent enough.

Some of my ancestral line is documented well (no slaves mentioned, but it was in a book where that would be selected against in sharing information), but I haven’t stopped to trace my exact path in a long time, and the book documenting them starts with a specific couple and fans out in time toward me, so lots of lines are documented parallel to my own. Since my ancestors fought in wars with the Pequot (IIRC) in “King Phillip’s” war (IIRC), I assume my ancestors were tangled up in plenty of not pretty stuff that might include this. I read somewhere a few years ago that many native men were shipped to the Caribbean as slaves as a punishment after King Phillip’s war (again if I have the right name for the conflict). They have descendants there to do this day. It’s possible my ancestors were involved in such things. Many New England families owned slaves—Sojourner Truth was enslaved by a Dutch family in NY, if I remember right. One section of my family is from the South, which was news to me about a decade ago. Supposedly from an illegitimate descendant of either Lewis or Clark of expedition fame (have not seen this information, but a relative who does genealogy dug it up), so I would guess that the answer is yes to enslavers as ancestors. One section of the family came from England in the 1800s, and they could have been enslavers, but I think that ancestor was super poor. The rest of mine are from Poland in the late 1900s. DH found out he is descended from a close relative of a notorious Southern general who was a notorious slaver. That was a surprise. Almost assuredly a yes for his ancestry. DH also has a fairly recent ancestor from OK/TX area that said not to look into family history based on his own personal actions before leaving for CA in a hurry—the imagination runs wild. I’ve seen enough Finding Your Roots that I hope if someone arrived on our porch or calls us someday with tales of enslavement and/or shared ancestry, I won’t respond with total shock.

Is part of the calming that you need an absence of patterns as well as colors? I noticed that your options are all plain. I would decide what the most colorful/patterned thing in the room is going to be and work backwards from there to your calming linens, curtains, etc. since everything goes with white walls. If you have multi-colored artwork or something with a pattern to it even if it’s just mixed tones of the same color, I would make stuff go around that object. If you are using solid colors everywhere, I would look for textured curtains or textured items for the bed. I have trouble matching plain with plain, so having something that adds color or texture or pattern sparks inspiration for me regardless of whether it’s loud or muted, neutral or a predetermined set of limited colors.