Thank you all so much for your kind words!! I needed all of them!! I am doing much better and have managed to even squeeze in some healthier foods over the last couple of days. I feel so much better and have been pain free. Not sure why I have not made a doctors appointment yet (hello procrastination!!), things have been crazy this week.
I have been working nights (7pm-3am) for the last 2 weeks then had to be up at the crack of dawn to take a class for work today. I am now certified in neonatal resuscitation, which means I learned how to intubate and put an IV through the umbilical cord of a neonate. Neither which I can actually do in the scope of my practice, but I had to learn how. Then had to stand in front of a teacher and run a neonatal code by myself, and tell her all the steps I would take if someone delivers a baby at 30 weeks and the baby is not breathing, is blue, or flaccid. I needed a Xanax, when are they going to make those available OTC?? Its so hard to stop and say what you will do because when patients are that sick, there isn't much time too stop and think. You just DO it.
Hopefully I'll be getting some well needed rest this weekend. I hope so.... we'll see!!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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Glad you are feeling better. Neonatal resuscitation? Yikes - that takes a very strong person. Hope now that the class is over, you can get a few more hours of sleep. Hope the rest of your week is awesome!
Actually this is something I study...if you're good at your job doing anything physical like that, then you shouldn't be able to articulate it well. At least, if it was my baby, I would hope you wouldn't! Glad you passed the course though :) And, glad that you're doing better!
So glad that you're better too. Goodness knows that shift must have added to the stress and general ill feeling.
I hope that you have a relaxing weekend and forget about "labouring" for a bit :)
Man, that has to be pretty intense. Congratulations on the certification. :)
JM @ FinallyGettingFit.com
I'm sooooo glad you're feeling better.. Xanax OTC-- we should definitely lobby Congress for that one :D
Glad you are feeling better! Congrats on your certification! You've earned that rest!
It's great you know how to do neonatal resuscitation, but I truly hope you never have to use it on someone.
My name is Robert Kegan and i would like to show you my personal experience with Xanax.
I am 19 years old. Have been on Xanax for 60 days now. I have periodic panic attacks, particularly at social gatherings, riding in cars, and walking into rooms full of people (i.e. late to class). I felt that the medicine worked, but I felt that it created urges to take more than directed when the rebound anxiety hit, so I switched from alprazolam to clonazepam (Klonopin). I think xanax is great for airplanes and adjunctive treatment with ssri's, but by itself I don't think xanax has much too offer except as a short term treatment for panic attacks, klonopin is less sedating and seems to prevent future anxious episodes without causing cravings, and tolerance seems to build up much slower than xanax does.
I have experienced some of these side effects -
I sometimes felt invisible, like nobody could notice anything I was doing. Occasionally it would make me fall asleep if I had to stay in one spot for too long. After a fairly short period of time I would feel moderate rebound anxiety.
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Robert Kegan
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