The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Wondering Where The Spring For Their Boing Is!

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Hi I'm Mouse

One of the Brave Babes on the Bus, a Bus full of different posters, some who drink more than they'd like to and are trying to stop, some who don't drink at all now, and some who are somewhere in the middle. :)

There's no judging here, no finger pointing, no rejection, just pure, unconditional, (occasionally tough), love and empathy.

We all share stories of how we got here, to have our seat on the Bus, looking for our own personal sobriety, our own personal happiness. Sometimes we talk about other things too, you know, like cake, cheese and even day to day life, life that can lead us to breaking point......... lead us to hit rock bottom.

So, why not come say hi, take a seat, post, lurk, whatever suits you :)

This is our latest journey with a link to others

And this is the reason we're ALL here, the first ever thread

Hope to see you soon :)

Well done Joey, sounds like you did really well. It's a great feeling to know you can enjoy yourself & then not feel the guilt & shame next day! Think hotels & function places crank up the prices, shocking when they probably buy in bulk & the bottle probably cost them about £2, big business in the nations addictions!
Hope you get some sleep mouse & have some nice days with Nemo before the challenge of next week.
Night night babes xx

Such a shame Isinde but did make me laugh! I hate clowns too!

Going to start again tomorrow. Going to try for all days and no ww at all. Just had my last glass (bottle!) And it tasted horrible! Acarr is right I get nothing from it at all. Just about to watch the other acarr-russell brand is on it.

Isn't that strange, Full when it taste horrible and we still drink it?! Russell Brand was great, wasn't he? Good luck for today.

Well done Isinde. Cringing guilt is a killer.

Off to take DS2 back to the doctors for the 4th time for the same sores on his little face. It's been about 6 weeks now and they still haven't got to the bottom of the problem. He's now got two big sores that just seems to keep growing and I'm worried that he's going to have scars. Sorry, I forgot who it was gave me a suggestion of, was it, impetigo? The sores are on his cheek and on his chin - so not really mouth and nose. I think I'm going to have to do some of my own research.

Morning babes, sorry not been on, it's been all go here with kids over the holidays, had a wee blip at the weekend but nothing major and sticking to the ODAAT concept, sunny day in Scotland, off swimming with the girls and will check in later x x x x

Happy Eastertide, dear Babes

Mouse, well done on your Easter Monday lie-in! I call that a result.
We have one bed because we are moving house on Friday and DP has dismantled the bed in the spare room (he has no other time between now and Friday), which he often (or usually recently) slept in ? initially a coping mechanism designed to work with night-waking babies and his night-time writing ? then it became a sort of habit. But it?s fine. It?s good for us to be together. It makes me tired but so what. It?s ok.

Purple, well done for standing up for yourself. You often hear advice to ?let things go? but sometimes something need to be said ? and it worked! Hurray!

Also ? about DS2?s skin ? I feel your pain. Dd1 and I are both prone to skin things and it is annoying when the GP will fob you off instead of trying to find out what it is. It is so frustrating when they don?t seem to think they have a responsibility to get to the bottom of very annoying, disfiguring and uncomfortable things that will not actually kill you.
I think you can get impetigo anywhere, I have had it on an ear lobe. You do need anti-b?s to get rid of it, and the spreading sores sound like that is what they could be ? it will spread till you treat it. Mine looked completely disgusting btw but healed at once when treated and did not scar in the slightest, so don?t worry about that. Has he had a lot of colds? How old is he? Might he (excuse disgustingness) have smeared snot onto slightly chapped skin?

Isinde ? well done.

Hope you are ok, Ma?

Clutter ? you are an inspiration.

I am still not doing too well. Counted up the units for the week and am not happy about it, second week running. Need to get into the new house, breathe, and calm down.

Have a good week everyone

purple it does sound like impetigo to me. Ds had it before and it looks horrible but responds well to treatment. Dh is just back from the docs with a sick line for another two weeks, due to his "depression". Another two shitting weeks of him being here 24 hours a day. Plenty of time for him to start taking it out on dd.....ffs!

Oh god Ma, that sounds horrific. Does he take anything for the depression?

Morning all.

Sun is shining, time to crack on with some spring cleaning and work off the chocolate excess

Actually, I've had hardly any chocolate, just some peanut m&ms and five mini creme eggs. I just didn't fancy any. Lots of lovely turkey roast and veg though.

Now, I've only just joined this thread and it's 9 pages in already, so not read back. Hope everyone is ok and ready to face the day.

Ma oh bugger! Is he doing it on purpose, do you think, because the rest of you are off? Just try to be out of the house as much as possible x

Purple my dd had impetigo on her bottom, so you certainly can get it anywhere! It's highly contagious too but I would be surprised if the gp didn't spot it, it's quite common.

Isinde lovely to see you posting again x

Waves to all. Back later, off to start the cleaning

Morning all, like baby I had a wee blip on Friday night but didn't let it ruin the rest of the weekend:)

Morning, tis me, Mouse

Just off for a hair cut..... I keep falling asleep, think it's an increase in my meds. I am sat here with Nemo snuggled up and nodding off.

Be back later :) xx

Oh, Ma I really feel for you. XP and I used to avoid each other which was easy on days he was at work (most days) but if he had a day at home and I couldn't get out it was pure torture. I used to spent most of my time 'holed up' in my bedroom. Is there something you and DD can find to do to get you out of the house? Day trips, swimming, spa? Will be thinking of you. x

Thanks, all, for the info on impetigo. I've done some reading and it does look like impetigo but he's been given 2 different lots of antibiotics which should have easily sorted the problem. Went back today and saw a different doctor who, more or less, said that it was good that he was OK in himself (he missed the bit where I said he wasn't eating well and was generally under the weather then?!) and said these things sometimes 'just take time to heal'!! No way, you stupid man! 7 weeks and they are fucking worse!!! After I didn't smile, nod, say thank you and leave, he said perhaps he could do a swab. Don't see how anything will show up, the scabs are totally dry. So, I had to agree to the 48hr+ wait on the results but said he really needed some other cream to ease the sores. He gave me the prescription which I took to a chemist in another village (nowhere to park where we were) and found he's given DS2 more oral antibiotics - no frigging cream!!! (I'm not racist at all but it's a fact he was foreign and communication wasn't that easy!) I just cried! What the fuck do you have to do to get someone to take notice!?

Anyway, when I got home I phoned the surgery and asked for a call-back from the duty doctor (today this is the Dr I see about the alcohol problem - she's really good) I told her how unhappy I am with all this delay (and the lack of the cream we asked for!) so he's got yet another appointment tomorrow morning with the 12 year old doctor he saw on the 2nd and 3rd visit. The rationale is that she's seen his sores before so will know how big they've got. I just want to scream. We are away for a week on Saturday so, if we don't get the swab results back (which is unlikely) and whatever we're given tomorrow doesn't work - that'll be nearly 9 weeks that he's been struggling with this.

If I don't get some proper answers/treatment/understanding I'm going back on Friday too! In fact, I think I'll get a tent and bloody camp there 'til I get some answers.

Thanks for the comment re: XMIL Curry Good job it wasn't today I replied cos' I is lookin' for someone to rip to pieces right now! [bushock]

Happy Easter to everyone. Don't fall asleep having your hair cut Mouse! You may end up a baldy!! xxx

Thanks for the info Isinde We have been using Fucidin cream for at least 5 of the past 7 weeks and it's not making any difference (Strangely enough, that was exactly the same cream prescribed by the vet for the dog before she left too!) I suppose that there are good things that come of having a GP's practice with several doctors - if the first one doesn't spot something/sort something, maybe the next one you see will but also you lose out on the continuation of treatment. On the other hand, if you only have one doctor and he/she can't see something - then you're buggered! I have to say, though, that our GP's practice is normally really good and the two recent doctors are new/locums.

purple think you ought to have had a referral to a dermatologist by now?

I know what you're going through - my DD had some weird spots from the middle of August until January and at times we were tearing our hair out. They were really itchy too and very scabby and noticeable - she was embarrassed to go swimming in front of her class-mates. We eventually found out we had bird mites (we did some detective work - the doctors just kept suggesting they were flea bites ?! when they clearly were NOT)

Eurax for general itching, an anithistamine maybe ?

I remember The Bird Mite Saga! You poor things! We've also struggled here with dog fleas (before Libby went) and also we discovered poor DS2 has had thread worms (treated straight away) during all this too. Have told the Docs about all this extra stuff but they've ruled out their involvement in his sores. I've done some research on both......errrr...problems and their possible side effects and can't find anything that matches either. How crazy it it that I'm hoping the swabs turn something up? I guess I really have to wait for the results on those first. Hoping I can get the docs to send any prescription he needs to a pharmacist near us on holiay in Cornwall. We just need answers - just like you did Joey. xxx

PS ALL family treated for thread worms despite lack of evidence and lots of moaning from small people - bloody yuk!

Been out for a walk. Got friend visiting now so someone to talk to.
Taking dd to Physio later...still waiting for hospital appt for her. Phoned gp again today but couldn't get hold of him...trying to get things moving on the NHS is hopeless.

Afternoon All!

Purps it was me wot googled about impetigo. My sister and her two DCs had it at one time. Hope that you get some bloody satisfactory answers/treatment this time.

The Lemon house has also recently been treated for threadworm courtesy of DD. Yeugh.....

Well done all babes who managed a sober Easter. I did not. But I didn't go overboard either. Had a very relaxing time with the DC's and we all really had a lot of fun/chilling which was lovely. I so needed it. I was up and about at 7.45 on Sunday morning, attending to my kitchen.......

Isinde £42 for 10 minutes - eek!

Mouse Nemo's exploding tum sounded very funny [bugrin]

Hi Lemony, sounds like you had a lovely Easter, spending time with your family & chilling....just what's needed!
Aw thank you Curry, so not inspirational but was just so so fed up with feeling trapped in a life that was causing me lots of upset trough alcohol. Good luck with your move, such a stressful thing to go through, hope you get into new house soon & can relax
Hi BabyJane, hope you had a nice swim with your girls & can not beat yourself up over blip at the weekend.

Waves to all babes fullofhope, mouse, purple, isinde, alias, MA, faire, obrigada & everyone else
X x x

Omg, a friend has just sent me a job to apply for. Salary starts at £43k! I can't get my head around possibly earning that kind of money! However, I have read the job spec and don't think I could do it anyway.....

ma nothing ventured, nothing gained. What have you got to lose? Just fill out an application and see what happens. If you're not right for the job they won't call you for interview. No harm done.