Re: building access/Cyrilla

[Guest guest]

Hi Cyrilla,

I am so sorry you had to experience what you did.

I found out the same thing myself a few years ago and it made any type of

movement impossible for quite a long time. Now when I take the stairs instead of

an elevator, I always check that the door can open from both sides.

If no one else is around I put a wedge in the door I tried and go on to another

a floor down to be sure it is the same. I won't go down the stairs unless I am

confident I won't have to go down to the first floor before I can leave the

stairwells.

Christy

[Guest guest]

> Do I have any rights against the building management? They

> have unlocked the doors now, but my setback will last

> months.

Hi Cyrilla

Let me first say, that I am very glad that your son is helping you. How are the

Klonopin, and Wellbutrin working for you?

I am very sorry you were stuck in the stairwell. I agree with Lyndi, at least

you were going down, not up.

Contact the building's manager, surely there is one, and find out why the doors

are locked. I really can't think of any good reason why they should be.

If you can't figure out who the building's manager is, then start with talking

to your boss. Surely she can find out for you, and you can make a formal

complaint.

Kaylene

Moderator

PS You have a lovely name, I've never heard it before now.

[Guest guest]

Hi Cyrilla

> Let me first say, that I am very glad that your son is helping you.

How are the Klonopin, and Wellbutrin working for you?

>

> I am very sorry you were stuck in the stairwell. I agree with

Lyndi, at least you were going down, not up.

Thank you. The wellbutrin once it was doubled made me

crazy, irritable, feeling like I was losing my mind. Couldn't put

one sentence after another after struggling for my 9 hours to look

normal at work, I was a basket case at home. The klonopin hasn't

done any better than the amnitryplin, or the ambien, or the restoril

or a couple others. Still a problem sleeping.

The name is an old Irish name. Was actually my Grandmothers. I

hated it growing up and now enjoy it. Thanks for the compliment.

Building management has opened all stairwells now. But I am still

irritated that this will take away most any energy I have for the

summer. Balance in everything is so important and with working a

full time job if I don't stay balanced in physical exertion, mental

exhaustion and emotional tolls I am sunk.

I just went thru a divorce

like one of the other members. Guy turned into a meth addict and had

me so fooled. I know what she feels like. Just know you are not

alone. When we think someone loves us and accepts us with our health

problems we can be blind to so many other things.

And yes thank Goodness I was going down stairs and not up, or I'd

still be in the stairway.

[Guest guest]

Cyrilla wrote:

> Still a problem sleeping.

Hi Cyrilla

I sure know what that's like. Here it is 3:45 in the morning and I have

to be up for work in a few hours. I tend to fall asleep okay, but

within an hour or so, I'm wide awake again. It's very annoying.

> Building management has opened all stairwells now. But I am still

> irritated that this will take away most any energy I have for the

> summer. Balance in everything is so important and with working a

> full time job if I don't stay balanced in physical exertion, mental

> exhaustion and emotional tolls I am sunk.

Why do you think it will take away your energy for so long? Are you

doing exercises every day, eating nutritiously, and making sure you have

enough vitamins, including calcium and Vitamin D3?

I have multiple things wrong with me including fibromyalgia, head to toe

arthritis, advanced degenerative disk disease, hips spurs, sacral

problems, plantar fasciitis, severe spinal stenosis, high blood

pressure, asthma, heart murmur, etc. I'd list more, but it just gets

depressing. <grin>

The point is - we need to stay physically active all the time - even

when it hurts. If we waited until everything stopped hurting to give

our bodies a work out, we'd never get any exercise.

If you don't have an exercise regime to do to keep your muscles strong,

then please talk to your doctor about it. Your doctor can send you to

someone who can give you a safe exercise programme to do. I'm

fifty-five and I'm quite gimpy. Walking down 13 flights of stairs would

make me stiff and sore for a day or so, but it wouldn't take me three

months to bounce back from it.

If you need that long to recuperate, you really do need to get as

physically fit as possible. Just because we have painful things wrong

with us, doesn't mean we should let our bodies get weak.

Please go for it Cyrilla. You'll feel much better both physically and

mentally.

Best wishes!

--

Lyndi