Vices

General
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2 of my favorite vices are caffeine and alcohol both in moderation!! Post-AVM with all this sleepiness it is the Caffeine I crave the most... Can anyone tell me which Lobe these 2 partners in crime light up?? I just want to keep tabs on which parts of my brain are talking to me and which parts are still 'clocked- out'
Thank you, if not I can always call my neurologist-- I'm sure he's got nothing better to do!
:) Nicole

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Nichole...you are so funny...I asked my neuro guy if I could still drink wine and he said I could but I probably would get drunk on one glass...Boy was he wrong...I don't drink very often, but I still can drink as much as I did before my AVM...As for caffeine, I drink decaf because regular coffee makes me have anxiety!

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Hey Nicole,
We share the same vices...the coffee thing comes from my dad he drinks it like water. Funny right after the surgery (ok a long time ago) I wouldn't drink coffee... maybe the frequent throwing up had something to do with that. Now I drink one cup in the morning (yes, I'm drinking one now). But contrary to everything I heard, I guess the caffeine doesn't effect me like the others (ok, my breath, but it always effected that). Weird. I even had a cup right before bed (against all advice) and slept like a baby. Alcohol... well I guess it's an age thing...I used to be able to drink others under the table in my 20's but I'm a cheap drunk now. But I don't think the surgery changed anything in that regard. As far as the brain, no I can't tell you that sorry. Better call your doc...lol. Best of luck with this. Vices are serious things!

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Funny for me too. After I started drinking alcohol again after recovery (as soon as I possibly could, b the way) I could drink a whole lot and not feel it at all. Of course I would remember nothing the next day. Part of that was the brain damage, part was the alcohol. I drink one cup of coffee in the morning and usually at least one glass of wine or beer in the evenings. Not gonna lie, though, on weekends I'll indulge a bit more in the alcohol department. Never usually more than 3-4 drinks. It still takes a lot to get me drunk but the memory problem is much better as long as I keep it to one bottle of wine. Have no idea what part of the brain controls what, but I do like my wine!

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Love mine too, Trish:)

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Thanks ladies! Now I feel a (little) more normal, Although my family refers to me as a lush, because if I don't get my 'nightly' glass of wine I complain 'rather loudly' but they are in fact trying harder to turn a deaf ear... which I appreciate, as long as there's wine in the house!

Cheers,
Nicole

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Relax Nicole. My sister does the same when she doesn't get her wine... We all love to drink. :) Now if you drink all day... Well let's not go there. Take care and hope you're doing well today. Oh and I'm glad you qualified that normal statement... I was beginning to worry ;)

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Hey Nicole - I used to be quite the partier and drinker and smoker - now, it just makes me lose site of what I want to do (don't need any help in that department) and encourages me to pee more - pretty much a drag. Same thing with coffee - although I have about 1 cup every morning, I have to be near a bathroom since that seems to shoot right through me too...so much for the old Fun Julie! Same with water or pretty much anything that I drink - this is more of a recent (2 yearish) thing - hopefully, the bad joke will pass.

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Apparently we all now know Jim's Vice may be Voyerism! That's ok, its all good clean fun here on the Survivor site!!
Cheers,
Nicole