Follow
Share
Read More
Scottish Poetry

I'm Fine Thank You

There is nothing the matter with me
I'm as healthy as can be.
I have arthritis in both my knees
And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze,
My pulse is weak and my blood is thin,
But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
Arch supports I have for my feet,
Or I wouldn't be able to go on the street.
Sleep is denied me night after night,
But every morning I find I'm all right,
My memory is failing, my head's in a spin
But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.

The moral is this - as my tale I unfold,
That for you and me who are growing old,
It's better to say, "I'm fine" with a grin,
Than to let folks know the shape we're in.

How do I know that my youth is all spent?
Well my 'get up and go' has got up and went.
But I don't really mind when I think with a grin,
Of all the grand places 'my get up' has been.

Old age is golden, I've heard it said,
But sometimes I wonder as I get into bed,
With my ears in the drawer, my teeth in the cup,
My eyes on the table until I wake up.
Ere sleep overtakes me, I think to myself
Is there anything else I could lay on the shelf?

When I was young, my slippers were red;
I could kick my heels right over my head.
When I got older, my slippers were blue;
But still I could dance the whole night through.
But now I am old, my slippers are black;
I walk to the store and puff my way back.

I get up each day and dust off my wits,
And pick up the paper and read the 'obits'.
If my name is still missing, I know I'm not dead -
So I have a good breakfast and go back to bed.
(10)
Report

Does anyone think 3 safety pins are over the top? I sure hope so!
(3)
Report

Hurry Send...........take your curcumin........hurry. Take your Omega 3 6 9 too. It helps as well. Hurry! :)
(1)
Report

Gershun, Embarrassed to say that I forgot the Curcumin, but have been putting it in hubs vitamin box, o dear. No wonder. It had helped so well that I was more than able to do what was needed in a recent (and ongoing) crisis, now I am crashed, frozen, on the bed. Hurry, hurry, here I go...
(1)
Report

:)
(1)
Report

:)
(1)
Report

Send I support the safety pin movement but I'm feeling too lazy right now to change my avatar. Maybe later...........
(2)
Report

Send, have you been taking your curcumin? I find it really helps.........although having said that my knees have really been bothering me lately. It takes me longer and longer to unfold my body from a seating position these days. I make a grunting sound when I sit down and when I get up now. People give Hubs and I really strange looks when we are out cause we are so vocal. LOL
(1)
Report

At a loss what to do with myself just now. Showered, was heading out, packed the cooler. Feeling silly that I am going to have trouble going out to retrieve it from the car even! As body says, no, don't you move! And I can listen to my body talk! It is screaming pain/ fibromyalgia most likely.
(1)
Report

Thank, Jinx. Our pharmacist told me to let him know if we needed him to help get a prescription. It's nice to have someone in our corner. The only problem with that is that one time he did try. He left a message for the clinic and never heard back from them.
(0)
Report

For folks having trouble with a doctor and Rx's, can you let the pharmacy run interference for you? I use a national chain and (WG) they are always willing to fax the doctor to get a new RX, call me when it's ready, etc etc.

Sorry for your problems.....
(4)
Report

I SUPPORT this new thread, and will hold it together with a safety pin if necessary.
(6)
Report

Katie, Hoping you can find your way over here:
Enter: "General Topics" in your search bar.
(2)
Report

Rainman doesn't understand much about being sick as well. Diarrhea doesn't freak him out so much as it's somewhat similar to a body function he is familiar with. Vomiting is a real issue. He takes after me in that I can only recall it happening a few times with him - mainly when he had his perforated intestine, but when it does happen it totally freaks him out - poor baby.
(2)
Report

Lucky husband! I was thinking that many people call intestinal viruses "intestinal flus," so I guess it's okay. Everyone knew what you were you were talking about. It's good to get the gatorade into him. Dehydration can be a problem with intestinal viruses. Fever is probably the biggest danger in the regular flu to most people. I'm sure those with COPD would say different.

Oh, my. I was trying to imagine a person with dementia having the flu. Aye-yae-yae. That would be terrible.
(0)
Report

I've never had much trouble with stomach related illnesses myself - can only remember having a fever once and have up-chucked less than six times in my 54 years so I guess I group anything that involved either vomit or diarrhea as either the Flu or food poisoning. In fact, I had nothing in the house beyond Tylenol that was appropriate to give Rainman and nothing good i.e. bland to feed him and nothing good to drink - that wouldn't have made things worse. Thankfully a young woman who takes Rainman out made a store run for me and stayed with him long enough for me to clean the bathroom properly. When it comes to colds - I am the queen of colds! Two every year without fail and my cupboards are loaded with remedies. Regardless- whatever Rainman has - I sure hope he's on the other side of it - and that I don't get it - or hubby, who's been missing all the fun by being at work.
(2)
Report

cwillie, I was thinking the same thing about it not sounding like the flu. It sounds more like an intestinal virus with the stuff coming out both ends. I've had the flu once and it was like a super bad cold with high temperature and smell perversion. Strangely, the smell perversion hung on and bothered me so much, even though the temperature (105 one time) was the most dangerous. No vomiting or diarrhea at all.
(2)
Report

Well cwillie, isn't that cheery news! And thank you, thank you! I humbly accept my award on the behalf of the people at Chlorox. Rainmans fever broke over the night so I'm gonna attempt some dry toast and maybe a banana. Yesterday he wouldn't eat but he has been drinking diluted Gatorade. Personally - my head feels like I have a metal spike driven in from on temple to the other - but I will persevere! That's what we caregivers do, right?
(6)
Report

Oh Rainmom, those are the times a wet room would be so handy, just hose down the room and everyone in it. I hope you don't get it too, there is nothing worse than cleaning up barf while you are barfing too :(

I have to say this likely isn't the Flu though and your Flu shot is no protection from it, influenza is a respiratory illness and rarely causes vomiting and diarrhea.
(2)
Report

Hey Send..........my sinuses are okay these days. Knock on wood. I do sound like I have a cold all the time now though. I'm just pretending that it's sexy and throaty. Maybe I should get a job doing voiceovers for condom ads or something. LOL
(7)
Report

Jessebelle,
May I ask, just what is the reward for that, because I think Rainmom should get the award too. The award for too too much poo?

So sorry your son is so very sick Rainmom. You may know this already, but something like pedialyte can help replace his electrolytes and prevent dehydration. Is this the new flu bug?
(2)
Report

Send
Glad to hear it was the desert and not the high sierras !
(1)
Report

Rainmom,
I second your nomination for caregiver of the day award
(4)
Report

Ms.Madge,
Want to answer you on this new thread about the bears.
When pulling off the road to camp and cook your bacon in a cast iron pan, if you do that in the desert there aren't any bears.

.

.
(2)
Report

Rainmom, you won the caregiver of the day award, for sure! I don't know how you keep your wits about you with all you have going on.
(6)
Report

Ha! I can top that! Rainman has the flu - bad. At one point I just stood him in the shower stall while um... stuff was coming out both ends. Then he turned very pale and started to wobble so I yanked him out - south end still working - and sat him on the toilet, which gave it a coating of...umm...stuff - in addition to the shower stall. Two showers, three pair of pjs and had to change the bedding twice - with all the accompanying laundry. BTW - this started a 4am and it's now 8:30pm - and I'm still going even though I'm pretty sure I'm getting sick too - had my flu shot so maybe I'll get off with a light case. Did I mention I have a new puppy? Two months and he refuses to be house trained. I've successfully trained five other puppies and got a clean bill of health from the vet - puppy is really a tiny demon. So - right now, my life is crap. Get it? Hahaha! Crap! Sooo not funny!
(14)
Report

It has been a day today. Mom is so confused, but she won't see it. The drugstore called her today to ask if we'd be home for a delivery. Somehow she thought they'd asked her how she planned to pay. She came back and asked me, and I knew it didn't make any sense. I told her how it was going to be paid. She called them back, and they said they had just wanted to know if we'd be home. No problem. When we hung up, Mom went into the insurance not covering it and wouldn't drop it. I called the drugstore to make sure. No problem. I think she just didn't understand the words or I don't know what all.

So she got a telemarketer call telling her that they were Medicare, according to her, and that she could get all her medicines free. Sigh. I told her it was fraud -- that Medicare, the IRS, and Obama were not going to call her. So, what does she do? Called the drugstore to let them know!! Oh, lordie.

So later the drugstore delivered the medications that were ordered. And I discovered the doctor had again made things as hard as possible on the caregiver. (See the above) Sigh. What the heck is wrong with these doctors?? Don't they pay attention anymore?

I spent the day dealing with stuff, doing the laundry, taking pictures for my shop, getting things listed, and listening every few minutes to rehashing of the drugstore events of the morning. It bothers me a lot now that she sits in front of the TV in her pajamas all day and wants me to be her sole entertainment. The house repair people called and it's going to be $400 more than originally estimated to do some work. And my brother posted a picture on Facebook of him going on a hike 5 miles from here.

A day in the life of a caregiver. Grrrrarrrr.
(8)
Report

Hey everyone! Thx for posting on this thread! Welcome to Send, Lucky, Susan, Cwillie, MsMadge, JessieBelle and everyone else.
(4)
Report

Susan....I agree.There are so many problems at home and I sure don't need anymore and I'm sure no one else does either.When arguments and heated discussions come up,I stay away and just forget about what I wanted to post in the first place.I'm thankful that we can start over with a clean slate.Thanks again Gershun.
(6)
Report

Here's hoping this new "whine" thread stays clean and free of rancor and discord. We all have way too much going on in our lives to come here and deal with that. We come here to support each other and get things off our collective chests when need be. Let's try to keep it civil if we can.

And please note I'm not naming names or placing blame - but it would be great if we could keep it on a civil level and just come here to vent, talk and enjoy each other's company - and just scroll past any inflammatory comments. A fire can't burn without fuel, and if ignored long enough, the ones making them will stop.
(8)
Report

Start a Discussion
Subscribe to
Our Newsletter