Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
By later tonight, I am sure that I can get to my ice cream. I took a new med, called Indomethacin (New to me) for pain. It may hurt the stomach.
It was first over-exerting, then the next day I ate shrimp. No more shrimp. Gout flare-up. Unaware, that huge piece of Ahi Tuna after that was the wrong food for gout!
Now I believe my doctor's diagnosis. At first I did not because the redness, swelling, and acute pain started in the metatarsal area of the foot, or settled in another toe other than the big toe. A few times my inner elbow swelled and hurt. There is no pain like it! I guess I need to start taking the Allopurinol to decrease uric acid.
But I cannot get to the kitchen yet, as the acute flare-up of gout in my rt. foot is very painful still.
Crutches are not working as well this time. I must be left-footed, having difficulty with the pain in the right foot. The problem is, weight goes on the rt. foot, and I cannot learn to do it correctly, so far. I have tried holding the rt. foot up, even that has not been accomplished! Feeling dumb.
Corporations have had record breaking profits since 2020, I thought this behavior was illegal? Not to mention the total lack of customer service and it is an ugly situation for certain.
Anywho, what can be done, buy it or not.
I told my family not to buy a huge cake yesterday for my birthday. A big cake goes to waste. They bought my favorite cake (Chantilly Cake) but in the smallest size which serves four people.
One piece of cake for my husband, both daughters and myself. Well, a sliver for my oldest daughter because of her diabetes. My youngest daughter took the rest of her share!
I think shrinkflation makes all of us frustrated and angry.
It does seem like so many products have become smaller in size and gone up in price.
I can’t imagine how this is affecting larger families. I suppose they are eating a bit less than they did before. Or they aren’t indulging in as many treats.
Next time you go to buy the 96 count bag it will be 84, and the price will be more .
But I got to wondering about the products we need as caregivers: incontinence pads, pullups and briefs for example. Have you noticed a decrease in the number in the package? The quality?
Had things on my mind and just couldn’t unwind.
Massive mansion full of clothes & assessories. I think she was eventually forced into bankruptcy & lost that big house.
I used to have a glamourus work colleague, hardly ever seen in the same item twice. Always getting compliments! Then comments about being a shopaholic thrown about - as jokes. Then life got more serious. She started failing to cope with maxed out credit card payments. Had to confess debt to partner. Then confess her half of their house depost was spent too. Relationship stress then breakup. Had to move out, took a second job, took in a housemate.
Then acceptance there was a problem. Then, only then, therapy, healing, letting go, selling stuff, reset life goals, study, new job. Such an inspiring turnaround!
Well shopping stuff isn’t as bad. At least it isn’t gross. Financially it’s bad! My cousin is a clothes horse. Oh my gosh, when her kids moved out she converted one of the a bedrooms into a huge closet to hold all her stuff. She has maxed out credit cards twice! That’s crazy!
Lol, FaceTimes the dog .
Awwww…sweet.
My daughter has a long distance relationship right now. He’s in Denver. He FaceTime’s her dog! LOL 😆
They fly back and forth to see each other. She hoping to be back in Denver soon. She loves Colorado. It is beautiful.
One of each .
My daughter’s cat and her fiancés dog. They left today to go to a Friday night wedding near Pittsburgh . The fiancés cousin’s wedding .
They each had their pets before they met . But now his dog is very attached to my daughter. He cries if she leaves without him .
Dog or cat? My granddog is coming over Saturday. My daughter has a baby shower to attend. We love having him.
A lot of my daughters friends have kids. We don’t have any grandchildren. They don’t slow down enough to settle down. Maybe, one day.
Mom adjusted the seat to the lowest possible position and I still couldn’t reach the pedals so they bought me thick wooden blocks made for smaller kids to place on the pedals.
I loved that bike and I still remember what it looks like without having a picture of it. I thought I was hot stuff when I learned to ride my bike! LOL
I never knew my dad’s parents. He promised me that I could have the quilts that his mom made. I wish that I would have taken them home before the storm hit. They had been sitting in wretched 9 foot flood waters for weeks on end. So gross🤮!
My dad’s military photos were destroyed. Not to brag but daddy was extremely good looking. I can see how mom fell for the stranger who followed her home. Today that would be classified as stalking but he was smitten with my mom and determined to meet her.
Thats so sad that all your childhood photos were ruined in the storm .,
I don’t watch hoarders often . I’m pet sitting at my daughters . …..
It’s interesting some of the different sad events that are triggers .
I have only seen a couple of episodes of Hoarders. It’s a disturbing show. I’m so glad that no one in my family has ever been a hoarder. It’s definitely a mental disorder.
When my grandma died my mom didn’t have to deal with hoarding issues. She kept her house clean and free from junk!
My parents were never hoarders. Everything that mom had was destroyed in hurricane Katrina, so there was nothing to save.
Many things I would have loved to have, especially our baby photos and pictures of us growing up. I have a few photos that my cousins had taken and they passed some along to me.
I try not to let things accumulate because it doesn’t take long before it gets out of hand.
You’re right, that show does inspire us to purge unnecessary things from our homes!
Very interesting . The elderly lady is the enabler. The hoarder son was complaining to her they are throwing everything out . The elderly mom told him “ you are in charge , you tell them what they can throw out “. 😬😬😬😬
She was sitting at a folding card table in the middle of a mess surrounding her and doing a puzzle .
Don't answer the door to those mean-spirited neighbors.
Open door, they start talking and do not stop.
Skip the hello, how are you today?
I was left wondering if they needed a 911 intervention.
While I understand they were having a bad day, I interrupted to refer them elsewhere for help. They said that person was sick.
It would have been nice if they even asked if I was available to dump their woes upon. But, I was not available.