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Yup, mom inevitably needs to crap in the middle of my meal or immediately after. I'm lucky when she makes it to the toilet before she actually goes. I get it breakfast and dinner. If crap can make you stronger, I'm f'ing Hercules!
D i think it is a timing stimulation thing and is a set pattern, maybe try faking her out sit her at the table with a plate say it is coming and see if she goes...? Having a stress test Tuesday to see how my heart is, by all the listed symptoms for women and heart attacks I have probably had one...I hardly care anymore...It isn't like there is much I can do,maybe this was all my life was gonna be. So I am never rich, the play was a pipe dream and I die at 40. It doesn't really matter. Life goes on. No more worries about money and stress and fear, and my mom doesn't have to support a adult child AND an elderly parent anymore...It is what it is, or it was what it was...
D gave new meaning to shit on a shingle I think there...
Good week all, too bad 'three day weekend' has no meaning in this "profession".....
Jen, please don't give up hope. I sent you a hug and I love you as well as everyone here who thinks that you are the STUFF.
I actually think that when we have heart issues (I have had mine) we are literally suffering from a broken heart. I don't know if I can recover from this time so I know how you feel Jen. Please don't give up hope and I will try not to give up hope too. I am so sad I don't even know how to handle it and have no idea how I got trapped into this. Again.
As always, I try to find the funny.
Flex, I mean Hercules, you be some hilarious woman there. In the beginning of caregiving my mom, once in a blue moon I would try and soak in the tub. Without fail she would come in and drop a toxic deuce and I would be stuck in the tub. I gave up and haven't soaked in a tub since. I swear my mom could knock the flowers off the wallpaper. jeeze.
Here on the boat, the heads vent to the starboard side where the boat angel's cabin is. I have to make sure that his porthole is closed so when I flush my head he doesn't get stunk out. this went on for weeks before he finally said: When you flush I get KILLED in here. Of course I had no idea that I was doing that and was quite embarrassed. He just wrote it all off with the all encompassing statement: It's a boat.
Cuz, that video made me laugh, thank you so much. Hope you are feeling better in the back department.
It's a beautiful day here on the river and I wish that the boat angel was well and we were on our way somewhere instead of tied up and stuck.
I talked to my ex husband last night and he said that he has never heard me sound so sad and he has known me since the mid 70's through all of my ups and downs.
The boat angel doesn't want to tell his kids he is sick and of course that is not right but it is his decision. What he has absolutely no idea of is that I will need his kids' help in order to do this. Just like Dementia patients, the sick and dying are the centers of their own little worlds and we as caregivers are just there to be used in whatever way they choose. We have no feelings and we are sources of unlimited energy for them to consume. I am so tired.
love you guys way more than you'll ever know. lovbob
Cricket! I used the exact wordage with no spaces and .net. what you gave me was: cricket in the frying pan. is it in THE frying pan or in A frying pan...? thanks kiddo. lovbob
Bobbie you said to Jan was verygood-you can put it into words better then for sure. You have a tender heart that is why people in need find you -the boat angel is very lucky to have you in his life at this point at least he is able to talk to you-I am not sure Winnie even knows I am there when I sit and hold her hand -I wish I could bring my cat in -he would snuggle up to her. The rehab my aunt was in in CT had a resident cat and in a county near us they have a cat that senses when someone is leaving this world and will stay next to them-I think the cat knows when I am sick my cat does not leave my side. As always it is good to hear from you.
DFlex - Hercules!! Hahahah....! You kill me! Bobbie - thanks for checking in! Rossella, hope you're thawing out! Christina - read your post about your narcissistic sister. I have one of those, too. But mine doesn't even TRY to visit my parents. And because she has a kid with emotional issues, my mom continues to make excuses for her. It's really not that; it's that neither of my siblings reach out to ME to ask ME how I AM. And it hurts.....but whatever. I'm not going there today because I am in a good mood. I have to get mom ready for surgery tomorrow and even though neither sibling gives a shit, I've been asked to call/write them when the surgery is done. Puts a little puke in my mouth.....So I've decided to award them both, (drum roll please.........), "The President's Day Boil" on their ass. You can nominate someone, too! Try it! It feels great.... Have a good day everyone! - SS
Whoo Hoo, SS! Bring it to a Boil! Yea, I kind of overdid it yesterday, but the heart thing is also an issue here. btw: Cricket's name looks like "crickeTINA", I remember when she first posted; her name looked like mine and also has an "FP" in it. I was worried. Wha haha. But, she has turned out to be OK, right? She does all those cute pictures of spiders and cavemen. Too cute for words:) heehee I scream out for ALL of you hurting, Lord Have MERCY! PLEASE! What has become tedious and long-suffering is effecting everyone's health. What can we do when we cannot physically detach and are not naturally selfish? Ha! it is irony, too sad to fathom. We must do for ourselves what we do for others: care well. Austin, I had a cat before this one, who was my "nana kitty". She stayed by me when I would have 18 hour bouts of vomiting because of intestinal blockage. Her name was Mittens and she died very young of mast cells in 2005. She would sit at the foot of bed of whoever was sick and never leave unless that person got up. She did this from the first night we had her in 1996. I still cry over her. Like right now. Well, I am thinking of you all and praying for healing, mercy, peace, healthy hearts, happy hearts, relieved hearts. We need a miracle. Have a good day, I send you all big hugs of love and comfort. Christina xo
Bobbie it has the A Cricketinafryingpan... sorry if I put "the" by mistake. please try again :)... I think you are the real boat Angel :) but either way there is definitely Angels on the boat.
Christina, Anyone who would think you are a "bitch" is out of their friggin' mind. Damn people! The story of "nana kitty" is precious.
Diane, I have a suggestion.. try to picture this.. put Momma in one of those ol' timey long underwear, the kind with the flap on the back, then get a porta-potty on wheels.. then when you go to get her up tell her it's time for her "air bath", drop the flap sit her on the porta-potty and wheel her to the kitchen table for her meal.. then you go get a clothes pin and put it on your nose and sit down for a nice meal. Of course you'd have to have "fudge" for dessert when she was done. Hah, OMG, sorry but when things get bad I turn into a Jokester.
Hey Hercules! Isn't it amazing how poo so often is the topic of discussion here? Reminds me of headbanger. sniff sniff :( I like the direct approach, with issues like this, or most any issue. ( Cricket--that is the bitch rep I was talking about. How my German heritage directness translates to bitch is also beyond me. It's not like I was hitler. Yawoll. Diane, wish I could do this for you, but glad I don't have to. She does not have advanced dementia, right? You can have a conversation with her? She is exhibiting passive aggressive behavior. Don't some dogs also do this with the crappola thing? and how do the Dog Whisperers deal with it? I don't know and don't want to know because I am a definite cat person and have no patience with it. I can clean a litter box, and I think it is very thoughtful of cats to use them. Amazing, actually, when they could just go anywhere at anytime in the house. Ok, this is what I would do. It might sound a bit mean but it is not as mean as passive aggressive shit. Stand in front of her chair before dinner--not the dining chair, but her wheel chair or where she sits all day. Get in her face and say, "Mom, you need to go to the bathroom BEFORE we sit down for dinner". It is a slight shift in the shit pattern and should really not make that big a difference. It is a simple ploy. Additionally, I would tell her, "we are not going to the table until you have done your shit in the bathroom". Then, I would ask her if she understands and agrees that it is a disturbance to the dinner hour, and please put the focus on enjoying dinner and not the outcome. Outgo. Whatever. Hope this does not offend anyone. I think some of them want to comply, but they get confused and need to be reminded. I hope it is that simple. Let us know, but not at dinnertime. Love you, Diane!!!!!!! Hugs, xoxo
I have to have the best husband ever. I was sick the other day, but I was planning to give my hubby a back rub because of the long hours he worked, but he surprised me and said "No, you aren't feeling well, it's your turn for a back rub." I was so tickled. It's those little things that make you really appreciate each other.
Diane, I will be serious this time... it might not hurt to give Mother a little something to eat then put her on the toilet. The digestive system turns on when we start chewing and for some people once it's turned on they need to get there in a hurry, it sounds like she might be this type. Poor thing. She might be where you got your IBS from. BTW, should I ask how you are doing with this?
Okay once a long time ago I was visiting a friend and she says to me "I need to go over to the old guys house down the street to give him this article" then asked me if I wanted to go so I said okay sure. We get to his door and she rings the doorbell and says "Frank? It's Wilma, are you there?" We hear "Come on in, I'm in the back" we looked at each other and figured we had each other so it was safe enough, so we go inside. He shouts from the back of the house "Come on back" so we walk through the living room and Wilma says where are you? He says "keep on coming this way I'm back here" we go down this long dark hall and we hear him say "keep coming, you're almost here" so we veer off and into a bedroom where we can hear his voice coming from. We look around and can't see him anywhere then he pokes his head around the corner of his bathroom and says..here I am with the most devious grin on his face and says "I just couldn't get off the pot cause I feel a big one coming"!!! Wilma and I turned and looked at each other and we didn't say one word, we spun around on our heels and ran out of the house laughing so hard that when we reached the front yard we both fell down on the lawn holding our sides from laughing so hard! That man was a crazy old hoot if ever there was one! He got us both but good and he knew it! LOL
You certainly deserve it, angelhair, just for being you! Not any other reason! We all do, and I hope everyone believes it. Even if someone does not have a husband or boyfriend to rub your back, you can soak your feet in Epsom salts, or soak in the tub with essence of lavender, line the tub with candles and put Adelle on. Heaven:) three little letters: S P A.
Gross, Cricket! I still think with timing, Diane will be able to have her dinner in peace. I know about IBS and lots of other initials. It is painful and unpredictably predictable. Diane, does your Mom have IBS? We give Mother Metamucil in the morning and the next day alternate with Senna tablets. Seems to work very well to regulate her, especially if given at the same time each day. However, she is is depends now most of the time, as she cannot communicate when she has to go, but I think the caregivers are very good about taking her at the same time before she makes a mess. Some are not that lucky:( {{{{{JEN}}}}} How are you feeling today? Good luck tomorrow with your stress test. Please take it easy. We love you mucho, Punkin. Rosella Bella, hope you got some rest. I am reading Glenn Meade's newest book, "The Second Messiah", and it takes place in Israel and Italy. So good: archaeologists, murder and new DS scroll that blows the Bible out of the water! Right up my alley. Not the murder part. Yikes. In between studying primate evolution I'm reading that. Enjoying keeping my NY resolution about reading, and I didn't even realize it! Whoo Hoo! Except I am not doing very well on the losing 30 pounds resolution. Give me another apple, please, and hold the tequila, but give me some cheese with my whine. Hey, you just call out my name, and you know wherever I am, I'll come running... to see you again. Winter spring Summer or Fa--all, All you have to do is CA--ALL, and I'll BE THERE, ( yes I will) You've got a Friend. Later Gators, Hugs xo
I've been in the upstate doing a familiarization tour. I get home at 9pm and guess what mom wanted as soon as I started eating dinner. When she has to "go" she needs to go immediately. She has dementia so I dont think she does it intentionally.
Jen, good luck tomorrow with the stress test. Don't lose hope. Whatever the outcome of the test, it can be treated and managed,
Christina & Cricket, you ladies are the cheer leaders with your positive thoughts and advice, prayers and philosophy. Thank you.
Miz, Kimmie, Kuli, Barb, Ann, etc, where are you?
Bobbie, it was good to get your text today. I agree, you are the "boat angel". You were a life saving angels for all of us.
Sorry guys, I have to go. My friend is calling me with her family crisis. Have a good night dear ones.
Your not going to believe this, but Omaha, was attacked by a mountain lion. It bit him on the face, punctured the sinus cavity, and crushed the bones in his nose. Despite his injuries, he is one lucky horse. The vet spent a couple of hours cleaning his face up. Yesterday was really worried, but today, he is doing better. Eating, and drinking, breathing better. Not out of the woods yet, but good chance for a full recovery. Poor thing, the punture wounds in his face make a whistling sound when he breathes.
the boat angel is lying up here next to me as I write to you guys. He is having one of the pounding headaches. I mixed up some fresh ginger and sesame oil and put it on his forehead but so far no relief. It's worked in the past but not today. If anyone has any headache ideas.... He has just started getting these with the last round of chemo.
I have been playing with the bigboatdiary dot blogspot dot com and am going to try and take my mind off of the developments here by writing there as well as here for a bit. Maybe some of you guys might give it a look and let me know what you think.
Nothing but a big pic of the boat as of yet but hopefully I will be motivated to write write write....
Meanwhile! how awful with the mountain lion. Omaha had to have put up a huge fight to still be standing. Bless his heart and yours too. Angels to all that suffer. Horses, Cats, Dogs, the Demented the Sick and US.
Cricket! that's hilarious with Old Dude luring you young chicks back to see him on the hopper. Shoulda baked Old Dude an ExLax cake......
Christina! that book sounds good... am going to look for it.
All the folks that Flex mentioned... ya! where are you? check in and let us know you're ok.
Off to make something that he might be able to drink or eat...
Love you guys way more than you'll ever know. lovbob
Bobbie my heart goes out to you and I pray that Angels surround you and hold you up. I checked out your boat diary and it looks great. Are you going to start blogging about your experiences? I hope so! I would love to read that. I feel sorry for your boat angel having those awful headaches. The headaches are most likely the detox affect from the cancer cells getting killed and the body isn't eliminating the dead cells fast enough.. I'm not pretending to be a doctor but I do have some thoughts that you might find helpful for him. To help his body to remove all the "die off" fluids would help, as much as possible. I know that's probably an issue to because he is most likely nauseous as well. If he can't get much down why not go for the green juice recipe I posted over at the recipe thread? It actually tastes good and doesn't taste like grass, it has apples in it and I find it really easy to drink and believe me going over to green juicing was something I never thought I would be able to do. If you use that recipe add a couple of broccoli stems (mild juice barely noticeable) because they are from the Cruciferous (cancer fighting) vegetables. This will help to flush out the toxins with the least amount of fluids and will give him a mega shot of healing energy. Chemical headaches are the worse and usually detoxing is the only way to help eliminate them. If you do this and he refuses to drink or can't then you drink it because it's really good for your health to. I drink these a big glass 16 oz at least and within 30 minutes any tired feelings are gone! It took me about 3 days before I noticed this but once it kicked in OH JOY, I haven't missed a single day of juicing since.
Linda, You are really on my mind and everyone else is thinking about you as well. How are you? How is Pa? I am worried about you. Please take care of yourself, I know you are so upset and concerned about Pa that you probably aren't giving much thought to yourself right now so I'm just reminding you :) Prayers for you dear Linda-heart. Post if you can and if you can't we understand and just want you to know we love you and are here for you.
Kim, come on Kimmy lets hear a peep from you. How is Dad and the apartment coming along or have you moved out there and locked yourself in? How is your little pet spidey "Hank" keeping you entertained? Are you and Hank sitting on the front porch singing "you and me against the world"? Wha? okay I'm being silly but lets hear from you!
Okay for those of you who haven't been commenting lately I am taking a quick survey.. If you haven't been posting because you are really in the black hole and can't find a word to say because you don't have the energy just post and say.... AYE it's a start and we need to know you are there.... come on now :)
Morning. Cricket, I think those of us who are thinking of others and trying to uplift are simply supposed to do that right now. I feel badly that others are not here anymore. Maybe they just want to be left alone. If I did go somewhere that offended anyone, I apologize. Maybe we try too hard, Cricket. Jen, will be thinking of you all day. Bobbie, I remember from way back that green bean broth is supposed to have a detox effect in cancer patients. Might have told you already? I will try to find the source. Maybe Lionus Pauling? well, I'm depressed now. Don't try to cheer me up, Cricket. Have a good day, who ever is reading. I really mean it. I care about you people. christina
hi there you all ! , sorry for not meowin here lately . just havent felt like gettin on here . i sorry ... jen - sure hope u pass the stress test with flying colors . hubby has that all the time and fails those test . u shall pass em .. meanwhile - oh my godness , poor horsey ! does the horses go in th ebarn at night time and stay cover till morning ? u need a mean big ass dog that watches out for the horsey . would u like my bandit ? bet he ll run under ur bed lol . cricket , love you girl and love those signs u put out , spinkle dust of love , i sure felt that love . :-) .... christina - dont be depressed , ill come and feed u margaritta ! flex - i know about wanting to go shit when food is on the plate and lookin yummie to chow and ohhhh i gotta go poop hurry hurry grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr . been there and done that manytimes ! escscaly when we go out to eat he pulls that on me all the time . gawd i do not miss that part ! that sucks ..
pa is on the roller coaster . sunday afternoon he perked up and was like all fine daddy , alert and all . monday he was alert too then startin sleeping . today he looks like he s on his way out . scares me cuz i never know what he s up to . dying or getting better ? i know he s dying slowly , my daughter is comin over this evening and i am going to my old hometown and lookinside the house i grew up in , havent step a foot in there over 32 yrs , my brother owns that house says its empty now , i tol dhim i would love to look inside , tld me to come on over . plus i ll get to see his home that he s livin in now . just moved in a house down the road from our old home . he s been renting that old house for 32 yrs . many people comes and goes . prob cuz its haunted and nobody stays there very long lol , yep it is haunted , an old woman lives there and refuses to go to the other side , she never bothered me . guess she likes me and i knew she was around cuz i can feel it and often told her hi . she didnt like my brother and always made his hair stand . lol . anyways i hope i do see her today :-) ....
gloomy day out , rained realy good this morning and think its comin back here in a bit . gonna get cooler too . my bil and mil will be coming friday and stay a whole weekend . great .... wish me luck , i best get off here and zoom around catch up on my housework . bobbie - love u !! xoxoxo
christina - i didnt see how u could offened anyone . none at all nanana zipo none . i guess we all get in the mood not to post for a while then bam theyre back ! ill try to at least post every night . kimmy yep i sure miss her ! maybe i offened her about her wolf spiders ? annt too . mmm where is she ? deefer ? waaaaaaaaaaaaa . selfishsbiblings - big hugs to u dear . we all gotta hang on to eachother . crews angels . austin ure our maxine :-) . ok gotta get off here , meow at ya all later gators woof woof xoxoox
Yes, Cricket, I truly have been in the black hole. But am seeing a psych to try and help. Too much too soon. On top of dad dying in October, I found out in January that my dog is also dying. He was my life line so many times while caring for dad and that news has pushed me over the edge. I read the posts regularly but just don't even know what to write anymore. Will write when I can again. Thanks for all who keep me in their thoughts ~ Kuli
Linda "crews ankles" I love it! I don't think you offended Kimmy teasing about the spider... I sent her a typed one and she named it, haha Oh lord, get some rest before the weekend or make sure you have some liquid encouragement and can make it out to the barn. LOL
Kuli! There you are :) Sorry your depressed and the news about your dog.. our dogs are like our kids. I'm glad you are able to see someone and get some help. We are here to help you to...... dang it where's my rope! I will lasso that black cloud from you! ̿’ ̿’\̵͇̿̿\з=(•̪●)=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ didn't find my rope but found my guns and I'm looking to have a shootout!
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Having a stress test Tuesday to see how my heart is, by all the listed symptoms for women and heart attacks I have probably had one...I hardly care anymore...It isn't like there is much I can do,maybe this was all my life was gonna be. So I am never rich, the play was a pipe dream and I die at 40. It doesn't really matter. Life goes on. No more worries about money and stress and fear, and my mom doesn't have to support a adult child AND an elderly parent anymore...It is what it is, or it was what it was...
D gave new meaning to shit on a shingle I think there...
Good week all, too bad 'three day weekend' has no meaning in this "profession".....
I actually think that when we have heart issues (I have had mine) we are literally suffering from a broken heart. I don't know if I can recover from this time so I know how you feel Jen. Please don't give up hope and I will try not to give up hope too. I am so sad I don't even know how to handle it and have no idea how I got trapped into this. Again.
As always, I try to find the funny.
Flex, I mean Hercules, you be some hilarious woman there. In the beginning of caregiving my mom, once in a blue moon I would try and soak in the tub. Without fail she would come in and drop a toxic deuce and I would be stuck in the tub. I gave up and haven't soaked in a tub since. I swear my mom could knock the flowers off the wallpaper. jeeze.
Here on the boat, the heads vent to the starboard side where the boat angel's cabin is. I have to make sure that his porthole is closed so when I flush my head he doesn't get stunk out.
this went on for weeks before he finally said: When you flush I get KILLED in here. Of course I had no idea that I was doing that and was quite embarrassed. He just wrote it all off with the all encompassing statement: It's a boat.
Cuz, that video made me laugh, thank you so much. Hope you are feeling better in the back department.
It's a beautiful day here on the river and I wish that the boat angel was well and we were on our way somewhere instead of tied up and stuck.
I talked to my ex husband last night and he said that he has never heard me sound so sad and he has known me since the mid 70's through all of my ups and downs.
The boat angel doesn't want to tell his kids he is sick and of course that is not right but it is his decision. What he has absolutely no idea of is that I will need his kids' help in order to do this. Just like Dementia patients, the sick and dying are the centers of their own little worlds and we as caregivers are just there to be used in whatever way they choose. We have no feelings and we are sources of unlimited energy for them to consume. I am so tired.
love you guys way more than you'll ever know.
lovbob
what you gave me was:
cricket in the frying pan. is it in THE frying pan or in A frying pan...?
thanks kiddo.
lovbob
Bobbie - thanks for checking in!
Rossella, hope you're thawing out!
Christina - read your post about your narcissistic sister. I have one of those, too. But mine doesn't even TRY to visit my parents. And because she has a kid with emotional issues, my mom continues to make excuses for her. It's really not that; it's that neither of my siblings reach out to ME to ask ME how I AM. And it hurts.....but whatever. I'm not going there today because I am in a good mood. I have to get mom ready for surgery tomorrow and even though neither sibling gives a shit, I've been asked to call/write them when the surgery is done. Puts a little puke in my mouth.....So I've decided to award them both, (drum roll please.........), "The President's Day Boil" on their ass. You can nominate someone, too! Try it! It feels great....
Have a good day everyone! - SS
I had forgotten about the festive holiday Boils....
Way to go SS
I scream out for ALL of you hurting, Lord Have MERCY! PLEASE! What has become tedious and long-suffering is effecting everyone's health. What can we do when we cannot physically detach and are not naturally selfish? Ha! it is irony, too sad to fathom. We must do for ourselves what we do for others: care well.
Austin, I had a cat before this one, who was my "nana kitty". She stayed by me when I would have 18 hour bouts of vomiting because of intestinal blockage. Her name was Mittens and she died very young of mast cells in 2005. She would sit at the foot of bed of whoever was sick and never leave unless that person got up. She did this from the first night we had her in 1996. I still cry over her. Like right now.
Well, I am thinking of you all and praying for healing, mercy, peace, healthy hearts, happy hearts, relieved hearts. We need a miracle.
Have a good day, I send you all big hugs of love and comfort. Christina xo
Christina, Anyone who would think you are a "bitch" is out of their friggin' mind. Damn people! The story of "nana kitty" is precious.
Diane, I have a suggestion.. try to picture this.. put Momma in one of those ol' timey long underwear, the kind with the flap on the back, then get a porta-potty on wheels.. then when you go to get her up tell her it's time for her "air bath", drop the flap sit her on the porta-potty and wheel her to the kitchen table for her meal.. then you go get a clothes pin and put it on your nose and sit down for a nice meal. Of course you'd have to have "fudge" for dessert when she was done. Hah, OMG, sorry but when things get bad I turn into a Jokester.
Jen, don't give up on your dreams!
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I like the direct approach, with issues like this, or most any issue. ( Cricket--that is the bitch rep I was talking about. How my German heritage directness translates to bitch is also beyond me. It's not like I was hitler. Yawoll.
Diane, wish I could do this for you, but glad I don't have to. She does not have advanced dementia, right? You can have a conversation with her? She is exhibiting passive aggressive behavior. Don't some dogs also do this with the crappola thing? and how do the Dog Whisperers deal with it? I don't know and don't want to know because I am a definite cat person and have no patience with it. I can clean a litter box, and I think it is very thoughtful of cats to use them. Amazing, actually, when they could just go anywhere at anytime in the house.
Ok, this is what I would do. It might sound a bit mean but it is not as mean as passive aggressive shit. Stand in front of her chair before dinner--not the dining chair, but her wheel chair or where she sits all day. Get in her face and say, "Mom, you need to go to the bathroom BEFORE we sit down for dinner". It is a slight shift in the shit pattern and should really not make that big a difference. It is a simple ploy. Additionally, I would tell her, "we are not going to the table until you have done your shit in the bathroom". Then, I would ask her if she understands and agrees that it is a disturbance to the dinner hour, and please put the focus on enjoying dinner and not the outcome. Outgo. Whatever.
Hope this does not offend anyone. I think some of them want to comply, but they get confused and need to be reminded. I hope it is that simple. Let us know, but not at dinnertime. Love you, Diane!!!!!!! Hugs, xoxo
Diane, I will be serious this time... it might not hurt to give Mother a little something to eat then put her on the toilet. The digestive system turns on when we start chewing and for some people once it's turned on they need to get there in a hurry, it sounds like she might be this type. Poor thing. She might be where you got your IBS from. BTW, should I ask how you are doing with this?
Okay once a long time ago I was visiting a friend and she says to me "I need to go over to the old guys house down the street to give him this article" then asked me if I wanted to go so I said okay sure. We get to his door and she rings the doorbell and says "Frank? It's Wilma, are you there?" We hear "Come on in, I'm in the back" we looked at each other and figured we had each other so it was safe enough, so we go inside. He shouts from the back of the house "Come on back" so we walk through the living room and Wilma says where are you? He says "keep on coming this way I'm back here" we go down this long dark hall and we hear him say "keep coming, you're almost here" so we veer off and into a bedroom where we can hear his voice coming from. We look around and can't see him anywhere then he pokes his head around the corner of his bathroom and says..here I am with the most devious grin on his face and says "I just couldn't get off the pot cause I feel a big one coming"!!! Wilma and I turned and looked at each other and we didn't say one word, we spun around on our heels and ran out of the house laughing so hard that when we reached the front yard we both fell down on the lawn holding our sides from laughing so hard! That man was a crazy old hoot if ever there was one! He got us both but good and he knew it! LOL
We all do, and I hope everyone believes it. Even if someone does not have a husband or boyfriend to rub your back, you can soak your feet in Epsom salts, or soak in the tub with essence of lavender, line the tub with candles and put Adelle on. Heaven:) three little letters: S P A.
We give Mother Metamucil in the morning and the next day alternate with Senna tablets. Seems to work very well to regulate her, especially if given at the same time each day. However, she is is depends now most of the time, as she cannot communicate when she has to go, but I think the caregivers are very good about taking her at the same time before she makes a mess. Some are not that lucky:(
{{{{{JEN}}}}} How are you feeling today? Good luck tomorrow with your stress test. Please take it easy. We love you mucho, Punkin.
Rosella Bella, hope you got some rest. I am reading Glenn Meade's newest book, "The Second Messiah", and it takes place in Israel and Italy. So good: archaeologists, murder and new DS scroll that blows the Bible out of the water! Right up my alley. Not the murder part. Yikes. In between studying primate evolution I'm reading that. Enjoying keeping my NY resolution about reading, and I didn't even realize it! Whoo Hoo! Except I am not doing very well on the losing 30 pounds resolution. Give me another apple, please, and hold the tequila, but give me some cheese with my whine.
Hey, you just call out my name, and you know wherever I am, I'll come running... to see you again. Winter spring Summer or Fa--all, All you have to do is CA--ALL, and I'll BE THERE, ( yes I will) You've got a Friend. Later Gators, Hugs xo
I've been in the upstate doing a familiarization tour. I get home at 9pm and guess what mom wanted as soon as I started eating dinner. When she has to "go" she needs to go immediately. She has dementia so I dont think she does it intentionally.
Jen, good luck tomorrow with the stress test. Don't lose hope. Whatever the outcome of the test, it can be treated and managed,
Christina & Cricket, you ladies are the cheer leaders with your positive thoughts and advice, prayers and philosophy. Thank you.
Miz, Kimmie, Kuli, Barb, Ann, etc, where are you?
Bobbie, it was good to get your text today. I agree, you are the "boat angel". You were a life saving angels for all of us.
Sorry guys, I have to go. My friend is calling me with her family crisis. Have a good night dear ones.
Love ya,
Diane
How are you doing, meanwhile? Hugs to you. Night night.
the boat angel is lying up here next to me as I write to you guys. He is having one of the pounding headaches. I mixed up some fresh ginger and sesame oil and put it on his forehead but so far no relief. It's worked in the past but not today. If anyone has any headache ideas.... He has just started getting these with the last round of chemo.
I have been playing with the bigboatdiary dot blogspot dot com and am going to try and take my mind off of the developments here by writing there as well as here for a bit. Maybe some of you guys might give it a look and let me know what you think.
Nothing but a big pic of the boat as of yet but hopefully I will be motivated to write write write....
Meanwhile! how awful with the mountain lion. Omaha had to have put up a huge fight to still be standing. Bless his heart and yours too. Angels to all that suffer. Horses, Cats, Dogs, the Demented the Sick and US.
Cricket! that's hilarious with Old Dude luring you young chicks back to see him on the hopper. Shoulda baked Old Dude an ExLax cake......
Christina! that book sounds good... am going to look for it.
All the folks that Flex mentioned... ya! where are you? check in and let us know you're ok.
Off to make something that he might be able to drink or eat...
Love you guys way more than you'll ever know.
lovbob
AYE it's a start and we need to know you are there.... come on now :)
Test later today, no idea, but have done one before so I know what to expect anyhow. bus up and walking over. know where it is.
Thank you all for the support and kind words....
Maybe we try too hard, Cricket.
Jen, will be thinking of you all day.
Bobbie, I remember from way back that green bean broth is supposed to have a detox effect in cancer patients. Might have told you already? I will try to find the source. Maybe Lionus Pauling?
well, I'm depressed now. Don't try to cheer me up, Cricket. Have a good day, who ever is reading. I really mean it. I care about you people. christina
jen - sure hope u pass the stress test with flying colors . hubby has that all the time and fails those test . u shall pass em ..
meanwhile - oh my godness , poor horsey ! does the horses go in th ebarn at night time and stay cover till morning ? u need a mean big ass dog that watches out for the horsey . would u like my bandit ? bet he ll run under ur bed lol .
cricket , love you girl and love those signs u put out , spinkle dust of love , i sure felt that love . :-) ....
christina - dont be depressed , ill come and feed u margaritta !
flex - i know about wanting to go shit when food is on the plate and lookin yummie to chow and ohhhh i gotta go poop hurry hurry grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr . been there and done that manytimes ! escscaly when we go out to eat he pulls that on me all the time . gawd i do not miss that part ! that sucks ..
pa is on the roller coaster . sunday afternoon he perked up and was like all fine daddy , alert and all . monday he was alert too then startin sleeping . today he looks like he s on his way out . scares me cuz i never know what he s up to . dying or getting better ? i know he s dying slowly ,
my daughter is comin over this evening and i am going to my old hometown and lookinside the house i grew up in , havent step a foot in there over 32 yrs , my brother owns that house says its empty now , i tol dhim i would love to look inside , tld me to come on over . plus i ll get to see his home that he s livin in now . just moved in a house down the road from our old home . he s been renting that old house for 32 yrs . many people comes and goes . prob cuz its haunted and nobody stays there very long lol , yep it is haunted , an old woman lives there and refuses to go to the other side , she never bothered me . guess she likes me and i knew she was around cuz i can feel it and often told her hi . she didnt like my brother and always made his hair stand . lol . anyways i hope i do see her today :-) ....
gloomy day out , rained realy good this morning and think its comin back here in a bit . gonna get cooler too .
my bil and mil will be coming friday and stay a whole weekend . great .... wish me luck ,
i best get off here and zoom around catch up on my housework .
bobbie - love u !! xoxoxo
ill try to at least post every night . kimmy yep i sure miss her ! maybe i offened her about her wolf spiders ? annt too . mmm where is she ? deefer ? waaaaaaaaaaaaa .
selfishsbiblings - big hugs to u dear . we all gotta hang on to eachother . crews angels .
austin ure our maxine :-) .
ok gotta get off here , meow at ya all later gators woof woof xoxoox
Kuli! There you are :) Sorry your depressed and the news about your dog.. our dogs are like our kids. I'm glad you are able to see someone and get some help. We are here to help you to...... dang it where's my rope! I will lasso that black cloud from you!
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didn't find my rope but found my guns and I'm looking to have a shootout!
thanks for posting you two,
XOXO Cricket