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9:30 Pm sat...He almost couldn't get up off the toilet, screamfest ensues..."ITS THE GOD DAMN SHOES, IT'S NOT THE SHOES YOU HAVE MO STRENGTH IN YOUR LEGS DADDY, WHY ARE YOUR SHOES NOT FASTENED WELL I CAN'T FASTED EM STANDING UP, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FASTEN THEM STANDING UP YOU FASTEN THEM SITTING DOWN, WELL I CAN'T STAND UP FOR HALF AND HOUR!!!! WHY DO YOU NEED TO STAND UP SO LONG, WELL GOD DAMINT IT'S LIKE TALKING TO A BRICK WALL!!! WELL I"M SORRY DADDY BUT YOUR NOT DOING VERY WELL!!! GOD JUST MAKE HIM DIE NOW PLEASE?
I go clean the bathroom, after helping her remove him from the bathroom...
Bottom of screen "Is it wrong to hope someone dies?" Yes, it is evil and I am going to HELL for it...AND IT WILL BE LIKE GOING ON VACATION!!! What ever that is.... mmm next?....
What the heck is it with shoes?! My Mom too is progressing in the disease. She frequently has a hard time standing from a sitting position. She is first inclined to take off her shoes. And strange thing is it seems to help!
Sometimes when an elder sits on the toilet for an extended period of time they trap the nerves in their legs and they really can't get up. This is especially true if they are overweight. once the pressure is off they can move again but panic usually ensues as every thinks they suddenly have paralysed legs. Don't know what the problem with shoes is but maybe without them it is possible to get a better grip on the floor. make sure there are sturdy bars near the toilet and strong arms on chairs. If at all possible it is better for your loved one to get up alone rather than trying to pull them up. If you help, let them pull on you and brace your self.
No, he has been complaining about the shoes, the rug, the linoleum, the air, the water, the food, the bed, the lift chair,the toilet, the walls, the floor boards... the weather... for twenty five years now...he will not admit he is weak and old and in- capable of things he could do easily when he was 70...he has to blame something or someone else. he gets new Diabetic shoes covered by medicare every year same time... what ever, snow melted everywhere I shoveled so there one less worry...
Yup my mil did the same thing ' extra paddin - cold out , huby went got his bladder died out yesterday yup cancer came back -- oops not IED I meant to type checked out - tmr hwe will go see stroke Dr ' will see what she has to say about all the test in he had to go thru ' I am using a new tablet here and its very touchy so sorry if I'm say in that I'm a mess here , love u all xoxo
Happy New Year? Hmmm! Flu symptoms started New Years Day and I am still coughing, choking and hacking... haven't been this sick in years. To top it all off, I got my flu shot the Tuesday before after my annual physical! I just reapplied for my health insurance with the state online, and apparently made some kind of mistake so I had to gather paperwork to mail in. In the meantime they put me on "the Health Safety Net" which covers people until they are approved. Now I can't get my scripts locally! Nearest pharmacy I can use is a 40 minute drive! This is all after I just changed my insurance provider because my hospital no longer had a contract with the one I have been on. My doctor had to do a prior authorization for one of my meds. That took 4 weeks to finally come back, only to be after I was put on the safety net!!!! Now we are back to point "A" again and today I get a new card saying I am on the insurance I had changed to last month!!!! So, what plan am I really on? Where are my scripts going to be filled? So what do I do now?? While I was sick as a dog for the last 6 days, I have spent hours trying to get somewhere with all this crap and had to go to urgent care so that I could get a script for steroids as the flu caused an asthma flare-up that my meds could no longer control. It is already in the low single digits here and is to be near 20below with wind chills tomorrow. Of course I have to get Tut to the vet for 9am for a pre-op for another ear polyp!!! The last one cost me $1200. Poor Tut! About the only good news is I have help with Blanche now! Karina, who used to help me with Mom is a life saver once again! Don't know what I would have done while I have been sick. I finally did laundry and undecorated the tree tonight. Slow but sure I guess! Hoping the steroids will knock this crap out of my system soon. I hate being sick more than anything! Sounds like all of you are still plugging away at this life as well. Sorry to be such a downer. It's not my usual thing, but I guess things finally got to me!!! I hope you all are having a better time of it this new year and if not, here's hoping it gets WAYYYYYYYY better for all of us! I'll get back to you when I feel better and have some good news to report. In the meantime, I think of all of you and wish for peace and tranquility for us all! Love Deef! Linda!!!! So sorry for all you are going through! just doesn't seem fair after all you've done for others!
I got that same flu and Christmas day I thought I was going to die. The coughing is epic. I am only now starting to come to but being in the cold air starts the coughing again. It sure is good to see everyone post and it is interesting how many of us got that d*mn flu. Same here Deef… haven't been that sick in years. Linda!
HEY BOBBIE I GOT SICK THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS WITH THE WIFE AND STILL HAVE THE COUGH. THE WIFE GOT BETTER BUT NOT ME. Sorry about the caps. Our temp right now is about 5 above with a -10 for a wind chill. Hope you get rid of the cough. Mine will be here till next spring. luvCuz
With asthma i would be in the hospital if not for steroids. Problems with my insurance delayed my doctor's order so I had to go to urgent care and see if I could get a script right away. Unfortunately I didn' t realise how big a dosage he gave me until after I downed the first 2 pills as prescribed, due to my desparation. He told me to take 2/20mg pills a day for 5 days. My doctor usually gives me a "taper" pack that starts out with 24 mg's the first day, then tapers off with less taken each day. So i had my second case of "steroid rage" tonight. Not pretty! Needless to say I will cut them down and take way less so I don' t kill everyone that gets in my face! Glad to see I' m in the best of company even in this! Hey Bobbie!!! Cuz!!! What a mess! So mch tougher to deal with at our age. Now if we could jhst give our coughs away.......
Deef call your usual pharmacy and ask them to see if they can put your script through to the previous insurance. If you have been sent a new card it may mean the old insurance has not actually been cancelled and and you will be stuck with it till the next open enrolment. Ours is a Blue Cross Medicare PPO and it is automatically renewed unless we cancel. Everyone get rid of the flue!
Snowin hard here tonight. Got over 5" with a wind of 25mph+. Everything around here will be closed for Friday. Temp is around 11 degrees right now. It was 5 above this morning. Still have the cough yet but will see what I feel like tomorrow after running the blower for a couple of hours. Linda sorry to hear about the hubby. Prayers going your way. Hugs to all. luvCuz
It does amaze me, how creative Mom can be, chewed gum stuck everywhere, she uses shampoo for bubble bath, kids bubbles for bubble bath, put Doritos in the dog bowl for his food, hides her dirty underwear in weird places. She has now started pulling her teeth out!!! One bridge gone ( this was 4 teeth) and one other tooth so far,,, don't know whats next
The flu going around sounds like the one I had last year. Hope I don't get it again. One of the goats had twins, of course the weather was cold, wet and windy. Tucked her in a stall with a dog house, so the kids could crawl in there to stay warm. But, they wouldn't come out to nurse. Had to bottle feed them yesterday a couple of times. Doing better today. Mom wanted to go out to eat couple of days ago. Glad it was very noisy in there, because she has to make rude comments about all the other patrons. It's embarrassing.
A fart is a pleasant thing... It gives the belly ease... It warms the bed in winter... And suffocates the fleas. A fart can be quiet... A fart can be loud... Some leave a powerful... Poisonous cloud A fart can be short... Or a fart can be long... Some farts have been known... To sound like a song..... A fart can create... A most curious medley... A fart can be harmless.. Or silent...and deadly. A fart might not smell... While others are vile... A fart may pass quickly... Or linger a while... A fart can occur... In a number of places... And leave everyone there... With strange looks on their faces. From wide-open prairie... To small elevators... A fart will find all of... Us sooner or later. But farts are all bad... Is simply not true... We must never forget... Sweet old farts like you!
Still here, g not dead yet. Has another UTI, argues with mom; that he doesn't need to change his underwear (Depends) four times a day! Yes, your right, you need to change them SIX times a day! He started getting a skin rash...He put toilet paper on it...Yeah, that'll fix it...Good thing he doesn't have duct tape in his room...
The husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, "You Can Be The Man Of Your House."
He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced, "From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and my word is Law. You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, you will serve me a sumptuous dessert.
After dinner, you are going to go upstairs with me and we will have the kind of sex that I want. Afterwards, you are going to draw me a bath so I can relax. You will wash my back and towel me dry and bring me my robe. Then, you will massage my feet and hands. Then tomorrow, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?"
The wife replied, "The funeral director would be my first guess."
Good one Cuz. Indio swears he wandered out to the living room this morning, let out a Fart, and his dog Shasta covered her nose with her paws. The weather has warmed up here last couple of days. Someone told me Texas has 2 seasons, winter and summer, usually in the same week. Took advantage of the 60 degrees today and cleaned the mud off my horse and went for a ride. Wish everyone had a chance to get some fresh air and fun.
My father is using a hairbrush to clean the litter box. Lucky for me, it's an old hairbrush. I've shown him the litter scoop and suggested he let me do it, but he keeps forgetting what I told him. I have to agree about the eating. I hate to embarrass him, but he always has it all over him, no matter what we have.
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I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
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GOD JUST MAKE HIM DIE NOW PLEASE?
I go clean the bathroom, after helping her remove him from the bathroom...
Bottom of screen "Is it wrong to hope someone dies?" Yes, it is evil and I am going to HELL for it...AND IT WILL BE LIKE GOING ON VACATION!!!
What ever that is....
mmm next?....
Don't know what the problem with shoes is but maybe without them it is possible to get a better grip on the floor. make sure there are sturdy bars near the toilet and strong arms on chairs. If at all possible it is better for your loved one to get up alone rather than trying to pull them up. If you help, let them pull on you and brace your self.
what ever, snow melted everywhere I shoveled so there one less worry...
Like the toytie jar in the Bill Bryson book...
Brother emailed asking for why Mom never got back to him about taking the five generations photo...Oh I don't know, cause she is god d*mn tired!
luvCuz
This is all after I just changed my insurance provider because my hospital no longer had a contract with the one I have been on. My doctor had to do a prior authorization for one of my meds. That took 4 weeks to finally come back, only to be after I was put on the safety net!!!! Now we are back to point "A" again and today I get a new card saying I am on the insurance I had changed to last month!!!! So, what plan am I really on? Where are my scripts going to be filled? So what do I do now??
While I was sick as a dog for the last 6 days, I have spent hours trying to get somewhere with all this crap and had to go to urgent care so that I could get a script for steroids as the flu caused an asthma flare-up that my meds could no longer control.
It is already in the low single digits here and is to be near 20below with wind chills tomorrow. Of course I have to get Tut to the vet for 9am for a pre-op for another ear polyp!!! The last one cost me $1200. Poor Tut!
About the only good news is I have help with Blanche now! Karina, who used to help me with Mom is a life saver once again! Don't know what I would have done while I have been sick.
I finally did laundry and undecorated the tree tonight. Slow but sure I guess! Hoping the steroids will knock this crap out of my system soon. I hate being sick more than anything!
Sounds like all of you are still plugging away at this life as well. Sorry to be such a downer. It's not my usual thing, but I guess things finally got to me!!!
I hope you all are having a better time of it this new year and if not, here's hoping it gets WAYYYYYYYY better for all of us!
I'll get back to you when I feel better and have some good news to report. In the meantime, I think of all of you and wish for peace and tranquility for us all!
Love Deef!
Linda!!!! So sorry for all you are going through! just doesn't seem fair after all you've done for others!
It sure is good to see everyone post and it is interesting how many of us got that d*mn flu.
Same here Deef… haven't been that sick in years.
Linda!
Think of you guys all the time.
lovbob
luvCuz
So i had my second case of "steroid rage" tonight. Not pretty! Needless to say I will cut them down and take way less so I don' t kill everyone that gets in my face!
Glad to see I' m in the best of company even in this!
Hey Bobbie!!! Cuz!!! What a mess! So mch tougher to deal with at our age. Now if we could jhst give our coughs away.......
Everyone get rid of the flue!
luvCuz
One of the goats had twins, of course the weather was cold, wet and windy. Tucked her in a stall with a dog house, so the kids could crawl in there to stay warm. But, they wouldn't come out to nurse. Had to bottle feed them yesterday a couple of times. Doing better today.
Mom wanted to go out to eat couple of days ago. Glad it was very noisy in there, because she has to make rude comments about all the other patrons. It's embarrassing.
A fart is a pleasant thing...
It gives the belly ease...
It warms the bed in winter...
And suffocates the fleas.
A fart can be quiet...
A fart can be loud...
Some leave a powerful...
Poisonous cloud
A fart can be short...
Or a fart can be long...
Some farts have been known...
To sound like a song.....
A fart can create...
A most curious medley...
A fart can be harmless..
Or silent...and deadly.
A fart might not smell...
While others are vile...
A fart may pass quickly...
Or linger a while...
A fart can occur...
In a number of places...
And leave everyone there...
With strange looks on their faces.
From wide-open prairie...
To small elevators...
A fart will find all of...
Us sooner or later. But farts are all bad...
Is simply not true...
We must never forget...
Sweet old farts like you!
Kinda brings a tear to your eye...right?
The husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, "You Can Be The Man Of Your House."
He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced, "From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and my word is Law. You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, you will serve me a sumptuous dessert.
After dinner, you are going to go upstairs with me and we will have the kind of sex that I want. Afterwards, you are going to draw me a bath so I can relax. You will wash my back and towel me dry and bring me my robe. Then, you will massage my feet and hands. Then tomorrow, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?"
The wife replied, "The funeral director would be my first guess."
Indio swears he wandered out to the living room this morning, let out a Fart, and his dog Shasta covered her nose with her paws.
The weather has warmed up here last couple of days. Someone told me Texas has 2 seasons, winter and summer, usually in the same week.
Took advantage of the 60 degrees today and cleaned the mud off my horse and went for a ride.
Wish everyone had a chance to get some fresh air and fun.