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I too had to log in a few days ago. some sites have a timeout where after so many months you log in again or they were doing whatever it is they need to do to keep this big thing running. I'm still impressed by the site and how much comfort it has given so many people. sorry that you're p'd at it Pirate. Miss you sgt at arms!
my mom and dad were married for 48 years when he died. I couldn't appreciate at the time how devastating it was for my mom. When I think of trying to be there for her and how she was to me I think I would be dead by now from the stress. I thought I was going to be dead before her or right after her. Grateful I'm still here and thanks be to you ladies and Crowe for a big part of that! Didn't know you yet Ted. Ol' Crowe would give me a shout out on the wall here and again.
I moved the boat.
The dockmaster would constantly break my balls about moving because we were on a 100ft dock with a 58' boat and the owner and I discussed it and I understood that if a big boat came in and the other docks were full, I would move to another slip. I said I get it but I don't want to hear about it every time I see you. the dockmaster, who is an employee, was there when the owner and I resolved the issue. Well, first thing the other morning. I'm going up the dock to hit the head and the dockmaster sees me and says: Looks like you'll have to LEAVE. I just got a call from a big boat on the way in. Me, knowing that 4 100' T Heads were EMPTY said: Shut the F**k up I don't want to hear it. He persisted, all pleased with himself and I just went to the bathroom and then walked down the dock to the boat where the boat angel and his helper were working and hollered: I want this boat ready to move! the helm was all torn apart and I said i want the throttle/tranny and a depth sounder now and boat angel had it hooked up in 5 minutes. Love the military. I bet I had to hear 'you'll have to move the boat', 'we were talking about you moving your boat'. 'we have big boats coming in' at least 30 times over the 11 weeks I was there. BTW, these big boats never materialized, our boat never caused them to lose a dollar. Of course they profited from it.
I threw all the storm lines on deck and left the 3 lines on the boat and then the 3 of us had the temerity to go to lunch. I called a 30 year Navy/Merchant Marine guy and his wife and said: wanna go for a boat ride? Happy time! So we outta there.
Remember when i mentioned that by BP was way up when i was in the last 3-4 months of caring for mom? I had hit 160/ 120 and that is not good.
The day before the dockmaster incident i got to 111/74 which is more like it. I told the guy that I was here to heal and not be screwed with. I told him 3 times. Idiot.
We are now in a different way off the beaten path spot. Nice.
have a good day my Crew. If your crews get out of hand, act like a Captain.
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Hi everyone my cat shows me the way to the kitchen every morning and looks back to make sure I am still there. Castoff good for you setting boundaries I did that to the husband-I finally learned to help myself PQ Carol and the other experts do not seem to get involved like they use to there are so many unanswered questions so many people are lost as what to do I try to answer the ones I have experience with. they made me start logging in again the other day I had forgotten my password I have been here since 08. We are having sunny but cooler weather now-the trees are pretty.
They had been married for many, many years. He had been her primary caregiver. I agree, Rosella, great man, great courage, great love. My dad has been without my mom for 22 years. While he seems to have adjusted, I know it's lonesome for him. Many times he calls me by my mom's name. He used to say that one of the hardest things after she died was coming home to an empty house. I know how it was after my divorce but I think that would be more difficult when your spouse dies later in life and you still love that person. Of course, I'm not at all saying divorce is easy either. But my mom and dad would have celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary 19 days after she died. 40 years of marriage - it's hard for me to imagine spending that many years living with one person.
B/f told me of a patient of a partner in his practice who was told he had terminal cancer. Next thing b/f hears is that the patient and his wife are found dead of an apparent murder/suicide. The patient was caring for his wife with alzheimers and when he found out he was terminal, shot her and then himself. As he says, the story is sweet in a way in that he didn't want his wife to be alone or be cared for by strangers. But sad that it was the only option he could think of.
Sad to say, it's pretty much the story of my life. Nothing comes easy..... Dad is now in what they call a "heart failure clinic". Supposed to keep him out of the hospital by having closer control of his medications and all. I'm hoping it works. He so hates to be in the hospital. Last time, they put a bed alarm on him at my suggestion and he was so mad at me. He still can't stand the "Mary had a little lamb" tune that thing played everytime he tried to get out of bed without help - lol. Poor guy. I pray every night that when it's his time, he goes in his sleep in his own bed. Keep him in your prayers as well. Good night and good dreams to all!
I really shouldn't find that funny since the first suicide victim I found was a mechanic who did the exhaust thing in his commercial garage. Finding him gone & my feeling helpess, no medics needed, is nothing to laugh about. Having his family arrive & shilelding them from his body was unbelievable ...
Lighter note ~ How about one of the major cruise liners having a ship dedicated to us care givers? When we feel it's our time to go ... hop aboard. Have the crew care for us ... if that doesn't work, the ocean is a railing away. I hate morbid ... but it's something we will all face some way or another. Animals run off to hiding to die. That's their privalage ... Do people have the option?
I have a friend whose father has truly given up. Wants to die! Lost everything when his wife / her mother died. Hates Vanny for maintaining his life! He's in a nice AL home ... making everyone there miserable. Nasty to her, horrible to the staff trying to help him ...
Vanny said if he had the option to hop into the ocean & end it all ... he would die happy in a heartbeat.
It hurts her every day & he doesn't even care about her trying to simply make him comfortable. She is the one suffering ...
B/f tells me when I get to the alz stage, he will tell me we're going on a long car ride, sit me in the car with him in the garage and start the car......Problem is, he bought a hybrid - the engine shuts off. I told him - Great plan!
thanks Rip for the offer to care for me when I will be an Alz, too! Imagine if I am healthy in my body and not healthy in my head, and you, the contrary. We can jump on your car. You will give me directions because I will not remember the route; on the other hand, if you can't move well, I can drive!!!! This is called synergy. Nice perspective!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't mind my very black humour!
I know where they sell them. Let her have it. I was washing my Mom's legs and feet while she was standing in the shower and she pooped on my head. After getting over the shock, we both were laughing so hard, I peed my pants. She ate all the jelly out of those little pkgs. at breakfast in a restaurant one morning while I was sitting there talking to the waitress. And she did it with her fingers. I could go on and on with these stories. Laugh and cry with me as the story unfolds.
Hey Rossella! Don't leave yet!!! I've been wondering about you ... You're translations . . do you translate to sub-titles? I've always wondered how that works with TV shows. Criminal Minds, eh? I'll have to watch it. I've know a few ... mostly lawyers. I feel bad that Sir hasn't friends living. He had many, all gone like his darling wife, my mother.
I feel bad that I can't offer him more of a social & interactive life since he is funny & alert. Still has much to offer ... stories of the olden days that'd crack everyone up! Now it's mainly doctors & nurses who honestly laugh at his brief historical stories.
I wish he could use the computer & contact people of his generation, but his vision doesn't allow it. I'd be willing to type for him ... but the activity on the monitor is too rapid for him to follow visually. Plus, I don't know of such a site. Different from the Alz stuff ... bright mind ~ failing body.
Disappear over here ... If I'm still going in a few years ... I'll tend to you if you're in Alz land. One trip to the river & you'd be hooked. The nearby hikes & mountains ... wouldn't need a memory ... I have a great link to share about a family that lives at the top os Seattle's Smith Tower ~
Pirate, what a nice new logo you have! Is that the dress you wear when you take your mother to the bathroom? It looks like my dress when I go out to dispose of the garbage!!!! Ah, I remember the good ol'times when I dressed up nicely (not like that, but I mean all pretty with a décolleté and high heels) and went to the disco! Seems like centuries ago. I have 3 sweaters one on top of the other right now, Ted, I am surrounded with relatives with Alzheimer, both from my father's and my mother' side. I am afraid my destiny is written. What shall I do when I realize that it hit me, as I have no children who will make for me what I do for my mother? I don't know. I want to disappear too. Maybe I shall get on a cargo directed to Polinesia. Please fix your old chick (the computer I mean) and stay with us. Miz, Rip. Are you sorry because your relatives had a very nice life, with friends, a good work, and now they have to stay with you that are not as entertaining? Sometimes I feel the same toward my mother and they I say: "What the hell they should thank God and kiss the ground on their knees because they have us". No sense of guilt when it is unnecessary, please! Are you kidding me? (this is an expression I learned translating "Criminal Minds") Castoff, my youngest cat comes with me every night to the bathroom when I get my mother ready for bed. She checks what I do, to be sure I treat my mother well. And for the other story you told... If you are sure your mother has no dementia, hers is a behaviour that means "I am looking for extreme attention, whatever I have to do, I shall do, even if I will lose a pleasant evening with my daughter". I have a very, very similar mother, at least she was like this before she got Alzheimer. Attention at all costs, even if it becomes self-destructive. She is no more like this now (her illness prevents her from doing it), but sometimes I see my old mother when (twice a year) my friends come to see me here. She stays in the corner, she refuses to lunch with us, she has a pout because she is not the center of the attention for half an hour. What shall we do in these cases? I let her boil in her own broth. (stew in her juice) Enough for today! Time to earn my living with another good night of work.................
When I came to the website it wanted me to log on again...and when I tried with my first one that I originated it plays braindead that it doesnt work...so a year ago had to create another email ...and now today...another .....they suck...they are cheezy that can't even say anything they just do it. I am going to find us a chat room we can all meet in and then they can have their bloody website all to themselves and we don't have to be regulated ridicously by them. Silly that you cannot embed links...they are just behind the times.
These people at Aging are really nasty...this is the second time I had to create an entire email account so I can get back in...new they would not like the nazi statement...but they are...so deal with it Aging care....
Hey ya'll. rip. hmm let me see. If he was over medicated that would be more work truly, those times when he almost fell over. That was over medication. The bruises were an almost fall when he leaned to grab something and he tore his skin on the edge of a rolly table and I think hit his rib cage on the bar for pulling himself up out of bed. Dr said Tylenol and time so it is what it is,,,but we are to the pint of wondering how much longer...Gotta get that ramp in soon....PSA is to be checked in three months, growth rate slow...as is to be expected they said...
opened doors and windows here, will kill anyone or thing that messes with me today.....
I hope you are doing ok there...How is your dad doing?
Hello Cgivers, Miz, Hope Sandy is better soon. Hope that teaches him not to run wild in the streets anymore and worry his mom & dad. They just don't listen.... Rosella, So your little ones "help" you too? Shutup helps me do almost everything....I can't even go to the toilet without his "helping" (sits and observes). He must think I'm really inept. lol. I so appreciate his assistance with the dishes and laundry. NOT! Good thing he doesn't go outside & has a glass storm door inbetween himself & other kitties. It would be real ugly! Kuli, Hope you feel better real soon. Too many little germs to keep up with. Hot lemonade burns it out of me. I spoon the frozen stuff into a beer stien (of course) & add hot water like for tea. Hot vitamin C is good stuff! Hope all show you more compassion and not take advantage of your temporary weakness. You know what I'm trying to say. Rip, Sir & the pets are sooooo blessed to have you & you are obviously blessed to have them. I'm happy for you that your dad is such a good man & you care for each other. As you know, you have a one-in-a-million relationship with Sir as your father. Bobbie, Where's our Captain???? How's kitty??? You two staying out of trouble?....at least not getting caught? Tenn, I'd be wrapping my house in hunter's orange colored tape. Sounds like they take their bambie blasting seriously down there.
My mom's good behavior had a slight relapse yesterday. It's been so good I thought I'd take the chance & treat her to dinner at her fav. restaurant. WRONG! I forgot that mom & I have a no-two-days-in-a-row rule to adhere to. I arrived at her apt., cleaned up a bit, got her jacket & we headed off. Not a very warm welcome but that's OK. As I was disposing of her trash she got on the elevator & informed me that she was on her way. OK, so she won't hold the elevator for 2 seconds for me....I can deal with that. When I got downstairs I asked if she was ready..yes..OK & we headed out. I told her to wait at the door & I would get the car...As I was backing out of the park space mom jumped out from behind the van next to me & I almost hit her. OK, now I'm pi$$ed! "Maybe you'll listen to me next time, I almost ran over you!". She asked if I still wanted to go "Sure, get in, do you not want to go?", "I thought maybe you didn't want to go". My reply: "We can go or not, your choice, OK NOT!". She got out of the car & I left. I will no longer have my chain yanked by her when she is like that. Her loss. Whether it's her sugar (if it's high I certainly don't want to feed her!) or just some bug she has up her butt. She later called to tell hub & I what was on TV as if nothing had happened. I have learned this is her form of an apology. Mind you they have told me repeatedly that there is NO dementia. That is how I've set boundaries. If any of us can learn from it great. I decided at the time I was NOT going to waste time & money trying to make "cranky pants" happy and in turn prolonging my agony. It's been working, that's all I know.
Rip, you say "stuck with me?" like that's a bad thing. You are so important to him and loving to him. He's so lucky to have you. He could be elsewhere with people that don't really care, but he's not. I understand about the lack of socializing for our elders. My mom used to have gatherings, dinners, all kinds of socializing. I know she misses that but that's just part of life I'm afraid. So many of her friends are gone. It's sad but I know that at least she has me and hubby. People she knows and cares about.
Have a wonderful day, everyone.
love, miz
p.s. Sandy has a cold. A slight temp. He got a shot and we gotta give him meds for a couple days. He's been sneezing. It's funny how a cat's sneeze sounds so much like a human's.
Remember the Hemlock Society? Mom used to get mail from them but I think she lost ability to make those decisions before she made that decision. I'm with Crowe, I'll fiquire I'll just disappear when the time is right, leave a little mystery behind.
Anyway guys, my computer at home is down (???) I'm at the public Library now but I'll probably be off-line most of the time, I'll miss you and I'm sure I'll be running over here as much as possible til I can get the ol' broad (computer, not mom) up and running again. Be good to yourselves and each other.
Now Sandy has a cold or something. He's at the vets right now with hubby. Man oh man, can anyone stay well around here? Hubby and I got flu shots yesterday, free at my work. Mom is getting hers today. Dang, my arm hurts. I HATE shots and I tensed up real bad. Good thing I had her do my right arm cause I'm left handed. Hubby and I get to get out on Sunday afternoon. Yay!! I'll write more later.
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I too had to log in a few days ago. some sites have a timeout where after so many months you log in again or they were doing whatever it is they need to do to keep this big thing running. I'm still impressed by the site and how much comfort it has given so many people.
sorry that you're p'd at it Pirate. Miss you sgt at arms!
my mom and dad were married for 48 years when he died. I couldn't appreciate at the time how devastating it was for my mom. When I think of trying to be there for her and how she was to me I think I would be dead by now from the stress. I thought I was going to be dead before her or right after her.
Grateful I'm still here and thanks be to you ladies and Crowe for a big part of that! Didn't know you yet Ted.
Ol' Crowe would give me a shout out on the wall here and again.
I moved the boat.
The dockmaster would constantly break my balls about moving because we were on a 100ft dock with a 58' boat and the owner and I discussed it and I understood that if a big boat came in and the other docks were full, I would move to another slip. I said I get it but I don't want to hear about it every time I see you. the dockmaster, who is an employee, was there when the owner and I resolved the issue.
Well, first thing the other morning. I'm going up the dock to hit the head and the dockmaster sees me and says: Looks like you'll have to LEAVE. I just got a call from a big boat on the way in.
Me, knowing that 4 100' T Heads were EMPTY said:
Shut the F**k up I don't want to hear it.
He persisted, all pleased with himself and I just went to the bathroom and then walked down the dock to the boat where the boat angel and his helper were working and hollered:
I want this boat ready to move!
the helm was all torn apart and I said i want the throttle/tranny and a depth sounder now and boat angel had it hooked up in 5 minutes. Love the military.
I bet I had to hear 'you'll have to move the boat', 'we were talking about you moving your boat'. 'we have big boats coming in' at least 30 times over the 11 weeks I was there. BTW, these big boats never materialized, our boat never caused them to lose a dollar. Of course they profited from it.
I threw all the storm lines on deck and left the 3 lines on the boat and then the 3 of us had the temerity to go to lunch.
I called a 30 year Navy/Merchant Marine guy and his wife and said: wanna go for a boat ride? Happy time!
So we outta there.
Remember when i mentioned that by BP was way up when i was in the last 3-4 months of caring for mom?
I had hit 160/ 120 and that is not good.
The day before the dockmaster incident i got to 111/74 which is more like it. I told the guy that I was here to heal and not be screwed with. I told him 3 times. Idiot.
We are now in a different way off the beaten path spot. Nice.
have a good day my Crew.
If your crews get out of hand, act like a Captain.
(At this time please interject the image of Captain Morgan [rum] and stand there with your leg up in the air)
lovbob
Great man, great courage (according to me, at least)-
Great love. for his wife.
Finding him gone & my feeling helpess, no medics needed, is nothing to laugh about.
Having his family arrive & shilelding them from his body was unbelievable ...
Lighter note ~
How about one of the major cruise liners having a ship dedicated to us care givers? When we feel it's our time to go ... hop aboard.
Have the crew care for us ... if that doesn't work, the ocean is a railing away.
I hate morbid ... but it's something we will all face some way or another.
Animals run off to hiding to die. That's their privalage ...
Do people have the option?
I have a friend whose father has truly given up. Wants to die!
Lost everything when his wife / her mother died.
Hates Vanny for maintaining his life!
He's in a nice AL home ... making everyone there miserable. Nasty to her, horrible to the staff trying to help him ...
Vanny said if he had the option to hop into the ocean & end it all ... he would die happy in a heartbeat.
It hurts her every day & he doesn't even care about her trying to simply make him comfortable. She is the one suffering ...
Stupid Hybrids ....
Go Green & it kicks yo in the ass at the end.
Imagine if I am healthy in my body and not healthy in my head, and you, the contrary.
We can jump on your car. You will give me directions because I will not remember the route; on the other hand, if you can't move well, I can drive!!!! This is called synergy.
Nice perspective!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't mind my very black humour!
Going to trap your webpage before it's deleted ~
More please?
Don't leave yet!!!
I've been wondering about you ...
You're translations . . do you translate to sub-titles? I've always wondered how that works with TV shows.
Criminal Minds, eh? I'll have to watch it. I've know a few ... mostly lawyers.
I feel bad that Sir hasn't friends living. He had many, all gone like his darling wife, my mother.
I feel bad that I can't offer him more of a social & interactive life since he is funny & alert. Still has much to offer ... stories of the olden days that'd crack everyone up!
Now it's mainly doctors & nurses who honestly laugh at his brief historical stories.
I wish he could use the computer & contact people of his generation, but his vision doesn't allow it. I'd be willing to type for him ... but the activity on the monitor is too rapid for him to follow visually.
Plus, I don't know of such a site.
Different from the Alz stuff ...
bright mind ~ failing body.
Disappear over here ... If I'm still going in a few years ... I'll tend to you if you're in Alz land. One trip to the river & you'd be hooked. The nearby hikes & mountains ... wouldn't need a memory ...
I have a great link to share about a family that lives at the top os Seattle's Smith Tower ~
Ted, I am surrounded with relatives with Alzheimer, both from my father's and my mother' side. I am afraid my destiny is written. What shall I do when I realize that it hit me, as I have no children who will make for me what I do for my mother? I don't know. I want to disappear too. Maybe I shall get on a cargo directed to Polinesia. Please fix your old chick (the computer I mean) and stay with us.
Miz, Rip. Are you sorry because your relatives had a very nice life, with friends, a good work, and now they have to stay with you that are not as entertaining? Sometimes I feel the same toward my mother and they I say: "What the hell they should thank God and kiss the ground on their knees because they have us". No sense of guilt when it is unnecessary, please! Are you kidding me? (this is an expression I learned translating "Criminal Minds")
Castoff, my youngest cat comes with me every night to the bathroom when I get my mother ready for bed. She checks what I do, to be sure I treat my mother well. And for the other story you told... If you are sure your mother has no dementia, hers is a behaviour that means "I am looking for extreme attention, whatever I have to do, I shall do, even if I will lose a pleasant evening with my daughter". I have a very, very similar mother, at least she was like this before she got Alzheimer. Attention at all costs, even if it becomes self-destructive. She is no more like this now (her illness prevents her from doing it), but sometimes I see my old mother when (twice a year) my friends come to see me here. She stays in the corner, she refuses to lunch with us, she has a pout because she is not the center of the attention for half an hour.
What shall we do in these cases? I let her boil in her own broth. (stew in her juice)
Enough for today! Time to earn my living with another good night of work.................
How are things other wise with you?
opened doors and windows here, will kill anyone or thing that messes with me today.....
I hope you are doing ok there...How is your dad doing?
Miz, Hope Sandy is better soon. Hope that teaches him not to run wild in the streets anymore and worry his mom & dad. They just don't listen....
Rosella, So your little ones "help" you too? Shutup helps me do almost everything....I can't even go to the toilet without his "helping" (sits and observes). He must think I'm really inept. lol. I so appreciate his assistance with the dishes and laundry. NOT! Good thing he doesn't go outside & has a glass storm door inbetween himself & other kitties. It would be real ugly!
Kuli, Hope you feel better real soon. Too many little germs to keep up with. Hot lemonade burns it out of me. I spoon the frozen stuff into a beer stien (of course) & add hot water like for tea. Hot vitamin C is good stuff! Hope all show you more compassion and not take advantage of your temporary weakness. You know what I'm trying to say.
Rip, Sir & the pets are sooooo blessed to have you & you are obviously blessed to have them. I'm happy for you that your dad is such a good man & you care for each other. As you know, you have a one-in-a-million relationship with Sir as your father.
Bobbie, Where's our Captain???? How's kitty??? You two staying out of trouble?....at least not getting caught?
Tenn, I'd be wrapping my house in hunter's orange colored tape. Sounds like they take their bambie blasting seriously down there.
My mom's good behavior had a slight relapse yesterday. It's been so good I thought I'd take the chance & treat her to dinner at her fav. restaurant. WRONG! I forgot that mom & I have a no-two-days-in-a-row rule to adhere to. I arrived at her apt., cleaned up a bit, got her jacket & we headed off. Not a very warm welcome but that's OK. As I was disposing of her trash she got on the elevator & informed me that she was on her way. OK, so she won't hold the elevator for 2 seconds for me....I can deal with that. When I got downstairs I asked if she was ready..yes..OK & we headed out. I told her to wait at the door & I would get the car...As I was backing out of the park space mom jumped out from behind the van next to me & I almost hit her. OK, now I'm pi$$ed! "Maybe you'll listen to me next time, I almost ran over you!". She asked if I still wanted to go "Sure, get in, do you not want to go?", "I thought maybe you didn't want to go". My reply: "We can go or not, your choice, OK NOT!". She got out of the car & I left. I will no longer have my chain yanked by her when she is like that. Her loss. Whether it's her sugar (if it's high I certainly don't want to feed her!) or just some bug she has up her butt.
She later called to tell hub & I what was on TV as if nothing had happened. I have learned this is her form of an apology. Mind you they have told me repeatedly that there is NO dementia.
That is how I've set boundaries. If any of us can learn from it great. I decided at the time I was NOT going to waste time & money trying to make "cranky pants" happy and in turn prolonging my agony. It's been working, that's all I know.
Blessings & boundaries to all.
Have a wonderful day, everyone.
love,
miz
p.s. Sandy has a cold. A slight temp. He got a shot and we gotta give him meds for a couple days. He's been sneezing. It's funny how a cat's sneeze sounds so much like a human's.
Anyway guys, my computer at home is down (???) I'm at the public Library now but I'll probably be off-line most of the time, I'll miss you and I'm sure I'll be running over here as much as possible til I can get the ol' broad (computer, not mom) up and running again. Be good to yourselves and each other.
love,
miz