I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
Stacey, thanks for the compliment.☺️ and please don't worry about me. I have a pretty good God on my side. I trust that he will once again save us from this one. It looks like it has shifted its track a little to the east so we will get wind but very little rain and the wind will only be about 30 a40 mph. We have to keep watching though because it could change tomorrow. Our house is built to pretty high standards and we have made it through worse storms than this one.
I used to be really outdoorsy, tomboy and in shape. I used to ride a bike and walk 4 miles every day. Then I picked up a suitcase that weighed50 lbs 3 times in the same day traveling to Kansas. I knew that day that I was in trouble. I went for two massages, wore therma care wraps all day every day, took 8Advil every day. When I got home, I went to the chiropractor but it didn't get better. It took another 4 months before I found out what was really wrong and now I am overweight and weak, scared to ride a bike, unable to walk a 1/2 mile without pain, and I can't lift a gallon of milk much less weights. Yes, my life is significantly different but I can't blame it on caregiving. Or maybe I can.
My first serious back injury came from teaching kids with significant physical and cognitive impairments. My students were middle and high school students and lifting and positioning them in physical therapy equipment, it did a number on my back.ancient history. !
Lucky, sigh, I wish I had the power to somehow make it better... waking up after a few hours to change/reposition, give a drink.... got it, understand it. Even though mom passed 3 months ago... I still wake up, trying to do the same or else I just lay here listening to see if I can hear her....
Hope, are they femurs? A year before I moved here my son was in an accident in which he broke both femurs, shattered left knee, decapitated left thumb ( leeches are awesome) fractured both forearms.....
Gads! No wonder I left....
I have to keep reminding myself that God doesn't give us more than we can handle.
Luckylu, tell us about your strategy for handling these meals. I am interested. I learned long ago that I don't have to eat everything I make for my husband (like potatoes).
WomenofGod, have you talked to a doctor about meds? For us, the answer was the right meds. As I have written before, my mom had to go to a Senior Behavioral Clinic to have her meds fine tuned. She is just great now. Not much memory but in a good mood all the time. Happy to see me and to play cards. I'll take it! Big improvement.
One day at a time is true. Thats all any of us can do. Take care of you too College.
Mom got in on a special study here in Fl with a renowned doctor on prevention and she had awesome results. She tried to get me in on it, but no such luck. So I do eat good foods with lots of calcium, drink milk at least once a day and take Vitamin D with my evening meal. It is supposed to help with pain as well.
Jeanette, my heart goes out to you. It must be very difficult waking up like that only to realize that she is no longer with you. I am so sorry for your pain.
Hey guys we all missed National Dog day! I propose we change our avatars to pics of our puppies if you have one. What do you think?
I have another chapter for the book! What's for dinner? 101 ways to serve ensure!
Salsbury,All my Mother Will eat is mashed potatoes and gravy,chicken noodle soup,jello,and her 1 Ensure a day,My husband is a very picky eater and its always been hard to pleases him.He hates tomatoes and most vegetables and loves bologna and salami ...Blah!Me?I have a bowl of cream of wheat every single morning and have for many years.I dont eat lunch and we eat a late dinner.Thank you also for caring and asking.
Today,Compassionate Touch is coming to rub Mothers back at 2:00 and the social worker is coming at 3:00.I hope to get a shower in between.
I hope all you other caregivers out there are doing ok.Thanks....
Another quiet morning. At least Mama smiled and i did my woody woodpecker laugh for her which made her giggle. .i live for those moments. Got to post my presents to my friend. .will enjoy the drive, though short it shall be.
The female Misty, came from a family that was having medical issues and financial hardships and couldn't keep up with the medical needs so they asked if I wanted Misty. I immediately said yes! She was not on any heartworm prevention which is almost a death sentence in Florida. So the day after I got her, I took her to the vet and started her on that and flea prevention. She was missing hair on her back and tail. This could easily be from flea allergy. She is much better now, but within a month we found out she had seizures, so we also got her on phenobarbital. We all love her so much. She has such a sweet gentle way about her. Hutch loved her as soon as they met. He kept kissing her the first day. This picture is the first night we had her. They were sleeping together on my bed and he just kept kissing her. It was so sweet.
WHINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Sheradale, your Pup's look so sweet and cozy! Golden Retrievers are gorgeous pets, so beautiful and smart! I love all animals, but I appreciate them even more now that I have formed such a huge bond with my own, as I don't think that you can fully understand just how much you can love a pet, until you do! My kid's get perturbed with Charlie sometimes, or jealous really. Once I told my daughter that nothing ever loved me more than Charlie, and she got super pissed off at me thinking that was such a terrible thing to say but it's true! It took a lot of smoothing over to get past that Opps!
I posted a video today of Danny Trejo, and have recently learned a lot about his background, and in it he is telling about the bad turn he took early on and how he got his life straitened out and has spent the majority of his adult life (46 years) helping kids stay off drugs and/or get off drugs. I admire someone like that.... WELL...one of my jackass FB friends, wanted to get into a sniping match and his main comment was that he didn't understand folks admiring these kind of people but took issue with kids who all get participation trophies....How weird...I don't even know where that came from re the trophies...but since I AM against it as a rule, I guess he meant I was an idiot...I started to ignore it but then I decided to be me and just let him know in a kind way how I felt about the issue...but I think the argument is over because his last comment was "whatever"...what a jerk...I cannot imagine why on earth someone would call someone a loser for using their mistakes to try to help others and keep them from making the same mistakes they did. I can't abide judgmental jackasses....which is what I will be changing my avatar back to after letting my sweet pup strut her stuff for a while...
Got my packages and cards mailed..yay...hopefully they will be there on her birthday, could be a day late but I will call her on her birthday anyway and I know she'll understand if it's a little late...
I hope everyone is havng a good day.....It's awfully pretty down here...Mama seems to be having a pretty good day...so that's always a great day for me.
Jeanette did you say your baby is a pit? They are very big down here in Florida, but it really bothers me when so many people see them as a fast buck. We have so many backyard breeders and then people engage in dog fighting. I hate it! I am a fan of Pit Bulls and Parolees. Have you seen it?
Whenever I lose something I say a prayer, Father God, nothing is lost in your sight, please reveal it to me now" and it works so well that people at the office used to tell me to say "my" prayer. I hope you find your phone.
College, I used to dream of having horses, but now that I have the land and the time, my body couldn't take it!
Hope that was supposed to say pupster but who knows what this autocorrect will do when you are not looking.
Sorry folks, I don't have any dogs. Just my two sweetie cats. But I like dogs too.
We had a sweet one when I was growing up. We called him George. I can't remember what kind of dog he was. I was pretty young at the time.
Anyhow, I'm still fighting some kind of flu. It seems to be winning so far. I'm gonna try to K.O. it with lots of rest and fluids. Ta Ta for now.
As for the dowager hump.. my Godmother was 5 10 and is now under 5 feet. I feel like she is melting! And I am sure my 5 3 will shrink alot..