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I’m out of ICU and in regular room. I feel better, but walking is painful. Have to keep my legs propped up all the time. I have to walk every hour until 9:00 pm. My beautician came this evening - washed and blow dried my hair which was good. Jay has been great. He’s been here most evenings and all night. PJ has stayed during the day. My son has stayed all night too.
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Yay Becky! My new office has a varidesk so I stand more. My feet hate it. Glad you have all supportive guest!
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TGIF
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So very glad that it is also Friday here.
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 Holiday long weekend. Sigh.
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Hi Everyone....So glad it is Friday as well. Need a couple of days to catch my breath. So many changes to my honey's medication since Wed my head is spinning. Have to make the changes to his medicine holder (add additional vitamins and take his coumadin out for today tomorrow and Sun). 7 calls from three med providers since 10am. Can't take my anti panic med until it's taken care of and am running on three hours intermittent sleep as had to change battery on IV pump at 210am and then change the bag of med on his IV at 440am this morning. Ugh..... All three providers (cardio, HF Clinic and nursing care) telling me what an amazing care giver I am and appreciate that someone appreciates everything I do (he doesn't...still thinks I don't know anything)...but am exhausted and he has only been home 15 days.

Sorry everyone...not complaining. Glad I am doing everything correctly but am "whupped". Waiting on delivery and then have to get his salad, new vitamins & OJ then think I will take a nap. That should put me up in time to fix dinner and clean up the dinner mess....Ugh.....

Y'all have a great weekend.
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My whine for today...so we're finally ready to leave for a much needed vacation, hubs and I and the kids.

Have spent the past couple of weeks getting all of mom's refills, appointments, and everything in order so we're ready to leave this evening.

Haven't told mom we're going...the plan was just to tell her it was going to be a busy week and we'd be back next weekend. I know mom, she will try to throw a wrench in our plans because she would be hurt that she's not going...well she must know by osmosis or something because when I went to see her yesterday evening she said her back tooth was hurting and could I get her a dental appointment today...so was scrambling around to get her an appointment and am sitting in the waiting room now. She says it's been hurting for awhile now, longer than a week, but just now said something yesterday.

She called before I left (after I had told her already what time I was coming), on my way there (I assured her I was driving and would be there in a few) and again, on my way there 10 minutes later (I assured her that yes, I was still driving and would be there soon, this was about 5 minutes away).

We took the kids up to see her yesterday evening after hubs got home, and she yelled at me because my toddler accidentally spilled some tea on the carpet, even though we cleaned it up. Then was crying because we had to leave after being there an hour and a half because our little was getting fussy. Before we left to come, it was "Did you get my message about the bottled water?" She had us make a special stop at the store on the way there because God forbid she have to drink tap water.

Grrr...still have to get back home and make sure kids get all their stuff packed, and go pick up our rental car when hubs gets home. It is a long drive but will be fun when we get there...just hope no crises while we're gone.
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Dusti, enjoy the nap.

Frazzled, it is amazing how they have radar when you just want a little break....My Mom would make all kinds of excuses for us not to go on vacations while she was still living on her own...her most common one was "what if there is a power outage?"......
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It is very hot today....I think I am going to take a short nap myself...at least try to.
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Hi Katie, thanks...didn't get to take a nap so hopefully will get to sleep tonight. Wahoo! My get-up-and-go needs a recharge...ha, ha, ha.

Have a great evening!!

Frazzled, enjoy your vacation and y'all try to get some R & R.
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Well we made it through another night.

Mom has been having difficulty swallowing her puree - she opens her mouth but then doesn't swallow or chokes. Last night I was really worried about her, she was anxious and breathing hard and didn't want me to leave. I asked her if she was "done", if she wanted me to stop trying to make her eat and she just kept saying "I don't know I don't know". Of course that ramped up the anxiety... I'm sorry I asked, I know she will never be one of those people who willingly let go.

I told the LPN she can't swallow - they'll ask the dietitian to check her.... after the holiday. I mentioned she seems to be uncomfortable/in pain and was told they would consult the doctor. I asked when she had had a BM because her belly was round and hard... they'd check.

I'm just looking for a little guidance from them and instead I feel like I'm getting the brush off. And did I mention it's a holiday weekend and there will almost certainly be staffing problems?
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And can I whine about my sister too? When I talked to her last night she once again segued the conversation to some anecdote about someone from work (she works part time in long term care). Just ONCE I would like her to be the big sister... she's older, works in the industry and is a people person who can strike up a conversation with strangers, so why am I always the one who has to liaise with all the people at the NH? And then I get "I guess I should come and see mom", as if I've been twisting her arm and guilting her to visit. No, you should WANT to see mom because you are her daughter.
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Cwillie
So sorry it's falling all on your shoulders - and yes, why do these steps happen on holiday weekends - never fails
Not to be graphic but don't they have a BM log?
Licensing requires action after 3 days - some get a "bomb" or prune concoction and others get a suppository
any of those baked beans leftover ?

Hang in there and go get yourself a donut
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Last day of June gloom here -103 degree heat coming this week
Need to wash some window screens and clean some fans - getting too old for this living without a/c
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Is Captain still around?
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Have not seen him here for a long time. I do check up periodicaly to see if there is any update on his son's murder, but it appears to still be unsolved
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Kwyatt, no, that user hasn't been around in some time. He had a horrible personal situation in 2016 where his son was murdered, and this was also around the time of U.S. presidential elections. Captain would often share political comments on the threads here on AC. I suspect he was banned after repeat incidents of posting comments that are against AC rules.

(There was some online snarking happening on AC around the time of the U.S. elections.  It wasn't about any one thing in particular, but an overflow of the divisiveness in the U.S. and the world in general.  But yeah, I suspect he was banned but who knows... maybe he figured it was time to move on.  His mother and his aunt had both died.)
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The captain made some good contributions to the forum but on his bad days he could post some pretty vile, hate filled comments, IMO the worst was when he would start ragging on newbies threads who had no idea why this person was saying such terrible things to them. I don't know if it was drugs or mental illness and I don't wish him any ill will but the "bad captain" has no place on this forum.
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I liked the Capt he had a big heart,even if he was rough around the edges.
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I liked Captain too on his good days....Last I heard he was into Bee Keeping,but that was before he lost his son.I hope they get his son's death resolved and that he is alright.
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The Captain had his good points too. In fact, he was the very first person to answer my question the first time I posted on here. It was a good, well thought out answer too.

I hope he found some closure with his son's murder and that he is happy whatever he is doing.
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Ali,
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I know.
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I left for a while because of him. Was just wondering. Thanks.
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I'm getting worried about the coming heatwave - thinking of going to a motel to sleep in a/c for a couple of nights
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Costco and other places have room air conditioners that sit inside the room, and just the round hose exits through a 3" hole in your screen, or you replace the screen with a custom board with an exit hole. Just as affordable as a room in a hotel.

If it is a second story room, it will be secure.
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Today, at the post office, there was a man about 4 people in front of me in line.
He focused on me to talk to, and I was not talking to him. You see, he was a ranter, at times talking to himself, appeared to me to be a sociopath.   (Yes, I am also a profiler!)   Then, as he left the counter, he came over and wished me a happy fourth, and poked my arm. Maybe he heard my comment about getting a contact high just from standing in line at the post office.  Whew!

I was still asking my dH an hour later, "Why did he do that?" "Why did he touch me?"
"I should have screamed or something". I am not that attractive or anything that he would pick on me to single out, and I was definitely not being friendly on purpose!

Am I a crap magnet?
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Feeling sad.

My only niece is getting married in August (I'm not going and comfortable with it - no one is going to be offended or anything).

What I'm sad about is that for a while I've been keeping an eye on the young couple's wedding gift list online in the hope that they might add something I'd like to give them. Something that isn't ugly, or a waste of space, or a bonkers idea that they fondly imagine they will get round to using. So now I feel like the Bad Fairy, scanning their dreams of the future they'll have together and trashing them one by one.

Oh child, you won't use that muffin tin but you do need at least three baking sheets.

But not at thirty quid a pop by Le Creuset, you don't. Not from your loving aunt, anyhow.
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I was going thru our household desk in the kitchen. Having been out of the loop so much I decided to catch up. PJ is methodical about bill paying, plus we have most things automatically deducted. But, a big pile of thank you notes about gifts “we” sent. Baby gifts for babies I didn’t know had been born, etc. But my favorite was a thank you note from one of PJ’s college friends for a bottle of champagne sent to celebrate the guy’s divorce. It’s strange how much one misses during a hospital stay. I filed away a bunch of stuff and shredded another pile. At least I accomplished something while I wasn’t sleeping.
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Sendme, I found people in line will talk to me, too. Could be we just look friendly and harmless :))

One thing I have noticed since the invention of cellphones, it's been years since people would stop me to ask me what time it was. i use to get that a lot.
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