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.
Second, I would find a therapist to help you in this journey.
Third, why is your mother's opinion so important?
Fourth, do you wear your glasses for the whole day everyday?
If you are struggling with your sanity (especially with the pandemic), you are not alone in this. Feeling like you are crazy does not make it so. Therapy is where you should be for awhile, because some therapists offer solutions when you feel you could not box your way out of a paper bag. There is no shame in getting a little therapy. Everyone gets overwhelmed at times.
Needing to consult your ex-husband about your sanity is a red flag.
You said: "I sent videos to my ex husband who said I am sane"...
I rarely post on this thread, but ask yourself again, why were you divorced? Give your answer to your therapist.
I see only that you are struggling, and that is so understandable.
Hoping you get some help during this difficult time. 🕊
I will find on my desk a bill that needs to be paid by tomorrow. Ok, do I make the check date earlier in the month, then take the envelope and drive over it several times, and then wrinkle it up to make it look like it got caught somewhere within the post office handling machines? I usually bite the bullet and pay the late fee the following month.... sigh.
In the past, I use to pay the day it arrived in the mailbox :P
Hope your toe feels better.💝
Since the topic of pain came up, I want to give a huge middle finger(sorry) to the narcotic addicts that have made it virtually impossible for people who are truly in pain to get narcotics!!!
My PCP gave me a small amount of Norco until I could see the neurosurgeon. The neurosurgeon won't rx narcotics unless I have surgery! He doesn't want to do surgery until I have physical therapy and a nerve conduction study even though he knows my spinal stenosis is causing pinched nerves along with the 2 herniated discs in my neck. My PCP won't give me a refill so I guess I am just supposed to suffer! This absolutely bites!!
So once again, because some people can't control themselves, the rest of us have to pay the price!!
I'm sorry for your toe, though, they're so sore when they're hurt! Are you able to take any pain relief, or use gels on it?
Jodi, I'm so sorry about your pain. I'm told that alternating tylenol and ibuprofen can be very effective.
Unfortunately tylenol nor ibuprofen does anything to ease the pain. We tried Ultram first with no results. I have had to nix the Ibuprofen until after I try the steroidal epidural due to the fact that it thins your blood.
It just sucks!!😖
I hope that you can get some relief soon.
Broken toe.
Worst pain ever.
So sorry. It will get better soon.
Seriously, hope Barb & Xray are managing the pain better now. Tea, sympathy & big ((hugs)) 🤗🤗
It's called a toe, right?
Is that what you meant? Lol.
Owie!
Not an ear👂.
Not a nose👃.
Not a tongue👅.
But a toe. Yeah!
But it was her TOE right?
LOL!
Which toe was it Barb?
Left pinkie toe. Be well all.
Nice new poster, Mebird has a mom with dementia who has to wear a life vest defibrillator and it's not going well. Maybe some of you could try to give her some advice; I got off on the wrong foot with her.
I had a puzzled call from my line manager a few weeks ago, wanting to know why I had told a client's daughter that she should "put her mother in a home." Er. That's nearly the opposite of what I said? But given that the woman (who, incidentally, commissions the kind of service that I work for, o irony) had only that week walked face-first into the discovery that her supposedly independent mother had not been able to wash or feed herself for more time than anybody can be sure of, I made allowances for everything I said to her being filtered through panic.
I was asked if I had actually told the patient 'she was not important'. NOT what I said. I had told her to stop yelling at her student nurse, that her nurse was busy just now but would be there to help her soon. Grrr.
I will be having knee replacement soon. Left knee first.
So, when I told mom her response was “well you’ll need to be better by November so you can take me to get my drivers license renewed!”
Wow!!! Really Mom!!!
Advice online says:
"In light of the risk factors, do not allow any more than two weeks to pass without driving your car if you expect it to start again. ... Put a car cover on it to keep its temperature regulated. Fill the gas tank and the tires. Consider unhooking the negative battery cable to prevent the battery from dying."
Being an AAA member (Auto Club), they will come and start a car, as well as sell you a new battery, brought to your home.
Maybe I am not totally ignorant after all.
To bad you blew my advice off, you could have gone and enjoyed your family.