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.
Did they give you any tips about what to do if it happens again?
This is a fairly inexpensive solution to getting a senior out of the house and giving the caregiver a much needed break.
This could give you a chance to take your dreamed of class.
Oh well it was nice to think about it for a minute.
Unfortunately, with incontinance and immobility, one loose bm can get to the urethra easily
she did drink plenty of fluids today and we're giving an extra shot of cystex until antibiotics are started
I feel your pain! Being a caregiver is the hardest job ever. Starts to feel like a prison. I cared for my mom for decades, 15 years in my home.
So sorry that you don’t get more breaks. It’s emotionally and physically exhausting.
You are entitled to whine!
Really thinking of you!!
Just wanted to make sure you're ok!
My brother took his own life 18 months ago! I can tell you that he may be out of pain, but the pain he left behind was almost unbearable!
I know we all say similar things now and then, however, if it truly is a thought that comes to mind, please seek help!
It sounds like you're doing an amazing job. Don't lose heart!
God bless!
Sorry for the bad news of your friend's parent.
And your own Mom, again with the Uti.
Does she have a urologist?
File your nails.
Pedicure your toenails, don't come out until it's dry.
Use a face mask.
Rub menthol on your knees.
Salt scrub your feet.
Shine the chrome faucetts.
Plan a remodel to make space-saving shelves high up.
Fold towels into a decorative basket-best done with face cloths.
Rub emollient on your elbows.
Clean out the under sink vanity cabinet.
Hand wash some delicates, or pre-wash some socks.
Clean the mirror, again.
Decide where to install some grab bars for safety.
Put a bath pillow in there, lay down.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Can she afford to have a sitter come in for a few hours a week or a fortnight? You need more time to keep you in balance and even have a date night with hubby to nurture that relationship. Give a hug to him, he is pretty awesome to step up and help you with your mom.
Murdered? My Lord!
Sending love to you and your Viking⚘
Something's been off about the Viking for a few days, so I asked for a urinalysis - nurse collected sample with a cath this evening and it was cloudy - now the long wait for the culture to grow - Dr won't prescribe without it
Your dad is a trooper and your mom is a great co pilot flying right along side of him, right?
Here's my whine today!
Mom has been here for almost a week. She can't move into her new place til the movers bring her furniture. I have taken to hiding in the bathroom to get some peace.
I can't answer my phone without her asking whose calling. She'll answer my phone if I leave it while hiding in the bathroom. Lol.
She's upset with me because my band is playing a private party next week and she can't go.
I have tried to get her to get up and move, because she complains about her legs being cold. When I tell her that her circulation would be so much better if she would get her butt out of the chair and move she complains that I don't understand.
My poor husband has disappeared into his man cave so he can have control of the remote.
Thanks for letting me vent!
I can only hide in the bathroom so long! Lol
Please join me in prayer that the movers get here soon!! :)
I'm a first time poster.
Three years ago I cared for my mother until she died. (She was 101.5 when she died). I am her executor and had to deal with her estate. The next year my partner of 18 years got cancer in his throat.
We went through chemo and radiation and he hasn't been the same since. He was on stomach feeding for 3 months, but now has constant medical problems. If it's not one thing it's another.
He's lost a lot of weight and eats almost nothing. He's always full he says. And he's gotten very dependent on me to help him and do things with/for him. We live 60 miles apart so you can see how that works.
I am getting very stressed at trying to help him with his health, help him downsize, keep him emotionally stable and 'be there' for him.
Ok. that's enough whining for one day.
Cook a large meal and freeze part of it for another day and then you don't have to cook that day.
We all need a break from cooking sometimes.
Yeah, I totally agree, no photo proof. Didn't happen and you can't prove it!
I am glad you were able to call out and get it taken care of.
Your description is hilarious.
That is what gratitude looks like for you, this makes you a better person than others. No thank you, I will continue to be real even if you don't like it. At least you know where you stand, your flag blows whatever way the wind blows.
Leave race out of it, you are the only one that has even gone there. I think a pig is a pig no matter what color they are.
Of course being in a Catholic school we prayed as a classroom when famous people died, such as JFK or MLK died. We were taught to care about the people who died and their families. We also prayed for ordinary people dying, a classmate who lost their dad in an accident or any other relatives.
So I firmly believe as I did as a child to show respect for all lives lost. Sometimes a nation grieves and mourns a significant loss of people who contributed so much to our society, a leader in the political arena or a sports figure who broke records in their profession but most importantly because they are fellow human beings.
I think people feel sad if a famous person dies because it is a life lost. That is how I feel. Also, they are sad because they are acknowledging what they contributed to the world. They worked hard to achieve outstanding accomplishments. They are and forever will be legends.
That is just my opinion.
I was a child when we learned in my classroom from my teacher about President Kennedy’s death. I was sad that a man was shot but I also felt the devastation of the leader of our country was now gone forever.
I also feel that all human beings make mistakes. We should look at their entire lives, not just their failures and if they are sorry for their infidelities and I believe Kobe, Tiger and others were sorry. JFK did the same but it was hush hush, the press respected privacy for families back then.
I see these men’s accomplishments outside of their infidelity. That doesn’t mean in any way that I condone infidelity.
I admired JFK as a president. It was exciting to me as a kid watching the space program develop. He and MLK gave me hope as a kid that there would be hope for racism to end. I was devastated when MLK was killed. When I was a child there was segregation. I never understood why I as a white child could do things that black people could not. Once I accidentally drank out of a water fountain in a department store that read ‘colored.’ My mom told me that I had to drink out of the one that read ‘white.’ I was so confused. I asked her if the water was any different. She said, “No, but it’s the rule. We each have our own fountain.” I thought that was crazy. My mom and dad were not prejudiced. They were following the guidelines in our society but didn’t agree with it either.
Kobe was a great player and should be respected and remembered for that and any other good things he did. He was a great father to his girls. He and his wife appeared to love each other, they survived their ordeal. Good for them. I applaud those who can heal.
Certain cases like a Harvey Weinstein are too far gone for that marriage to have been saved. I don’t blame his wife one bit for leaving. She had to.