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Ladee, thanks. I checked out the thread on negativity and emotional abuse. I will admit when I was reading Menohardy's first comments, I resisted it. I had to stop reading, mentally object and feel hurt, and then I forced myself to go back to the beginning of his statement and read it all the way through. He does make sense. I have plans to go back and re-read the whole thread..but this time slowly so that I can meditate on their words and see if I can apply it to my mind and heart......
Sorry..I'm so exhausted. I started this comment feeling fine. But suddenly, the computer is blurring, thoughts are sluggish...I'm going to call it a night. (I tried to grab a nap this afternoon but dad kept talking, and talking and talking. I gave up the nap.) Later....
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Well supposedly my husband can survive the surgery as PCP said but i am not holding stock with her words and me doing tough love bitch a tude except my husband has changed his story about not wanting to go to wanting go...and i get blamed for it because he said he didnt want see no damn doctors. I love this viscious cycle but at least she admit his labs have improved greatly. oh well another metamorphically bites the dust. I am still praying for that job at the school.
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Ok Burned, care to explain what "another metamorphically bites the dust " means....damn.
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Beeeeeck......... Beeeeeck, where are you???? Has anyone seen Beck???? We are missing you one handed person.... come back and tell us how you are.... hugs to you
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I need to vent. I'm 54, highly intelligent and "street smart". I've been a cop, a prison guard, put myself thru med school to become a first rate occupational therapist, and even was nominated to west point at 18 yrs old. The reason for all this "crowing"? I swear to God, that if one more man especially a VA doctor tells me i am an irrational woman because i don't agree with what they want to do to my mom, i just mite show him what it feels like to be a eunech (probably misspelled that but hey i'm only a woman!) I'm pretty sure ya'll get my drift. How f.....ing long do we as women have to prove ourselves? Yeah, i know. Til the day we die or wipe out all men except maybe Jeffrey Dean Morgan. xxxox Thanks for letting me blow off some steam.
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LOL......Ladee...u crack me up,woman! Im still here, one handed n all. I've been reading posts everyday, jst takes so damn long to type out my response...but i can say that all of u are in my thoughts n prayers everyday. I have been reading all the posts on the Negativity n Emotional abuse thread, at Ladees suggestion, n i have to say that i am immersed in thought over Menohardy's posts. I keep re-reading them, bcuz each time i do, i learn smthing new. His responses can b painful to read....but i certainly appreciate his ability n honesty to voice them thru the forum.

As for me...as ladee knows...i hate this cast sh*t....cant get to mom n dad unless smone takes me....this cast gives me f-n panic attacks...n to top it all off....im getting fat!!!!! At this point, dads doing a hell of alot better than me.. huge hugs n prayers for all you.
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Lady, and don't forget Johhny Depp, my life would fall apart for sure if I didn't have him to look at.. but have a mean crush on Gary Bussey... I know, I know, speaks volumes about my sanity doesn't it..... but that crazy dude just fascinates me.... so let us know if you have do some karate on anyone.... we'll be your ya ya sisterhood cheering you on..... vent anytime you want...

Beck, Ok, we are going to do a peaceful meditation....
You are on an island with Johhny Depp, OH WAIT, that's MY meditation, hmmm lets see... Ok, you are on an island with ( fill in the blank), you have this cast on your arm, and you are breathing into a paper bag.... and ( fill in the blank) tells you how beautiful your skin looks that amazing blue color..... and the sweat on your forehead only makes your skin glisten...... as you start to calm down.. you realize you are being silly for letting an inanimate object send you over the edge... it's a cast Beck, not an anchor, not a parrot, it's a cast... and when you get it off, you will be one whole happy woman.... did I get a little carried away with the "whole" part.....????? Oh well, just know you are missed, and we are waiting for you to get all things moving again as we need you here... you don't have to get some one to drive you to the computer do you????? Alrighty then, be a good girl, keep the cast on so we don't have to hear all the guilt and shame for taking it off to soon... it is too f##king hot to listen to all that...... love ya, and type one word at at time and submit it...... what ever works.....
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Oh my, funny bunch tonight! I want to go to the island, too. It sounds alot better than the laundry room. Which, by the way, i have graduated out of...spent 1 1/2 hrs on the back deck talking to sis last night. I was a ball of sweat, and covered in bug bites, but at least with the windows shut for the air conditioning, Mom couldn't hear me!
Lady-all I can say is "I am woman, hear me roar!" Hugs.
Let's see...I survived shopping with Mom. I can even laugh now about her wondering out loud why they don't put all the 50% off sale items in the same place, so she wouldn't have to walk around so much. And I'm from Milwaukee, so I love a good polka, but it's supposed to come with beer - not driving from store to store because that's the CD she wanted to listen to. The answer to "Are you too cold with the air on?" was "I don't know." Hmm...I can't begin to guess at that one. And you know how soup is in the store...in those racks where a can drops down when you take one? And a picture of the soup on each rack? Only my Mom would tap the picture and wait for me to pick up the soup for her! Oh Lord, please let Dad get better soon...
Tomorrow I am going to drop her off for church, then more shopping when I pick her up. I can hardly wait.
Got measured at the gym this week..and I lost inches everywhere! Yipee!
Dad still is sick. I hope they have an answer for us on Monday and can give him some meds.
Goodnight, and better tomorrows.
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Holy sh*t, ladee....watever ur smokin, send it to CA. Not only am i wheezing, from laughing so hard.......now i have to take a cold shower after i filled in all the blanks...LOL Hey....isnt this the place of safety to unload all that "guilt n shame"???? Ur compassion for me is overwhelming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LYL
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Oh I still have compassion, and yes, it's for unloading, but NOT about having guilt and shame for REMOVING A CAST TOO SOON..... glad you liked the meditation... got your mind off that f**king cast didn't it..... love ya....

Notlike, sorry your dad still isn't feeling better.... give him a hug for me please, and let him know he's in my prayers.... and shopping with MOM.... poor thing, that would be YOU, not mom.... and congrats girl for the inches lost... very proud of you... that's one great motivator to keep on keepin on..... and you need to find a mosquito net that you can suspend from the ceiling of the porch and when you set down, it covers you... I know hubby can rig you up something.... and yes, you can go to the island too, it's open to anyone with an imigination... and that would be US..... love ya girl... take care and breathe tomorrow while shopping.....
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I forgot to tell u........my computer.....its at my parents house!!!!!!!!!!! lol
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Well who ever drove you over there , tell them I said thanks..... LOL....
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LOL...LOL...LOL...i will ! LYL
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Ladee, I want to come to the island. I want to bring Richard Gere with me.
My imagination is really going now.
Notlike, Keep up the good work. I know what you mean about taking them shopping. I took my hubby Richard to buy him some new swim trunks. I turned my back for less than a min. and he disappeared. I finally found him on the far side of the store. I was so scared. I found him because I could follow the direction of my name being yelled.
People, Have you ever had your dishes washed in the dishwasher mind ya, 3 times in about 2 hours. Richard loves to run the dishwasher. So he did LOL.
I did'nt have a chance to empty it before he would start it again. Its a crazy nutty life we live.
Lots of hugs, Wanda
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Well bring your little self on to the island.... burnwajaco.... it's an imaginary place so there is room for everyone who wants to be there... we'll have to get Notlike off her porch, but I'm pretty sure she'll be there too....
And you talking about Dad getting away from you... one day I had come back from a few hours respite, had Ruth at her daughters, forgot to get the potty, so I ran next door, leaving Ruth on the porch,, she didn't run away, but she did squat and pee on the porch as I was dragging the potty up the ramp.... thank God we lived in the country.... I know, if we didn't laugh about some of this, we'd all be commited...to an island... ya, that's it... to an island....

Wanted everyone to know spoke with Seeme yesterday.... she is very tired, wanting this house cleaning of MIL house to be over with.... MIL was a hoarder, so it is taking the whole family to get things done... but she said to tell everyone HI, and she'll post when she has caught her breath when she gets home... won't be heading back until this coming FrI...

We finally got a little rain, sure cooled things off a little, hope you all had at least one good thing happen today.... hugs to you all...
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would love to meet you and others on here, its hot here today too for idaho, no breeze, going to have to get ac or fan,, jeeze, good thing dad is from waco texas hes use to the heat. this site is all that got me through on 4th of july of which i stayed home dad wasnt feeling good, as we went to the VA the day before because he hadnt taken his meds for 34 days that i knew of even tho he said he did, hugs to all
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OK Depp yeah, but Busey well he does talk alot. I need a small patch of sand cuz Mr Morgan just brought me a drink at sunset......xxx
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Hey debbya, good to see you here... come back and visit any time....I live in Texas so know you dad is doing ok with the heat... we don't seem to be having it as bad as others this year... but last year was horrible, and the bad fire in Basrop, scairy and hot.... got ac's and fans going, not gonna do Tx heat without cool air... come back and let us get to know ya... and Jam says, 'we'll keep the light on for ya'....
Lady, Ya know Busey had issues before his Motorcycle wreck, now he fascinates me even more... but I like the really complicated ones anyway, just ask all my ex's and yes, they live in Texas.... ye haaaaa....
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Thanks you two. Medicade said that as long as they have a house on the land that medicaid would NOT take that property for that is their place. Now if my younger brother puts it in his name that will be a whole new ball park I guess. Had to talk to daddy about letting them give him a prevent blood-clot shot in the tummy. They suppose to check his legs for they r swollen. Not sure if I already posted this down somewhere else here. Daddy actually got his long beard shaved according from my older brother. I am going to stay one more day with my older brother for he seems a bit in a depressed moody stage so going to spend a little time with him too.
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Hey ya'll sorry i haven't updated more about bil. He is still in the hospital. Tomorrow will be a week that he has been up there. Bil called sis today and told her that they were going to do surgery on him again today at 1 cause he started running temp again. He had gone for a day or two without having temp and then it started back. So the first surgery they took a piece of the bone out of his 4th toe and today the dr told them that he was looking at the 3rd toe. That he might have to do the same with that one. The other day when i was up there visiting with him/taking dad to get his throat stretched i saw that bil had a blister on the top of his foot near where his 4th toe is and sis said that it was not there the night before. And the dr today said that he thought that was where the infection was coming from when he started running temp today. And that now he has 4 holes in his foot. One at the top of the bottom of his foot, one on the heel, one where the blister is and one in the middle on the bottom of his foot. It is just worrying me that he has this many holes and what is going to happen if he keeps getting them. They were talking one time about that he might be able to come home tuesday but i doubt that is going to happen now since they had to go back in today. Sis and i have been toying with the idea about what we are going to do when he does come home. She has got to work cause her paycheck is the only one coming in now. So that is going to leave bil at home by his self. And he can't put any weight on his foot for 3 weeks. So i said something to her about moving bil in at dads and she said that he would never go for that. And then she said something about moving dad at her house. So we just don't know what is going to happen. Dad and bil are too different species. Dad can't hear shit and bil has super sonic hearing. And he doesn't like loud noises, period. Let alone when he is sick, he wants quiet. No paper rattling, no loud tv or talking. So i don't know how it would be with them two living in the same house. Plus dad is cold natured and bil is very, very hot natured. Them two are like night and day. Hubby told me the other day he said well if you are going to look after one you might as well look after two. Meaning that during the day i look after dad and bil in the same house. I said that is not what i wanted to hear. And that way sis could still work during the day and have dad and her hubby at night. We might would come closer to dad moving in at her house rather than bil moving in with dad. But just don't think bil would like that too much either. So in other words we don't know what in the hell we are going to do with either one of them. Any suggestions would be appreciated!!!!!!!! Love and hugs stormyyy
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Stormyy..it doesnt sound like bil n dad would make good room mates. Once bil comes home, he will obviously b using crutches, n that is something i think he can navigate on his own. Wen i had my back surgery, i was left alone using a walker n had people that i could call if i had a problem. It worked out fine. How many hours would he b left alone? R there family or friends that he could call if he needs help? I did...n it worked out very well for me. If you put them together, it will only cause
tension n frustration to a situation that is already difficult. I kno this is a hard decision to make, bcuz u want wats best for both of them. I feel for u, Stormy...but if u n sis make sure that bil has everything he needs before sis leaves for work, it could work out well for him. As long as he has someone that is available to get to him,should he need some thing, i think it would be fine. Maybe im being too optimistic, but i kno it can b done from wat i went thru. I dont kno if this is helpful to u n ur situation, but i jst thought i'd suggest it. I'm praying for u, and hope that all goes well with the next surgery. Ask the dr. if it would b safe to leave him alone during the day...that would change how u approach all of this. Hang in there, Stormy....huge hugs n my thoughts n prayers will b with u.
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Stormy, Beck is right, when i had my broken leg, I was alone and could not put weight on my leg, I managed fine..... I am like your bil, I would rather figure it out for myself as to have dad there..... Lord I wish your sis would just 'get it' that people are capable of doing some things for themselves... has anyone asked your bil what HE wants..... If I was him I'd opt to stay in the hospital.... sorry, it all just sounds so stressful for an already stressed to the max situation....and sounds like the Dr's are on top of what ever is wrong with your bil... so have some faith Stormy that things will work out..... hugs to you....
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Stormy maybe your sis would go for someone staying with dad at night now that bil needs her. Or the life alert thing for dad at night if he is still able to do for himself. Prayers girlie
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Good Morning! Hope everyone had a decent weekend and is doing well and welcome to all the new posters....glad to see you here.
And beck I've even left you alone and not made fun of you!

Wanted to pop in this morning and throw my two cents in.....just can't resist it I suppose....:)
stormy......this event with bil doesn't have to turn into a stressful situation.....as ladee says, has anyone asked bil what he wants when he gets home? We can already see that putting him and Dad together is an impossible thing to do. Besides I can guarantee Dad doesn't want to leave his home and doing that might put him under more stress than he needs. Bil will be fine....he won't be an invalid....he'll be able to get up and fend for himself. Just make sure fluids are handy for him and fix some meals that are easy for him to either pop in the microwave or prepare himself. You know, this might be the perfect time to bring in someone else to help watch Dad......then you could pop in and check on bil for sis during the day just to see that he has everything he needs. It's a win-win for everyone.

Nothing much to report on the col.......she was concerned on the 4th about all the activity at the NH because Nanny died the day before......Nanny was her mother who died in 1993. When she talks she simply throws words together that don't make much sense to us...maybe they do to her...but it's like her brain cannot process the correct words to make a sensible statement.

Hope everyone has a wonderfully perfect day.........think "ladee's island".......and I will bring the airport hunk from the commercials.....:)
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Beck, Jam didn't pick on you... aren't you SPECIAL... give her time, she's been hassling with the contractor putting in her new shower..... her brain cells are being used for that right now.. so don't worry, she'll get you sooner or later....
New lady starts this eveing at M's , will be there to show her around, and see how she does with S.... M sounded very pleased with her... so a little prayer for a good outcome today... I am feeling a lot less stressed and am getting rest, between letting my bag of broken bones son figure some stuff out on his own, and getting some help at S and M's.... I am almost feeling human again..... we finally got some rain yesterday... I sat on the steps for a few minutes and just let it rain on me.... felt sooooo goooood..... I'm so grateful I do not see the need to be an 'adult' all the time..... settin in the rain thinking about the "island"... ya, uh huh, a little respite where ever I can get it.... find one thing to laugh about today... love ya'll....
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Jam.....where have u been????? i have had my armor on, n i've been ready for u to pummel me with "thumb" jokes for a week.. It's gettin hot in here!!!! lol miss u..
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Wait a minute...let me quote this "Stormy, Beck is right" HOLY SH*T....i'm saving that post, for sure....that is "metamorphically" awesome.. LOL

Burned....u have to tell us the real definition of that word, cuz its become my favorite word....my headstone will read..."Metamorphically Dead"....thanx to u....lol
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To all of you who have read negativity and emotional abuse thread: Please encourage Menohardy to continue to post. He says he will not post anymore because he hurt someone's feelings. His valuable information is so important for all of us learn about when caregiving. More importantly it is his forum to speak from the patients POV. So please go to the thread and let him know how you feel!!
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thanks sharynmarie... I'm on it.. thanks for letting us know....
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After another day with a heat index of 105, we finally are getting a downpour of a rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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