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Morning everyone...from the posts, seems that many of you are having a good day and as for Seeme......congratulations on those furbabies,although i'm not quite sure i know wat they are exactly..lol they sound adorable n i could sure use a few of them over here..they sound like little critters that would bring lots of smiles to the depressed caregivers of the world. Let's make them the mascot!!!! Every team needs one , ya know. We owe that all to you, Seeme. Glad you're enjoying some fun and laughter in ur life. U deserve it after wat you've been going thru. Hugs
For me, these last 2 days have been tough. I'll give the short version to the story, cuz i don't want to bore everyone..My mom had a very serious emotional breakdown yest regarding the care of my dad. He's constantly repeating himself to the point that she just broke. Thank God my husband was with her when it happened and he managed to talk her through it and calm her down. Wat has come of all this, is the fact that we've come to realize that they cannot live in their home anymore..alone. The property is large and it's jst too much wrk. They have lived there for over 40 yrs. Mom asked my husband about moving into a smaller house and the possibility of my husband n i moving in with them to help them out. She felt guilty for even asking, but my husband assured her that we would do all we could to take some pressure off of her. Well..the timing of all this is actually good, cuz my husband n i are very close to losing our home becuz our business is suffering n we can't make our mortgage payment. So..it would mean short selling our home, selling mom n dads home and finding a house that would meet all our needs. I would want them to have a place in this house for quiet and privacy. My dad would love to all be together, especially with me. It would certainly cut down on the 12-15 phone calls a day!! I want to give dad n mom the best life i can with wat time is left. I want them to have their dignity. I'm torn, becuz i know it will require everything i have mentally n emotionally to make this wrk. Anyway,,i'm taking mom to lunch today to discuss the plans and see how serious she is about all this.
So much for the short version..Any thoughts? Hugs..have a good day, all..
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Notlike glad your mom got good news..God bless you both!! Vacation sounds sooo nice, i would like 3days at the beach plz haha!!
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Good morning yall :-) hope everyone's day goes good!!!...things here have been really good..just wondering is this the calm before the storm? I hope the cymbalta is really helping granny and she is not just letting her emotions and aggrevation build up.

Stormy hope you got some relief from your burn :-)
Good mornin Vic :-)
Hello Ladee :-)
Mornin Cattails :-)
Seeme hope you got some rest :-)
Sorry missed some ppl but hoping you all have a great day!!!!
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Morning all..yay Seeme Sue!..furbabies! Woohoo ..we all need time out... Wish we could be calm and loving and patient on a daily basis but when we live or work with our elders ..it complicates matters... We are just human beings not perfect but doing the best we can.
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OK ladies and gents. I burnt the shit out of my finger tonight 4 hours ago. A steam burn. I have had popicles on my fingers. Put silverdine cream on there, same kind we used on dads radiation burns. And now ice water. The ice water helps as long as i kept my finger in there. I have 2 minutes out of the ice water and i have to stick it back in the bowl. Do ya'll know anything i can do to make it stop burning. I can't go to sleep with my finger in ice water. And i can't go to sleep with it burning like this. HELP....... damn this finger hurts. love and hugs stormy
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Oh, I wish I could send you all a vacation. We caregivers work hard, stress, sweat, and get up the next day and do it all over again. Often, with no support from our "families". Love you all and hugs to everyone.
Mom's lung scan was good. No new tumors, and the ones she had have shrunk. I guess she will outlive me at this rate :)
Hubby and son will be home tomorrow night! Whew! I can't wait!
Goodnight, and better tomorrows.
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I lost my application for the school aide job but i got to find it again. I got good news today my daughter is graduating kindergarten so next yr ill have a new kindergartener and a 1st grader. It breaks my heart to see them grow so fast but on another note does anyone know if a baby brown scorpion is poisionous..my husband got stung by one last night and killed it but I didn't get a chance to see it but its under his big toe. Also i have been busy with babysitting my friend's kids and they are a blast and really adorable. Then I had to deal with insurance this morning regarding his power chair so fixing that...
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Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Furbabies...... Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm an Auntie...... about time something good happened to our Seeme Sue...... can't wait to hear more....
Stormy, sounds like you are reaching a point where you aren't being 'guilted' into giving up what is important to you So many of us reach this point in our own time and in our own way....just do what is right for you and your family. None of us know what is right for another person, we can support thier decisions tho.... so let us know how things go with this.... it's been building for a long time now....
hugs
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I need to butt in here for just a minute......

I HAVE FURBABIES !!!!!!!!!!!!! Born today between 4:30 am till she finished at noon.........don't know how many of which sex, but the breeder said my babies are healthy. More to follow................................
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Ladee- Exactly i feel sometimes she thinks i should put dads needs before connor's and i feel like i did that for a while. When he was first diagnosed and we started taking care of him and i was having to keep connor over here for 12 hours most days. And when i think about those times i just feel so mad and angry that i feel like i neglected him(connor) he didn't need to be over here that much that was too long. Months and months i dealt with having a 3 year old under foot while having to do everything for dad except wipe his butt. And i am not going back to that. I think sis thinks that dad should come first in all of our lives but i have news for her, it ain't happening with me. Connor comes first now. I have wasted too much time over here as it is. And if she wants to be subborn enough not to use the life alert or talk with our brother about staying more then more power to her. But i just can't stay with him anymore than what i am. She bitches to me about brother and nephew not staying with dad and i feel like she is putting me in the same boat with them because i don't stay with him anymore. Almost like she is bitching to me too. I don't really care who she gets to stay with him just as long as its not me. She can get joe blow for all i care to sit with him. She just can not understand what i go through because she doesn't have a child. I guess she thinks i should just say well connor you got to stay in this toddler bed til your legs are hanging off the end then maybe aunt d will let us go buy you a bed for your size. I am about ready to say SCREW all of them. I never would have thought that i would come to the day that i would say that about my sister just for the fact that we have always been so close like best friends. But this situation is tearing our family apart. I was going through connor's baby clothes yesterday and i saw a pair of his pj from when he was 3 years old (the same time we started taking care of dad) and i just started crying and couldn't stop. I think back now how short i was with him and how angry i would get with him because he would not behave over here or he wouldn't be quiet so dad could go to sleep and i would get a break. I see now that he was just a baby. Just being a kid. I know he doesn't remember being over here so much and me getting on him but i remember and it is something i will never forget.Well i gotta go he's awake. Hugs stormyyy
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Stormy, and all this because your sister has issues with saying no, and it makes it twice as hard for you to say no.... and yes, when one person thinks that's the way things should be done, and no compromises, then bad feelings start... My oldest sis was the same way... her way or she would shame you half to death, I did stand up to her finally, and we aren't speaking to this day, her choice.... but like you, I had a life too...just because she decided to be a martry didn't mean I was going to be one....so hope it doesn't come to ya'll not speaking to each other, but you have a small child that is only going to be little once..... do what you have to do.... it's ok for sis to be mad... you didn't break her and you can't fix her.....hugs....
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I know what you mean ladee, it's not going to be a smiley face day here either. Sis was pissed yesterday. And i can tell she is still pissed today too. Dad had a drs appt yesterday at 2:00 and i knew she was going to want to go to the appt cause we were suppose to find out results of dads biopsy. Well hubby and i had looked about 2 weeks ago for a new bed for connor cause he is growing out of his toddler bed. So i said something the other day to sis about hubby and i going looking again. And she said i thought ya'll just went saturday. And i told her that it was ok that we would go another day. Never heard back from her so i called her yesterday morning after i got back from carrying connor to daycare. And told her i would be at dads in a few mins and she could go home for awhile until his appt. and her response to me was: Sandy don't worry about if i can't go home for more than a hour then just forget it. And ya'll go find connor a bed. Also i could tell she was saying like find one today and bring it home. I didn't dare hubby that. He would have blown a gasket!!!! Then i saw her this morning and she was telling me about our brother, he posted something on her or his wall about caregivers/ a support group. And said she needed to read it. OH that did piss her off. Our brother and my sister's hubby were at my sister's work and her husband said well my wife hasn't been home hardly in two years. He said it so our brother could hear it. Insinuating you need to stay more with your father so she can come home more. And that is when he posted the caregivers support group on facebook. I could tell she was on the verge of tears this morning. I wish i could help her. But i tried that staying all night and all day with day and that is when i got so depressed. I already resent dad if i started doing that again i just don't want to have these feelings get any worse. We got the life alert but she will not use it for him to stay at night by his self. He can stay during the day for 8 hours by his self why not at night. I am just worried that before all of this is over none of us are going to be speaking to one another. And we use to be close. I just feel like a wedge is between all three of us. And i am scared it is just going to get worse the longer this goes on....... Love and hugs stormyyy
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Welcome back Seeme Sue... sure have missed you...
Tired already this morning, not gonna be a smiley face day I can tell, sure hope M is in a descent mood, just don't feel like biting my tongue today.... Been thinking more and more about early retirement.... will still have to work, but can sure cut back on some hours.....gotta get moving, not even dressed yet... love ya'll.... later.
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I'm baaaaaacccckkkkk!!!!! Just sticking my nose in and letting you know that I'm not caught up, haven't read a thing here, but I am back. Will have to tell you the details in installments. Got a couple of 'not even in the ground yet, I want my money' stories. I do know we drove 4000 miles in 5 days. Am still trying to get caught up on sleep and have a houseload of crap to sort through.

I see there are a lot of new posters, and I hope to know you soon. Let me catch up. And thanks for all the good thoughts and prayers sent my way from the oldies. I was stuck with no internet access. I've been in a hoarder's house for a week. I want to throw everything out that I have in my own house. Later.............
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Edgar: Your story sound heart breaking. I posted on your wall and am encouraging you to share more about your situation. We are here for you and will do our best to listen and respond. Love and Hugs, Cattails
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Ladee glad to hear the update on your son- hope his recovery goes well.
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Ladee: I'm glad to hear about your son's surgery. Wonderful news. No, you don't have to use caps. Cattails.
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bilmo, went and read the 'sugar' thread and Jeannie is right, admin will automatically delete that... it wasn't you, it's just policy, it's even written down here somewhere....
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First let me say that my son's surgery went very good. He's in a lot of pain, so hopefully he will get settled in and get to rest and relax... I came home to drink a cup of coffee and rest a few minutes myself... Dr. showed me the xray of the 'finished' product, sure looks better than the erector set exrays from the other Dr... thanks for all that said prayers for him.... they alwayas help...
Bilmo, try to stop worrying about how you sound... if you get carried away admin will contact you...After some of the posts I've read on this sight lately, your comment wasn't about a 'thang' so don't worry...
Edgar, good suggestions from tbaily and bilmo, just give her some space....how old is she and where would she go????Give us some more info and we'll see what else we can do to help.... hugs...
Austin traffic is a BITCH and now so am I.... later... hugs across the miles, I'll get caught up later.....Not Austin that posts here, Austin Texas... just didn't want anyone to misunderstand....lol
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Well you are at the right place edgar VENT Away..
I agree with bilmo maybe you should back off Maybe she will realize how much she needs you..Maybe..Don't blame yourself is right We all do the best we can . You are just like your mom Not Perfect..
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I've never spoken to other caregivers this way before so please excuse if I don't understand anything. My mother is 86 years old and last year she had surgery and chemotherapy for colon cancer. Just as she was recovering, this past February she tripped at home and broke her neck which has required her to be in a collar for at least 2 more weeks. I admit that with the 2 of us living together, I now have home aide help, we got on each others nerves. This time it's worse. Yesterday, she misinterpreted something I said and now she hates me. She doesn't want to see me or speak to me and that is hard when you are the only ones there. My brother lives in New Mexico and he has his own health issues. I tried to be quiet and let her settle down, but she knows which buttons to push by not talking to me and telling me she's leaving me. I am sorry to vent here and hope that others have advice on how to acquire a think skin because I don't have one. I make matters worse when I try to apologize and I end up crying and pleading for her forgiveness and not to leave me. Help please!
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Ladee..once again..you had me laughing hysterically while wiping away tears. I think it would be safer for everyone if i just planted more "herbs", then took a long walk to the nearest burger joint..I'll stay clear of human contact!!. This life i'm living is just weighing very heavily on me right now. I'm sure things will get better, but until then, i'm chain smoking like crazy staring at my garden that looks like its on steroids!!! Now that makes me smile..a lil..Gotcha in my prayers,Ladee..hugs
Cattails..thanku for your kind words about dad. I'm just feeling so alone..no kids in my life,at present, an empty house filled with memories of happier days, drawings on the walls from when my kids were little and thought i was the best mom ever. Now...just silence and the thoughts that occupy my head 24/7..Dangerous.. hope you have a good day...hugs
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bilmo ive never really understood this site mechanics I first posted out of needed to just vent & answered couple questions came back on couple days after and never could really find where I had been. But news feed helps me especially if Ive had one of those days..
Cattails if anybody don't like your post then maybe they don't like the truth because thats all you are about I like that you help alot of people all over this site. I'm just happy when someone answers or talks back to me some days feels like only conversation Ive had with a adult...
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bimlo thanks for asking I am ok we are finally getting the rain we wanted for so long in the NE-I wanted to mow all my lawns and got the front done but the grass in the back was too high so my son will have to use the lawn tractor-I never learned to use it and my neighbors are happy about they like their fences and such.
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Cattails, I have commented to you a number of times.... and no you aren't sending any kind of vibes.... other than care and concern... that's a good thing....and bilmo, it takes time with this many people to learn who is who, who's talking to who, and some of us have been on here since the begining, almost a year ago, but just jump right in, say what ya need to say, to whoever....
The hard thing for newbies, is that threads have some 'running jokes' and unless the new person asks what we are talking about, which you are more than welcome to do, we don't usually take the time to explain, too many people come and go...I guess we could start putting post reference numbers and folks would know....this is where you've got to put yourself out there so we get to know you... and glad you are posting with us.... you too Cattails, Do I need to start putting your name in caps, so you'll see that I'm talking to you!!!! lol...
I think admin is no longer sending notifications... I have YOU on favorites, takes me right to this thread, go to 'last' comments and work my way back... a bit of a hassle if i'm in a hurry, but all other questions and discussions are on the left side of the page so I can click into any conversation going.... I think the volume of people on this sight would make it impossible for notifications....so ya'll keep posting, we'll get to know ya, just need to read and get an idea of who is who...
Sons surgery today.... will let ya'll know something this evening.....
hugs across the miles to you all....
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I am also not getting notifications and have to go to the question and discussion feed for the threads I am following as bilmo says it might be the volumn of post-I know they are read because the last time this happen I got a note of AC that they straightened out my problem bilmo it takes awhile to get who is who.
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Beck: I'm really sorry about your dad. My dad has issues related to a major stroke, and although he can't speak well, he does understand. Sometimes he gets confused, probably some vascular dementia, but mostly he is just so very disabled physically.

I count my blessings because he is not in pain and he does not have the demons of dementia. My heart goes out to all of you who take care of those that suffer from that disease and, most of all, like each of you, my heart goes out to those who are afflicted with this nightmare of AZ.

Billmo: I've had that problem too. I just go to my wall and click on newsthread, then I get a list of what's been going on.

I've posted a number of times on this thread, but never received a response or comment. I hope I'm not sending the wrong vibes.

Cattails.
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Beck, I hate days like you had today.... but they are part of our caregiving journey unfortuntely.... sometimes it's telling us it's time to take a little walk, plant a flower, hug a baby... of course the important part about hugging a baby, it's important that you KNOW the baby... folks don't take kindly to a hysterical woman with a part of a burger hanging out of her mouth hugging thier baby in Walmart, just random ....
and I'm sure they would call 911 if you tried to EXPLAIN about the burger... normal people are clueless that this stuff happens every day in our world... made sense to us.... sorta sad now that I think about it...lol....
I wish I could share S with you for awhile... he was in a great mood today, so sweet, and when I was fixing breakfast, I heard him ask M if that 'lady' was still here, i walked in the living room and his face lit up.... I sat down next to him and he said, "I missed you".... I almost started crying... gave him lots of hugs today. I can walk out of the room and back in and he doesn't remember I was there a second ago...and like you, I HATE this disease....
If you decide to go into the burger business, I have someone I want you to send a bomb burger to..... sweep the floor..... I DON'T THINK SO.......
Thanks for the prayers for son, i'll let him know you are praying for him....I'm not so worried about this surgery as I am the one on his leg.... having to break the bone, take out the plate and all the pins and screws and start over... bless his heart, I just can't imagine.... but one day at a time.... one thing at a time....
Forgot to tell ya'll that Workmens comp has assinged him his own RN to go to all Dr's appts, ect with him... because of the original hospital stay and them sending him home with an arm broken in two places.... He as had that to deal with all these weeks while Workmen's comp was getting all thier asses in gear and doing the tons of paperwork... no big deal to them, they didn't have a broken arm that hadn't been fixed.... I still can not wrap my mind around the fact this even happened, much less he hasn't complained of too much pain... Ya'll would be hearing me from WHEREVER you live.....
So hope tomorrow is better Beck.... i'll be thinking of you and everyone tomorrow.... love and hgus....
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Well...i just lost my "whiner" post to the cosmos, now i'm depressed and pissed!!! Had a very difficult day...cry,cry,cry...I'm feeling very alone and just plain exhausted. I hate,hate,hate AZ. This disease has taken my dad, and i miss him terribly. He had a bad day and it's so hard to watch him struggle and i feel so helpless. This has been one of those days that i just wanted to disappear. U think anyone would really notice?? Certainly not my heartless kids. I don't know how much longer i will last..things are very dark right now..anyway..enough complaining..sry ladies!
Ladee..my prayers are with you tomorrow with your sons surgery. I hope all goes well. Stay strong..we need you around here...you and that bald-ass bird you call a profile pic..lol
Notlike...come on..let's go to lunch..i promise i'll take the first bite out of the burger just to make sure you're safe...afterall...i'm the one lookin for the "big bang" with pickles n onions on a sesame seed bun...hahahaha Sleep well ladies..hugs
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How do we keep going with working full time, taking care of our elders, and our own family. I'm finally finding out what it like first hand. All of you who are caregivers I applaud you! This is very hard work. I'm taking mom to get a chest X-ray tomorrow thinking she has phenomena. She's having very strange symptoms,but no fever. I enjoy reading everyone's posts, it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who is going through this, thanks for all the hard work you do.
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