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Stormy, Now 4 pm and we are waiting to hear from you..................

Got all my errands done. The chiro was finally able to loosen the left side which feels wonderful....now I hope it holds up.

Emjo..........Mindy? For some reason Mork and Mindy came to mind. Moonbeam?

Mom's calling already..................
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Yeah, Jam, good to hear from you......

Stormy, Prayers go with you today....hugs, too.......keep us informed........love ya

My 6 hrs off and I have errands to do, so will check in later............
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Praying for you all -
ladee - for a good day
vic - for a break
stormy - for you to get the test results and treatment for dad's leg and courage for whatever comes
jam - for all good things
and the same for everyone else - praying for a good day for all
love and hugs ♥♥♥
Joan
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Good Morning Posse!!!

It's a great morning! Sun is shining although it's going to be around 106 deg today. Hot! Wanted everyone to know that we upgraded our internet and then something happened to the main server, so had no computer contact all day yesterday. Was in withdrawal! Now trying to catch up on everything and will check back in later! Hope everyone has a terrific day and prayers to all for peace in your hearts!

Love and Hugz,
Jam
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Can't talk but a minute. Going to hopefully get tests results today at 1:30. And get dads leg looked at. IT looks awful. From the swollen lymph node in his groin. All red looks like a bad sunburn on his lower leg. I will report back later.Love ya'll!!!! Hugs!!! wish us luck me and sis going with dad.Scared!!!
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Good morning all.hope everyone had an ok night. Haven't been feeling too well..makes for and even crabbier person! Haha today is election day so we will go vote. Dad is still aware enough to want to go..sooo we will see what happens.
Looking for options to get some short term care here so that hubby and I can get a few days away.. We will see what that brings. Haven't talked to brother since he basically said he can't come. At least he is calling and talking to parents.
Here's praying for a decent day..asking God to help me with my attitude. So tired emotionally and spiritually.
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Good morning Ya'll, tummy feeling better so will work today....thanks to all for your concern yesterday, made me feel good that I was thought about...
emjo, talking about being naive.. I think I was born cynical and jaded, had the advantage of trusting no one for any reason, so I could see things from an emotional distance which has saved me a lot of heartache... but I am sure it added to missed opportunity's too. Oh well, I am older and wiser....
Hope everyone has a descent day... will check in when I get in from work.....
Would be nice to hear from Jam, the light is on, hope you are ok...
hugs across the miles
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seeme - you wouldn't believe how naive I was for years and years and years - would take me 5 years to realize some one made a pass at me - lol
but I blossomed later - after 70 lol - flirted more in my seventies than all the rest of my life - until i met Gary - really it was only about a year but I could write a book about it - like i said the youngest one was who went after me was 23!!! not that he got anywhere - and definitely have some tips for anyone who wants to date on line!!! These are the stories I can't tell my grandchildren!!

heidi - glad you are jhaving a good evening

stormy - breath deep, hope dad's results are OK

shawna sending good vibes ur way for sales

YR - hope you get a little peace

vic and asg - how ya doing

ros ur cats are great!!!!

54 thinking of u and wondering if you are going to get to the beach with hubby

cara - hope u r getting something better worked out

starri - always good hearing from u -hope u r getting a break

everyone else - take care - have compassion on yourselves too

love and hugs ♥♥♥
Joan
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Well, it has been a tiring day. Mom did have a uti and the doc called in a prescription this morning. Hubby went and got it right away, so I managed to get 2 pills in her today. But she was so whinytoday that I just couldn't keep babying her and I found myself just crabby.....no....CRABBY. I almost got all the ironing done before my back couldn't take it any more. Then I stood for an hour making an apple pie. Everything has to be from scratch......crust and all, and the apples were so small, I had to peel a dozen just to fill one 8" pie plate. The pie was made after dinner, and I had a stack of dishes to do., so I am pooped.

Jam, missing you..........

And just in case ya'll didn't figure it out, emjo is a tease! lol I'm sure she could teach me a thing or two!!!

Headed to bed....everyone have a peaceful night while I am taking mom to the bathroon every 20 min.....pray the anti's work fast..................zzzzzzzzzzzz
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Hello all! MIL in exceptionally good mood tonight and FIL more with it than usual! All in all a nice dinner for a change! I hope you all have had a good night too! xo
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Hello ladies, I hope ya'll are having a good nite so far. Welcome newcomers!!!
Seemie- Thanks for the advice today.
Ladee- Hope you are feeling better. And don't even get me started on dads drs. and that goes for the nurses too (some of them). I think some of them got their nursing degree out of a cracker jack box... I'd be here all night talking about drs.and nurses. Maybe another day.
Shawna- good luck with selling all of your merchandise!!
Emjo- Girl you can't leave a sister hanging like that. Tell us more.....
Starri- hope you are doing ok. I will try not to worry so much until we learn more.
Rossella- I loved your cat pictures they look like some cool cats!!!
Jam- Girl we miss you and hope you are doing alright. We are waiting for your return!!!!! No word from any drs. yet on dad. I don't know if sis got up with the oncologist probably not. But she might not have had a chance to call him today. So we will see what happens. Well, ya'll take care and have a restful and peaceful nite. Love and Hugs to you all!!!! Stormy
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ladee I get what u mean and my life has often been like a soap opera but i play a small part -

the online stuff was an adventure - the odd soap opera in it too lol
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LOL - kept my students coming back,,, and tomorrow we will fiind out... rotflmao

gives you something to think about doesn't it :-D

one of the things an instructor wants to bring out in students is curiosity - it helps learning and makes life more interesting in general

just to be fair I will tell you about the LPSG - one of my online adventures - one guy on line belonged to a website called LPSG so I innocently checked it out - WELL!!! - it means "Large Penis Support Group" and there were pictures all over the place and guys wondering is theirs was the best`etc. I wasn't on there but a minute and one member (pun intended) messaged me and wanted to chat - he cheated on his wife when he travelled and wanted to know if I was interested - but said he loved his wife and she didnt know about it. Boy I let him have it! Told him if he thought that cheating around the countryside was not affecting his marriage is was deluding himself. Also told him if he wanted excitement he should go bungee jumping and if the cord didn't break his marriage would stay in tact. Met a nice young italian boy there too - we basically just chatted - but not on that site - I never went back! Oh my - I got some surprises!
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yeah, Seeme, she is like a soap opera, gotta wait till the next day to see what happened... not that her life is like a soap opera, oh lord, I feel myself digging a hole here, YOU get what I mean, huh emjo???? Please say yes...and I am very interested in what the experience was like....
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Emjo, are you a novelist? For crying out loud. you've just got to keep us hanging on.........how agravating..........get us all built up and then wehave to wait for the sequel !!
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ladee - I am with you re doctors and being assertive - i was sick after i had Gordie - high fever, racing heart (due to the fever) etc etc -they did tests on me and every time i said - you won't find anything wrong - I have the flu bug one of the kids had, just give me aspirin and antibiotics and let me sleep - I burned and shook and sweated and shivered like I had malaria for several days, they put me on cortisone and my face blew up - they gave me such strong iv antibiotics that it burned the veins in my arm and finally one doctor came in and said to me - we may have to cut you open to find out what's going on in there and I said right back to him Yesh and I can pull this iv out and walk out of here. We contacted my obgyn and he banned that guy from my room and a couple of days later i told the nurses that I had had my last fever and i was ready to leave, Then they said if you get diarrhea from the antibiotics come back - we have good meds for that - Yeah Right!!! No thank you I will deal with it myself - but it never happened

However on about the third day I had a near death exxperience - not documented by the doctors - but I .saw things I couldn't have known. More on that another time.
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ASG: the delicate cycle is not enough! I was thinking of that cycle that you use to wash the rags that you use to clean the floor. It is not disrespectful; the comparison is just between the two levels of dirt!
Ladee. how's your virus? I had one of these and it lasted 2 months; in fact it was not a virus, it was a bacterium and I cured it with antibiotics. Lorenzino is still home, too tired to go out. He sleeps all day long and he tries to sneak in the part of the house where my mother lives, because it's more quiet there!
Sandra, Stormy: I am very sorry for the problems you are having with your father/mother. I live in another country and when we have a problem we go straight to the hospital. It is completely free for people of my mother's age, so they keep her there until she is better and she can go back home. So I don't know what kind of advice I can give you!
Emjo: yes I choose to be selfish a few hours every day. I have to do something for myself. This period of the year everyone goes on vacation, they travel, they go to the beach, they go to the mountains. If I didn't go to the swimming pool at least, I would feel very very unhappy!
Shawna: I have to cook 3 different things every night: the meal for the dogs, the meal for me (I am on a diet) and the meal for my mother. Arghhh! I am lucky that the cats prefer the canned food!
Hi Starry where are you?
Hi Jam, give us news from time to time! Generally speaking, I mean!
bye and 'night
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Great to hear from you Starri, we miss seeing you here every morning.... yep the heat is killing us all... every time I go out to smoke I want to go start my car, turn on the ac, burn gas so I can smoke in the cool... we are so solution oriented aren't we...
My dad had a quack for a Dr. and both my "ugly sisters" complained that he would never stop and answer any of their questions when dad was in the hospital... I was up there one day, and as he started to zoom out of the room after I had asked him something, he saw that I was standing in the doorway, he would have had to put his hands on me to move me, so he stayed long enough to answer the questions, my sisters didn't know whether to be proud or appalled, but we got the answers, and I finally convinced him and them to change Dr's... Lord, the extent we have to go to sometimes to get some help and some answers...
So many people are intimidated by Dr's, they don't realize they are feet made of clay just like us.... they, sometimes, have more knowledge, and I say sometimes....
One time when the old man was in the hospital and we were having problems getting them to tend to him, I went up there one evening and as I walked past the nurses station, I sort of thumped my hand on the desk and said "get his paper work ready, I'm moving him to another hospital"....... there was some scurrying and phone calling and before you know it the DON was there and we had a plan in place.. hmmm. The "ugly sisters" got mad about that one, but I told them I was tired of hearing them bitch and complain when there were other hospitals in town, good Lord, find a solution, and it worked so why are ya'll mad ONE MORE TIME... and ya'll wonder why I call them the "ugly sisters".....sometimes ya just gotta do what ya gotta do.... and f**k em if they don't like it...and that includes the sibs... if you can't find a solution, don't get mad if I do....after the old man died haven't had to deal with them at all, so that is why ya'll are my sisters.... at least we all understand each other.... and SUPPORT each other, what a concept.... Lord please bless caregivers with crazy families....
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Evening all, miss you Jam, Ladee, hope you are feeling better,there is so much going on here, I don't know that I could keep up, so welcome to the new ones, and please join us here venting, complaining, bit**ing, joking and just carrying on.. I think it was stormy stressing over test results, do yourself and your dad a favor, don't worry about that bridge till you come to it, I had so many doctors telling me so much misinformation, that finally I quit listening to them till we had all the tests and all the answers in one place. Then I was able to make decisions and strategies based on that. You do not have to let any doctor that you are not comfortable with, provide service to you or your dad, I had one that I had had a run in with before, he was put on alert as well as the nurses that I would be keeping a close eye on him and if anything looked out of line, his ass would be mine, in caring for my mom.. This heat is about to kill me, so I think that I am going to lay down for a while.. Big hugs
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Good news my brother in law is coming down Saturday to help me set everything up...at railfest and he's real good at that... knows what it should look like to make a good impression :-D I can't wait wish me luck that i sell everything...
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Hi all.. Hope everyone is having as good a day as possible. Has been pretty uneventful here! Yay! Dad seems ok today, a little more out of it and kinda crabby when he is awake. He has been sleeping on and off most of the day.
I did get some rest but I feel lousy..at least it isn't stomach junk!
Take care all.
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I might be able to talk my sister into either letting me use the car or having her come and get me to take it over. I have a bunch of mugs already done. I have a ton of blank mousepads and licence plates. I have some native mugs ...one horse ... one pegusus ... a couple little kid ones ... a puppy dog one... elven maiden one .... and a couple 9/11 I designed because of you know next month..
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Shawna, I am so grateful I do not have "nature" calling every month any more.. I was completely thru menopause by the time I was 50... guess God knew I would eventually go on a killing rampage if it all didn't end soon....so my heart goes out to you, we all know what that is about.... ugh.
Stormy, guess you could have taken you dad to the vet and he would have done a better job than that stupid doctor... Hell, we could practice medicine with what all we know and probably do a better job, except for the cutting part, nope, couldn't do that...
Seeme, you need to go to Shawna's web sight and see the awesome stuff she does..... and Shawna, people will buy it all if you can figure out how to get it there!!!!!

Gonna go lay down, don't have too much fun or shared info without me.... love and hugs to everyone...
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I create personlized products Seem water bottles, mousepads, mugs, t shirts, keychains and the like with any image I want long as its not copyrighted. I made a mug for my sister .. it has our father's naval picture on it plus one of the ships that he worked on my daddy was a sailor first class and worked on corvettes ... those are really small ships... in WW2.... Railfest is a kind of carnival festival with vendors and food and rides.. its a one day thing.. its to celebrate the trains that used to run between three cities that no longer run...
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Mom is in AL, presently on a scenic ride. After all these years of care, guilt and no life, Sis and I are going "we should've done this sooner". My relationship is already better, after just a few days. Magically once she got the new chair (motorize, tilt chair), it's like it finally dawned on her we had been busting butt to take care of her. I'm not saying it won't be an ongoing challenge, but I no longer will worry about my sister having a heart attack or a stroke due to the stress. I can now go out of town for the weekend with my husband without worrying about her home alone. And Mom clearly seem to like having company.

Please, if you are looking at this and the emotion is too great, there is a light at the end.
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Gotcha, Stormy, I remember the story, just didn't realize it was THAT doctor. But if he has trouble after you suction, then don't hesitate to call 911.

Shawna, what type of crafting do you do? And what is the rail fest. We have on where I live that is called a "de-rail-abration". They celebrate the town taking up the tracks overnight just before the Yankees got here, so they couldn't use the railroad. Just wondering............
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Seemie, There is another dr in the office but he cut dad in the wrong area for his feeding tube a too big incision and in the wrong place so we really do not want to deal with him. Plus he has law suits against him. For screwing up patients... And dads dr was talking about letting that one do the biospy on dads groin area for the enlarged lymph node down there. Can't let him do that. He might casterate daddy!!!! YIKES!!!! Boy would that HURT!!! Love ya!!!
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My heart and love goes out to all my fellow caregivers. Today its hot but a nice cool breeze so keepng mom in the house. She's got her water and she's chilling and relaxing enjoying her cooking shows. Funny she never used to watch them when she was up and mobile and cooking herself. Now that i do all the cooking thats what she loves to watch only problem is she will look at me and say Shawna can you cook that for me .. HUH uh no mom... lol I am not a gourmet lol. Though we have tried a couple of the recipes to cut the mundane lol. Just when the heat hits again along comes mother nature and kicks me in the teeth .. UGH i hate this time of the month... i feel yuck .. my right foot is still swollen we think its arthritis.. HECK I am only 33! To top it off I ended up with heck of a migrain this morning from it. I always end up with one at the start ... and then again at the end doc says its hormones oh REALLLLY sorry thats me being sarcastic lol. Then to top it off I have to go to a new lpn cause mine has decided to go find a new job oy joy starting over with new ... NOT...

Ladee drink drink drink.. relax stay cool .. and rest .. till your feeling better... imagine yourself in your air conditioned BS... drinking ice cool magaritas and beng fanned by cabana boys lol.

Vic: how's Poppa today did he have a good night ... hope so .. so you got some rest...

ASG: you are hilarious ... you made me snort tea out of my nose girl lol...

anyway ... since its nice and cool in the house I am getting ready for rail fest this weekend coming up. Here's to hopin i sell a lot of things .... and finding a way to get it all there !
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Hey ya'll , well I've lived, so far, and Seeme people have told me for years that is why my eyes are so dark brown, full of sh*t.....
Rossella, is your roaming Romeo still resting from his wanderlust vacation??? Kisses back to you and the fur family, and of course mama if she will let you...
emjo, thanks for the words of wisdom, to contemplate when we have a minute or two...and many names coming in for that beauty of a horse,, put mine of FB for ya..
Stormy, I am so sorry you and sis are about to loose your minds with the not knowing, that drives us all insane, and we are going to imagine the worst... bless his heart, is he in pain? Does he let ya'll know if he needs something
? Angels sent to you and family to help with all this... let us know if you hear from the
Dr.
Vic thanks for the well wishes, did popa have a good night, or when you finally get to bed to you find yourself repeating answers in your sleep???hugs to you
ASG, you crack me up girl.... guess with all you have going on, humor is your life saver.... hugs to you and the kiddo's
Jam, we're keepin the light on for ya' hugs
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Stormy, I am so sorry all this has happened to your dad. And doesn't his doctor have someone on call to cover while he is on vacation? Maybe someone else in the same office? If you get worried about his breathing, call 911 and get him taken to ER and take the test results with you. Also, call his doctor's office and listen to the whole voice recording, they may give you some info there, if he has someone covering for him. Love and Hugs
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