Countrymouse Posted November 2018
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Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
It's actually a really good feeling!!
It doesn't hurt. Kinda like getting your Flu shot!
Praying all of you get yours soon!
Doctor: Now insert speculum
Patient: How far?
Doctor: You're doing great, just a bit further. Now don't forget to send specimen to lab.
GAG ME!
Doctor: "Now insert speculum"
Patient: "What is a speculum?"
Not happening, at least virtually.
You are both very hilarious.
jodi - good for you. The plan for people my age here is February.
Doctors and nurses are so short staffed that they had a video monitor in his room to check on him instead of making rounds.
They were calling on the phone instead of going into patients rooms. He said it’s crazy in hospitals now.
He has lost 30 pounds. He says that he doesn’t have an appetite and can’t smell or taste anything.
He is still running a fever but it is now a low grade fever.
The hospital sent him home with a nebulizer because they said they can only keep beds for the people who need it the most.
The last time they sent him home he became worse and had to return. He drove himself instead of taking and ambulance and collapsed in the ER. He realized that it was a mistake not to call for an ambulance.
As I mentioned before, he lives in a D.C. suburb.
He is absolutely horrified by the recent events that occurred in the capital building.
He’s lived and worked (investment banker) in D.C. for many years and has been a victim of crimes in D.C. and has been hospitalized for violent attacks in muggings which is hard but he said to witness the chaos that occurred with this latest incident was horrifying and an insane act!
We have enough heartache with this pandemic.
We don’t need this sort of mayhem in the capital building of our nation.
I certainly hope that the inauguration will be safe for everyone.
I don’t think any D.C. resident feels secure right now. They are all asking themselves, ‘How did this happen and why wasn’t D.C. prepared?’
What a horrible way to start of 2021! I hope and pray that our country will heal.
My cousin owns property all over, here in the United States and in Europe. I am wondering if he will select another place to live. He has to get well first from COVID.
Let’s hope more vaccinations will become available and we can achieve herd immunity.
I feel horribly for my cousin. D.C. is an area where COVID has been prevalent and hospitals are full.
It's good to see an update on your cousin as I've been wondering how he's doing. It's just too bad that he is going through so much physically and to add to that all the surrounding chaos.
What a terrible thing to go through by himself.
May God's protection and healing be upon him.
His cough is subsiding some. He called me last night and he was able to speak longer on the phone than the conversations before that.
cwille,
You’re exactly correct! The shortage of workers in hospitals makes it harder for everyone.
The hospital staff is overwhelmed. The patients need more care.
It’s truly sad. Thanks for understanding.
almost every injection was administered incorrectly! This bothers me.
I'm so glad to hear that his coughing is subsiding some and that you were able to talk with him for a longer period of time. I know exactly what it is like to have such a severe cough (from Bronchitis) that you literally can't talk for maybe more than a couple minutes.
That is definitely albeit one step in the right direction and you have to take what you can get!
I hadn't heard that yet so that is definitely troubling to say the least and bothers me too!
Thanks and please keep praying. I hate to see my cousin suffering. He’s been through so much in his life.
He is a survivor and I am counting on his faith and strength to pull him through this too.
On a brighter note, my sweet husband came home after his radiation treatment today and announced, “Only seven more treatments!” He is in the homestretch. Yay!
Then he will have more hormone injections and another MRI. The oncologist says, “So far, so good.”
Hopefully, he will be cured after he is finished with his treatments.
I have not heard that. How were the injections given wrong?
Excessive coughing is miserable! Sorry that you experience this with your bronchitis. Apparently, it can be awful with COVID-19 too.
He was told that his sense of taste and smell may not come back for months. I know a few people that it took quite awhile for them to taste and smell again.
They told him to drink Ensure. He’s not large, so a 30 pound weight loss is quite a bit. I bet he looks like he did when he had colon cancer. He was so very thin then.
Meh, the sun has come out and I'm going for a walk.
With a loss of taste and smell for that many more months to come, I shudder to think if he loses any more weight.
Being thin already makes losing 30 lbs seem like 50 lbs. It is very hard to eat when you can't taste or smell anything. We all rely on those senses to "enjoy" eating.
That's why I say elderly people don't eat very much - they have lost those keen senses and they just don't like to eat just for nourishment. We've been conditioned to "love" what we eat along with the experience of eating. All we have to do is look back at all the family gatherings (pre-COVID) at the holidays.
"Eat, drink and be MERRY!"
I hope the Ensure will be enough for him - he may need it breakfast, lunch and dinner to get any protein/calories. I gave my mom ice cream too to help.
Your husband's doctors will be constantly monitoring his ability to continue treatments. It is not unusual to have to change the treatment schedule, according to the patient's needs and progress.
Stand by him, and take care of yourself at the same time.
Thinking of you, praying too.
One injection. the nurse was shaking a whole lot, as was the needle.
Another started depressing the plunger as the needle was still entering the patient's arm.
Maybe all this was injecting normal saline for the camera, who knows.
But they can stop filming now.
He is drinking the Ensure made for diabetes. He can’t have ice cream. My MIL did add ice cream when she was loosing weight too fast with cancer.
You’re right about the smell and taste being the reason why we enjoy food.
He said that he doesn’t enjoy food at all anymore. It’s sad.
That is such sad news. My cousin has overcome so much. I was hoping that the worst was behind him. I was devastated to hear that he had COVID.
I think this recent protesting has triggered memories of 9/11 for him. Most of the attention went to NY. People don’t think about D.C. as often because of the horror that occurred in NY.
He considers the protesters to be terrorists. He’s uneasy thinking about a reoccurring situation on Inauguration Day.
He says he hopes that it will be a peaceful transition.
Prior to living in D.C. he lived in Manhattan. He still has ties to NY and very good friends there. He was scheduled on that flight to NY. Thankfully he had a business conflict and canceled his flight.
So much for a ‘happy’ new year, right? Well, let’s truly hope that this was our rock bottom and that we can only go up from here.
Thanks so much for your prayers and warm wishes. Please don’t stop praying. Prayers are helping to hold me together right now.
He meets with his oncologist every Monday.
My husband doesn’t whine or complain. So when he says something it truly hurts.
He has never been ‘a little boy who cried wolf’ type, so I know it is serious if he has a gripe.
I went online to order one and changed the mailing address to my address, because my Aunt has Alzheimer's and will throw it away.
I recieved a letter from Kaiser stating that because her address is no longer in the coverage area (she is still in Ca and I am in Montana) they were going to cancel her insurance.
I called Kaiser and explained the situation. "Ryan " told me he fixed the issue and everything was fine.
When I realized that her premium payment has not been deducted from her bank account, I called again. Only to find out that "Ryan" had not done what he was supposed to do and I had to re-enroll her for her insurance.
This could take up to 30 days and in the meantime I am scared to death that she has no insurance!!
I'm so overwhelmed!!
Their mistake.
Respond to this letter in writing to Kaiser:
"I recieved a letter from Kaiser stating that because her address is no longer in the coverage area (she is still in Ca and I am in Montana) they were going to cancel her insurance."
Include copies of her old card and Member number in your correspondence.
The MC will have a copy of her card on file.
Send a copy to Medicare.
Not sure, but new cards are issued yearly from October through December, as everyone gets re-enrolled.
Sorry to hear this news. It is scary. Your post reminds me of an incident that happened to us many years ago.
The owner of the engineering firm that my husband worked at was embezzling from the company. He stole company profits and insurance money.
He was pocketing the money that employees were paying for their health insurance.
When my husband found out he walked into his office and told him, “You’re stealing from the company and you put my wife and children and I at risk. What if one of us were to get cancer and we couldn’t afford to treat it? What you have done is inexcusable!”
My husband and I were horrified at the thought of us not being insured. All because of his ‘greedy’ boss!
Keep following up on this situation. Hopefully, you will be able to correct it soon.
You can ask if you could be insured today:
1-800-787-3311
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I am not an insurance expert, however, I did have Kaiser and cancelled after a year with them.