
Many of us, myself included, come from a dysfunctional family which adds a lot of weight to the challenges of caregiving. I have read stores on various threads on other topics and decided it would be good to have a thread just for this topic for people to share, vent and discuss.
The idea for this thread originated on the thread named "The Caregiver....How are YOU doing today?"
Sharyn-Happy Friday to you also
Becky-Thank you for the info on Ativan and try and have a good weekend anyway.
Pam-thank you, I believe they adjusted it, seems ok now.
smeshque - Good that they reduced the dose! I've written a lot about my experience with the CBD oil here on AC, but I'll be darned if I can remember which thread (again....just woke up, lol!). Feel free to message me if you want to chat about it.
So ever since his last visit, I've taken to texting my brother every Monday and Friday, to wish him a good week and a Happy Friday, respectively. So far so good - he always replies! Sent him a pic of his "kitten-nephew's" first visit to the park yesterday. Trying to keep things light and easy, but I do realize now it's going to be up to me to hold onto those fragile family threads.....
Dori, I hope your mom has settled down within normal routines again. Parents seem to be hardest on the child caregiving than the child who pops in and out for short visits.
Golden, I hope your life has calmed down. I’m glad your dd is back to taking the meds. I’m sure she feels better too.
Since the first time I made an account on Facebook, I have periodically searched for my cousin in Ireland and her son as well as other cousins. This particular cousin and I corresponded via letters starting at age 11-12. Then we met in 1975. After getting married and having children, we lost touch with each other.
I searched for her again today. I came across a post by a woman naming several of my cousins. This post was a year old and about another cousin who passed away from MS. I left a message asking if anyone knew how I could connect with my cousin. Then I searched for her son. I found him! I messaged him asking if was indeed her son. He said yes. Turns out his mom passed in 2001.
I am disappointed. I plan to message her son again asking if he will friend request me on Facebook as his settings only allow friends of friends. Too many years pass and we lose contact with friends and family.
I did something yesterday I have debated doing for a while now. I ordered a DNA kit. I’m curious to find out how much Irish/Scottish and Native American I have inherited from my parents.
Sharyn- Thank you. And how intersting to do your DNA test.
I know that I am German,Irish and Native American-Osage( a big Ol' mess :) ) DH is Native American- Sioux, Shawnee, and Kickapoo
Anyway it will be interesting, good luck
Among my real-life peers, I’m the lone crackpot. Does anyone on AC Forum share my jaundiced view??
A close friend had a baby out of wedlock in 1966. A lot of rumors circulated - small town. But very few people knew exact details. A truly nosy, invasive woman who didn't like her back then and not in the present did all of Internet, Ancestry searches and finally got the information. She announced her findings at 50 year class reunion last fall. It was horrible for my friend.
Though admittedly I'm also not that bothered about having my DNA analysed, either! I really don't believe they can tell me anything that isn't the classic trio - "obvious, trivial or wrong."
Or, it is used for stem cell research, and injected into a sheep's embryo.
Send, if I find out I am related to a sheep, I’ll let you know!, haha! Could be the black sheep in the family😜!
"Professor Koch, of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, in Aberystwyth, says archaeological inscriptions on stones show we (the Welsh) came from southern Portugal and south-west Spain." from Wales Online.
I can easily believe the Portuguese and Spanish connection from looking at family photos and it intrigues me. Good enough.
Finally spring is here and with it approaches mother's 106th birthday. Hard to believe that she is still going much as she has been for the last year or two with no health issues other than the vascular dementia. The dreaded visit with my sister and new hub comes with it. Ugh!!! My stomach turns already.
River break up is coming, but is not spectacular as it used to be. The ice just "rots away" to slush. We used to get huge chunks of ice thrown way up the river banks, with accompanying sound effects.
dori - hope your mother has settled down. At this point it probably doesn't take much to upset her. Your comment about maintaining the fragile family threads hit home. I largely don't any more. They (and I, in that context) are too fragile.
rainey -I read somewhere about an upcoming change. Know I am thinking of you. Stay strong - you are doing the right thing.
sharyn -I think they would find black sheep in mine too
cm -not all that bothered either....
send - flights of fantasy
becky, smeshque and all - take care
Thought I had a health issue as my shoulders were quite sore a couple of evenings ago. Then I remembered I had moved the fridge out to retrieve a couple of pens that had fallen down the crack between the fridge and the counter, and then cleaned the floor in that area. A couple of ibuprofen and a heating pad have done the trick.
Walking outside is good these days. Working on counting the good stuff.
I resent your judgment of "flights of fantasy".
There is research and discussion amongst scientists that you may not be interested in, that does not make ideas "flights of fantasy".
One website shared this:
“If we don’t think about it now, in five to 10 years a lot people’s genomic information will be used in ways they did not intend,” says Lauter. But encryption is a funny technology to work with, she says. One that requires building trust between researchers and consumers. “You can propose any crazy encryption you want and say it’s secure. Why should anyone believe you?”
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 18, 2018
Building on a controversial breakthrough made in 2017, scientists announced on Saturday that they have created the second successful human-animal hybrids: sheep embryos that are are 0.01-percent human by cell count.
Happy Monday everyone! Ugh. Lol.
Plus I've also seen way too many sci-fi movies to trust some corporate laboratory with my DNA.
And no more jokes about black sheep either!
Got blood work results. Everything is the same as before, however, my dr here in Idaho, wants me to start Metformin (sp?) to treat the prediabetes.