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Post by mmhmm on Oct 3, 2013 15:02:16 GMT -5
I'm so sorry for your loss, steph. You did the right thing for the pup you loved and who loved you.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Oct 3, 2013 15:43:15 GMT -5
I don't own a kitchen table. Or a barstool. So there. Jack up that office chair and DINING room table then The dining room table seats eight and it's made of walnut. It weighs a gazillion pounds. Jacking it up would require a derrick. And FWIW, my foot surgery was eight years ago. I'm fine now. So bite me.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Oct 3, 2013 15:44:54 GMT -5
Jack up that office chair and DINING room table then The dining room table seats eight and it's made of walnut. It weighs a gazillion pounds. Jacking it up would require a derrick. And FWIW, my foot surgery was eight years ago. I'm fine now. So bite me. Now you're just doing it on purpose. Sit at the table to chop/prep and jack up the office chair if you need to reach the stove. <<CHOMP>>
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Oct 3, 2013 15:48:34 GMT -5
The dining room table seats eight and it's made of walnut. It weighs a gazillion pounds. Jacking it up would require a derrick. And FWIW, my foot surgery was eight years ago. I'm fine now. So bite me. Now you're just doing it on purpose. Sit at the table to chop/prep and jack up the office chair if you need to reach the stove. <<CHOMP>> Word. Oh, wait, that's another thread. My bad.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Oct 3, 2013 15:54:06 GMT -5
Word.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Oct 3, 2013 15:59:05 GMT -5
For Nancy and CL
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Oct 3, 2013 16:03:17 GMT -5
Gotta amuse ourselves somehow........ it's gotten so quiet.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Oct 3, 2013 16:08:34 GMT -5
Let me entertain you - ba boom ba boom!!
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Oct 3, 2013 16:15:52 GMT -5
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Post by constanz22 on Oct 3, 2013 18:16:12 GMT -5
It's been "one of those days" here since about the end of June. I keep thinking, "really?! Enough!" I can't even begin to list everything. Storm damage to my new car 3 weeks after I bought it, 21 days in repair shop, dog surgery complications, the day she got better, literally, I walked in the door from her re-check at the vet when my other dog started puking uncontrollably and has been sick off and on since, spent tons of $ and still have no answers, work has just been brutal, people out of their minds, and I've been unbelievably sick with some gastrointestinal thing for over 3 weeks straight, been to doctor, waiting for appt with specialist. I walked out of work last Wed, told them I was taking Thurs and Fri off sick and I'd be back Monday. I seriously felt on the verge of a breakdown. It helped, a little, but now I'm just so far behind at work, it's more stressful. It has just been one thing after another NON stop. Last weekend I found a couple fleas on the dogs. Haven't had fleas in YEARS. So at like 8 PM I am vacuuming, gathering up all the pet beds, throws, etc to wash, combing the dogs, one is a nervous pee-er so he's peeing on me, the floor, his crate, etc, I change, clorox the pee on the floor, take all the laundry downstairs, come back up, and the dog that had been sick with the vomiting was LICKING the spot I had just Cloroxed on the floor. It was like a three ring circus...and this is just a small list of my last few months. Unreal...it has got to end soon, or I will be in the padded room somewhere
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 19:59:17 GMT -5
And now Dad emailed... He's getting married again...
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Post by taz157 on Oct 3, 2013 20:03:25 GMT -5
And now Dad emailed... He's getting married again... Your dad doesn't have the best taste in women (except for your mom of course )?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 20:07:12 GMT -5
Well, I used to roll call the wives: The current, the witch, the ex, the bitch, and my mother
I hadn't even gotten to rename yet... Sigh.
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Post by taz157 on Oct 3, 2013 20:09:20 GMT -5
Well, I used to roll call the wives: The current, the witch, the ex, the bitch, and my mother I hadn't even gotten to rename yet... Sigh. Wow. He doesn't waste time.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Oct 3, 2013 20:19:15 GMT -5
This should make for one hell of a wedding/family reunion story down the road. Have faith OPED, things will get better or worse. Take your pick
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Post by Cookies Galore on Oct 3, 2013 20:27:36 GMT -5
My 3 yr old cut his hair..... I did that! I wanted to be like Cyndi Lauper.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Oct 3, 2013 22:02:12 GMT -5
My 3 yr old cut his hair..... I did that! I wanted to be like Cyndi Lauper. I've heard of girls doing it, but he is a boy - WTH?? He said his hair was too long. He cut it in the front, which made me almost have a stroke when I realized how close scissors were to his face/eyes.
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Post by Jake 48 on Oct 4, 2013 7:08:43 GMT -5
HUGS Steph
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Post by constanz22 on Oct 4, 2013 11:36:50 GMT -5
So this was the start of my day this morning. At DD drive thru... Me: "Hi, can I have a medium hot coffee, black, with sugar, and I have a .99 coupon for that." DD: "Ok, so you want a coffee with cream and splenda?" I kid you not.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Oct 4, 2013 11:47:15 GMT -5
I've been sick all week and as a result of the cough haven't been sleeping well. Made myself look like an idiot in a meeting with my boss today because I'm not firing on all cylinders. I had to be prompted on shit I already know. I'm math dyslexic already, when I'm exhausted it gets even worse. I started having a cough attack in his office to boot. I'm taking the afternoon off and will start fresh on Monday.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Oct 4, 2013 11:53:10 GMT -5
Day 5 of hives, a new crop grew on my knees last night and I scratched them raw, despite the benedryl.
Message received, body. I'm never touching a bottle of Aveda moisturizer again!
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Post by toomuchreality on Oct 4, 2013 17:02:27 GMT -5
My "one of those days" was yesterday, but it's really wimpy compared to everyone else! I have a terrible bug phobia and was greeted by a "Scutigera coleoptrata" (Google if you're brave!) as soon as I walked in the office. Knowing my fears and the gigantor bug colonies we have around here (my office is in a historical district near a river) I am always armed with an industrial sized can of Raid so I killed that sucker right away. Hauled out the vacuum to dispose of the body. Went into the other room to make coffee and there was a daddy-long-leg frantically running around in the drawer I keep my coffee supplies in . I already put the Raid away so I beat it to death with a metal arm from another filing cabinet. Had another bug encounter in the hallway on my way to the restroom. I put a large box over it with a warning sign on it. Don't know what happened to it but I'm sure it will be coming back to haunt me any moment now! I just hope I've met my "bug quota" for the month because I'm all creeped out!!! YIKES!!! I don't consider this wimpy at all! I don't do bugs/spiders and the like. I have one of those industrial size cans of Raid in every room. Once I sprayed a bug that was on the outside of my screen door (spraying the belly). I kept spraying, expecting it to drop off or something. It was HUGE! The damn thing looked me straight in the eye (I swear!), and shook the liquid off it's back leg! True story. Aaaaagh! So Sorry Steph. Even though it was expected, that doesn't make it easy. My father is dying of lymphoma. In his last days. He no longer eats or drinks. We struggle to get a sip of anything down him. The medication they've given him is barely a Tylenol (Ultram), and is in pill form. He can't seem to swallow them any more, and is in a lot of pain. They have him on a stool softener, so he always feels like he needs to go to the bathroom. We left a note for the Hospice nurse. She responded in a note, to crush the pills, and mix them in apple sauce. And to be sure he takes 2 stool softeners daily. HUH?! What part of he isn't eating, and can't swallow, did you miss? He isn't having bowel movements because he isn't eating! It doesn't help to crush the Ultram up and put it in apple sauce, if he doesn't eat it! Also, she has been telling us she would go by and see my dad 3 times a week, for a couple of months. Her note yesterday, said she will start going by 3 times a week, starting next week. Seriously, I have to wonder about these people! I'm not a happy camper. (I'm NOT looking for people to say they are sorry for what my dad is going through. I just needed to vent about his care- or lack there of.)
I hope your day(s) IMPROVE! Ü
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Post by jeep108 on Oct 4, 2013 17:27:49 GMT -5
My dad is in hospice care for Esophageal cancer. They have liquid morphine that can dissolve under his tongue. I would request it if I were you.
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Post by toomuchreality on Oct 4, 2013 18:03:18 GMT -5
My dad is in hospice care for Esophageal cancer. They have liquid morphine that can dissolve under his tongue. I would request it if I were you. Thanks! I wasn't aware of it, but will ask. Take care♥
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Oct 4, 2013 19:15:37 GMT -5
My dad is in hospice care for Esophageal cancer. They have liquid morphine that can dissolve under his tongue. I would request it if I were you. There are alo patches that they can use to deal with his pain. I can't believe that they think Ultram is sufficient for someone with cancer. He sounds like he is orderly under medicated.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2013 21:24:07 GMT -5
To too much and jeep...always appreciate perspective. Hugs and peace to you...
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Post by toomuchreality on Oct 5, 2013 2:14:32 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. Your thoughts and suggestions are appreciated, as is your kindness. I was at my dad's tonight. My sister called. She is the one managing his care, for the most part. She hired the Hospice people / nurse. She said she spoke to the nurse today, and was told that they think my dad is doing just fine. That he doesn't even need more Ultram. WTF!!!He is in so much pain that he can't stand up by himself, get dressed, eat, or even talk normally. He barely talks at all. He says I don't know. I don't know, over and over. When they ask him if he's in pain, he says I don't know. He can't think straight, because he's in so much pain. Yesterday when I got there he was sitting in a chair, rocking his body back and forth feverishly, because he hurt so bad. Just because he doesn't sit an bitch about it all the time, making everyone around him miserable (including them), does not mean he isn't in pain! When my sister got to his house today, he was laying on the floor and couldn't get up. Yet they think he's doing just fine?! The man is 87 years old and has cancer. He's all but dead. Are they afraid of over medicating him, or causing an addiction?! Give me a break! Yeah, we probably just need to give him some more stool softeners, that's it. I'm so angry! Sorry. I don't mean to/not trying to take over this thread. But it truly has been one of those days! Please- someone post about your kids, or the mailman or something. Maybe the checker at Walmart, or the service at McDonalds. Anything. How was your day?
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Post by NoNamePerson on Oct 5, 2013 7:33:49 GMT -5
Cyber this morning to all who are having a hard time.
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Post by sesfw on Oct 5, 2013 11:20:13 GMT -5
toomuchreality ....... I would find a supervisor fast and get better care for your dad. This is uncalled for. Usually Hospice is a lot better than that.
Or find another Hospice group.
hugs
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Oct 5, 2013 12:53:03 GMT -5
toomuchreality ....... I would find a supervisor fast and get better care for your dad. This is uncalled for. Usually Hospice is a lot better than that.
Or find another Hospice group.
hugs Hospice is, by definition, palliative care. The point of palliative care is to keep the patient comfortable while allowing nature to take its course. Your father is not comfortable. He is not receiving palliative care. Raise holy hell until he gets it.
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