
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.
My DH has a hx of uretal problems; when he was in his late teens, docs discovered that he had a stricture in his ureter; his mom was told by one doc that one kidney would simply die, but she found someone would cut out the blockage and re-attach the ends. Worked for a long time. He had surgery to remove some "gravel" a few years back and a filtering stent put in. That urologist is only doing oncology now, but I was able to find an Endourologist (those are the folks with the itsy bitsy cameras) who can see what's going on.
Fortunately, my DH is pretty cooperative about medical stuff- he gets that I know more about this stuff than he does.
Hope everything will be okay with your husband. My husband gets kidney stones. My oldest daughter gets them too. They are painful. Sometimes they do require going to the hospital.
He's having a CAT scan of his kidneys and pelvis tomorrow to see if there's a stone (he's had uretal stones and 'gravel' in the past, so his PCP thinks that's what this is.)
This site is so great for venting!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=39XePR7R6F4
My sympathy goes out to anyone affected by the storm.
It does not hurt to carefully be prepared for disasters, but mediate that, don't empty the stores and hoard, and don't spend too much preparing. imo.
The word I am thinking of for the news outlets is B.S.
I would like to issue a red flag alert to people in general with regards to impending disasters. Whenever you hear "First time ever!", "Hasn't happened in 80+ years", "Worst ever!", your B.S. barometer should be on. Hopefully you have kept the batteries charged all these many years. 🚩🚩🚩🚩
The storm (Hilary)has left our area.
Our experience was heavy prolonged rain, very little wind. No damage.
Thank you to the very special people who reached out to me! 💖
Okay now. Thanks.
EQ
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I felt it.
🙄😲😜😵😕🤪
((((Hug))))
“My brothers do little to nothing and are totally fine with letting me carry this burden.”
I want to beat up your brothers.
“it's like experiencing my abusive childhood all over again”
ME TOO.
Empathy ((((hug))))
“I don't think this will end until she dies.”
I agree. Unless one totally walks away…calls APS…lets the State take over…
Even if your mom goes to a facility, you’ll probably help with problems.
“Maybe then I will find some peace.”
Please find a way to get your freedom already now. Not one minute more of abuse. Easier said than done, because abusers never stop, and kind people (you) keep wanting to help.
I’ve read lots of experiences from abused daughters who helped their moms. Indeed, they only got freedom/peace after the mom died. Finally free from the oppression, for the first time since they were born. But by then, they’re already a lot older :(.
You’re welcome.
I have been in your shoes! I took care of my parents for a very long time.
Caregiving is the toughest job ever!
I hope you get your wish soon.
Enjoy your bear claws! 😊
My days of last minute living is coming to an end.
Re-ordered early this morning. The same delivery guy is shopping for us.
Bear-claws are coming soon!
Anyone else find that when caregiving elders, they must have everything now?
That's not me, yet!
A neighbor's T.V. doesn't work (for her), so she goes running to her neighbor to fix it, now, as if it is an emergency. As if a 70+ y.o. is on-duty T.V. repair for a 90+ y.o. neighbor. The word is: Well, she's moving soon. Not a solution imo.
Worried for both neighbors.
The reason why I said that eating out might be just as cheap as cooking at home is because I can never finish eating the large restaurant portions of food.
I always ask for a box for the leftovers. Especially pasta dishes. I can get two or three meals from one restaurant sized portion. Chinese food is the same way. Loads of leftovers!
I split sushi rolls with friends. I never eat leftover sushi 🍣. That’s gross 🤮. Sushi has to be eaten fresh!