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@quilteryoyo. I’m so sorry! The digital frame is a great idea. Hope he makes an improvement both physically and mentally.1
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@quilteryoyo uh that's rough. I understand it is hard for him, physically and emotionally battling something so scary alone. Will earbuds on his phone help him hear at all? I love the idea of the digital frame. My computer had this whiteboard program that allows you to share and interact, which is a novel idea in this situation if they had just whiteboard tablets, assuming his eyesight is good enough to read and write. (ya hear me Microsoft? do something?). Can he color? I know it's childish, but something, if he's able to engage and it was always satisfying to complete a page. How about a stuffed animal? it's like having something/someone with you. It is well known and an adopted practice in long-term care facilities. I just ordered a stuffed cat for DH's g-ma. Maybe he'd like a lion as his companion and protector?
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Thanks for the ideas @swenson19d . I don't think he would color. Not sure about a stuffed animal. He did try to call me on the cell phone, but he couldn't hear me. All I could hear was him breathing. Hoping to do a FB chat with him and his nurse in an hour or so. We are also trying to set up a FB pace for him with one of the family member's extra ipads, so we can all FB video chat with him and send him video's of the great grandkids, if he can figure out how to work it. Shouldn't be too hard with the nurses help. It's just so hard not being able to be there with him. I know some people who say, "They wouldn't keep me away from my husband/dad." But, what are you going to do?1
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@quilteryoyo Good to hear they have a plan to keep him connected to the family!
Bob
...is the only family member who understands me. I decided to drag the sponge mop around today since it's been a bit and I noticed the accumulation of Dh coffee drips. Usually, it is a real chore to mop. I still have to mop through the pain, but I did not have to change the mop water once. I did only get the kitchen, dining area, my bedroom, and bathroom. Bob even made mopping easier. I love you bob-o. Before bob, I could mop all day and never ring out clear water. Everyone needs a bob.
Scale
We are taking a break from one another. Communication issues. LOL! I am scared to get on it.
Food
No idea yet, maybe cereal with blueberries.
Bear.
has a double chin. LOL. I assume it's going to be a cold winter and he's saving up. His bday is in 1 week and he'll be 2. Grown-up! now he can get a job, go to college, do his own laundry... He is studying how to become a chef. haha.
GPA
I am still waiting on my pharm grade to post, but assuming it is a B my overall undergrad GPA is finally over a 3.5 at a 3.516! yay! include my graduate and dropped classes and I have a wonderful 3.36. Which is fine, just means I had some struggles.
Future plans
Violin on tap for today maybe after I have some tylenol and check on the outside cat. Pt tomorrow, which I am tired of. I'm not "fixed" and dun wanna no more. My back, SI is horrible all the time and I may (probably will), see if I can move my April appointment with the hip surgeon to earlier. Just waiting to find out my schedule next semester (clinical/lab assignments have not been made). I may go out to the cemetery tomorrow after PT. IDK. I keep thinking I'll just lay down and die there, so I haven't allowed myself to go. I have some little votive electric candles, I thought maybe I'd put one in a mason jar and take it out there instead of flowers, since its cold. leave candle not die. I also can journal in those books I got, weather permitting I can take my violin out there too. so, see. much to do and not just die.
ok. I'm going to listen to some material for next semester. (yup, been stalling).2 -
@swenson19d - lol Bob sounds great!
Lol you and the scale have parted ways!
Did a 25 min run outside for streak, day 20, then stripped down through on shorts and hopped on Pellie for a 20 min ride. DH asked if I was going for a swim next. Nope.
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@quilteryoyo I have 2 digital frames and just love them. I literally find myself stopping and watching it as it scrolls through pictures. I gave one to my husband for a 30th anniversary gift, with pictures from when we started dating to the present....pretty special. I think this will be great for your dad. It would be great to get him some version of hearing aids as well.
@swenson19d I really need a Bob in my life....I think we could be very happy together. Grades are fantastic with what you have been through.
@ddmom0811 Glad you are staying active....we need to do a ride together....remind me of your LB name....I'm #LostnAustin. My PZ challenge ends this week and I think I am going to skip the next one starting in Jan to focus on shorter rides, some runs (we bought a Tread....which keeps getting put off for delivery) and mainly strength. Riding too much doesn't help muscle build.1 -
Not good news. We were able to see dad yesterday/last night. At first he was doing really good and then took an instantaneous turn downhill. His oxygen level is at 65% this morning, so just a matter of time, the nurse said. We are hoping to get to go back to be with him today. There's no guarantee with CoVID, which is horrible. Not feeling chatty. Will check back in when I can.3
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dreams.. AKA a bunch of nothing
Bob woke me this morning from a dream. All my dreams seem a bit morbid. Last week I was climbing some white wooden stairs to go see Alex. When I entered his "apartment" the size of a bathroom he was about 8 years old half on a mattress with his head on a paper plate. The plate seemed symbolic of a halo from Walmart. I'd been wanting to put a halo over one of his pictures. I laid down next to him to hug him (regret I didn't go see him before the ME took him. But I couldn't leave DD given the situation). I go to hug him and his arms stiffly try to choke me. My feelings of not helping, not saving him I guess. Another quick dream was "Winston is going to die" IDK who winston is. but winston sounds like swenson (Alex's last name) but I clearly heard winston. Perhaps it the cigarette company?
Anyway. Bob woke me from rounding up rats that the maintenance guy kept putting in the apartment building. My cats and I would catch them and throw them out. They kept biting me, and I couldn't find my cat, KD (Kekule- kids called him kadee and it stuck). Then this guy sleeping on a couch in the foyer wakes and I explain the guy keeps putting them in here to insulate the building which won't work. Then I realize it's a kid from school (not really tho). I look up and a dang rat is climbing on the curtains. but when I grab it, it's a small rat-like kola with a belly like a grey coconut, a name tag and a stretchy thin gold collar, the small red name tag says "OGGI". Oggie is sweet and nice and doesn't bite me.
I am not awake yet.
I was going to journal these dreams in a grief book, but here I am- half asleep trying to move past the rats.
I am out of truvia for my tea
Bob didn't even do well on his first assigned task that wasn't "everywhere". I gave him an F and he is sitting in his corner re-thinking his map.
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quilteryoyo wrote: »Not good news. We were able to see dad yesterday/last night. At first he was doing really good and then took an instantaneous turn downhill. His oxygen level is at 65% this morning, so just a matter of time, the nurse said. We are hoping to get to go back to be with him today. There's no guarantee with CoVID, which is horrible. Not feeling chatty. Will check back in when I can.
oh *kitten*. I am so sorry @quilteryoyo I am so sad right now.
I wasn't self-absorbed and posted nothing before reading your post, it apparently didn't update until I posted my ramblings.0 -
@quilteryoyo - you do not have to worry about being chatty here! I am still hoping and praying for a miracle for your dad. I am so glad though that they have let you see him and be there with him. Sending you love and hugs and hope!1
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@quilteryoyo. I am lifting him up in prayer as well as you and the rest of the family.0
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Put in the other post, but putting it here too, thinking of you @quilteryoyo0
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I reached out to my hip surgeon's office via whiny email. My back is not getting better. I can not get any sleep. I had to cut violin short because my back wouldn't have any more of it. Wonder if I can play laying down.
Not awake. Can't breathe. Back is on fire.
DD helped me with a grocery list last night. We both need to do better than the packaged foods dh gets. I haven't made Thai hot and sour soup in a long while and it sounded good. Pick up isn't available until Friday.I want to do a 30-day soup diet to get back on track.
Birds and Bears
We have a bunch of birds with the cold, I decided they were a chickadee of sorts. Dh said they were swollows, but they are too small and in my trees. I think bear gets depressed that he cant catch them. He found a tiny skink the other day, I rescued it and release it. He's fed, he's just playing and I like the little things.1 -
@swenson19d - I hope you can get in to see the surgeon and get some relief for your back or at least figure out what is causing the pain. We may have talked about this before but have you ever looked into acupuncture for the pain? I know for some people it works well (placebo affect?) and others not so much. My brother is in chronic pain and it seems to help him, the affects just don't last a long time.
There was a hot and sour soup featured in the NYTimes the other day. I will see if I can find you the link.
I finally downloaded a free app called Merlin Bird ID. It is from the Cornell Bird Lab and works pretty well. You can enter a picture or a description and it will show you different birds that are similar and found in your area. I also got one for plants called Picture This so I can tell what the flowers are I see and think I want in my garden.
I didn't feel well yesterday, just really down and unenthusiastic about doing anything. We are having our driveway redone and I had to be up early. I hadn't gone to bed until after midnight because I get so wired up from running at agility. So I was exhausted too and that seems to have a major impact on my mood. They started breaking up the old concrete at 7am and the whole house was shaking. Dh took Hobbes to doggy daycare so he wouldn't be freaked out all day. He didn't want to go either, Tuesdays are usually a rest day for him too. I finished putting together all the Christmas boxes for sending to family and I think that made me sad too knowing we aren't going to be able to see dd or anyone over the holidays.
Driveway pictures under the split:Before:Today is going to be a better day. I am going for a walk/run at a minimum. I am also going to try doing some yoga every day/evening. I have been doing the moves for my hamstring pretty consistently before I run but I did a deep stretching one last night that showed me just how tight I am, everywhere.
They had cleaned up and I thought were done for the day when I heard the beeping of a truck backing up. Thought they were loading up the equipment so I went out to take a picture and they were unloading the dirt and gravel base.
@quilteryoyo - You have been in my thoughts all day yesterday and now again today. I wish I could just hold and comfort you. I am still hoping for a miracle for your dad and hope you and your mom are doing ok.
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@swenson19d sorry your in pain! I hope you get some relief. My chiro mentioned dry needling to help "unstick" my back that is really fired up right now. I think its kinda like acupuncture. I may give it a whirl.
@shanaber I often find my best recipes from NYT cooking. I just made last night the Maple Salmon that was on there yesterday. So easy and so fantastic. We loved it. I hope you can get some sleep and lift your mood....I don't do well when I am exhausted.
Well...I am happy to say that my second mammogram today lead me to an ultrasound and once that was done, the radiologist said that what they are seeing is a very small lymph node and that it is fine. I naturally questioned her to make sure that I wasn't confused. They said it was not cancer and now that they have it in my report, they can compare in the future. I am happy but also, will be very cognitive if I notice anything.....
Hope to get a ride in later.....just didn't have the bandwidth in me this morning before my appt.
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@swenson19d I found the recipe! Here you go It looks delicious!1
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@swenson19d I found the recipe! Here you go It looks delicious!
That soup looks good. I just need someone to make those dumplings for me! I am trying to make a stuffed pastry with peas and potatoes in a curry. I suppose if it fails I'll turn it into a coconut pumpkin curry and serve it with rice. Back is still horrid. I will probably have to take a tylenol to get dinner.
Back.
Thanks for the thoughts all. I've had dry needling for my hips/IT band and it worked in some parts. There was one spot it just wouldn't calm down and was really bad, but that was before the IT band sx back in 2018. I just wish I knew why the heck it hurts so bad in the middle of my back. ribs and shoulders. The lower back can be the hip, maybe the rest of it is too? But I am so lazy, I can't imagine that I am straining it with violin all of the sudden. The PT thinks it's my posture. Well sure, but why is my posture so bad? Not because I want it to be, it's because I am accommodating the WTFert is going on. I think I have ankylosing spondylitis now. Me bones betray me. IDK really. Just worse and it is frustrating. I hope Dr. Martin has an answer for me soon. The Pt said "I saw the way you were sitting (in a crooked slump)" And I reply "uh huh, I was tempted to lay down". So asking me to sit up isn't going to help miss, just cause spasms.
It's tylenol time.
@quilteryoyo Thinking of you. Know my heart breaks in this situation for you and your family.0 -
@quilteryoyo I'm so so sorry. Kia kaha0
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@quilteryoyo I saw your caring bridge post. I am so very sorry. I am so glad you were there for him and could be with him. Prayers and Hugs to your family .1
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Thanks ladies. I'll be back later - maybe in a couple of days. Just wanted to let you all know, if you didn't already, that my dad passed away yesterday afternoon. I am devastated and so heartbroken. I feel so badly for my mom. They were married for 63 years and together for 66, since she was 18. It's going to be so hard for her. I know that there is never a good time for a loss, but in the history of sucky timing, this has to be the suckiest.4
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@quilteryoyo many virtual hugs to you and your mom.
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Docs office replied and will send an order for an MRI of my low back. If I can get that before the end of the year, great. If not I'll wait until after the neuro just in case other tests are ordered and I will save a trip/expense. Least this way if my hip is partly the culprit I'll know. Today the back is better, just a mild burn and a hip ache. I took benadryl last night which seems to quell the pain.
Food
My pea potato pastry idea didn't work. It was a lovely soup that I pureed and served over white basmati rice. Dh thought it was bland. It was not. I had garam masala, loads of fresh garlic, and a veggie bullion paste in it. I could cook some taters and peas and add the soup as a sauce.
PT at 1 today. I am fearing the violin now, with my fire back. PCP in 5 days, finally.
Bob
poor guy was peed on yesterday. Old cat thought he would get the best of it I guess. I was so mad. The cat is so scrawny and I can't even give him a tolerable smack on the butt. I just chased him around yelling "NO PISS, NO PISS!" and occasionally nudging him. pee pee is acceptable behaviour outside the house or in a box, he knows that. Jerk. Beary told on him and got snuggles for it.
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@quilteryoyo - I saw your caringbridge post last night and then had dreams about you. So so sad for all of this and it makes me angry because it was unnecessary. What was that doctor even thinking??? Sending you and your mom love and comforting hugs! Wish we all could be there for you but you know you are surrounded by our thoughts, prayers and hugs!3
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@swenson19d - I am glad the back pain is better. I wonder if the Benadryl works because it is reducing the inflammation? I know we give it to dogs for that reason.
Maybe old cat wanted to mark Bob as his very own 😂 you know, keep all the others away!
I ran yesterday and my hamstring felt pretty darn good. Just a little complaining. But afterwards and later in the evening it was clearly not happy and very angry. I was able to adjust the bed a bit and didn't end up taking anything and slept fine.
I have not called my pcp yet about it. Even though her visit could be virtual I don't want to go see any specialist right now with cases exploding in CA. I honestly don't even know what kind of specialist I would see. I don't think ortho, maybe a sports doc or a physical therapist? I also need a referral for my toe to get the ingrown toenail dealt with that I keep avoiding. It hurts and then feels better so I think, hhmmm maybe I don't need to do anything about it. Maybe I can delay it until March or so...
@Avidkeo - I think I saw that you weren't feeling well in the Challenge thread. I hope you are doing better now!2 -
@quilteryoyo - so sorry. Hugs for all of you. It’s just terrible. Know we are here to listen though I’m not so good lately checking in.
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@shanaber I assume that is how the benadryl works, reducing inflammation.
My PCP's office phoned and wanted to cancel my appointment to cut back the number of visits. I could do telemed to reschedule for February. I just rescheduled for feb. I am assuming my situation does not warrant a visit... sure I have the depression under control. sure I'm fine. DD was in her room screaming, laughing and for about 5 seconds all I heard was the night the woke me to tell me about Alex. I'll prob just cancel the pcp, give up on all my appointments and accept the days as they come. It all made me depressed and I ate everything. Maybe tomorrow I'll shake it and get back on track.
I braved the scale and am 3.5 away from the oh no weight.
@Avidkeo I hope you are better soon. Is there a traditional food that helps with colds/flu? Here it is chicken noodle soup, I sort of assume that is a worldwide thing but that may be a culturally insensitive assumption.1 -
Hi all....TGIF.
Thinking about you @quilteryoyo
@swenson19d Keep your appt....you can change it later. One day at a time. Poor Bob!
@Avidkeo It's going to be so weird to get the common cold or even flu in the time of covid. Hope you shake it fast!
@shanaber I agree...they are prolly going to give you exercises and stretches anyway. I would see a sports med doc at some point, who may refer you to PT. The toe nail prolly needs to get done.
I have a really busy few days coming up....trying to get year end stuff done so I don't have to go in next week. Boss is going to a wedding in Atlanta. I will not be working in his home office again until after the holidays and I know he is Covid free.
Food - eating all the things...January and payback is coming
Exercise - a lot of riding. I tried Pilates yesterday....a new Peloton offering. Did an intro class and a 20 min beginning. It was good....very core centric. But felt my lower back twinge when I went to stretch....stopped and rolled my glutes etc to try to stave off a back issue. Still a little twingy today even after my chiro appt. Hmmm.....1 -
I canceled the appointment. I think I'll give myself to monday to cancel the other appointments. I canceled violin today. All I have to do is pick up the walmart order at 2. I took a low dose antidepressant and asked for refills. I have some, but if they aren't going to see me they can at least okay and replenish my script.
bob
is a jerk. I think he sought revenge for being peed on. He cleaned the breakfast nook went on to dh's office and I figured it was safe to feed bear in the nook. but no. bob went straight for his food and sucked it up, wet food. poor bear was just hungry and wasn't the pee-er. I sent bob to his corner ans will submit an "other" review on his performance.1
