INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

sas-schatzi

Sorry if this makes anyone uncomfortable, but I am still in the EWHhhh phase. I saw a bug last night. Here you see a bug, you don't rest until it is a dead bug. He's ripped to shreds. Kinda hurt my arm, but that didn't stop me in my pursuit. Bug guy is coming.

Okay, enough on that.

sas-schatzi

Kathy, stuff can be overdone, but I do get it. I made the first night of paramedic class as professional as I could. The other staff didn't quite get it b/c I fussed so much. It set the tone. I wanted them to think we knew what we were doing, Tried to create an attitude that paramedic training, was respected and important. In the 70's it was a new field. Even into the 80's I, also, invited the families for the same reason. I even sprang for coffee, tea, sodas, and cookies LOL.

Kathy, frankly, I don't like weddings. Too much conflict. I's been in 5 and saw to much. I told DH the minute they're was a fight, they're would be no wedding. His mom screamed at me when I told her I wanted halter dresses and garden party hats. After that phone call, I said "if you want to marry me it's 2 weeks from Saturday" We pulled it off. Dad had a restaurant. Mom ignored my wishes and called everyone. They're were about 150. At the reception I found out why my MIL was screaming. SIL showed up in a halter dress. Low cut with her huge boobs looking like they were going to fall out. Can't believe she thought the dress flattering. It was an Oh Well moment. The halters I wanted were up to the neck with cut away shoulders. Retrospectively, I'm glad we did it that way. Still seriously dislike the prep. Like the 'discussion re: my friend', that has to occur.

Kathy you can bend my ear, anytime.

sas-schatzi

Shep, well I'm going to include you for sure on the pattern quest. The olive branch fits. There is something at the end. It's not quite a flower and not quite a fruit. I'll take another pic and try and get closer. I have never seen the pattern before. The 3 D effect under light either. Without light on a black surface it looks totally clear. Which is also beautiful, but not as much fun. Both cousins asked if I were giving it to them. LOL. NO They are both funny. "No, more glass" Then they ask for stuff.

Checking out laurel. Laurel doesn't fit as well as the olive examples. I'm excited a compatriate in the chase

sas-schatzi

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sas-schatzi

Shep, still difficult to see, but the _______(flower?) at the end of each___________(stem) has a small dime size ball from which they're small extend petals that are frosted with a bit more flower that is more lightly etched. Each etching or pattern cut in a block of glass has a name for the cut. The dime size cut is a strawberry cut at the little ball. Doesn't mean it's strawberry. It's a small criss cross cut. Then they're is a deeper cut of lines that look straight. If it were on the inside of the flower it looks like stamin. Relooked. Googled parts of a flower. May be able to figure it out from the pics. New way od doing it. LOL

Generally, I'm not into etching so much, but this one is so intriguing

susan3

good luck sensi,

Sas, tests on Monday, chemo Wednesday....maybe.....I have my first cold in 5 years. Feel yucky. Never had a cold on treatment so have no idea if the will move tests and treatment to the following week. Claire's baby shower is here at my house tomorrow, family wedding tonight. Not going to wedding.....and all ready for shower, I always do everything early, good thing

Fluids and resting today .....and I have a doctor in the house!!!

Just been pushing real hard to get things done for shower, helping house hunting for kids and of course still working....wore me down. Opppps. But it was all fun!!!!!

sas-schatzi

turned it upside down and at an angle

sas-schatzi

Oh Susan, you sound so happy

feelingfeline

Susan give that cold a good night's rest - and have a lovely day tomorrow Grandma

Jazzygirl

JazzyJune- you were very young when you were diagnosed and looking back to when that was and where you are now; 1991 to now? I think for the young women on this thread and elsewhere, this is a very good thing for folks to see.

Sassy- you asking me or JazzyJuneBug? I love indigo blue glass.

sas-schatzi

Jazzy, you, I call JJB Junie. Ahhah, Indigo cobalt blue. Love it too. Much deeper than some of the cobalt. I picked a piece up the other day. Not ready to part with it yet. Sometimes (allot)I have to work up to letting go.LOL I will look. Did you read I got a whole service 52 pieces for 15$. I almost choked. It's the deep cobalt. It's now on the extra bed in a box. No more room on the dining table.

sas-schatzi

jazzy, All four were thrifted, over many years. The lower one last week. Allowed the others to have a home out of the drawer.

sas-schatzi

Sensi, May 6th. Ask for an Anesthesia consult to discuss Toradol , paravertebral blocks, and opiods. Try for a week before at least. Rainnyc was well studied, but was refused a consultation till the morning of. She was at Sloan Kettering. They were familar with everything she asked for. BUT that's the exception versus the rule. By then you will have gotten through all the reading. You will maybe know more than they do. That's why so much study and the early consultation. Allows for the anesthesia person to look at your material.

Junie, yes you are right about the change over to the new residents. But that's July 1st. Not sure why June. The county around Los Angeles, the residents struck in mid 80's. Someone study it. The theory was that mortality would go up. The study uncovered just the opposite. The mortality rate went done. UGH..........

Glad you had no permanent injury from that residents negligence. Even the nurse didn't do right actually. The type of scenario you describe needed a through physical exam. Head to toe. What you describe in the abdomen is classic for an Ileus and mechanical obstruction. The absolute minimum after the physical exam should have been an automatic flat plate of the abdomen. I'm not smart(well yeah, I am LOL). This should have been cookbook. The most common post op complication after surgery is ileus. Followed by blood clot, and pneumonia. Cookbook. They're other complications, but these three are the killers. Always ruled out when a condition change is presented after surgery.

Nurses do a head to toe assessment with each shift change. Look, listen, and feel every section of the body. Inspection of IV sites and wounds. Not being a bitch. A nurse should have pushed for further exam when the resident screwed up. Residents are docs in training. Nurses are already licensed. Unusual in a teaching hospital that this happened. Where were you?

For you to have been given IV fentanyl on the nursing unit Highly Highly unusual. IV Fentanyl(Sublimaze) is reserved for anesthesia. It's a powerful, powerful drug IV. I have never ever seen it used on the floor. Even in ICU it would be unusual. Too many other IV narcotics would be a first line choice.

The positive for the resident, bet he became a much more conscientious doc. Hope so.

sas-schatzi

Junie which plate are you saying is Fostoria???? Cool if it is. OOPs it is LOL, I forgot I put it on. Fostoria Colony Ginger was recovering for the teeth extraction and had just moved into the new house. But your right it's been too long.

Ginger Hootie HOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Loveroflife

Dear me! I have forgotten most of what I read Poor Marti. She is lucky to have a companion like Pris. Service cat...hahaha. I love Pris' pretty eyes. Thanks ShepK for the laugh. I think I would prefer a rose. Haha!

Ms. Sas, I thought it was Giardia infection. If I remember correctly I think I did ask for the test and it was not positive . They also tested me for worms ....also negative. Thanks for introducing me to....gosh I forgot her name...on the constipation thread. Need to go back and look. Jazzy and I have the same taste. I love the colbalt/indigo glasswares. They remind me of the sky and ocean.

JunieB, the trip to Nepal was success and a blessing at the same time. As a matter of fact Hubby left last night for Nepal for nearly three weeks He is traveling with a group of medical providers to north eastern to the area that was hit hard by the earthquake last year. It will be a rough trip. Hopefully, he and everyone on the team stay healthy. My older daughter, husband, and I fell sick near the tail end of our trip. Thank God my younger one was ok. All three of us had lunch at one of the orphanages and within a few days my daughter got sick, then my DH followed by me. Good thing was we were in Singapore staying with my SIL's family when both my husband and I got sick. Felt like I had the flu. No strength or appetite and many many trips to the toilet. Despite the challenges of visiting a third world country, it was truly a blessing to serve.

Susan with ants in the pants, TRY to rest. Have a blessed time tomorrow. I know you will share pics

Jazzygirl

Sassy- the only peice of blue glass I have may not be totally antique, but is probably at least 70's vintage. I got this from a friend of mine back east in the 1980's, she is someone whom sells vintage and antique items I remember when a friend back east at that time used to collect blue glass, and kept telling me I should "give" it to her for her collection. Don't you love those people? I like it, give it to me? What are we, 12? Anyways, I have it in my spare bedroom on a desk filled with some cool flowers & reeds and just love it.

sas-schatzi

Loverly, Judi was tested for Giardia and treated and retreated and , and, and......She finally was treated by a different doc with a different drug. After near 20 years she's normal. Had she not found that doc she would still be in trouble. So, she knows you are coming and has responded already

I'll work on the toradol thing. It's gelling Also, think about Bon's thread. I'm thinking about trying to recreate it. It was a tremendous undertaking when she did it. It was done so well. I started rereading D&D from the early days. UGH it won't be easy. I guess I have the image in my brain of how exceptionally she presented it. If I do it, your conscripted Hahahahahh.

Anonymous

Loverly and Smaarty ~ you must prefer your men to be more buff - lol!

Anonymous

Sas ~ that glass pattern keeps buzzing in my brain. You know how you get a song stuck in your head and it's called an "ear worm"? I have a "glass worm"! Nice diversion though The etching is so unique; I didn't see the petals until you posted the new pics. So wispy, like delicate butterfly wings. Been searching using "wildflower", "meadow", and "flowering vine" as keywords. I've seen some that are close but not right.

Still in insomnia mode. Fell asleep just before 5 a.m. and was woken up at 7:30 a.m by Marti. She waits for my husband to leave for work then "yells" at me to come downstairs while ramming the gate blocking her from the stairs. Bossy old woman, she is. Finally fell back asleep downstairs with her......calmed her with music and her lavender oil; calmed me by searching for glass patterns on my tablet

funthing42

Hi guys just peeked in to say hi.

I became immediately hysterical. Glass and ass who could ask for more! Guy by the bike Lol Lol.

I needed a pick me up. The glassware is beautiful.

Big hugs !

sas-schatzi

Funthing Glass and Ass how funny. Hope all is well. What up?

Lookie went AWOL ?

Shep we have bonded, you are scrolling glass Awhhhhhh LOL. I can do it for hours at a time.

But must tell you my Ear Worm story. I woke up a few years ago. Perhaps 3 1/2 years. Always like time parameters on a story. 8:50 am. Loud music. Went out on the deck to seek the source. Nothing seen. Searched a bit. Realized within minutes it was in my head. It was very jazzy with horns, then it changed to something I recognized as Glenn Miller. The horns kept getting louder. At exactly 9:50 it stopped. I looked. @ hours flat. I thought please, Dear God, don't let this be a new thing.

I plugged into google 'music and tinnitus'. I used those search terms b/c I have tinnitus. It pulled stuff. One article was quite interesting. They're was this guy(doc?). That was trying to redefine ear noise that was different than accepted tinnitus as Musical Ear Syndrome. Noises other than bussing, zizzing, and crickets were previously considered hallucinations. His research showed that wasn't true. Hallucinations are frowned on by everybody. My own counselor said quietly said, "You know what that is?". "Yeah a hallucination." Blew him away when I told him about the guy redefining it. Since then have pulled him up and he has been successful at getting it accepted. Cool.

A few weeks later, I put the cable channel on _____(?) I had never listened to that station before, but wanted something different. Suddenly, I realized it was what I heard with the ear worm. Louis Jordan -Caldonia, 1946. I then went on an internet search and Internet Movie Database (IMDB). In order to be in my brain to be able to be triggered, it had to be stored(???). Never found a source. No Idea where I was exposed to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCH_n9CTTbA

Mine was instrumental without vocals.

it only happened once since, thank god, it was soft. It was so soft, I think it was 'Frosty The snowman'.

What is fun about stuff happening is the side effect of the learning. Louis Jordan and Caldonia were considered the beginning of Rock & Roll.

sas-schatzi

Jazzy, came across this while working on last post. This was pretty cool. Kept following the breadcrumbs. He left music b/c he wanted a college education.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Chile_Robinson

Born in 1938, he quit touring in 1952 "I wanted to go to school... I wanted some school background in me and I asked my Dad if I could stop, and I went to school because I honestly wanted my college diploma."

funthing42

Hi

Not much. Just still battling BC. Waiting on a new treatment plan. Trying to smile in the process.

I have a skin nodule. 3 nodes are lit up. Yuk yuk.

Thank you.😊 again for the pick me up.

Jazzygirl

Sassy- oh wow, that is awesome! Can't blame him for wanting a college education though, can we? Many who don't pursue music for a living always keep it with them as a hobby (just like me!) Thanks for sharing that!

sas-schatzi

FunT. Sucky, yes, not trying to make light of anything. But since my life has been consumed by it for not just my time, but the years before my time here as so many relatives have had it before me and after me, I have a coping mechanism that's weird. On the day I found out it was BC for sure, I was told by a nurse over the phone the doc wanted me to know I had a brain tumor. Chit, being the good little nurse that I am. I told my boss. She relieved me. Never worked again. BC, brain tumor , loss of career in less than 4 hours. WTF. Went out to the neighbors and got drunk.

Each here feels your emotional pain. We are lite, b/c it helps us deal with it. We know we are one call, one lump, one strange thing away from a return. We hold on here b/c we can support each other in the bad times and have fun in the good times. That's different than allot of threads. Very different. Not sure they're is another thread that combines what we have. Newbies to Oldbies. LoL Oldbies. hahahah just made a new word.

Hey, we love you. This is the suckiest time, the beginning. It ain't the end. The fat guy didn't sing. You will be amazed at your strength. AND when you are weak we will prop you up.

Read the toradol stuff, hugs

sas-schatzi

Jazzy, Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I added his quote about stopping to the post. Pretty cool for a 14 y/o to know that's what he wanted to do. What's odd is he kept low key after. Wiki didn't exactly say he graduated from college BBL going to relook. Okay, just missed it. "Continuing his academic studies, he earned a degree in history from Olivet College and one in psychology from the Detroit Institute of Technology"

Loveroflife

ShepK, oh my dear, I can't seem to "unsee" that picture of the guy with the motorbike. That was wrong to traumatize me like that. Uh uh, nope, not.

Funthing, hang in there. This picture reminds me of life:

Ms. Sas, you too? I thought I was having auditory hallucinations when one night, not very long after surgery, I woke up and heard police and emergency sirens that lasted what seemed like forever. It was really loud. I was going to wake up DH, but didn't. Somehow, I figured it couldn't be real because the sirens was accompanied by the "eeeeeeeee" sound.

sas-schatzi

Loverly, OMD, Love the Panda upside down. So true. Recently my hallucinations/ear worms are mimicking the seat belt alarm . Very irritating when belts are on.

Lookforward

SHEP PLEASE I can't even think about a loving relationship(sex) without picturing those men.

Funthing sending good thoughts and hugs your way. I was at the doctors this week, because of a sore lymphnode in my neck that Has been bothering me for the last couple of months. He couldn't feel anything out of the ordinary . I went for a blood test and that was fine. I am not the best at looking after myself.

Sas loved the video of Surger Chile Robinson. To have that talent at such a young age.

our Reno is coming along another 7-8 days and and it will be finished. We had a doggy accident on one of the newly laid tiles that hasn't been grouted, my husband is worried about odor because of urine getting between the tiles. Our little dog doesn't seem himself today.

We went with our daughter today to pick up her wedding dress. She had a fitting and looked lovely in her dress.