INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

I don't do Ducky anymore, thanks for posting.

Spookie,

Please refer to my prior public post.

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I was only thinking of *Blondie*.

TEKA, I saw your post. You remember all that stuff. I'm sorry Blondie is in hospital. But maybe this could be a good thing, to get her proper pain med, and possibly Hospice,I'm done with Ducky. You know that.

Drop the issue please?

Spookie,

Please refer to my last 2 public posts.

I never mentioned Ducky.

What issue? Please share with this well meaning thread member.

*Owlettes*

Wow sore spots eh? I haven't a clue what happened but apparently mentioning anything ducky raises the roof. Ya'll won't last a minute here in Oregon where "Go DUCKS!!!" is plastered about every 1/2 block, all signs, most cars, shirts and bumpers etc.. The whole idea of fighting "ducks" is kind of silly. I hope you all get your feathers back down. I hope the Ducks WIN!!!!

Hugs to ALL!

Hello, dear Owlettes....

My brain and body are too fried to respond to everyone, but I just wanted to check in and say hi.

Sis (77 years old and a post-stroke patient) is still in the Rehab facility recovering from her hip replacement surgery. Her pain is significant, she is depressed, she is tired, and often refuses to do her therapy (She wouldn't do ANY in the hospital.) She is not getting stronger. They are saying she cannot be discharged to her home with only an Alzheimer's patient (BIL) as a caregiver, and she will not allow anyone in her home to assist her. So thankful she has 3 adult children who can make those kinds of decisions. NOT ME! I can still do the medical management part.

Dad (93 years old and a post-polio patient) is a rock star in his Rehab facility. Two hours after hip replacement surgery, the Therapist came in and asked him if he were ready for therapy ("since the glue was dry on his new hip".) The local anesthetics were just wearing off, and when the Therapist rolled Dad over onto his good side, he was kind of groaning and panting. Asked what his pain was on the pain scale, through gritted teeth he said "Two". (Insert rolling eyeballs here...) Then he sat up, stood up, and walked with a walker. That same night he walked 30 steps down the hallway. At the Rehab facility, he walks all the way around the building, and asks the Therapists if they want him to do more. He knows that therapy is his ticket to independence.

In the meantime, we are cleaning his house and getting it ready for him to come home. Unfortunately, he's a hoarder, so we are faced with a monumental task. DH and I have been putting in 12 hour days over there. Tonight, the neighbor across the street came over with two plates of BBQ for us. What a treat!!!

A month ago, I would not have been able to do this. I went on oxygen all night starting Christmas Day. Within a few days my energy level was up, my pain level was down, I felt stronger, and I could actually get out of bed before noon, get dressed, run errands, and stay up all day. It makes such a difference when your O2 sats are 95% instead of 79% all night. My poor bonked brain wasn't getting any oxygen. Of course, we don't know WHY I wasn't getting any oxygen, and why my brain is not telling my body to breathe at night. I may need more tests, but at least this way I am functional.

SO sorry to hear about so many of you needing pain meds and not being able to get them. I went through a ten-week pain management program at Kaiser, and that must have convinced my docs that I am not a drug seeker, as my Norco (formerly Vicodin) and Valium refills are always approved. On bad days, I take them together.

Sending out lots of hugs and good wishes and especially prayers for those who need them badly right now.

Nighty night!!!! xoxoxo

SAS. Oh yeah love the idea of interviewing the other 3 mo's. Not sure what they'll say but can't hurt to ask right. If not , will def try to schedule rotating appts (and tell them why ) as you suggested. Wow. Seriously how can you know so much.

Morning gals! Blessings, your Dad sounds amazing! He must be a lot of fun to be around!

Glad you can at least BREATHE! Yes, oxygen level is what keeps us going! I think our bodies are always trying to heal themselves... But so many things we do, or have taken might make other parts of us screw up..... At least that's my theory... And maybe your body is getting back to normal now? Or is accepting everything you are doing! I'm just glad you are better...

MY NEW CAR HAS AN ISSUE!!!!! Damn! We stopped and washed my car, with one of those high-pressure hoses? Well it lifted a tiny bit of paint right off the bottom of the right quarter panel!!!!!!!! I know what that IS, because on the car-fax report, it said slight damage to "right-quarter-panel REPAIRED".... So that meant during it's year as a rental car some DINK parked too close to one of those curb things! So since it was repainted there, a couple little spots washed right off the damn thing!

But I looked in the glove box, saw the right code for the exact paint... and ordered it online, along with a "primer." Amd I will somehow, get DOWN there, and smooth it out, then spray on the primer, THEN the matching spray! And NEVER USE THE HIGH PRESSURE HOSE DOWN THERE AGAIN!!!

Oh well... I'm such a whiner... Now I have to order car mats for the front seat... to protect the mats that came with it... and that's all folks!

*Good Morning Owlettes*

Sassy- what brand of melatonin do you take?