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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited November 2015

    Sas, no specialist. Stubborn mule wants PCP to do it all. Now he thinks rad active seeds implanted is the answer. He's already had 35 external rads.

  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited November 2015

    ok Chevy, here ya go!! No snow in my forecast. image

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited November 2015
  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited November 2015
  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited November 2015
  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited November 2015

    Here ya go Spookie!

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited November 2015

    IDK about that last one!! Just how breezy?

  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited November 2015

    Phyllis is under Blizzard Warning and not the kind you get from Dairy Queen. 1-3". As the crow flies this is Kanorado KS (get it - Kansas/Colorado border) is not that far from her.

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    Loverly - yes I do remember the picture now. Just bum figs off your neighbor. I can see that you don't want volunteers springing up. Your mom can cook Vietnamese crepes for me too.

    Chevster - Theresa would have to have a demonstrable need for skilled unit. Again it's all about the money. If all assessments come to conclusion that she is at the best she can be (even though that will most likely not be as good as it was) they will discharge her back. Now providing that the AL facility accepts her back. That too depends on the money I'm sad to say. They will balance their obligation/risk analysis versus how many are on the waiting list.

    Susan - I hope there's some resolution for your mom. I know you don't like seeing her scared. Don't you wonder what prompted your DB to start reading Alzheimers Books - rhetorical question since you're not communicating much.

    My MIL had dementia - not sure if she had a true Alz diagnosis. She and my FIl lived with my SIL for several years. Bless her heart - it was the perfect situation for my MIL. The last time we saw her I could tell she knew we were very important to her but I don't think I ever heard her call my DH or any of us by name and she adored my DD. Thank goodness she was never combative. I think we used to say in hospice (now don't take this as gospel) that the sweeter they were pre dementia you'd better watch out. And vice versa. Might have been true for my MIL lol. I had a pt who had a fall and then came on hospice. Much nicer personality after the fall - she and her DD had lived at the same NH for years.


    Psalm 103:15-16

    15Asfor man, his days are like grass;

    As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

    16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

    And its place remembers it no more.

    They are finishing the tear down of my neighbors house this morning. I felt compelled to look this scripture up today and have a little cry.


  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited November 2015

    Spookie - Will the rads guy even take an order from a PCP? Hmm I wonder.

    I saw these on GMA today. Not my usual program but I was looking for news on Dancing with the Stars.

    https://www.facebook.com/GoodMorningAmerica/videos...


    Darn I cannot post you tube videos anymore. Search for dancing turtle shower. The Shake Your Booty one is longer and better.



  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited November 2015

    Spookie- the west has a big storm going on. Chevy is getting snow, we got 60 mph winds last night.

    That is how breezy!

  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited November 2015
  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited November 2015

    bah! JUST 60? That's barely tropical storm force. JK. It's nothing to mess with. That's enough to down trees and take off roofs.

    STAY SAFE

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    Loverly, I made crepes for the first time. It was fun and taste good too!

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    Jazzy 60 miles an hour here makes it a tropical storm I think. Spookie?

  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 3,728
    edited November 2015

    goats...my mom has never been the nicest person. So sweet now, must say I am enjoying that :) and since she seems happy...all is well for now. We take what we can get, and roll with it the best we can.

    Now don't anyone get mad at me....I am looking forward to snow :). It's so pretty. And I love sitting in front of the fireplace...so cozy !

    How are feeling today sas?

    Hi everyone else. Hope everyone is having a good day.

    Hole, how ya doing.....any pics of the new place?

    Rosie, you hanging in there?

    Hey Patty p

    Hey Ray Ray

    Mags, you feeling better?

    Blonde, hugs to you

    Prayers for all

    Sorry to all I didn't mention...I need to write down everyone's name .....at least you all would think I was organized then :

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited November 2015

    Okay, now the sun is shining! Only 50 out, but blue sky.... Of COURSE it is! This is Colorado!

    Lilgoats.... That reminds me of my Grandma.... All my life she was this little feisty German hard-headed woman, that was all business! Of course she had a hard life, dealing with Grandpa and all... But we always thought she was just plain CRABBY! Didn't take any crap from ANYone! Then she got older.... My Mom & Dad moved away.... And Grandma didn't have anything to do with anyone anymore.... except me.

    And when I drove her places, sometimes I just wanted to push her out of the car! But I was the only one she had... the rest of the family didn't want to have anything to do with her.... (She was my step-Grandma.... from Germany.... And got my Dad & his Sister when she married Grandpa when she was 21, and the kids were 5 & 6) And Grandpa was a drunk........ But they stayed together.... EVERYone did in those days! Then she was well prepared to take care of herself after he passed away.... too strong to do any different.....

    But when she had a heart-attack.... it all changed! She became a different person, and that is when the Dementia set in.... slowly at first... but it got a-hold of her, and after a couple years, she didn't even know anyone except me.... But it was then, at the beginning, when she became like MY child.... All that hard-nosed personality was gone... I knew I was the only one who would care for her...... Loving her, came so easy....

    I am so lucky that I had that time with her....! Same with my Dad.... He was a drunk all my life.... But after Mom died, he just about died of a broken heart.... And I got to see him in a whole new light! He depended on me.... even in a different State! We talked all the time.... making up for lost time, and a lot of unhappy memories.... Funny how your life changes, and your "family" becomes so very important to you......

    Sorry about your neighbor's house Lilgoats.... All of us, and our "things" are only here for a little while.... We have to enjoy that!

  • magdalene51
    magdalene51 Member Posts: 2,214
    edited November 2015
    Doing ok. Spent the last four hours doing a computer chore for cousin that would have taken 15 minutes if DH had replaced the ink cartridge on the house printer. We decided to use the one we got cousin for Christmas... That she's never been able to use. It's Bluetooth not wifi so the connection is weird. The document she needed printed would not display correctly on her windows computer but I have acrobat pro on my Mac. So finally got it to pair but the ink has been sitting for months, so it took repeated cleaning to get it right. Finally got it! Now I'm aching from the standing and sitting with my feet down. I have developed an awful ache in my left leg, probably the arimidex because it feels deep like bone pain.

    Well y'all needed to know all that, dint ya? Took a pain pill. Dogs are racing around the coffee table. That's what they do. Then they will lie down and he will groom her like a monkey.
  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited November 2015

    34-74 is tropical storm force I think?

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    Okay dokey then, jazzy's having a tropical storm!

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited November 2015

    Actually, things are better today, just cold! Highs in the upper 40s. That front that came through is wreaking havoc over in the midwest now.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    Good to know you are OK

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    Tried to think of some stories on dementia, couldn't remember any.

  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited November 2015

    Brrrrrrrrrrrrr. I don't think I could live in the snow states. I would hibernate until summer.

    Ms. Sas, French crepes are usually eaten as dessert and are made from wheat or all purpose flower, I think. Rice flour is used in VN crepes. Turmeric spice gives the crepes its yellow-orange color. Usually, yellow onions, green shallots,thin sliced pork, calamari,and peeled shrimp are added to the crepes. They are served with herbs lettuce and fish sauce.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited November 2015

    Took the girls for Pakistani/Indian food this afternoon. Good food. DD1 said she was culturally enlightened.


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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited November 2015

    Loveroflife- you are making me hungry! That food looks delicious!

  • Cubbie2015
    Cubbie2015 Member Posts: 875
    edited November 2015

    Jazzy, good point about the additives. This is why I love talking to other patients. I've never taken much in the way of supplements other than flintstones vitamins when I was a kid, so I wouldn't have thought of that.

    Spookie, poor Kris! I hope his paws are feeling better. Sorry your husband is so stubborn, but I think that's males for you. Getting my Dad to go to the doctor was almost impossible as well. Wish I had an answer about how to make him be reasonable.

    Susan, sounds like your brother is aware there is an issue and is doing some reading. It's too bad he won't work with you on this, at least at the moment. It's good she is not living alone, and you are also checking in every week. Love the owl mug, he should be our mascot.

    Loverly, your backyard looks nice, fig trees or not. The crepes look good, too. Yum. There's so much asian food I haven't gotten to try yet.

    Chevy, if Theresa can stay at the rehab place and keep the same roommate, that might be a good option if she can no longer return to assisted living. Some places make you change floors when you move from rehab to skilled nursing, and usually the skilled nursing floor is not as nice. Usually it's more restrictive and there aren't as many patients who are up to interacting with each other. Just my experience with relatives. If this facility has mixed floors, that would be good, I think.

    That guy shoveling snow in his shorts and sandals reminds me of the teenaged son of one of my co-workers. He actually did that when nagged by his mom to go help shovel. Then of course his Mom freaked out!

    Goats, I totally thought Kanorado was a local nickname for a region, then I realized it was a city! I like the idea of a Dairy Queen Blizzard warning a lot better.

    Mags, hope your leg is feeling better. The thought of your dogs racing each other around the coffee table brought a smile to my face. They don't need a reason, dogs are just random like that.

    The tropical storm is now at my house. Had quite the day, had to put a new battery in my car unexpectedly. Managed to get to my meeting anyway, and had lunch with a couple of colleagues who work for different places. One of them has a husband who is a lymphoma survivor, so it was good to talk to her.

  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 3,061
    edited November 2015

    Loveroflife- We took our Chinese adopted daughter to a lovely Mother's Day Brunch at an Indian Place here in town. She was just 5 years old maybe. She walked into this packed restuarant and made a face, made some pretty funny deaf OMG what is that smell kind of noises and proceeded to hold her nose in mock horror! Needless to say she ate tandori chicken and white bismati rice and fruit... wouldn't touch anything else and declared Indian food was nasty. It was so funny. She held her nose the whole time. To this day she shakes her head and says I would rather starve first. So our attempts at cuturally widening her taste buds totally failed. My Vietnamese kid will eat just about anything and is game to try anything new and different especially if it's spicy! I love palak paneer.. might be mauling the spelling but yummy! The food looks delicious.

    Sorry about all the wild weather. It was gorgeous here today. DH and I went to a bird sanctuary and watched the ducks and hawks with binoculars and a spotting scope. It was nice to get out of the house! I can sit in the van and happily watch the wildlife. It was cool and breezy but sunny and the clouds and skies were lovely. There is a big storm coming Thursday afternoon and lots of rain and snow in the mountains come the weekend. We need the snow pack. Stay warm and dry ya'll.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    Loverly, I did do the crepes as dessert crepes. The videos were the game changer. Each one had a bit different technique and some had goof ups that they then showed how to recover. I will try savory ones soon. My booboo --I left empty pan on the burner after the last one. Pan was fine though. Essentially, the only difference between dessert and savory is sugar and turmeric? I did do brie crepes :)

    Cubbie, hope the tropical storm doesn't mess with your area too much. I looked at the storm on the computer weather channel. It's starting off like last years winter with the east coast getting all the rain. Hate to see the Carolina's get hit with flooding again.

    Rosie, I miss bird watching. Dh and I would go a couple three times a week. DBF's comment when I pointed out a particular duck and asked what he thought. "It's a f**king duck".........Knew bird watching wasn't going to be much in our future. But this last time, he was very cooperative. I knew though it was just to make me happy. Cute story about DD.

  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited November 2015

    I was going to ask how you made the crepe. Brie crepes sound yummy. My mouth is watery now. I think the difference is the flour used- rice vs. all purpose. Anyway what are you doing up so late? Has it been three days since you take baclofen?

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