INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

OHhhh two new nurses Princess and Gndvll. Yes, we nurses are trouble makers.  PITA's and everything else. WELCOME here

Also, WELCOME to 50's girl

Egads, totally failure on paleo. Totally believe it's the right way to go, but don't want to right now. Gawd if anyone needs to do it right now it's me. Just bear with me coach. 

Queenie, the positives on the new machine. Silver keyboard larger letters. Touch screen. YAY. I must have hit a button , b/c back lighting of keys already doesn't work. The configuration of keys is way different. So I hit something where the key used to be. DUH something different happens. Already learning to compensate. The sound is way better. I'm working at not pounding the keys. The keystroke was awful with the old one. There was a screen for fingerprint identification, but I gave up on making it work. Not sure I even gave it time to do total set up. I just wanted to be on the internet. Definite lesson and I knew it. They kept trying to sell me stuff to go with it. I couldn't hear and just said fine do it. Looked at the final bill. Bought a TV for the bathroom too and a router "booster(?)". I was a in a flippant mood. I guess that's similar to grocery shopping when you are hungry. Dangerous.

LOVerly, He's in the other bedroom???

Junie call, I'm up now. 

Princess hoping all the news is good.

Queenie, I'm low tech and used to be High tech. Hahaha. In the 70's in the Operating department, I rose fast in the process. I was a learning sponge. I wanted to KNOW what I was doing was right. I was into the books and asking for cases. There were about a half dozen of us of the same mind, it was so much fun. We'd request cases. Even if our assignment was to circulate(unsterile person). We'd set up our rooms, and then instead of taking a break,  we'd meet each other in the sterile hallway and do our 10 minute scrub. Which meant if a scrub assignment came up we were ready. We would laugh so much. Such a group I have never worked with again.The energy was so great. Back to point, that set us apart from the ones that just were doing a job, We read the equipment operation manuals for the fancy new equipment that was being introduced.

If all else fails read the directions, was the early lesson. Our 1/2 dozen of us did become the go to resources of operation.

B/C of attitude about using the NEW stuff, I was asked to scrub when the skin stapler was introduced and the intraabdominal stapler was introduced. Huge compliment. The Boss new I would read the directions

For hospital stuff, except for some ICU stuff, I was a star. So, counter that with the fact that I can't make a I-Phone cell phone call. Hahaha. Seriously, I can't use a I phone cell phone.

I did think I could conquer it years ago. I pushed some buttons on sons phone. It dialed. I felt a sense of panic, but no clue how to stop it calling, other than smashing IT. It was the first person in sons phonebook. I explained I had no clue how to disconnect. The young man was very polite and explained how to disconnect.

difference never read the manual.......frankly, thought I could get through this life without doing it. I see them as to consuming. Never wanted to be that available. Value is on road trips in case of breakdown.  I'm braking down b/c Spectrum has raised prices ridiculously.

Mommie, that's a hoot. I once saw Hulk Hogan----1992--------took the son before we moved. Took a friend. They fought all the way home.

Update on Mags. It's her request that I let you know she has decided to enter Hospice. I know that's a tough thing to read. We get a sinking feeling when we hear that.

But consider on the spectrum of people entering hospice from high functioning to end stage being very close. She is very high functioning. She doesn't want to continue Chemo. Her evaluation is that the chemo has caused many more complications and affected her quality of life more than the MBC. MBC is present, but hasn't overwhelmed the body.

None of us know the time and place that we will be called. We all have known many sisters that were in hospice for a very long time.

She sounds wonderful. She feels very strongly about her decision and is at peace with it. 

Her breathing is better, but they need to determine what anticoagulant she will go home on. It's under discussion.  She wants the breathing to be better managed before she leaves.

She has chosen to go home. Her home has everything in place already. 

She sends her love to everyone and asks that you continue keeping her in your prayers.