Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
Bounce, so sorry for your friend. Hopefully my MIL will adjust.
So sorry you’re going through difficult times. I don’t blame you for wanting 2023 to end. Hoping that 2024 will be a great year for you and the rest of us!
That’s cool you are so close . I’m 100 miles northeast of Gettysburg .
Have a great time !!! Been there twice , it’s very interesting. We had the best tour guide. We asked him how he knew so many obscure facts . He said he had to take a history test to become a tour guide .
Yes Willie, not treating all sounds good until it's yourself or someone you love. Then it gets more complicated for sure.
Her surgery went as good as it could. They got all of the tumor from her colon but discovered lesions on her ovaries and bowel which they could not remove. So they've said they have bought her more time but.............the big BUT!
I don't think she understands a lot of what is going on and I pity the person who is going to have to deal with her when she comes to the realization of the colostomy bag and all that entails. A person in their right mind would have a problem with that, let alone a 87 yr. old woman with dementia. Her husband who she still lives with had a stroke two yrs. ago and needs help himself. She scares any health workers who come over away so as selfish as this may sound I'm glad this is not my problem.
I pray for them all and will support my hubs in this but as far as any hands on care I'm afraid I can't get involved, not even out of selfish reasons but because that family puts the D in Dysfunctional.
Of course I feel for both of you and hope your dizziness subsides Willie and your foot gets better Send.
I've been feeling lately like I just can't wait for 2023 to end. It's been a rough year for me. I do come on here and read but haven't felt much like posting.
So hoping everyone on here can get to the other side of their health issues.
Gershun, Prayers for Dh's Mom. Hope the surgery can improve her chances and she has less pain. The waiting to find out is so stressful.
A neighbor just got taken by ambulance-so many elderly here.
My doctor did not offer a diagnosis, just referred me.
He did put up an x-ray taken in the past-must have missed that-I never saw it. It looked like arthritis. Maybe more than one diagnosis, but doc doesn't know.
Determined to get better! We are having a salad tonight.
Hang in there with dizziness-it comes and goes, does not always get worse, imo.
I am moving so slow that it might be impossible to get dizzy again at this speed. 🐌 🐢
My foot has taken a back seat to all the other issues I've been dealing with.
I got covid 6 weeks ago and am still not fully recovered. My DH also got covid and thought he had recovered but then relapsed. I'm worried we both might have long haul. I pray not.
DH's mom was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. She is 87 and not in the best of health apart from the cancer. The doctors were weighing the pros and cons of whether they should even operate but she is in the OR right now as I type this.
If she survives the surgery she will need to wear a colostomy bag from now on. With her dementia I truly don't know how that is going to work.
So, as for my foot. What foot?
If the doc doesn't think it's gout what other diagnosis are they suggesting?
Both feet are affected, and it comes and goes.
Cwillie,
Has the recent dizziness subsided? Or, did you come down with
something?
Gershun,
We have not heard about your foot/ankle for some time.
Everybody else, stay well, or get well quick. I feel an urgency that we all should be doing something more, something sooner to take better care of ourselves. Maybe it is just the open enrollment period for insurance choices. I feel stuck, in the middle of doctor's appointments that took forever to get, but my insurance has caused me distress.
I may need to stop trying to help others for awhile.
But why do I feel better after eating ice cream?
Ouch! I hope your pain goes away soon.
By later tonight, I am sure that I can get to my ice cream. I took a new med, called Indomethacin (New to me) for pain. It may hurt the stomach.
It was first over-exerting, then the next day I ate shrimp. No more shrimp. Gout flare-up. Unaware, that huge piece of Ahi Tuna after that was the wrong food for gout!
Now I believe my doctor's diagnosis. At first I did not because the redness, swelling, and acute pain started in the metatarsal area of the foot, or settled in another toe other than the big toe. A few times my inner elbow swelled and hurt. There is no pain like it! I guess I need to start taking the Allopurinol to decrease uric acid.
But I cannot get to the kitchen yet, as the acute flare-up of gout in my rt. foot is very painful still.
Crutches are not working as well this time. I must be left-footed, having difficulty with the pain in the right foot. The problem is, weight goes on the rt. foot, and I cannot learn to do it correctly, so far. I have tried holding the rt. foot up, even that has not been accomplished! Feeling dumb.
Corporations have had record breaking profits since 2020, I thought this behavior was illegal? Not to mention the total lack of customer service and it is an ugly situation for certain.
Anywho, what can be done, buy it or not.
I told my family not to buy a huge cake yesterday for my birthday. A big cake goes to waste. They bought my favorite cake (Chantilly Cake) but in the smallest size which serves four people.
One piece of cake for my husband, both daughters and myself. Well, a sliver for my oldest daughter because of her diabetes. My youngest daughter took the rest of her share!
I think shrinkflation makes all of us frustrated and angry.
It does seem like so many products have become smaller in size and gone up in price.
I can’t imagine how this is affecting larger families. I suppose they are eating a bit less than they did before. Or they aren’t indulging in as many treats.