I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
I am sitting wondering why I am so nervous about this, I've been down this kidney stone journey couple of decades ago, then I realized it was the *guilt* of not being around 100% for my parents to drive them where ever they want, or pick up their groceries, etc. I know they will start whining after awhile.... [sigh]
How I wished they would have moved to that retirement community where the community has transportation to the stores and doctors appointments.
jesse, upon reading about acorns a bit , natives usedta bag and soak them under a running stream to get rid of tannic acid . i plan to find safe and good use for them , theyre abundant and have an incredible ratio of meat per labor to recover it ratio . the advice ive read so far is to simply find the least bitter ones and theyre ripe and plenty safe when they hit the ground . mine here are particularily mild , almost coconut tasting . im not easily alarmed but this economy is not recovering and will never recover to the 'living on equity ' level that we had for 25 years . i plan to learn more about utilizing the things from the forest .
boni , i wish you and mom the best . whats currently going on may be the best for you both . all those medical people are closely coordinating with each other . edna is in nh and even ray charles could see that shes being cared for in a most medically effective ( but nonpersonal ) way . i was never live - in carer for edna but as a remote carer my emotional support hasnt changed one bit . maybe just in the respect that when im not present i can rest that shes in the care of a highly skilled team .. they cant do a better job than you were but you cant either if you die from stress .. they can do better medically . they can catch infections or impending stroke more quickly and customize her medication and nutritional needs . i think the system needs tweaked . elders are better off in their own home but carers need a team of support . hospice was monitoring my well being as well as moms in our home . they often warned me that the situation could downturn and become too much for me without a moments notice . i took it they were being critical of me . maybe not , in hindsight . they just knew that the care can get to where it requires a hospitalization setting ( nh ) .. its a gutwrench - ingly hard call as change of environment is a big stressor for patient too ..
i cant advise my own dumb a** much less someone else . just trying to comfort you .
Too young for coffee but afterwards I remember some awful liquid stuff that came in a bottle
Tried soy milk and hate that but chocolate almond milk is good.
The Prodigal Son pinched them off the pigs, didn't he? I always thought they put that bit in the story to emphasise how far he'd fallen. Haven't you got any hazel or sweet chestnut or beech near you? I think pretty much anything would be nicer.
They found a bed for Mom in a NH she has been to before, for long rehab stays. She liked it very much last time and it's not too far from me. ( $14 cab ride, each way).
I am happy and sad and confused and lost, because I have a feeling she won't ever come back.My family has been taking care of her since the MI 9 days ago, and FINALLY really get it. I'm going through a plethora of emotions. How will I fill all these hours? I guess this was the right place, cause this sure feels like whining.
Acorns contain a substance called gallotannin. In the rumen, gallotannin is metabolized to gallic acid and tannic acid. Tannic acid causes ulceration of the mouth, esophagus, and gastrointestinal tract. Tannic acid is especially toxic to the renal tubules, and renal failure tends to be the hallmark of this disease.
My question about Ebola is why the phuck didn't anyone in Dallas ask the man about foreign travel when he went to the ER the first time???????????????
My confidence in infection control is zero.
Yesterday Dr did not wash her hands.
Same B/P cuff used on everyone.
Dr sneezed into her hand.
Lab tech let the connection tube for the vac tubes hit the table.
Shall I go on.
Infection control instruction is mandatory for all patient care staff every year
This was at a regional teaching hospital affiliated with a well known NYC medical school.
Since I spend so much time these days visiting Dr i make a hobby of my observations. Ha ha
So frustrating! Hundreds of photos, no idea what of, quite often very little idea who of, some in Hong Kong, some must be from Korea which means my dad took them… Before long I could feel my ears ringing, literally, with the silence. It dawned on me that we're so used to images coming with a narrative nowadays that maybe we're out of the habit of thinking about it for ourselves. I'm not good at throwing things away even when I do know what they are. I shouldn't have opened the box.
Captain I think one of the reasons the authorities in Dallas are more optimistic about containing the infection is that in the US it will be much harder than it is in West Africa for quarantined people to bribe their way out and run around shopping malls like headless chickens - not that I'd blame anyone for panicking if he was quarantined with suspected Ebola. It is not a nice way to go. I have yet to follow up on the story about the three day curfew in Sierra Leone (three days is a long time to survive indoors when you live hand to mouth and don't have mains water in your house) but if they succeeded in enforcing it I'll eat my hat.
I've been wrestling to hang on to my milk of human kindness ever since they brought that nurse back and put him in the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. ("NO! Don't let him get on the plane!!! Are you NUTS???…") I'm delighted that he's fully recovered and now haring about trying to donate antibodies to anyone who'll have them, and he's a good world citizen and all that, but for heaven's sake. When it comes to infection control, global air travel is not our friend.
Funny, my late father left me a big cardboard box. What was in you ask? Well... Toilet paper, a big flask of whiskey (medicinal) loads of rice, army freeze dried food things, canned goods, ramen noodles and matches Guess he thought we could get water anywhere Ah man.... loved that guy.
might be a good thing . everybody stay at home , free supplies will be delivered ..
theres nothing id rather do .
im liking the blender idea . i want nutrition not a grazing session . sick of fried green beans -- in the slurry bucket . leftover apple rice -- in the slurry . raw rice , pancake mix , stray cats , whatever -- in the bucket .
rangeposts are for losers . i need results here .. pvc glue tainted asswater -- in the slurry bucket ..