We do plan to prevail on the surgeon for appropriate pain meds, no worries. Last fall, for some reason they insisted on giving him several varieties of laxative-type meds as well, of which we have nearly all remaining. I hope we don’t wind up with a duplicate load, nor do we need another package of Narcan. The one he got last fall is unused and still within date.
Trying to decide if we need to take overnight/morning supplies of his insulin and metformin or whether we can safely assume the hospital will handle such needs while he’s there.
Safest bet is to ask the Same Day Surgery Center or the Outpatient Surgery department where he’ll be which they would like you to do. The policies and regulations vary so much. If they give him his insulin and metformin when it is not for a diabetes related surgery that can end up with a huge bill, depending on policies. On the other side is the surgeon may not want to have to write all the complicated orders for blood sugar monitoring and insulin and it is easier all around if you bring it from home. I have seen it done all ways and for inexplicable institutional reasons.
That being said, if it were me, I’d have glucose monitoring supplies in my purse and insulin in a cooler out in my car no matter what they tell you. Been a nurse far too long and seen far too much. If something can go wrong, it will. Hope for the best but plan for the worst has never been more true than about hospitals.
**I’m not always this pessimistic but this is what I would do if it were me. LTHW (learned the hard way) why should you have to.
I don’t suspect I’ll be much fun to listen to for a little while still.
I’m not sure how long I actually have to do this ECT. It can’t end soon enough, if you ask me.
Every little thing being a little off and confusing is really not my bag. I find it distressing that I can’t keep track of ANYTHING- from whether I’ve taken my medication to what’s going on in my game apps to when my appointments are and who is taking me to them.
I hate that it’s necessary at all to have someone else take me to them.
All kinds of dumb necessary little things are falling apart as well. My glasses. My phone case. On top of which, I’ve lost about 35 lb just almost out of the blue (with a combination of hospital food, the regular NPO orders, and forgetting to eat) which means my clothing doesn’t fit anymore. Even my job, which I love more than everything… we were asked to take voluntary COVID layoffs, so I did, and we were told we were guaranteed to be welcomed back… and I’m fairly certain I’m not going to be
It just has the effect of making me feel more than a bit crazy. Like I’m not in control of my own mind/plans/actions right now. Like I’m shitty and irresponsible and I can’t even control it. What time is my appointment tomorrow? Who is taking me? I of all people should know the answers to those and I’m having real difficulty with them.
I would not say depression has eased appreciably. My planned way out was removed, but… shit, they prescribed me some beta blockers because my heart rate was always fast and a quick google says those have potential.
I probably owe it to a lot of people to keep going. I’ve got more support than I deserve. Which… on the other hand means that I could relieve a lot of people of a problem and make their lives easier.
My roommate is in the process of moving out, too, which adds to the chaos and anxiety. It just makes it uncertain at any given moment who will be sort of… at the house doing what. Which makes me feel stupidly paranoid and jumpy.
Basically… this is overall not the greatest time for me to be on my own.
My quoting was all messed up, so please bear with me-this will be out of order.
You could take yourself there but since you shouldn’t drive for the rest of the day you need someone to pick you up, which would leave your car there. I used to take a cab to my treatments and call my ex-husband to pick me up and bring me home. Bet you can appreciate how awkward that was but I didn’t have anybody else and at least by taking a cab there I cut down on the favors I was asking of him. They refused to let me use a cab to get home, literally he had to sign forms when he picked me up. So, I know, I know. I hated it too.
I couldn’t either. I learned that I had to write absolutely everything down, even if I thought I was going to be able to remember-often I didn’t remember and was glad I had written it down. Always write it in the same place-google calendar didn’t exist yet, I used a big paper planner. Use a weekly or monthly pill planner, you can tell by looking whether meds were taken or not. My pharmacy packages all of mine for me once a month, yours might be able to also. Always set your keys down in the very same place, same with your phone and your purse. Set your clothes out the night before. Don’t beat yourself up-none of this is your fault or because you aren’t trying hard enough. You are already doing the hardest thing.
Usually they won’t give you an end date until they start to observe improvement. In my experience, I was usually the last one to know when I was getting better. Finally I learned to ask family and friends what they thought.
If they don’t have you back as they said they would, that will be on them and you will have recourse such as unemployment and the ADA. Work very hard at not worrying about this, it is out of your hands. Wish it wasn’t, but it is.
As for losing weight, that’s so common with depression. I learned to take an easy snack with me to my treatments, like a protein bar or a yogurt. Part way through the nurse noticed and said “oh, we can always get you a sandwich”. Try asking. They’re billing several thousand for every treatment, they can darn well give you a sandwich.
Sending this now and will take another stab at more later. Glad you are letting all of us in.
Morning, mumpers! Week off work for me, I have no idea what to do with myself since our planned trip to Hungary obviously isn’t happening.
{{{Dots}}} sounds like lots of good advice you’re getting there, take it, ask for it, and let other people help you too.
Nut are you hogging all my rain? Honestly, last week it was the French nicking all my thunderstorms, now you’re doing it? This week the Wet Midlands is not living up to the name!
Yesterday was quite a productive day, I did a bit of cooking so I’ve got some breakfast stuff for the next few days, made a lovely slow-cooked Cuban beef thing last night so I’ve got leftovers in the freezer for another day, and blanched some leftover veg to freeze. I was supposed to be at outdoor bootcamp last night but there was nobody else there so I went to the gym (grumbled because I didn’t have my MP3 player and the gym always has rubbish music on) and did 45 minutes on the elliptical wossname instead. I was too late for the spin class and the car park was packed (which usually means the gym is too) but I went in and made the effort.
Today I might pull up some weeds out on the drive, there’s a lot of stuff growing between the cracks in the paving so really need to pull those up, put some weedkiller in there, and then put some sand down again. And get to work on the back garden/wilderness although we’re supposed to have quite a wet week, if other people don’t keep stealing my weather!
I won’t go into all the reasons why this isn’t true, why you shouldn’t think this way, etc. Shortcut: a random stranger who thinks you’re awesome said to stoppit! when those particular demons start up their chorus.
Now, we didn’t steal anyone’s rain, but some cooler weather finally prevailed. I gave Coolio The A/C the night off, and slept with the windows open! I haz a happy.
Up early for a bio break - hoping I can nod back off for a couple more hours.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 92 and maybe N.O.S. this afternoon or maybe rainy. TWPTB are all willy-nilly. Today is laundry day. YIPPEEE! Don’t know what else may happen. We shall sup upon fried poke chops, peas 'n butterbeans with okra, rice ‘n gravy, and bizkits. Feelin’ all down home foodwise.
{{{Dots}}} you have a lot of support because those people love you and care about you. Never forget you have a bunch of imaginary internet friends who also love and care about you. Please don’t hesitate to come in here to vent, complain, and/or fill us in on what’s goin’ on with you. You are very much loved here.
{{{Pearl}}} ::tacklehug:: so glad you stopped by! Rats Domino is a cute lil’ thing! I’m glad you had your mom and dad to help you celebrate PB today.
Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
Toddlerdom has entered a new phase - SCREAMING at bath time. She did it to daughter on Sunday night and to SIL last night. If any of you have dealt with such a thing and have advice, it would be gratefully received!
Daughter came home late last night rather than get up and leave my mom’s at 6:30 in the AM. She’s got a long meeting at work starting at 10, then she’s hanging around to continue helping them set up their in-school network. Remember she teaches at a small private school and they can’t afford to hire IT folks, so it’s all DIY. The only part she refuses to do is crawl up into the ceiling, and I can’t say I blame her! Anyway, because of all this, I’ll be Roxy wrangling most of the day.
{{{Dots}}} Hang in there, sweetie, and use us as necessary.
BooFae - in all your years as a Mumper, I don’t think I ever recall you just hanging out at the old homestead doing domestical stuff. So how do we know it’s really you posting, huh?? Riddle me that one!!
Apart from getting my walk in early plus plans to make a chicken-broccoli-rice casserole for supper, I have no agenda for the day. Well, except for an email to our painter - we decided last night that we want to replace our double front doors with a single door and 2 sidelights, so the opening will have to be narrowed a bit to allow for installation. I need to find out if the painter and his helper do stuff like that or if we need to have it done before they paint.
Always take your own meds with you, Maybe you won’t be allowed to used them, but if you are, you will have them with you. My late husband was hospitalized many, many times and we always took his meds with us. Most of the time, he was allowed to use them.
Not me! Until yesterday it’s been weirdly dry here too- I’ve been looking at the weather radar, and watching mahoosive rainclouds trundle up, split into two, pass by us on both sides then join together again. We just got a few teasing drops. I only had a teensy bit of thunderstorm while in Bristol as well; the storms were all here while I was there, then there when I got back. There seems to have been a perpetual storm in London, and a friend in Cambridge said yesterday that he’s all flooded, so I’m blaming them.
{{Dots}} is there anyone who would actually be nice to live with who’d be able to stay for a bit, now the housemate from heck’s moving out? It does sound like having someone decent around would be a good thing.
(Heck, not quite hell- it’s the afterlife which is just annoying; the milk’s gone off, the TP’s scratchy, everything has intermittent faults that stop when the repair guy’s round, and the shopping bags always break. That sort of thing.)
Anyway, rubbish is out, washing is on, work wrangling is in process. It does look like the afternoon will be nice enough for going for walkies, so that’s the plan.
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in all your years as a Mumper, I don’t think I ever recall you just hanging out at the old homestead doing domestical stuff. So how do we know it’s really you posting, huh?? [/quote]
You’ll have to take my word for it! To be honest, we’d not really thought about what to do if we couldn’t go on our planned break and had been holding out hope that the trip could happen. Then we looked at the weather forecast for this week and it’s largely grey, grim and wet. We can’t board the cats anywhere because Shadow had to start his vaccination cycle from scratch, and we just can’t decide what to do or where to go. Woe is us!
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Not me! Until yesterday it’s been weirdly dry here too- I’ve been looking at the weather radar, and watching mahoosive rainclouds trundle up, split into two, pass by us on both sides then join together again. [/quote]
It’s not you then…I’m happy to blame Cambridge instead. I was looking at the weather satellite pics and all the storms seemed to be down your end of the country and fizzled out before they got anywhere near us. Anyway, it’s sunny again now after some black clouds passed over just to tease me.
It was a dark 63 degrees when I went to the park this morning.
Now the sun is shining and it’s 68 degrees outside.
Supposed to be a nice day today.
I wanted to sleep in today, but I woke at 4:30. I took the dogs to the park.
I got Echo off to the vet this morning, I thought taking her to the park first would burn up some energy.
Nope, she was a wild child while we were waiting for the vet to come out and get her. I dropped Ripple off at daycare while I was there. I didn’t pack him a lunch, but they think he still has some leftover food there, if not, I’ll pay the $3 for him to have a lunch.
I need to put in a grocery order for pickup. I had to deal with OAOASO already. We still have a joint account which he ODed. I transfered some funds hoping to save him the OD fees, but I was too late. So he owes me for that, and for the phone bill, and still has to pay the OD fee.
I have a ton of shot I want to get done today, and probably not much of it will get done.
The more I look at the house the more I like it. The realtor who wants to sell my house wants to know if I want to keep the appointment this week. I told him I really want to see the house first, because if I’m not going to buy it, then I will stay put. I’ve looked through the listings and haven’t seen anything else in my price range that I like.
Back from walking - it’s nice and cool but really humid, so I’m a sweaty mess! Daughter has just left for work and SIL went back to bed - he’s working a late shift today. So it’s me and Roxy. I think I’ll take her to the playground a bit later, just because.
Groceries have been ordered. Dishes are washing. Talked to realtor. Tried to talk to mortgage company but they don’t open until noon. Found a place to take my electronics - Staples, and they have no limit on what they will take. Getting rid of stuff makes me happy!
I haz a happy.
