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This year has been from hell. I miss Kopek. I can’t even imagine how you must feel. hugs

Take care of yourself. Spouses can be very irksome about this stuff. I had to make a list for my husband to take to his urologist, and I’m betting he didn’t ask half of them.

Hey Dot - PM me if you want. I know how awful the dark days feel. You are important and valuable, even if sometimes it doesn’t feel that way. hugs I think ThelmaLou has a great idea, if you’re comfortable with it. Would you share your phone info with one of us, so we can check on you?

Good for you for doing it. I send things in to the church pantry when I can, but mostly I donate $ to the food bank every week. It’s bad for me to go out of the house, and I figure they know what they need. It breaks my heart/makes so angry that this is happening.

Sweetie sounds adorable. :slight_smile:

I’m sorry to hear this. I’ll keep fingers crossed for him.

It sounds like we need a club. I was there a few months ago, and I’m sure I’ll visit again. Things are just so damn hard sometimes. In any case, please share your phone too (if that’s ok), so we can check on you. I’ll share mine with Butters, if that’s alright Ms B.

Congratulations!

I know this feeling exactly. I used to keep things in order, but we’ve still got boxes out from the move. I physically can’t do things now that used to be easy. It’s not getting done and I don’t know how it will get done and I try very, very hard not to obsess about it.

I’m sorry y’all, but I can’t keep reading through the thread and responding. I’m only 1/3rd through and already this is a novel.

The kids school is going relatively smoothly. 'Beamer’s best friend moved to Iowa over the summer, so he’s a little sad about that. They’re going to meet up online to play Minecraft, so they’ll keep in touch. 'Beamette has started 4 classes after her hospital stay. I’m not sure the treatment helped, but we’ll keep trying. She manages math easily, but I think she’ll have to drop back a few grades in English. She’s 16 now and hasn’t regularly been in school since 5th grade.

Hubby thinks he may lose his job in November, which isn’t great. On the other hand, he’s got something lined up with a company in Canada, and he’s being recruited by some other folks. He hates interviewing, but he’s got an awesome skillset and he’s great at his job. We’ll see what happens.

The current discussion for me now is a hospital stay with ketamine infusions. I’m also to repeat the spinal procedure that is meant to stop spinal fluid leaks.

Other than that, leftover salmon for dinner and I need to call the market and complain that they packed my tomatoes with the oranges. I’ve got a bag full of goo.

Hugs and hellos to everyone.

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Another day. Same shit. Hubby is no better but google says the cortisone takes 36 hours to work. His daughter is driving in from Raleigh even though we offered to fly her. She said she’d rather drive re virus. I had to let my irk know I can’t leave him totally helpless like this. I think I have him talked into going to the ER in the morning if not significantly better. He called the doc he saw yesterday and he told him it would be a good idea to get an MRI and x rays and to not even try to,move around. I have told him this 1000 times but whatever.

This is my life now I guess. We did get a new mattress today which we needed. I am not looking forward to having a house guest but it will allow me to get back to irk by Moanday unless…Only God knows what else can go wrong.

@Surrender_Dorothy please check in. @SurrenderDorothy check in please.

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Not even 15:30 yet, but I’ve thick-sliced potatoes and put them in oil to cook. Cod is thawed, and beer has been procured.

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Hugs Butter. Maybe the doc can give him a tranquilizer to keep him quiet. I’m only kidding a little bit.

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I’m okay. I’m finding that I have more of a community than I think.

My landlady has been here every day. That sounds weird- I knew them through the shelter and moved into one of their rental properties, which they couldn’t rent out because it was full of shelter cats and other storage. So my cats are their cats and they rented me the house because we already had a sort of relationship… it’s a whole thing.
But yes- she’s been here daily checking in on everything. She says it’s to check on the cat, but “checking on the cat” includes checking that I’ve been eating and taking my meds and doing some PT exercises with the goal of getting back driving and to work and so forth. She brings vitamins and supplements and doesn’t leave the sleeping pills with me. She has my gun. I may not exactly be okay for quite a long time, if ever, but… the thought that if I were to do something, she would be the person who would find me- someone who has zero responsibility to me and doesn’t have to have anything to do with me and who filled my fridge with vegan Ensure-type drinks this morning because she knows I’m having a hard time eating. I mean, it’s not fair to do to anyone, but especially not to her.

I wish it were like with animals. Like it’s hard, but it’s peaceful and you just… agree upon it and do it. But it’s not. So we keep going.

I start IOP… tomorrow? I think. It will be interesting.

One bright spot is that, between the meds and everything else… the ECT, the time off work, the stuff with my landlady, who even knows what? I’m finding it a lot easier to speak without stammering, which I hadn’t been able to do in quite a while. I don’t know if that will continue when I’m speaking to people I don’t know or not, but… I hope it will.

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Howdy Y’all! We et Mexican foodstuffs (OLÈ!) and I had a small margarita, while OYKW had the hyuuuuuuuuuuge margarita cause I agreed to be the DD, cause I’m nice dammit! Anywho we got stuffded on steak 'n shrimpies fajitas and queso.

Dots, Butters, and Others keep hangin’ in there. Glad hubs daughter is comin’ to help out Butters. Yay for your wonderful landlady Dots.

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Whew! So glad to see your post, Dot. Might I suggest that your landlady checks on you not only because she’s a nice person but because you’re endearing and valuable and she wants you around and feeling good? If you don’t believe those things about yourself right now, have faith that the rest of us do.

When you have no faith, hang on to those of us who do. Right now we have the better, more reliable view.

I’ll be eager to hear how the IOP goes.

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Another week gone, as summer wanes and my hair slowly creeps down towards my ass. We’re still aiming to take an RV trip to the Oregon coast next month to spend a week smelling the ocean air instead of our own farts. I’m banking on my favorite fish & chips joint to be open for takeout. Some nice walks on the beaches in store for us.

The contractor for the basement work started yesterday. He’s already replaced the bathroom tile, but still has some painting and other minor work to do down there. We hung visqueen across the space to reduce the chance of contractor funk getting into our ventilation system, and I also have him run the exhaust fan while they’re down there.

Beautiful late summer days all week; mid-80s by about 5:00, but the rest of the daylight hours are lovely. Tomatoes are ripening and we have squash-zillas growing out there. It’s just a great time of year in the PNW.

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We gotcha!! :wave:t3: :kissing_heart:

This.

And many (if not most) of us have been (or are) in a similar place to where you are… not exactly the same, but close enough to feel for you and to have genuine empathy.

Okay. What is IOP?

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NM. Have to try that again.

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My kitties Sal and Moxie. I suspect they know exactly how cute they are.

That is my housemate’s messy bed. My bed isn’t that messy. It’s much more messy.

Boo

I’m fixing to go out in the kitchen and make pancake batter for supper. Yeah, it’s breakfast for supper night!:grinning::pancakes::fried_egg:and oven hash browns.

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I like your landlady dot. She sounds like good people. I’m glad you have someone looking in on you physically too. That’s one of the scary parts of living by yourself if you have any health problems.

Hugs to everyone (yes, even you, flytrap :smiley:).

We had a cloudburst on the way home from irk and by the time I got here, it was over. I took a gamble and left Nelson out of his crate today with full access to Rocky, his emotional support raccoon. He was a good boy and didn’t get into anything. :slight_smile:

I took masks that Sis made (she always sends enough for my irk department) in today and everyone got the one they liked.

Supper’s et, KP done and fixing to play around in the studio.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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Of course you do!

So glad you have Monkey-cat to keep you on your tooth brushing wrangling toes!

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Evening all. Mac-n-Cheese is being bombarded with micro-waves as I write, it will provide sustenance for another night. Some rain this afternoon, but I am planning to practice soccer on Thursday with the 8-9 year olds, so looking forward to that (but the weather may get involved–we’ll see.)

Dot, Butters, etc., never worry about how much or what you need to post here. We’re pretty good listeners as well as writers and we’ll be there for you. And like a Science Fiction writer once wrote “Shared pain is lessened; shared joy increased.” * I believe that very much. So share your pain, and also let us share joy when it occurs, be it ever so small.

OK, enough of being serious. Need to watch more of “How Ridiculous” on Youtube, which is three Aussies dropping stuff on other stuff or shooting basketballs off of dams or other things you would cause you to say ‘how ridiculous…’ But they’re having so much fun doing it.

Everyone have a good night, we’re heading into the Hump day.

*The writer is named Spider Robinson and the book (at least the first) is “Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon” I think you would like it.

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How exciting! :tada::clinking_glasses::confetti_ball::bottle_with_popping_cork:That first night in your new place is always sweet.

Sounds like you and your doctor are tackling this just right. I agree, when they don’t jump back and blurt “ah, oh!” That is a very good thing.

yep, that would be the Mumpers. What you need, when you need it. ‘Nough said.

If I didn’t regularly operate on less than 5 hours of sleep none of you would ever hear from me. Hate insomnia. It seems to love me though.

:face_with_hand_over_mouth: I thought this was the club!

At least that long-if not longer (depends on the joint). I had hoped the lidocaine would ease the pain he has until the cortisone kicked in. Sorry that didn’t happen. I have to wait a week before the cortisone shots in my knee works but once they do they help for a long time, months and months.

so glad to hear all this. And you will be ok, but it is so hard waiting. I’m the voice of experience here.

I did a lot of that. It was very helpful and I’ve been glad I did it. Hoping your program is as good as mine. Is it in the same hospital as your ECTs so you don’t have to find that pesky ride home?

Tell the landlady :clap:t2::clap:t2::clap:t2: And thanks from all of us.

Well, when you put it like that…

Intensive Outpatient. It’s all the treatment and support of the hospital with being able to sleep in your own bed at night and over the weekend. It’s a great thing. It can be the best of both worlds.

sorry about the messy quoting. I’m ‘irking on it.

Boo

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Very Glad to see your post, Dots, my love. Praying that you keep fighting the good fight.

Various squoozles to the rest of yunz, (((()))))

Irk was irksome, one more day to get thru till my off day.
Mom is here doing various painting and repair things, I cleaned the rat cage and scooped the cat box and put on some laundry… having chicken nuggets and not-sure-what-else for dindin…

I’m tired. I got woke up in the middle of the night by a call from the hospital, apparently some poor old soul misdialed the number… I hope he got ahold of his family okay, but it took me awhile to fall back to sleep.

Have a good evening, all, Happy pre-hump day!

PS Purple rocks. That is all.

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Oh, okay. That sounds good.

Your quoting is perfect. What’s wrong with it?

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Yay Dots for nice landlady.

We have a plan. In the morning after packing a bag and getting him bathed as much as possible I am calling an ambulance and we are going to get this thing diagnosed if nothing else. His doc called and said that is what we should do even though I have been saying it for 5 days. He listens to doc not me. I am exhausted. Why is caregiving so much harder than any other job ever?

Tomorrow is maid day which is a good thing so I or we can come home to a clean house. Wish us luck. And thanks yet again for holding my hand.

Can someone explain one more time how to post pics? I have a hellion dog and a mean ass cat.

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Your pictures have to be uploaded to an online location. I use imgur.com, but I think Facebook works. (I’m not on FB.) Find the picture online, put your cursor on it and right-click (click the right cursor button instead of the usual left button that you use for everything.) A short menu should pop up and somewhere in it will be “view image.” Click on that and you should get a window that is of the image by itself. Then highlight and copy the page address. Come here and paste that address in your post on a line by itself. It takes much longer to write it out than it does to do it.

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My scale and I have not spoken in a LONG time. He’s a lying liar who lies.

Lots of little irritants add up to one cranky girl. Dunno what I’m going to put in my stomach later.