In my experience, no. If doctors were allowed to prescribe pain medicines judiciously for chronic pain I wouldn’t have tried it. I’m sorry I did. No noticeable relief but lingering side effects.
Boo
Asking him and then authentically listening to him will be worth it alone for your relationship, ‘meh’ to a semester of high school. He’ll get the learning and will have many semesters to come to experience the ‘social’ benefits of in-person high school, whatever the heck those are. I missed an entire semester of senior year and it didn’t cause me to miss a step (and I didn’t have a great parent like you). Went on to college a semester later-the world went on. I did fine.
Economics at my house certainly are dismal. I must not have the right Professor or the School of Hard Knocks might not be the right one for me.
Boo
Off to pick up the kiddo at middle school and turn off the reminder alarm pinging at me from the other room.
Hey! Y’all remember me? I don’t know where I left off last time I. The ongoing never ending medical nightmare. I think y’all knew way out the back injury. He had the shots in his facet area by a neurologist who said he would be all better in 3-5 days. We did not see that improvement but the pain was lessened so there is that. Daughter was here. He took to the bed, got progressively worse and grouchy. I finally called an ambulance last Friday and he was taken to KW hospital where they’re invented the wheel re heart. Anyway he had/has an infection of unknown origin. We asked to be moved to Miami and the Drs readily agreed his is a difficult case.
On Moanday night he was moved here to a world class Cardiac institute. We have the same doctors for continuity of care. He has had three Covid tests since Firday all negative. Visiting hours are only 3-9 no exceptions. I am ensconced in the same hotel but this time I got a suite. I slept until noon today. Exhausted. It is no joke over two miles from entrance to this unit. I am at the horsepistol but he is down for testing. Doing another TEE to better see his heart. Fear is the infection may be in his heart valve. Not the new one but the one that is due to be fixed or replaced. This is very serious. This is why certain heart patients must take antibiotics prior to any dental work.
Buddy is being boarded again ( poor people ) and cat is being catered to by neighbor. One of Hubs employees is getting the mail. Maid came yesterday so I shall have a clean house.
Since I left the county I am now on the shit list but I did let the business manager know prior to leaving to come here. I asked him to please let the new Director know I would have to ROM for 14 days unless they change the rules tween then and now. I was already off through tomorrow so if I haven’t heard back I will shoot big boss a mail.
I have not read but now have some free time. Have I told y’all how hard caretaking is? Hardest job I’ve ever had. Daughter would come back but she has a bad sinus infection and will probably have surgery herself at some point.
Hubby has a living will and a DNR so I have to be here. He is so tired of being sick. As the world turns…
Butters I hope they get hubby fixed. It sounds scary and exhausting.
Gotti I hope you feel better soon. Can you call the dr’s office and tell them you hurt and would like a few days of pills to get through it. You tried it without. I think it’s reasonable to tell them you need help.
I put some pork shoulder in the slow cooker. I’m trying a new recipe and mis-remembered part of it. I put in 1/2 cup of soy sauce instead of 2 TBSPs. Oops.
Then what are you doing here with us?!? 
put in some extra potatoes? I’ve read that they will ‘soak’ up the salt and the meat won’t be too salty. Slow cooker pork on a fall afternoon sounds so good. I can almost smell it 
Granted, my fix for almost any kitchen oops! is to add more potatoes. No such thing as too many potatoes…
{{{{Butters and Hubby}}}}
{{{{Butters}}}} What a grueling ordeal! Caretakers are more prone to a variety of ailments due to the stress, so I hope you’re taking good care of yourself. I know it’s hard when the situation allows little opportunity for that.
Normal and I have a Romeo and Juliet relationship. We can never be together. Plus I am not fluent in its language.
You’re my peeps. God help me.
{{{Butters}}} - sweetie, you’ve had more than your share of hospitals. Here’s hoping for the best possible outcome soonly!
I’m pooped. I can’t do any more today. The kitchen is partly reassembled - I did get all the switch and outlet plates cleaned and installed and most of the stuff is back where it belongs. There’s a lot of crap on the breakfast bar that needs to be put away - I can deal with it tomorrow. The rest of the evening is for chillage. Wish I didn’t have to wrangle Roxy tomorrow - I need a break. Oh well…
To nobody’s surprise, a nap ensued earlier.
Now, I gotta figure out some sort of dinner thing. I have the fixin’s for a pot roast, but little initiative. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t - there’s some “dummy” food in the freezer that could get thrown in the oven instead.
Just gave the kitties some catnip. Monkey likes it but is too easily distracted; Nikki is diligently getting high.
That’s my girl. 
This brought back vivid memories of my Other Shoe’s lengthy horspitalization. It is, indeed, exhausting to be a caretaker.
{{{Butters}}}, I remember my Mom driving about 30 miles each way every day to take care of her father when cancer and dementia were eating away at him. It’s a tough job, hang in there, write us when you can but don’t worry–we’ll always be here for you.
FCM, there’s no rest for the weary…or the diligent, I guess. Take care.
nellie, normal is for dull people. For MMPers…not so much.
gotti, I concur with Sunny, won’t hurt to check in with the Doc on this.
Everyone have a nice night. Rain started here around 4pm and from the looks of things it’s settling in for a long stay. BLT’s on rye bread have been assimilated and readin’ and internettin’ are on the agenda.
Yay on the weight loss milestone Mooooooom!
gotti, I would absolutely love to have a mobile people groomer. 
Nelson got his first few nail trims from the mobile groomer who made a stop at our complex every third Friday (it only stopped when management changed and didn’t like them draining grey water in the storm sewer) and it was so easy to just swing through when I took him out to do his business in the late afternoon. If I could only do the same. I also agree with sunny about seeing if the doctor can give you some relief.
{{{butters and hubby}}} Do take care of yourself. I’m glad that you got a suite this time. That leaves your options for meals open. If need be, buy some good chocolate, some alcohol and possibly get takeout from a swanky place (or comfort food if that sounds better).
Irked, came home, walked the dog, dead headed some of the patio plants, paid bills, made the menu and the grocery list for next week before supper. I’d forgotten how much heat that last batch of pozole rojo was. If y’all hear of a heat wave coming from middle Tennessee, it’s probably me. 
About three weeks ago, Nelson developed a bump on his right shoulder smaller than a dime. It was hard and rough on the top, but didn’t seem to bother him. I’ve kept an eye on it and yesterday, he scratched it open when I was at irk. I cleaned it up for him and put a little olive oil on it to sooth any itchiness that might have been the cause of his digging. It did get a little smaller, but I called the vet today. If it doesn’t continue to improve by Friday afternoon, I’ll take him in during their walk in hours.
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
{{{Butters}}}
Wish I lived closer to you so I could help out.
Went to the park this afternoon.
It was, probably should have stayed home.
Almost in a car accident on the way. Some (multiple expletives) woman swung open her car door into traffic. Then got out and bent over to get something out of the car. Much swerving, honking, and screeching of brakes.
She acted like we were the ones at fault.
Totally clueless and looked like someone who is no stranger to drugs.
I got to the park and I was the only one on the big dog side. Then the crowds started coming. I saw Thanos for the first time in months. Thanos is a pitbull that weighed 90+ pounds as a puppy. Now as an (unneutered) adult he is over 120 pounds. He and Ripple used to be pretty good friends, Echo wanted to take him on. Afraid of a trash can, wants to fight a HUGE pitbull. Thanos was more interested in Donnie, a neutered pit. Thanos wanted to hump Donnie, Donnie wanted to hump Thanos, much growling and snarling, right next to me. I wasn’t reaching in there to pull them apart. However, at some point they decided that taking turns humping each other was fun, and peace reigned until the unneutered ridgeback showed up. They both wanted to hump the ridgeback, the ridgeback wasn’t amused. His owner got him out of there in a hurry. One unneutered male in the park can be bad enough, toss in two and there will usually be trouble.
Lucy’s dad got there, pissed as hell that he had to park across the park because some asshole parks sideways across the handicap spot, taking up one handicap spot and the wide space separating it from the other handicapped spot. It’s wide enough for a third car to park in there if the asshole would just pull into the space like a normal person.
Ripple has a cut or bite on his leg, some blood. I don’t know if he ran into something or if it was from playing. Didn’t seem to bother him.
I’m back, as well. It’s been a stint, I swear. I’m glad it’s all over. I’m going to TRY to be posting on a regular basis. But, I don’t have anything interesting happening in my life. I’m boring.
So. MIL passed on Sept. 4th, after a quick battle with cancer. My husband was home on vacation from the 12th, through the 20th. Our daughter was home on vacation from the 12th, through yesterday. I’m finally getting my act together, I think. I’ve been kept busy, that’s for sure. Now, it is time for some slowing down, and some normalcy to happen, again.
Of course, things around here slowing down, means I’m bored. So, I made a meatloaf, baked potatoes, and peas, for dinner.
Tomorrow I’ll do a little grocery shopping, and pick up the Prozac for Shayna (Dog), and the heartworm preventative for her, and Poe (Also dog). I’ll probably call it a day, after that.
I looked in all my bins for that old title that I SWEAR I put in one of them, but, alas. It’s not there. I know it’s here, though. Somewhere. Ugh. Always something.
Since I was rifling through the bins, I kept some Halloween decorations out, so, I’d like to get them put up, at some point. We’ll see what happens with that.
Have a peaceful evening, everyone.
Final vote: WILL!
It just sounded too damn good.
Washed the Instant Pot insert (and a few more things, go me!) & seared the chuck thoroughly. Root veggies, some cheap red wine, bay leaves, chicken stock, tomato paste, and wurshersher sauce showed up for the party.
I haz egg noodles at the ready.
I anticipate a big tummy-soothing dinner & hopefully, an actual conk-out sleep.
Oddly enough, I agree in spirit with all of you. 
But, I’m allergic to opioids, so the current state of modern medicine doesn’t really have anything to offer, and that’s why I went with the ablation hoping it could offer relief that I can’t get from pills.
Meanwhile, the hits keep on comin’ - the city wants me to replace my sewer line. They’ll refund about $3,000, but I don’t know yet what the actual cost will be to have the pipe dug up and replaced or “sleeved” with some sort of miracle fiberglass sock process that avoids digging, plus installing current-code clean outs at each end. I’m assuming it will be substantially more than $3,000.
And the car needs new tires.
My bank account hurt just reading all that. 
sorry @gotpasswords here’s a non-opioid {{ hug }}
Somehow it came out a bit too salty.
My brain is watering down rapidly. Protein + carbs = omg plz sleep tonight.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 65 Amurrkin out and partly cloudy, whatever that means, with a predicted high of 82 with rain/tstorms/apocalypse predicted for this afternoon, evenin’, and tomorrow. The big plan of the day is to haul off the smallish tree branch that fell yestiddy, and since we’ll be at it, to do some other trimmin’ that’s needed and haul that off as well. Should be able to get that done in a couple of hours this mornin’. We shall see. Sup shall be leftover death chikin with some sort of side vegetative matter. Maybe flytrap’s favorite succotash.
{{{Butters}}} hope the horsepistol can get whatever is wrong with hubs sorted out soonest.
gotti hope sump’n can get figured out re the pain and yikes on the pipe replacement. Those things are never anywhere near cheap.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
Happy Thursday Y’all!
We took the truck in because it was losing power steering fluid - slowly, but still losing it. Turns out the power steering fluid cooler was mega-corroded. And the brakes were marginal. And we hadn’t had the oil changed in way too long (OOOPS!) And the front tires will need to be replaced pretty soon. The truck is rarely driven, so it’s not like we pile on the miles every week. Still, bottom line was just under $900. 
Cheaper than a new truck, but unwelcome as we’ve just spent a ton on painting and flooring.
On the other hand, we’re pumping money into the economy - that’s a good thing, right? 
I got a whopping 3-ish hours of sleep last night. I didn’t want to sleep with Mel since I have to fetch Roxy in a little bit, but I wish I’d taken a half of a tablet. It’s gonna be a long day. And it looks to be a dreary and coolish day - not sure if I can take Roxy to the park. We shall see.
I just noticed that our appointment with the lawyer to (finally) do our wills is next Thurs - same day the carpet install is supposed to start. I need to talk to SIL about sitting here at the house while we’re gone and the installers are here. Or I have to reschedule the installation. Dammit - I missed it when I put it in Outlook yesterday.
Always something. Happy Thursday anyway!