# People are actually trying to kill me, indirectly **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 15, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159 "2019-03-15T01:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/1 "2019-03-15T01:47:58Z")
Infected feet. Can’t walk. Parked in nursing/rehab home for a couple weeks. Okay, you’re up to date. Daughters were visiting and I was in a wheelchair. I started coughing really hard, as did a daughter. We both thought it was something we ate, but it kept getting worse. I couldn’t breathe. She asked what was wrong. All I could do was point at my rescue inhaler and gasp an approximation of ‘anaphylaxis.’ It seems that two brothers got in a fight and one maced the other. I guess I am sensitive to mace. There is a rule here that forbids guests from keep any of their meds at their beds. If I hadnt ignored that I would be dead, so a couple people, the macer and the rulemaker, tried to kill me. Who knew rest homes could be so exciting? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/2 "2019-03-15T02:18:48Z")
Holy crap. Dude. Call someone and bitch. Ain’t there some kinda commission or the health dept. or something? That’s not even right. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/3 "2019-03-15T02:23:44Z")
Sheesh. Try to get moved to a place in a nicer part of town, where visitors and guests don’t bring weapons. Glad you made it through the incident. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/4 "2019-03-15T02:29:07Z")
Sure breaks up the boredom dudnit? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/5 "2019-03-15T02:32:04Z")
Great fuck! I hope your prognosis is good. You getting out soon? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/6 "2019-03-15T02:48:29Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Sure breaks up the boredom dudnit? Oh, hells yeah,but didnt get me outta PT. One of Old Dears nearly had a heart attack.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/7 "2019-03-15T11:39:54Z")
Did the macing actually take place at the home, or did one of the brothers come in after having been maced? My dad was in a nursing home three times over the last few years of his life. I don’t remember any rule against meds at the bedside. I can understand a rule like this for meds that the staff is in charge of dispensing (e.g. antibiotics), but it seems really stupid to apply it to rescue inhalers. Nursing homes are heavily regulated. There’s probably a poster somewhere in the home with a phone number you can call to complain to the state. Maybe you should call it. Sorry about your feet, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/8 "2019-03-15T13:32:04Z")
The mace-age happened down the hall–20 to 40 feet away. Junior seems to have spray-painted bro with mace. I don’t normally complain. That’s my chief of staff’s job and she does it so gleefully. More later. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/9 "2019-03-15T15:32:34Z")
I hope Junior was arrested. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/10 "2019-03-15T16:11:48Z")
Self defense, I heard. Bro had already punched him. The Western Burbs have gone to pot with The Guys mostly gone and the Rule of Law in control. I can imagine how this woulda gone if Giancana’s mom were a resident. Smooth as sharkskin. ������ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/11 "2019-03-15T18:44:27Z")
They may throw me out soon. Possibly today. I heard it as a rumor at lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/12 "2019-03-15T19:02:01Z")
Are your feet healed enough to go home? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/13 "2019-03-15T19:25:26Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/14 "2019-03-15T20:37:34Z")
I was in a discount grocery store last year when I heard some kind of commotion. All of a sudden I could hear many people in the store coughing, and then I started coughing myself. When I got up to the register, people were discussing the fact that a woman had maced a guy who was trying to take her purse. I hope things get better for you, **dropzone**. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/15 "2019-03-15T20:43:35Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > No. If they put you out go straight to the nearest ER. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/16 "2019-03-15T22:22:34Z")
How are you paying for your stay in the nursing facility? My dad had medicare, and every time he was discharged we were informed that he had the right to appeal the decision. They’d give us a form with a number to call if we wanted to dispute it. You may have similar rights even if you’re privately insured. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/17 "2019-03-15T23:28:16Z")
Good luck with everything. I agree with **Beck**. If you still need care, go right back to the ER and get re-admitted. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/18 "2019-03-16T00:48:12Z")
Kids,kids, I got this. **dropdad** was an appeals judge for Social Security. If I don’t know I have brothers who do. But for the next three months I’m just on Medicaid and it helps pass the time. I want a power chair but my VP of Operations (still my oldest) objects because I will use it as a crutch. Fine, she can walk with my knees, but I would like to go places and do things. The magical Abilify has done that for me. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/19 "2019-03-16T03:23:15Z")
I kinda like the way your VP thinks.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159/20 "2019-03-16T16:43:30Z")
She is my conscience, but nobody has done nuttin to adress my knees, thinkinhg its tied in with my other problems. No, it is the arthuritis and I–THEY–have my xrays to prove it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-are-actually-trying-to-kill-me-indirectly/831159.md?page=2)