I personally settled on e-readers. I haven't looked back.
Same. I resisted, but it makes reading in bed so easy.
It happens in a hurry.
Good to have the reassurance, because dehydration was the best option for causation.
Have a blast, meara. Hot pink hair sounds good to me. I think we need pictures.
I am a responsible person! Woot! At the beginning of the month I was with one sister as she had her colonoscopy and surgery. And today I am hanging in the waiting room as my other sister has her colonoscopy. On the paperwork for both I am the responsible person! The sister I am with today has a bowel prolapse which will be dealt with surgically on the 1st, unless we end up in the ER sooner. This is one of a battery of tests we need before the surgery.
Bodies people, not so well designed in many ways.
Dehydration can happen really fast especially with how hot amd humid it has been and in combination with an infection. I know about 15 years ago my Aunt J got really dehydrated (not infection related) and passed out and had to go to the ER.
I'm trying to be a lot better about drinking water because I know I need but I also know that as people get older they are less likely to drink water and other fluids and I don't want that.
It's not just drinking water, eating water rich foods also helps keep you hydrated so another reason to eat your fruits and vegetables.
JZ there are full page size magnifiers and some are lighted if you want to try that before going eReader. In the donations at Recraft there was a magnifier for single lines...I guess for reading patterns . I don't know if that would be better.
I've taken to opening my camera app and zooming in to read things. That wouldn't work for reading a book but it's worked when I've been trying to read the side of a bottle.
I am really glad I'm here for Mom. The hospital can't find the Power of Attorney or the DNR for my aunt. The nurse or case manager is going to get the doctor to do a DNR today. They need the POA sent and mom was going to fax it. The nurse said she could email it but mom said she didn't know how. So I took care of getting it scanned and made sure mom got it emailed.
Mom also had to call the social worker about my cousin's son...there is a bunch of stuff going on there. And then the lawyer because it still isn't clear who is going to have guardianship of him when Aunt W passes.
The settlement check had cleared and I have paid off my credit cards!
Yay, askye! Having the credit cards paid off is a big relief.
Yikes, and, yes, I can confirm that dehydration and electrolyte depletion can happen fast and are awful. Because of my short gut, 3 liters of oral rehydration solution (which, absorbs better for those of us thus afflicted) and a double dose of magnesium supplementation are a daily ritual... or else.
Man, when I first got released after the final surgery, I had to get my blood checked three times a week and then go to the ER about every two weeks for an IV magnesium infusion. For, like, four months. Jesus, it was a lot. I am so freaking lucky lo' these three years past.
Three times a week is a lot!
Yay payment askye!
vote for "call it a Barbie tie-in and leave it be" but my baseline level of exhaustion at this point is high, and the list of things I can't be assed to do is long.
Hahah yeah I tried washing it this morning but although a lot of dye seemed to come out in the wash it is just as hot pink as before. But I have a ton of work and work meetings between now and when I leave so not sure anything else is really an option right now
askye, you have a lot going on! I'm sorry for your aunt and all the hassle for your mother but I'm happy you got the check!
In general advice, anyone getting older should have an advanced directive signed, scanned, and provided in electronic format to their family. Huh, I should do that! If you have senior relatives you may need to help, do talk to them about this and get copies that you can keep in a reliable place (I kept my dad's paperwork on my phone).
Woke up with a headache and a little nauseated, so I'm spending the morning in bed. First legit sick day in quite some time. Dog isn't too pleased, though.
Yay for the paying off!
Any e reader recs? Kindle? Fire? Something else? I'm tired of struggling with this.
Congrats, Gud! How is it that you're about to have both kids married when it doesn't seem that long ago that you were building a rocket ship in the backyard?
I'm not sure how it happened.
Any e reader recs? Kindle? Fire? Something else? I'm tired of struggling with this.
I really like the Kindle paperwhite.
