glad to read that Tim's surgery is going well. Hec, if I hadn't been in situations that stupid, I wouldn't believe it, but I have, so I get it.(People have other things, bureaucrats of America.)
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Jul 31, 2023 3:43:27 pm PDT #23392 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
P.M. Marc - Jul 31, 2023 4:11:20 pm PDT #23393 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yay, Tim!
One of these days, I will probably have to infodump about every single thing that's been happening on my side of the family (each one suckier than the last!), but if I start, I think I'm going to end up catatonic, so hey!
It's really amazing how little you can do when someone's mental health is decidedly poor, they're reality challenged, and yet are not a risk to themselves or others. Truly.
And not my brother for once! He gets to be the almost sane one because it's my sister who's gone 'round the bend! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Anyhow. In summation, now my parents, who are both suffering from memory, hearing, and vision going down the toilet, have two adult children living in the house with them, one with serious mobility issues who as of two weeks ago discharged herself AMA from the hospital and also torpedoed her marriage. I think today is the day I hit the end of my rope. Going to need to find more.
erikaj - Jul 31, 2023 4:20:49 pm PDT #23394 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Sounds...complicated, Plei. Maybe a CIL could help(/broken record of Advice nugget #3.)
DavidS - Jul 31, 2023 4:29:23 pm PDT #23395 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Anyhow. In summation, now my parents, who are both suffering from memory, hearing, and vision going down the toilet, have two adult children living in the house with them, one with serious mobility issues who as of two weeks ago discharged herself AMA from the hospital and also torpedoed her marriage.
Sheesh! Is too much!
P.M. Marc - Jul 31, 2023 4:37:26 pm PDT #23396 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sheesh! Is too much!
RIGHT? Makes a person want to change names, go off the grid, and live in a yurt.
erikaj - Jul 31, 2023 4:48:03 pm PDT #23397 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
definitely.
Dana - Jul 31, 2023 5:48:25 pm PDT #23398 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, wow, way too much.
Steph L. - Jul 31, 2023 7:12:47 pm PDT #23399 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Damn, Plei, that's a boatload of badness.
I'm home from the hospital -- poor Tim is having a lot of muscle pain, because the way his spine was curved for so long, his back muscles and core muscles on the right side got overtaxed trying to pull him back to center, while the muscles on the left were lazy jerks. So now that his spine is straightened out* the muscles on the right AND the left have no idea what the fuck is going on, so they're flipping out. Dilaudid didn't help, because it's all muscle spasm-y. They've given him all the muscle relaxants he can have for the time being, so they're adding Valium and a heating pad. He's honestly just going to have muscle pain for while, but hopefully drugs can at least dial the pain down from a 7 to a 2 or 3.
*He was lying in bed the entire time I was in his room after surgery, so I haven't seen him stand yet, but I think I'm going to cry when I do. You guys, his curvature was *so* pronounced. And now it's gone! Modern medicine is fucking amazing.
DavidS - Jul 31, 2023 7:22:31 pm PDT #23400 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Tough transition for Tim's spine and muscles! You can do it, muscles! I believe in you. Streeeeetch.
Laura - Aug 01, 2023 4:49:09 am PDT #23401 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I'm sorry, Plei. Sending whatever rope might suffice. When I read your post my mind went to the three wise monkeys. The teachings say that if we do not hear, see or speak evil, we ourselves shall be spared from evil. Not to get all Buddhist on you, but it popped into my mind that you could use a blindfold and earplugs for a bit.
Straight man Tim!! I do hope the drugs help get him through this transition. Also, yay science!!