I'm so sorry, Pix. You are doing everything you can. You can't have answers when the doctors don't have answers. Trust yourself to make decisions because he trusts you, and I know you are doing the best you can as you ride this horrible roller coaster.
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Laura - Jan 09, 2024 4:09:34 pm PST #27923 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Laura - Jan 09, 2024 4:10:16 pm PST #27924 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
So nice to hear that your mom's surgery went beautifully, Matt!
-t - Jan 09, 2024 4:24:54 pm PST #27925 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, Pix. That must be so hard.
I remember when DH's dad was in the hospital for what turned out to be the last time, there were theoretically other family members who could have helped but it somehow became DH's sole responsibility to talk to the doctor's and get the updates and even just that much isolation was really really hard. I'm so sorry you have to go through this.
Dana - Jan 09, 2024 4:26:58 pm PST #27926 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Sorry, Pix. It sounds nightmarish.
Trust yourself to make decisions because he trusts you, and I know you are doing the best you can as you ride this horrible roller coaster.
This.
dcp - Jan 09, 2024 4:40:16 pm PST #27927 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
because otherwise I miss doctors and treatments don't happen
I was the advocate for both my grandfather and my grandmother during their hospital stints in the late '90s and early 2000's, and I hated having to monitor and correct what I felt should be simple stuff done easily and routinely by the staff, such as make sure the meds were on schedule, and make sure the empty-stomach meds and the with-food meds were done right, and the fluid restrictions were adhered to, and the BP was measured on the correct arm, and, and, and.....
The cardiologist did rounds at 6:15 a.m. sharp. If I was a minute late getting to the room, I missed him. Grrrr.
I can't ask her to sit with him again.
Pix, I hope that T. understands that she didn't do anything wrong.
Pix - Jan 09, 2024 5:00:04 pm PST #27928 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Pix, I hope that T. understands that she didn't do anything wrong.
Oh she absolutely doesn't. She had to be the caregiver alone in the hospital for her mother and then two separate aunts, though, so it's pretty triggering for her. She's amazing in a hospital. It's just not fair to her to ask her to be there more than necessary.
Also, thanks, everyone.
P.M. Marc - Jan 09, 2024 5:38:44 pm PST #27929 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
Oh, Pix. This sucks so much.
Susan W. - Jan 09, 2024 6:20:33 pm PST #27930 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm so sorry, Pix.
Consuela - Jan 09, 2024 6:37:35 pm PST #27931 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm sorry Pix. Hugs to you and your dad and Drew.
aurelia - Jan 09, 2024 7:53:43 pm PST #27932 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm sorry, Pix.
Gilda (my 18 yr old cat) is feeling bad so we need to see the vet tomorrow. She hasn't kept a meal down since last night and tonight she's just staying curled up on the bed. She's acting like I would with a stomach flu, but... 18 yr old cat. Here's hoping it's something identifiable and treatable. The receptionist was about to tell me they were booked up for the month until she saw Gilda's age in the records.