Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
Barb. Is the cancer patient having prostrate removed? My husband is as it is through out the prostrate. It's being done at the end of January
Sorry about his cancer. Yeah, some women don’t listen to advice. Some don’t even listen to their own inner voice.
Same thing with my mom. Pressure became very low. I ended up taking her to the ER. The ER doctor told me that Parkinson’s patients generally run lower blood pressure. She took her off of her meds. I didn’t even know why she was on them. She never had high blood pressure. Do some doctors just give a person BP meds when they reach a certain age?
Needing to look out for my very smart daughter's interests, going forward. He has state 4 prostate cancer and he plays that very poignantly and frequently.
You’re a wonderful grandmother. Your daughter is blessed to have you to call on in a pinch.
That’s a shame your ex is a bully. Don’t you think bullying comes from insecurities? Sometimes I do. Other times I think people are capable of simply being mean and have huge egos and feel they are entitled to ‘special treatment.’
She thinks she has boundaries. We ALL think we have boundaries, but he's the quintessential charming bully and we all usually agree to what he proposes.
Sigh.
the latest UTI was ecoli so likely a result of diarrhea - being immobile makes it nearly impossible to avoid going up the urethra
her mood has become so bad that I'm thinking I'll have no choice but to put her back on risperdal which I absolutely hate doing as it knocked her out and made her speak gibberish
it was suggested to use neurontin but that too is off label and has a high tolerance with need for increasing dosage
Are you taking a new medication, antibiotics?
Are you allergic?
The Viking has had enough UTI's that seeing a urologist to manage this would help? The urologist can check to see if the UTI has cleared.
If she is still looking sick, can you have her tested for sepsis?
There is one antibiotic that reads: it is still working after the meds run out.
That one is not Bactrim I don't think.
Instead of worry, can you call the doctor today, before the weekend?
Do you have treatment for Candida, often caused by antibiotics?
Is her tongue coated white?
If a patient has diabetes, one must be careful, get a doctor's advice if it is safe.
If I have it correct, the D Mannose are the sugars from the cranberry.
That does not make it harmful sugars, just check it out because I cannot figure it out.
As for occasional sugary treats allowed for any diabetic, when there is presence of UTI and antibiotics, NO SUGAR at that time. It would be contraindicated. Sorry, do not have the reference available at this time.
she still looks sick
I hate to cath her again to get a sample to see if it’s clear
one of my favorite hoca residents passed - still fairly young and he loved to push the Viking’s buttons but I never worried that he would get mean with her despite her cussing him out
maybe he was blessed to go quickly as opposed to being locked up in the land of the demented for years
God bless all hospital staff! That sounds like a Stephen King horror movie!
I think I would have nightmares!
Re: Clergy
The term for the clergy that you have described is called:
They are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
Ever take the wrong elevator in a hospital? I did. I was upset. It was right after my brother’s nearly fatal motorcycle accident and I accidentally got on the service elevator.
An employee asked me where I was headed because I wasn’t supposed to be on that elevator. Thoughts went through my mind of ending up in the morgue area of the hospital! The employee pointed me in the right direction.
That would be creepy!
Hahaha. There are funeral homes that closed here that are now other places of business, restaurants, drugstores, daycares, etc. yeah, I have odd thoughts about it!
The opposite too. One time I went with my cousin to another cousin’s funeral. The funeral home used to be a Mexican restaurant. I kept thinking about all the tacos I had enjoyed there. My cousin too. We started laughing. It was horrible. We had to go outside to compose ourselves so the family wouldn’t wonder why we were laughing during a funeral!