My leukemia's back.

[bobbi-j]

I really should be looking to see if there some things like this close by. He isn't ready for anything yet. But I can see that it's coming. I myself go to a meeting once a month to visit and share with other caregivers. .

I am glad you're going to a support meeting. My mom is caregiver to my step-dad. He hasn't been diagnosed with dementia, but he has many, many physical problems, including silicosis in his lungs. He has about 25% lung function and is on oxygen at all times. He can no longer drive, and is in constant pain. He should have his hips replaced, but can't have surgery due to his lungs. Anyway, Mom has been going to caregiver support meetings and has found them quite helpful.

His teachers asked how long it's been since he was last abused, and she told them it's been 3 years now. They assured her that he was well over any abuse he might have suffered then, and any triggers should not last more than 1 - 2 minutes.

What a load of BS!! I have a friend - in her mid-50's who just a couple of years ago started counseling because of abuse when she was growing up. You don't just "get over" abuse!

I worked under a classroom teacher last year who suspected that the student I worked with had ADHD, but she told me that teachers aren't allowed to even mention the possibility to parents. I don't know if that's my school's policy or maybe a state thing. (I'm just a para, so I don't know what all the rules are.)

The school counselor is going to call his psychologist, and get the school psychologist on board too. They will comb through everything, get the mess straightened out, and get a game plan going on how to best help my grandson. I have no doubt that before it's all over, the teachers are going to get their come-uppance too.

I certainly hope so!

 

[microchick]

The system is definitely ummmmmm skewered shall we say. I used to know a young lady who was a beautician. She told me that they aren't allowed to tell a client that they have head lice. Can't even tell them that they need to see their doctor for a 'scalp' condition. I asked her why. She said they weren't allowed to make 'diagnosis'. I'm a retired nurse. I told her nonsense. She wasn't making a diagnosis, she was making an observation. Two different things.

I always wondered if they were allowed to say something if they had a client in their chair and saw a bit old suspicious could be melanoma on their scalps. Not saying something could mean that person's life. Frankly, I think I would risk my license in that case.

Hi all! Haven't posted here for awhile. Spent the summer fighting side effects from the meds I was on for what they thought was gout and serum negative RA. Well, they finally referred me to a pain specialist who ordered a MRI of my neck and suddenly they knew what was wrong with me. Surprise! Probably no gout, and while I have some sort of inflammatory arthritis, I definitely have what they call a progressive genetic Osteoarthritis-- degenerative discs, Facet joint narrowing and moderate spinal spondylosis. My rheumy said it's throughout my body. Nothing they can do about it except advise me to stay active as long as possible, treat pain, blah blah blah.

The good news was, no more methotrexate shots as they will not help me, no more gout medicine which was making me sicker than a dog.

Yay! My thinning hair is growing back in, which makes me happy. As for the news, well, you know, it could be better and it could be worse. They told me to do what I felt like doing. I can lift as long as I don't hold anything heavy for very long or carry heavy objects for any length of time. I'm glad that they finally know what is wrong with my joints and why I have so much pain.

I spent the next 6 weeks in PT and just got released.

It's really amazing how just knowing is a relief. I just wish they had done the MRI before pumping all the nasty medicines into me.

Keeping you all in my prayers.

 

[getaclue]

Here in Florida, a licensed cosmetologist is not allowed to work on anyone with nits, and/or head lice. When we see nits, we have to inform them discreetly there are nits, and lice if we see them, then let them know we can not perform any services on them, until they are treated, and the nits removed. When they leave, we have to use certain sprays, then disinfect everything. Towels, capes, etc. are sprayed, then laundered immediately there, or placed in a sealed plastic bag until the laundry picks it up.

 

[microchick]

You have to remember, clue, this happened in Illinois.

The 'Florida' approach seems much more reasonable and yeah, smart to me. I mean seriously, can you imagine seeing creepy crawlies on somebody's head and having to do their hair?

We used to occasionally get elderly residents in with scabies from neglect. Really sad but we would cap, gown, rubber gloves, the whole 9 yards. Treat the poor soul then sit at our desks and scratch our imaginary bugs all night. Looking back it was really kind of funny but the other nurse I worked with would tell me to 'stop scratching!' then I would glance at her and say 'you stop scratching'. Then we would both crack up. I'd go home, toss my scrubs in the laundry with the hottest water it could muster and bleach added and then use a scrub brush on myself!

Just too funny what a tiny little parasite can drive a person to.

 

[getaclue]

When my girls were in school, we had dogs. I got to reading the ingredients on the Adams flea shampoo for puppies, and the ingredients on Nix. Same active ingredient. The benefits of Adams was it had conditioner, and was cheaper than Nix. I knew from using it on the dogs, it had some residual action. A couple weeks after school started, I'd shampoo our hair in Adams. When school resumed from breaks, and holidays, I'd shampoo with Adams. The school would usually have 2 outbreaks of head lice, but my girls never got them. My girls were also taught not to share anything pertaining to their heads, and hair. No lending, or borrowing hair brushes, or combs. No trying on hats, scarves, headbands, barrettes, or scrunchies. No one was to try on their sweaters, or jackets. They all had very long hair, that I kept nice for them. I was not about to deal with all that long hair, and head lice too.

 

[Alaskan]

We all got lice once.....


Drum roll please...


From my mother!!!!!!!

She had no idea she had them, and no idea when or where she picked them up.

The kids who hugged and snuggled her the most... like for book reading, had the most.

 

[sourland]

Good morning Team Rachel. @microchick - good to see you back. You are so right about 'knowing' the problem. BIL has some health issues that have gone undiagnosed for 6 months or more.

 

[microchick]

And @sourland, that is the most frustrating thing in the world!

I'd been complaining about severe joint pain for 10 years and couldn't get anyone to dig in to see what was causing the problem. Everyone figured that since I had rheumatic fever as a young adult, that was the source of the pain. To a point it is, but if somebody had just done some imaging, they would have seen that the damage was coming from the genetic OA also and they could have started me on treatment long before now and avoided a lot of the damage I have.

I sure hope he gets somebody to listen to him. I tell folks to keep complaining. Eventually somebody will listen.

Morning everyone! We had snow here overnight and some freezing rain by the looks of our HAM antenna lines. And Nope. Not SOP for us this time of the year. We usually don't get our first snow until mid to late November and then it's usually not snow but an ice storm.

 

[sourland]

@microchick he's been going from specialist to specialist/ test to test, and they can not figure out why he is losing weight.

 

[oldrooster]

I wonder if the lice thing was a salon policy not law, because I heard that 40-50 years ago here in Indiana it was LAW not to perform services on someone with head lice in a beauty parlor or barber shop (I guess it was okay to do nails, but nothing on the head)....