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[drumstick diva]

Perchie have been remarkable at ALL your many career choices. I have no reason to believe you would be anything less.

 

[pennyJo1960]

life can come full circle the Son is trying and making headway with his weight
he has dropped a good 50 now was one a ledge he had to fight to keep moving loosing
he is a big kid big bones it is not easy

 

[drumstick diva]

Penny even small boned folks have trouble loosing weight.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Goodnight everyone please sleep well wake well rested

 

[Latestarter]

For all battling personal demons... Please don't give up! If you need to vent, by all means come here and vent to your heart's content! Those of us here will help you as best we can.

I can't recall hearing anything recently from @superchemicalgirl ... SCG, are you OK? You've indicated you were/are under a LOT of stress! Hope things have settled back down some for you.

Lots of others waiting on test results for medical issues... I hope they all come back with no bad/serious indications.

 

[drumstick diva]

you are right haven't seen SCG is quite some time. Hope she just needs sometime to herself.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Hi guys,

Thank you. Just not in a good place.

BF's stepdad is actively dying. He was sent home from the hospital Monday with home hospice.
Yesterday his mom sent me a message that the hospital gown they sent him home in was filthy and that the home hospice nurse was unable to provide her with any more and did I know where she could get some.
I spent some time calling around to the medical supply stores in the area. No one sells them. Amazon has them but they'll be 2 days to get to Maine. I have BF order some. But in the interim, we need a solution.
So I leave work 90 minutes early, head to Kmart and the big and tall section. I convert 3 long shirts into gowns, 2 with ties and 1 with snaps. She had sent BF home earlier yesterday with some PJ long bottoms also to convert into shorts, so I did a pair of those. With a minute to spare after finishing, I left and took the cat to the vet. Hopefully I get the results back today, I'm guessing diabetes.
Anyway, drop those off, and discover he's also got some continence issues but doesn't want to wear diapers. I had known he was having difficulty moving around/standing and suspected he was not going to be able to put the shorts on that she had asked for so at kmart I had bought some shorts to convert as well. Spent the night converting those shorts to ones that have 3 pieces of velcro on each side that work like a diaper, so he doesn't have to step into them. Then I converted 2 pairs of his underwear to non-step-in and sewed in a reusable diaper pad to help with absorption (my own dad actually asked me to sew him something similar the christmas before he died, so I had extra, still, thankfully).
Then I did the chores, locked everyone up, then raced back to their house and back home. Slept a few hours.

And can I just complain that it has been hotter than hot for about 8 weeks, now?

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Goodnight everyone please sleep well wake well rested

Hope you rested well

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Hi guys,

Thank you. Just not in a good place.

BF's stepdad is actively dying. He was sent home from the hospital Monday with home hospice.
Yesterday his mom sent me a message that the hospital gown they sent him home in was filthy and that the home hospice nurse was unable to provide her with any more and did I know where she could get some.
I spent some time calling around to the medical supply stores in the area. No one sells them. Amazon has them but they'll be 2 days to get to Maine. I have BF order some. But in the interim, we need a solution.
So I leave work 90 minutes early, head to Kmart and the big and tall section. I convert 3 long shirts into gowns, 2 with ties and 1 with snaps. She had sent BF home earlier yesterday with some PJ long bottoms also to convert into shorts, so I did a pair of those. With a minute to spare after finishing, I left and took the cat to the vet. Hopefully I get the results back today, I'm guessing diabetes.
Anyway, drop those off, and discover he's also got some continence issues but doesn't want to wear diapers. I had known he was having difficulty moving around/standing and suspected he was not going to be able to put the shorts on that she had asked for so at kmart I had bought some shorts to convert as well. Spent the night converting those shorts to ones that have 3 pieces of velcro on each side that work like a diaper, so he doesn't have to step into them. Then I converted 2 pairs of his underwear to non-step-in and sewed in a reusable diaper pad to help with absorption (my own dad actually asked me to sew him something similar the christmas before he died, so I had extra, still, thankfully).
Then I did the chores, locked everyone up, then raced back to their house and back home. Slept a few hours.

And can I just complain that it has been hotter than hot for about 8 weeks, now?

I'm not sure if this is for your area try A&A home health care they covered all of hubs medical needs including nutritional,they practically have everything 1-888-997-3783 give it a try,you might need dr information

 

[drumstick diva]

SCG you are great at improvising - just one of your many talents.