Thursday, October 20, 2011

♥ Everybody Take Care!!! ♥

22 comments:

  1. Solid food and solid reads are right up there with Howard Dean!

    I have fond memories of the potato soup in the hospital (which they classified as a clear liquid).

    Way past my bedtime, but I had to check on Renee. Good news indeed! And hi, Cat! Now off to the land of Nod.

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  2. Just discovered there was a second thread yesterday. Once the comments page is up I have no need to look at the main page, so unless there's a comment mentioning the new thread I'll never be aware of it until the next morning after a computer restart.

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  3. Sorry, Bill.

    It was actually that yesterday's midnight thread didn't post until after 5pm.

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  4. No wait. It was that I THOUGHT the new thread hadn't posted and created a new one, feeling derelict the whole time! LOL!

    Sure would like to hear from puddle.

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  5. listener `~~ You mean I'm not the only one who gets confused? O:-)

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  6. So, Renee, can you eat nice things like cream of wheat, or would that be too hard on your system?

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  7. Hi Alan.

    Potato soup a clear liquid. Hmmm... Not that I would complain, having liked potato soup the few times I've had it. Come to think of it, I like potatoes most any way they can be cooked.

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  8. Back. Have to admit this one's on me. Evidently the malnutrition/brain fog has been going on/ongoing for longer than I thought. When they told me I hadn't paid since March, I nearly fainted. My *sense* is that I'd paid just last month, and that I shouldn't let it go another. . . . I offered to pay them right then, but that until my SS check hits the bank, it'd bounce. They'd used up all their patience, so. . . .

    I've always kept this stuff in my head. Guess I need to make a graph. Makes me feel *old*. . . .

    Glad Renee's on the mend. The good news is that *chit* used to kill you (killed my Dad). When my brother hit the same wall, 15 years ago, he was out in a week, and better forever in a month. This the boy who'd lived for 30 years on anti-acids. Still there's no denying that NG tubes are nasty stuff, and "nothing by mouth" is no fun either. I got one of the nurses with a merciful heart to let me have "sips of bouillon" after pills. Just the *taste* of something helped.

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  9. Bill, you are most definitely not the only one who gets confused.

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  10. Nope! LOL! 8-)

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  11. {{{ Welcome back, puddle!!! }}}

    There is a law in Vermont that if a person needs their electricity for health and safety reasons (like running a home dialysis machine) their electricity may not be turned off, and a person's phone may be turned off from receiving calls and from making most calls, but they can still call for help (like 911 and so on). I hope the same is true there! We were concerned lest you need help and have no way to call for it!

    So glad it was "only" you. I hope you won't be so strapped for cash after paying the bill that you don't eat well enough. We can't have you going under in a new way, y'know!

    Have you spoken with Thankful yet? She was going to call your Son to check on things.

    Oh MY you've been missed!!!

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  12. Hi everybody. Demetrius helped me wash my hair. I feel almost like a human being now.

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  13. The Gift

    Late morning,
    promises kept,
    the establishment
    allows a bath
    Brings towels
    and soap

    The needles
    all pulled out

    Door closed
    And sitting
    (wisely)
    The hot water
    runs and runs
    as fingers seek and peel
    the hot black snaps
    no longer hooked to
    the heart monitor
    And snaps from earlier
    investigations
    Three sets in all

    Bubbles
    heat
    steam
    warmth
    freedom
    beauty
    joy
    All you ever wanted.

    Dry my hair
    which glows like a fizzy white halo,
    don my jeans and pink sweater
    (I might be human after all)
    put on my lemongrass sandals
    And when they allow me gone
    they let me walk to the door
    And wave goodbye

    Leaving me only how to find
    this new life
    the one they gave me back
    which doesn't much resemble
    the one I had before

    jjl
    19 October 2011

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  14. Just about to call her.

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  15. Oh, yes. It's almost miraculous how much being able to wash your hair helps. So glad you're on the mend!!! ♥

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  16. Hi Puddle. You know, well, if you ever need a little folding green to tide you over I'd be happy to help.

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  17. Puddle, beautiful.

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  18. Beautiful indeed.

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  19. Ah Renee. I love thinking of you getting stronger each day, making progress and on your way to feeling truly good again.

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  20. Imagine the two of you having that cleansing experience the same month.

    Well spoken, puddle.

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  21. You *are* a love. Thank you for the thought/offer. ♥!

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