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| Thu, 06-21-2007 - 7:32pm |
Mom's P.E.T. scan came out clean. No cancer! We celabrated with dinner on the lake. Mom, Fred, Sheila and I.
Sheila's dad keeps getting worse by the day. He is losing his short term memory and is in end stage everything, i.e. congestive heart failure, kidney failure, cardio vascular disease, etc.
We have been called up a few times as they thought he was going to die. Then, he just pulls through. We are not sure if it is a blessing or not since each time he pulls through he has more worng with him.
Sheila and I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and posts to us. It really is comforting to know there are people out there who are thinking of us at this time.
My blood sugar has been horrendous. I feel like crap. It was 350 this morning on a fasting level. We are going to start walking again at the park then it is back to the gym for me. I miss doing the weights etc., at the gym.
I need to walk and work out to keep my blood sugar down. It is supposed to be around 90.
I think all the stress and poor eating times have thrown it off alot.
I refuse to go on insuline and whant to keep it controlled by diet, fitness and in pill form meds. But the last few weeks have been so hectic with taking care of mom and going up 3 hours to see sheila's mom and dad and the back and fourth and taking care of the dogs etc has been exhausting for us both.
My mom is still healing from her last surgery as it was a very invasive procedure. Fred, (my step-dad) and I are her primary care takers.
Sheila was up at her mom's for a week and her sis from Cinci, Ohio and I drove back and fourth while Fred looked in on our dogs and I kenneled Mike.
In between I was taking mom to alot of her doctor appointments. Follow ups, tests, chemo followup and infections from her last surgery.
My stomach and sheila's have been in knots.
Sorry for such a long post, just felt good writing about it and getting it out. Spared you all the details, lol.
Thank you everyone,
Hugs,
Laurie
Sheila's dad keeps getting worse by the day. He is losing his short term memory and is in end stage everything, i.e. congestive heart failure, kidney failure, cardio vascular disease, etc.
We have been called up a few times as they thought he was going to die. Then, he just pulls through. We are not sure if it is a blessing or not since each time he pulls through he has more worng with him.
Sheila and I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and posts to us. It really is comforting to know there are people out there who are thinking of us at this time.
My blood sugar has been horrendous. I feel like crap. It was 350 this morning on a fasting level. We are going to start walking again at the park then it is back to the gym for me. I miss doing the weights etc., at the gym.
I need to walk and work out to keep my blood sugar down. It is supposed to be around 90.
I think all the stress and poor eating times have thrown it off alot.
I refuse to go on insuline and whant to keep it controlled by diet, fitness and in pill form meds. But the last few weeks have been so hectic with taking care of mom and going up 3 hours to see sheila's mom and dad and the back and fourth and taking care of the dogs etc has been exhausting for us both.
My mom is still healing from her last surgery as it was a very invasive procedure. Fred, (my step-dad) and I are her primary care takers.
Sheila was up at her mom's for a week and her sis from Cinci, Ohio and I drove back and fourth while Fred looked in on our dogs and I kenneled Mike.
In between I was taking mom to alot of her doctor appointments. Follow ups, tests, chemo followup and infections from her last surgery.
My stomach and sheila's have been in knots.
Sorry for such a long post, just felt good writing about it and getting it out. Spared you all the details, lol.
Thank you everyone,
Hugs,
Laurie

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Hi all who responded with much needed prayers to this post.
Hi Sheila,
I'm so sorry that you are going through this. Please know that you and Laurie will remain in my thoughts and prayers. I don't have a parent in a skilled nursing care facility. The only suggestions I can give you is to just be there for your mom, if you can go with her when it comes to the business end of the caring process. You and Laurie go to the facility, for support and to be each other's ears.
If you need to get a small tape recorder and record the session, then get one, so that there is no double talk during this whole process. And of course, I know your mom is going to want to go since this affects her, also. I'm guessing there are support groups for ladies that are experiencing loss. I'm not saying abandon your mom to these support groups, but my suggestion is to be there when she needs to lean on both of your very capable shoulders.
Make sure, and I can't stress this enough, read the fine print. Call Medicare and talk with them to get better information, hospital's don't know everything.
Be prepared emotionally, legally and every other possible way. If anything doesn't "feel" right to you, don't hesitate to talk with the director of the assisted nursing home (skilled nursing home) facility. If you possibly can, call the facility, to check on your dad, to make sure he's being treated with diginty and respect. Continue to get all kinds of support. Check the internet for possible ways of getting grant to help suppliment your father's care (and help out your mom).
The reason why I can only give suggestions, is I used to live in a nursing and I've seen things that I didn't agree with. If you want to email me, please feel free to do so, through my profile.
Hugs to you and Laurie,
Sebastian
Hugs,
Sebastian
http://www.facebook.com/sebastianbruce
Thanks, friend.
You're welcome, anything to help. I should have said that you can email me through my profile, in case you and Laurie want to chat informally.
Hugs,
Sebastian
Hugs,
Sebastian
http://www.facebook.com/sebastianbruce
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