Oh! And Japanese Beetles are due next week. UGH
I don't think so. Just an insane number of cicadas, a the beetles are a June thing here. They can de-leaf a full size tree, overnight. I launch a defense every year.
S-I-L recovered from surgery complication (Parkinson's). They turned her machine on today, after two surgeries to install everything. She's initially disappointed, but it's probably too soon to tell.
@elsa I try to imagine what it must feel like to go through all that. I think of her and of Sue Ellens sister and what they are or already have gone through. By comparison what I delt with was nothing even though it did scare me to death and a 200/100 BP is absolutely frightening. I mean, all I could think was stroke or heart attack at any moment. Get me help.
I got a glimpse of what the future looks like for me or anyone who gets to keep living after a certain age. This will happen to all of us. We get to decide. Do we want to do it? Or no. I have given it a lot of thought. When I was in the middle of the not knowing I can assure you.... at first, I thought, get me help, then I resigned and thought... this is way too hard and will be way too much effort for what it's worth.
But humans keep going. It's beautiful to watch when the spirit to keep living is strong. I watched my parents. I DO NOT have what my parents had. Because I have no plans to work that hard only to live long enough to be in diapers. No thanks.
God bless her. I hope she gets to a place of health and peace Elsa.
Edit: I will NEVER take chemo or other treatments to prolong my life.
@soup chemo is out for me too. I'm very sensitive to drugs. I'd never get through it, intact.
@elsa Same, with the drug sensitivity. It would kill me. I already know it wouldn't work.
They gave me a very mild BP med. Low dose. It makes my ankles swell. Makes me sleepy. I called the doc and told her. So, she sends me a diuretic. Really? A drug for my drug?
Immediately made an appt with another doc. Getting a new one because I am not taking something with such side effects. Won't do it. I am not old enough for this nonsense... swollen ankles and fatigue. Nope. New doc in two weeks. I can hang on till then to switch this out.
@soup shit. I feel for you. Have they cleared you for clots?
I routinely take 1/2 doses of whatever, but if you're under a threat, it might not be an option.
@elsa They couldn't find any clots. As precaution I am taking a baby aspirin every day or every other day. Getting ready to do a Pectasol-C again for 30 days. I have some (very little) plaque but no blockage in my arteries. I attribute this to the Pectasol-C (and a clean diet no smoking/drinking or drugs) and a shit ton of exercise all my life.
I was scanned over my whole body. Especially my lungs and head. They wanted to make sure they took a look at everything before I left. No stones unturned. I even did a stress test and did very well. They used dye. They looked for leaks.
Sadly, after my hysterectomy and the deaths of 3 family members, the stress and paralyzation emotionally... I gained weight. Now I am really small. Not like on the wizard of oz small ... but 5'3 100 lbs. small... usually. Well that all changed when I lost my uterus and took to the emotional bed for a year. My newfound friend Saturn put me on my ass, and I had no idea how to navigate that energy. Got myself some new fat!!!!
The weight and stress caused my BP to shoot up. Losing the last one is still like losing a kid... and I am still trying to figure out what to do daily. It hurts. It's horrible. And I have no idea how her mother is doing it. My son has been doing all the things for granddaughter, and he was ignoring himself. But at the 6 month mark he finally fell to pieces. Just heartbreaking. I have guy dude boys. They are not the kind of kids you'll see crying. Air signs. They will talk you into a coma... they got some lungs on them... but they rarely shed a tear. To see him broken like this has been hard... and he needs help. Who else to do it? Me. She died. Then immediately following her, her father died too. I don't think he could take it. Her mother is fighting stage 4 lymphoma. She is not long behind them. So, there is only me Elsa.
I was thinking to cut that pill in half. I will be able to tell if it is wrong and they do sell it in 2.5 ... which I may try. I also bought a BP cuff for the house.
@soup God, the stress. I see why you're laying low.
It's so much, there really are no words. I mean, whatever I could say would be a stupid trifling.
We're watching, Wall Street. Back when people smoked in hospitals!
@elsa When I had my oldest son the lady in the next bed (my hospital roommate) smoked like a chimney. She held her newborn baby and smoked. I didn't know any difference. They allowed smoking in my high school in a designated area.
When I think about that lady smoking one cig after the next after giving birth in the hospital I think... young people today would be flabbergasted if they saw it.
@elsa I know. No one would ever believe it today. How about all cars came with an ashtray HAHA (and a lighter)
And ashtrays on planes in the back of seat in front of you...
I think you can still smoke in Vegas, but maybe not.
@elsa You have def made me laugh out loud. I forgot. Now my brain is activated... remembering all the places people could and would smoke and how acceptable it was. My whole fam smoked. I even did. 🤢
I remember when I realized what I was doing. I just stopped. People said, how did you just stop that? I said I decided. I decided it smelled disgusting and I didn't want to smell, have my home or my hair smell. My husband has never been a smoker. My kids can't stand to smell it.
In the state of Illinois, it's against the law to drive with children in a vehicle while the driver is smoking. My mother used to chain smoke with the windows up while we were taking a trip! 😳
Neighbor in hospital... thought stage 3 liver failure... now stage 5, it's been about twenty days. Big changes ahead.
Marry a man that will hold your little dog while he works.... because the dog just needs it today....
