Friday, July 15, 2011

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Anonymous said...

that looks comfy....

July 15, 2011 at 12:00 AM
SER said...

Froglover you little shit, you must have been waiting for it to come up....laugh'in

Guess I'm #2

July 15, 2011 at 12:09 AM
Anonymous said...

just good timing for checking in... :)

July 15, 2011 at 12:10 AM
Huck Finn said...

I was goin to do a lurk and pounce, but got sidetracked in survival foods. Dehydrated eggs to be specific. They say,,, Cheap, nutritious food source, but at $7.99 per 14 large egg equivalent, where do they get cheap? Even bulk for 144 eggs size, they want $60. Last time I looked 12 dozen wasn't near $60.

Toilet paper. Worth it's weight in gold! Think about it. What would you really miss of the ka-ka hit the fan?

July 15, 2011 at 12:46 AM
kkdither said...

Uh-oh... huck is starting to stockpile even more than usual. We may be in for a long haul. I remember those surplus powdered eggs. My mom got her hands on some of those when we were kids. (she had relatives on assistance) They were certainly NOT tasty. I think I'd go with canned tuna, huck. Can't beat the price and highly edible protein.

As for TP, you will need water to flush... you could always use a wash cloth and soap and water instead. When you think about it all, we are very spoiled.

July 15, 2011 at 7:27 AM
jedwis said...

Happy Friday Ya'll. Huck... go to Sam's Club and buy in bulk...KK, I like the tuna idea, very versatile. Regarding TP, who needs it, that's what leaves are for, just stay away from the poison ivy... remember "leaves of three...let them be" lol

July 15, 2011 at 7:53 AM
OKIE said...

Happy Friday everyone. We are on day 22 of over 100 degree weather and no relief in sight.
Huck I don't think anything is cheap anymore. Walmart had toilet paper for $14, hamburger for $10. With gas at $3.49 I honestly don't know how people are making it. Thank goodness I have a husband who loves to fish so we always have a freezer full of that.

July 15, 2011 at 8:32 AM
Toad said...

I think I will stock up on King Oscar Sardines. The two layer ones In the red can. NO MUSTARD.

July 15, 2011 at 2:19 PM
Huck Finn said...

Toad, YES! Briesling sardines in olive oil.

July 15, 2011 at 2:39 PM
OrbsCorbs said...

I am so upset with our health care system that I could spit. Mom is in the cardiac unit again. She was just there last week and they gave her a new med to slow down her heart and prevent angina attacks. The side effects were terrible. She became weak as a puppy and could barely move. Yesterday, her regular doctor stopped the drug, but didn't replace it with anything else. I said, "What's to prevent the angina?" He said, "I'll order blood tests and we'll see." Last night, at a quarter to 10 PM, an "on-call" cardiologist telephones my mother to tell her that her potassium level is excessively high and she needs to take a prescription that he has called into her pharmacy immediately. Her pharmacy closes at 7 PM. Why the hell is a doctor calling a 90-year-old woman at 10 o'clock at night to tell she has to take a med she can't get? He then told her she would probably have chest pains that night and to call 911. Of course, mom being highly suggestible, that is exactly what happened.

Shit! There is NO ONE in charge. All these goddamned doctors have their own little bailiwicks and they don't talk to each other. We are constantly deluged with conflicting information about her medical condition and NO ONE can explain it all. Mom's regular doctor visited her in the hospital at 6 AM. At 11 AM, his nurse called me wanting to know where she was so they could run more blood tests. His office didn't even know that she was in the hospital, even though he had already visited her.

Sorry, I just had to spew and vent. I am very serious when I say that I no longer trust our health care system. I have horror story after horror story about mom's care, and mine over the winter. It is beyond absurd. My sister just started another complaint process with an administrator. But it changes nothing. A 90-year-old woman suffers and surfers and suffers because assholes are in charge of our health. I sincerely hope I can off myself before shit like this ever happens to me.

Again, I apologize for dumping on the JTI. I just had to say this. It just makes me cry.

July 15, 2011 at 3:07 PM
OKIE said...

Orbs

Please don't feel the need to apologize for venting. My God what you and your mom have had to go through. No wonder medical costs are so outrageous, no one seems to know what is going on.

July 15, 2011 at 4:15 PM
hale-bopp said...

Wow, Orbs. Sorry to hear about all the difficulties. That is exactly why private health care advocates are springing up.

July 15, 2011 at 5:43 PM
jedwis said...

Orbs,
Keep venting, it is what we are here for. God bless you and the things you are going thru. Hope Mom is doing OK.

July 15, 2011 at 6:15 PM
kkdither said...

Orbs, I am so, so sorry this is happening. I went through hell trying to help ease my mother through her end of life issues. It was years and years of exactly what you describe. I dealt with Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha hospital and medical clinics and nursing care. Racine was the worst, but the best was very far from good itself.

I read, read and read some more about her conditions. I went to every doctor visit, took notes and asked a million questions. I repeatedly filled them in on important facts they were told and should have had on record in front of them. I spent an ungodly amount of hours in hospitals, er's and nursing homes. You damn near have to learn to be a doctor just to watch over their shoulder for mistakes. They attempted to double dose her, repeat medical procedures, you name it.

Milwaukee put her in a car at 11:30 pm, so weak she couldn't walk, with her 83 year old male friend... the release papers said she was released to her "husband's" care. No kidding. He had to call me at midnight to come get her in the house and into bed.

Be vigilant. Stay strong. You are a good human. It is normal and natural to be frustrated, sad and extremely angry. I'm still not completely over it.

July 15, 2011 at 6:27 PM
drewzepmeister said...

Sorry to hear about your mother Orbs. Praying that she'll pull through and get better soon.

July 15, 2011 at 7:27 PM
lizardmom said...

Happy late Friday to all, had the day off and have had the darnedest time figuring out what day I'm on.
At least my oldest was the 1st to the party, I guess I'm bringing up the rear LOL!
Orbs, I can't even express how sorry I am for what you're going thru. Vent here all you need, we're here for you, vent away, don't keep it inside, hope it gets better soon and mom comes home and away from the DRs

July 15, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Tender Heart Bear said...

Orbs- Don't worry about venting to us. I know what you are going through with your mom. My family went through the same thing with my grandma from when she was 90 to when she passed away at 99. My grandma had leukemia and they wanted to do surgery on her. We said no she has been through enough at her age. So she had to keep going for blood transfusions. When her blood got to low we had to get the ambulance to take her. Then the doctors at the ER never looked at on the computer to see what she had been going through. A lot of the doctors never care what is happening with the patients.

Then one of my daughters when they were younger was crying because her ears were hurting real bad and I took her to the ER and the doctor said nothing is wrong. The next day I took her to our family doctor and she had a double ear infection. I went to the patient complaint office and talked with the lady and I got that doctor fired.

I just pray your mom gets better real soon so you don't have to go through much more of this crap. We are all here for you so don't worry about venting to us!♥

July 15, 2011 at 8:32 PM
OrbsCorbs said...

Thank you very much to all for your kind words and wishes. The lack of continuity of health care and integration of services is astounding. It sometimes seems no one is sharing information with anyone else. Bizarro world, like jedwis mentioned the other day. I got angry earlier and all I could think of was "lawsuit." Not for money, but for revenge. There's no other way to affect them. But I wouldn't do it because even that doesn't affect "them." It's just part of the cost of doing business. Like kk said yesterday, it all revolves around money.

Anyway, I'm feeling better now. Because of my own ongoing stomach problems, my sister has kicked in a lot more with the care of mom and it helps because we can kind of support each other. Mom's having an important procedure done tomorrow, so I hope to be there early. Thanks again for all of the love.

I think I'm going to try to talk Huck into taking me on as a roommate. He's smart and a gearhead with all sorts of machinery and tools. He cooks and grows fantastic food. He's well stocked for Armageddon. Ah, to hell with roommate - Huck, will you marry me?

July 15, 2011 at 9:53 PM

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