Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Five

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Kenna

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So what are people supposed to do if they're traveling?
Call your insurance company h tell them you'll be traveling & need approval for enough med's to cover you while you are gone. They should do it with Dr approval.
 

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While we were in the Philippines my wife's nephew was helping me replace screens in the house - every five minutes or so - you would hear Ooops. After hearing it several times I told him he needed to take that word out of his dictionary. He looked at me quizzically and asked why.

He is a trauma nurse in an emergency surgical unit at one of the largest hospitals in the Philippines - I told him that last thing anyone in his care during surgery wants to hear is - Ooops...
 

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You had best have your .... in the car and on the way to that test, or.........I will dial the number I'm forbidden to dial.....;)
dang, biatch... how the hell are you even awake this early??? :)


for the benefit of the 3-4 folks that saw me take my prep meds in the HO last night, i made it to do the blood test within the prescribed 8-9 hours after taking the meds. yay, blood test! Mama dun good.

what i didn't know til this morning is after i pee sometime tonight, i gotta keep ...... all night long into a huge jug and return it sometime tomorrow.

so... if i do happen to show up in the HO tonight, it might get, ummm... interesting...
 

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You guys think that is sexy? I can't even imagine putting my body into such contortions. Very painful.

Honestly? Not particularly. While very impressive that she is able to achieve and maintain such flexibility and control, she's just not my type. ;)

I thought that your heavy adulting demands were usually on Mondays (besides weekends :nun:).

Typically that would be correct... today's issues are yesterday's left-overs. :(
 

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Got to admit that once I'd heard The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald one time, I didn't need to hear it a third time. (I'm counting that first time as two times). It was one of the few songs that would make me change the station. Rod Stewart's Maggie May got a few more listenings from me but dang, it was played way too much.

I did not have an FM radio in my car at the time and I was always driving... for employment and for recreation. '72 Plymouth Valiant with push-button automatic transmission, then a '65 Plymouth Fury with more steel in the mammoth double ashtray than most whole cars have today. Shoot, the glove compartment door was a chunk of steel that had to have weighed 5 pounds.

No, I don't miss those cars that much, but they were integral to my life for a long time.
Now there's one I never heard before.

you just had to say 'Maggie May'... yet another long, lost love...
 

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Hope this makes you feel just a tiny bit better as misery loves company I've heard...

A bunch of tests...with needles:eek:...tomorrow, April Fools Day a 2 1/2 stress test...NO COFFEE:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:... 8;30 a.m.!!!!!!! ... next Wed. a couple of ultrasounds...piece of cake:)

All the beautiful summer.....no diggin in the dirt:(


hmmmm....but basically, I'm as tuff as an old bear....you win:)


in my dreams i will someday be as tough as you, darling!
 

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Mine's on the 8th. Scoping ain't bad, it's the prep that sux! :lol:

i know about the prep being the worst part. i've been more or less incontinent for 6+ years as it is, so this could get real, real interesting...
 

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Where's she been all my life? :lol:

Don't know. Mikey won't post her address...
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Going over to try and finish the railings this afternoon. It's kind of cool out and my knees be aching but, gotta get done. Wish me luck. See you all later this afternoon and will let you know how it went. :rolleyes:
Good luck! :)
 

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Don't go to Texas or get them before you reach that state. Since you can only get a 30 day supply everything has to be timed around your prescriptions. We have a plan to get off but it takes about 5 months and doc doesn't want to start till we are going to be at home for it. The Hydrocodone is not a problem but the Fentanyl is. You have to taper over 5 months. The other you can check into a hospital and can do it in 5 days.
Legs, you should be able to get approval from insurance for a supply to get you thru your trip.
 

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My word...you are a tuff woman!
Just set up another pet sitting on 4\11th for the Corgi, too. Just for a few hours tho. And just confrimed RA dr is in May, not April. Still have infusion & pups at the end of April. Much better!
 

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Alright...it's 9:16 AM PDT.....I see you liking posts Dennis !!! Am I supposed to believe you've had that test and are home already ? Do you really, really want me to make that phone call ? :evil:
lol. just noticed this post...

after donating profusely to my HMO vampires, i stopped to eat breakfast about 9ish in order to replenish...

i will soon be posting a scathing review on Yelp for my local 'corner bakery cafe'
 

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Meh... it was a weekend; it was long. Other than that, it was unfortunately rather stressful and I'm glad that it has passed. :(



That's what I want to know![emoji38]@oldbroad hasn't said whether she likes us or not... ;)



Awwwww... :wub: And I appreciate it, Debz!
Awww, sorry y'all had a hard time. They come to pass.
 

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Well, I guess I should probably give you guys an update on the non-work stress that I'm dealing with right now. Thursday I'll be taking off work so that I can take my Bride in for CT and MRI scans, then Friday we will see the oncologist to discuss the aforementioned scans and get her twelfth chemo treatment of this second regimen. To be quite honest, things are not looking good. She is experiencing more pain than she was previously feeling. She is also a lot more tired and worn down than I've ever seen her. She is still trying to maintain an air of positive spirits, but I fear that she is realizing that she is nearing the end of what she can handle. This chemo regimen has been particularly hard on her; from the very first treatment, it has been brutal. I spoke with her best friend this morning, apparently my Bride told her that this may be her last chemo treatment. Not because the doctor will call it done, but because she feels that she cannot endure it any longer. She alluded to the feeling that she'd rather have a good year or so of feeling relatively normal (even if it shortened her life span) than to have two more years of feeling as she currently does. I cannot say that I blame her; I'd never blame her for feeling this way. But hearing this is a hard pill to swallow. Of course, I'll maintain a strong front for her benefit. It's all I know to do. But even still, my heart is heavy. I do not know what the scans will show; I do not know what decisions will be made. I know that I love my wife and I will support her in whatever she may choose. And I don't know what else to say... thank you for listening.
 

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dang, biatch... how the hell are you even awake this early??? :)


for the benefit of the 3-4 folks that saw me take my prep meds in the HO last night, i made it to do the blood test within the prescribed 8-9 hours after taking the meds. yay, blood test! Mama dun good.

what i didn't know til this morning is after i pee sometime tonight, i gotta keep ...... all night long into a huge jug and return it sometime tomorrow.

so... if i do happen to show up in the HO tonight, it might get, ummm... interesting...
Drink lots of water. All at once. Repeatedly. You need a good supply of pee.
 
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