Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

[2legsshrt]

{{{{Patrick}}}} Ginny might feel a lot better once she has the transfusion. Maybe you won't need as much help as you're anticipating.

Call your insurance and ask them about the coverage. At least then you'll know and maybe ease your mind a bit.

Well she got a turkey sandwich at the hospital and she has been sicker then a dog since. Throwing up sick which has never happened before. She can't even hold water down. She did ride in Alyssas car for 2 hours on the way home then we found out that Chuck, Jacobs dad was sicker then a dog yesterday had to come home from work. he drove that car from Texas so hoping she didn't pick up anything. The cancer center called and she wasn't low on iron it was that her bone marrow wasn't doing what it was supposed to with her iron. They said it is normal with chemo. They put in for authorization for a shot that goes under the skin to wake it up. If they say yes it goes under the skin on the fatty part of her arm. They are going to do it next week on one of her chemo days.

 

[MikeADore]

Well she got a turkey sandwich at the hospital and she has been sicker then a dog since. Throwing up sick which has never happened before. She can't even hold water down. She did ride in Alyssas car for 2 hours on the way home then we found out that Chuck, Jacobs dad was sicker then a dog yesterday had to come home from work. he drove that car from Texas so hoping she didn't pick up anything. The cancer center called and she wasn't low on iron it was that her bone marrow wasn't doing what it was supposed to with her iron. They said it is normal with chemo. They put in for authorization for a shot that goes under the skin to wake it up. If they say yes it goes under the skin on the fatty part of her arm. They are going to do it next week on one of her chemo days.

Patrick, I know you get really weary at times, but you're doing a great job. Hang in there.

 

[2legsshrt]

Also they are going to give me the first half of my iron infusion next week if the approve it. I am supposed to stay off my leg with it getting fresh air. It is so hard to do with the chemo and after. This is what it looks like now, which is worse then it was. It is about 2" below my knee.

Kind of gross but it never seems to get any air. I think tonight I will sleep with my stump shrinker off, maybe that will help some she called in more antibiotics. Need to get it taken care of don't want it turning into something that I lose more of my leg. That would be a disaster. Need to find some help around here. Alyssa tried but she has to go home on Sunday. Then she won't be able to come back for 3 weeks, after that will depend on the passes. So we're on our own again for a while. i

 

[DancingHeretik]

Patrick, please get that taken care of!

 

[Janet H]

In the trailer for Old Man With a Gun, Robert Redford raises his right arm and uses his right hand as a "hand" gun. What strikes me as odd is that his right eye is squinting. He's squinting with the wrong eye while lining up the sights on his imaginary gun.

It depends on which of his eyes is dominant. Or it could be that he's never actually shot a gun before and has no idea what he's doing.

 

[Janet H]

Also they are going to give me the first half of my iron infusion next week if the approve it. I am supposed to stay off my leg with it getting fresh air. It is so hard to do with the chemo and after. This is what it looks like now, which is worse then it was. It is about 2" below my knee.

Kind of gross but it never seems to get any air. I think tonight I will sleep with my stump shrinker off, maybe that will help some she called in more antibiotics. Need to get it taken care of don't want it turning into something that I lose more of my leg. That would be a disaster. Need to find some help around here. Alyssa tried but she has to go home on Sunday. Then she won't be able to come back for 3 weeks, after that will depend on the passes. So we're on our own again for a while. i

If the wound doesn't get air a scab can't set up. It just forms a milky gunk. It doesn't look swollen around the wound, so maybe what you're seeing is the scab trying to form. If that's the case, it should start to harden pretty quickly, certainly within a couple hours.

 

[Bea-FL]

So we're on our own again for a while. i

Patrick you don't have to be. Did you see @Uncle's post? I'm guessing not because I don't see you on the ratings. Link below

Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

 

[Kenna]

I am sure you and those around you have checked out a lot of places for help . . . However, just in case it might be a good thing to check again, the following maybe able to provide you some assistance, especially some "Caregiver" help for Ya' both . . . Hope the links are helpful and Ya' find some assistance, even if it is only being able to talk to another caregiver for some additional support . . .

FYI:

WA State - Senior Services:

Elder Services - Frontier Behavioral Health | DSHS

Long-Term Care Services & Information | DSHS

Find Local Services, Information, and Resources | DSHS

American Cancer Society:

Find Local Cancer Support Programs | Cancer Support Groups

Cancer Caregiver Support | American Cancer Society

Great links, Uncle!

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[Kenna]

Well she got a turkey sandwich at the hospital and she has been sicker then a dog since. Throwing up sick which has never happened before. She can't even hold water down. She did ride in Alyssas car for 2 hours on the way home then we found out that Chuck, Jacobs dad was sicker then a dog yesterday had to come home from work. he drove that car from Texas so hoping she didn't pick up anything. The cancer center called and she wasn't low on iron it was that her bone marrow wasn't doing what it was supposed to with her iron. They said it is normal with chemo. They put in for authorization for a shot that goes under the skin to wake it up. If they say yes it goes under the skin on the fatty part of her arm. They are going to do it next week on one of her chemo days.

Oh no. You might let them know that Turkey made her sick so no one else gets it.

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[pwmeek]

In the trailer for Old Man With a Gun, Robert Redford raises his right arm and uses his right hand as a "hand" gun. What strikes me as odd is that his right eye is squinting. He's squinting with the wrong eye while lining up the sights on his imaginary gun.

It has to do with which is the "master eye". In my case, I am right-handed, but with a left master eye. I would do exactly the same (if I squinted when shooting, which you shouldn't). Having a cross-master-eye as I do (and perhaps Redford does) is easy enough when pistol shooting unless you shoot pistol like an 18th Century dueler (standing completely sideways to present a narrower target). If you shoot pistol with any modern hold and stance (Weaver Stance or Isosceles Stance, for instance) your body will be more or less facing the target and it doesn't matter about whether your master eye is the same as your handedness.

Rifle, and especially shotgun, shooting is another matter. With a rifle or shotgun, it is important to have your eye over the axis of the firearm.This means you either have to shoot wrong handed or wrong eyed (usually by putting a patch over your master eye and forcing yourself to use the weaker and untrained eye.

You can easily test which is your master eye. Hold a pencil upright at arm's length and, with both eyes open, hold it in line with a distant vertical object like a telephone pole. Now close or cover one eye. If the pencil seems to jump out of line with the distant object, that is your master eye. If the alignment remains correct, the eye that you didn't close is your master eye. Quite a large percentage of the population have opposing handedness in relation to which is their master eye.

The technical term is Ocular Dominance and there are several other methods to test this listed in the article.

 

[Kenna]

It has to do with which is the "master eye". In my case, I am right-handed, but with a left master eye. I would do exactly the same (if I squinted when shooting, which you shouldn't). Having a cross-master-eye as I do (and perhaps Redford does) is easy enough when pistol shooting unless you shoot pistol like an 18th Century dueler (standing completely sideways to present a narrower target). If you shoot pistol with any modern hold and stance (Weaver Stance or Isosceles Stance, for instance) your body will be more or less facing the target and it doesn't matter about whether your master eye is the same as your handedness.

Rifle, and especially shotgun, shooting is another matter. With a rifle or shotgun, it is important to have your eye over the axis of the firearm.This means you either have to shoot wrong handed or wrong eyed (usually by putting a patch over your master eye and forcing yourself to use the weaker and untrained eye.

You can easily test which is your master eye. Hold a pencil upright at arm's length and, with both eyes open, hold it in line with a distant vertical object like a telephone pole. Now close or cover one eye. If the pencil seems to jump out of line with the distant object, that is your master eye. If the alignment remains correct, the eye that you didn't close is your master eye. Quite a large percentage of the population have opposing handedness in relation to which is their master eye.

The technical term is Ocular Dominance and there are several other methods to test this listed in the article.

Very intetesting info.

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[2legsshrt]

Oh no. You might let them know that Turkey made her sick so no one else gets it.

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She thought it was the lettuce. She also had the screaming you know what last night. I'm hoping she feels better today. She hasn't stirred. I got up at 4am and it's now 630am wanted to let her get some sleep. Honestly I don't know if it was the sandwich or the 2 units of blood.

 

[2legsshrt]

I am sure you and those around you have checked out a lot of places for help . . . However, just in case it might be a good thing to check again, the following maybe able to provide you some assistance, especially some "Caregiver" help for Ya' both . . . Hope the links are helpful and Ya' find some assistance, even if it is only being able to talk to another caregiver for some additional support . . .

FYI:

WA State - Senior Services:

Elder Services - Frontier Behavioral Health | DSHS

Long-Term Care Services & Information | DSHS

Find Local Services, Information, and Resources | DSHS

American Cancer Society:

Find Local Cancer Support Programs | Cancer Support Groups

Cancer Caregiver Support | American Cancer Society

I will give it a try. The main problem we seem to have is we are not in Spokane county. Everything is set up for that but we are 2 miles inside Stevens County. This makes it a real pain for whatever reason it is all geared for Spokane county where most people live except in our little community which there are at least 200 houses in this area then everyone else lives 50 miles north at the county seat in Colville I believe. We are slowly catching up because this is a big tax base for the county but being so far away from the county seat we are what they call, sucking hind ***.

 

[DavidOck]

Do give it a try, Pat.

We're in Pierce, MIL's PCP is in Thurston, so much of her assistance is referenced to Olympia - and they won't come to Pierce. After getting them straightened out, then many won't come out to Eatonville, thinking we're 10,000 miles out into the sticks. Uh, we're about 20 miles from downtown Tacoma, what's the problem?? But persistance can work, although mighty frustrating until you make the right connections!

 

[Bea-FL]

It has to do with which is the "master eye". In my case, I am right-handed, but with a left master eye. I would do exactly the same (if I squinted when shooting, which you shouldn't). Having a cross-master-eye as I do (and perhaps Redford does) is easy enough when pistol shooting unless you shoot pistol like an 18th Century dueler (standing completely sideways to present a narrower target). If you shoot pistol with any modern hold and stance (Weaver Stance or Isosceles Stance, for instance) your body will be more or less facing the target and it doesn't matter about whether your master eye is the same as your handedness.

Rifle, and especially shotgun, shooting is another matter. With a rifle or shotgun, it is important to have your eye over the axis of the firearm.This means you either have to shoot wrong handed or wrong eyed (usually by putting a patch over your master eye and forcing yourself to use the weaker and untrained eye.

You can easily test which is your master eye. Hold a pencil upright at arm's length and, with both eyes open, hold it in line with a distant vertical object like a telephone pole. Now close or cover one eye. If the pencil seems to jump out of line with the distant object, that is your master eye. If the alignment remains correct, the eye that you didn't close is your master eye. Quite a large percentage of the population have opposing handedness in relation to which is their master eye.

The technical term is Ocular Dominance and there are several other methods to test this listed in the article.

Great info. A long time ago when I took lessons from a good friend who was also an NRA instructor he tested my eyes. I'm amphidextrous, shoot with with my left hand and my right eye is my master eye!

 

[Uncle]

2 miles inside Stevens County

First - Fully understand and that can be a problem. However, most of those links are not location specific they are for WA State organizations/programs within & out of the Department of Social and Health Service (DSHS) and from the national American Cancer society that may or may not provide services in your specific area.

Those links can also direct you to those agencies/organizations in your specific area that might be able to help. AND - If I maybe so bold to suggest - given the health problems you both have and the services available - have you also check with getting Medicaid (even just being accepted for Food Stamps will offer even more benefits - like internet for only $5-$10 a month . . . ) - There is Medicaid Special Needs Program . . . BTW: You can apply online . . . Just Sayin' . . .

Medicaid Toll Free: +1-800-772-1213 TTY: +1-800-325-0778 Web: www.ssa.gov Youth with disabilities may qualify for SSI at age 18 and therefore receive Medicaid based on the individuals's income (not parents) and disability. Medicaid pays for mandatory health services. In Washington, it also covers optional services.​

AND - Here are some other links to resource materials that you might find help that I found for "Stevens County":

National & Washington State Hotlines & Websites

http://mobile.4people.org/countydocs/stevens.pdf

2 Specifically are:

SENIORS
Colville Senior Center 509-684-3407 Medicare 1-800-633-4227 or TTY 1-877-486-2048

TRANSPORTATION
Rural Resources Community Action Dial-a-Ride 1-800-776-9026 Rural Resources Community Action 509-684-2961 or 1-800-776-9026 Special Mobility Services 1-800-892-4817 or 1-800-821-7167 (TDD)​

BTW: Open & Check Out this Spoiler . . .

Spoiler: Open for Home Health Care Organizations & Phone Numbers

Home care services:

Okanogan Regional Home Health Care 509-422-6721
VNA Home Health Care Services 509-534-4300
Volunteer Chore Services 509-684-5671
Life Care Solutions 509-921-6560 or toll free 1-800-475-0278 Homepage - Preferred Homecare | Lifecare Solutions, Home Medical Equipment, Home Infusion, Home Oxygen
Maxim Healthcare Services (STATEWIDE) 1-844-650-6851 Page Not Found - Maxim
N.E. Washington Health Programs - Home Health 509-935-6001 or toll free at 1-800-829-6583
Providence/ N.E. Washington Medical Group 509-684-3701 NorthEast Washington Medical Group
OptionCare, Inc./Walgreens Home Care (NATIONAL) 1-800-207-2568 http://www.walgreenshealth.com
S & S Home Care 1-888-875-1910 http://www.snshealthcare.com

Now, there is also . . . Catholic Charities Spokane > About Us > Service Areas > Colville Regional Office

They will provide assistance and/or help to people of any faith and they have an office in your area.


Hope this information will help you both . . .

 

[Bea-FL]

First - Fully understand and that can be a problem. However, most of those links are not location specific they are for WA State organizations/programs within & out of the Department of Social and Health Service (DSHS) and from the national American Cancer society that may or may not provide services in your specific area.

Those links can also direct you to those agencies/organizations in your specific area that might be able to help. AND - If I maybe so bold to suggest - given the health problems you both have and the services available - have you also check with getting Medicaid (even just being accepted for Food Stamps will offer even more benefits - like internet for only $5-$10 a month . . . ) - There is Medicaid Special Needs Program . . . BTW: You can apply online . . . Just Sayin' . . .

Medicaid Toll Free: +1-800-772-1213 TTY: +1-800-325-0778 Web: www.ssa.gov Youth with disabilities may qualify for SSI at age 18 and therefore receive Medicaid based on the individuals's income (not parents) and disability. Medicaid pays for mandatory health services. In Washington, it also covers optional services.​

AND - Here are some other links to resource materials that you might find help that I found for "Stevens County":

National & Washington State Hotlines & Websites

http://mobile.4people.org/countydocs/stevens.pdf

2 Specifically are:

SENIORS
Colville Senior Center 509-684-3407 Medicare 1-800-633-4227 or TTY 1-877-486-2048

TRANSPORTATION
Rural Resources Community Action Dial-a-Ride 1-800-776-9026 Rural Resources Community Action 509-684-2961 or 1-800-776-9026 Special Mobility Services 1-800-892-4817 or 1-800-821-7167 (TDD)​

BTW: Open & Check Out this Spoiler . . .

Spoiler: Open for Home Health Care Organizations & Phone Numbers

Home care services:

Okanogan Regional Home Health Care 509-422-6721
VNA Home Health Care Services 509-534-4300
Volunteer Chore Services 509-684-5671
Life Care Solutions 509-921-6560 or toll free 1-800-475-0278 Homepage - Preferred Homecare | Lifecare Solutions, Home Medical Equipment, Home Infusion, Home Oxygen
Maxim Healthcare Services (STATEWIDE) 1-844-650-6851 Page Not Found - Maxim
N.E. Washington Health Programs - Home Health 509-935-6001 or toll free at 1-800-829-6583
Providence/ N.E. Washington Medical Group 509-684-3701 NorthEast Washington Medical Group
OptionCare, Inc./Walgreens Home Care (NATIONAL) 1-800-207-2568 http://www.walgreenshealth.com
S & S Home Care 1-888-875-1910 http://www.snshealthcare.com

Now, there is also . . . Catholic Charities Spokane > About Us > Service Areas > Colville Regional Office

They will provide assistance and/or help to people of any faith and they have an office in your area.


Hope this information will help you both . . .

Wow Uncle! You're my kind of guy. Like you, the minute I need to learn/find/verify sonething I google . And once again you are providing @2legsshrt a lot of great resources. You're an angel my friend

Edit: @2legsshrt in the section mobile.4people.org alone there is a ton of help available. In its DSHS Aging and Disability Services alone with a very quick search I found this:

"Volunteer chore services
Volunteer chore services exists for low income adults who can’t afford to pay for in-home services but do not qualify for other state assistance. Volunteers can help with things like household chores, shopping, moving, minor home repair, yard care, personal care, and transportation."

And that's one of a myriad choices.

If you are too tired or too overwhelmed to make inquiries, now that you have all these great resources supplied by @Uncle I suggest you give them to your daughter and let her find help for you.

 

[MikeE3]

First - Fully understand and that can be a problem. However, most of those links are not location specific they are for WA State organizations/programs within & out of the Department of Social and Health Service (DSHS) and from the national American Cancer society that may or may not provide services in your specific area.

Those links can also direct you to those agencies/organizations in your specific area that might be able to help. AND - If I maybe so bold to suggest - given the health problems you both have and the services available - have you also check with getting Medicaid (even just being accepted for Food Stamps will offer even more benefits - like internet for only $5-$10 a month . . . ) - There is Medicaid Special Needs Program . . . BTW: You can apply online . . . Just Sayin' . . .

Medicaid Toll Free: +1-800-772-1213 TTY: +1-800-325-0778 Web: www.ssa.gov Youth with disabilities may qualify for SSI at age 18 and therefore receive Medicaid based on the individuals's income (not parents) and disability. Medicaid pays for mandatory health services. In Washington, it also covers optional services.​

AND - Here are some other links to resource materials that you might find help that I found for "Stevens County":

National & Washington State Hotlines & Websites

http://mobile.4people.org/countydocs/stevens.pdf

2 Specifically are:

SENIORS
Colville Senior Center 509-684-3407 Medicare 1-800-633-4227 or TTY 1-877-486-2048

TRANSPORTATION
Rural Resources Community Action Dial-a-Ride 1-800-776-9026 Rural Resources Community Action 509-684-2961 or 1-800-776-9026 Special Mobility Services 1-800-892-4817 or 1-800-821-7167 (TDD)​

BTW: Open & Check Out this Spoiler . . .

Spoiler: Open for Home Health Care Organizations & Phone Numbers

Home care services:

Okanogan Regional Home Health Care 509-422-6721
VNA Home Health Care Services 509-534-4300
Volunteer Chore Services 509-684-5671
Life Care Solutions 509-921-6560 or toll free 1-800-475-0278 Homepage - Preferred Homecare | Lifecare Solutions, Home Medical Equipment, Home Infusion, Home Oxygen
Maxim Healthcare Services (STATEWIDE) 1-844-650-6851 Page Not Found - Maxim
N.E. Washington Health Programs - Home Health 509-935-6001 or toll free at 1-800-829-6583
Providence/ N.E. Washington Medical Group 509-684-3701 NorthEast Washington Medical Group
OptionCare, Inc./Walgreens Home Care (NATIONAL) 1-800-207-2568 http://www.walgreenshealth.com
S & S Home Care 1-888-875-1910 http://www.snshealthcare.com

Now, there is also . . . Catholic Charities Spokane > About Us > Service Areas > Colville Regional Office

They will provide assistance and/or help to people of any faith and they have an office in your area.


Hope this information will help you both . . .

So very nice of you to search out and post all this info.

 

[DancingHeretik]

In my case, I am right-handed, but with a left master eye.

Me too.

 

[Diver9543]

My right eye was the dominant eye for 60-years. I am now basically blind in my right eye, so I am training my left eye. Like was mentioned earlier, I have no problem with my handguns but rifles and shotguns are difficult to use. I am having to change over to shooting with my left. It is a slow process since I have done it right handed since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.