Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven
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What a dynamic shot of a joyous dog on a favored mission! Concentration, fluidity and just down right fun in dat photo!!!
Not using crunchy PB!
Yepper, once dey had a BM, dey were 'relieved' and braggin'!
Well reporting in. They finally talked to the doc who saved my life last time. He told them what they need to be doing to help me. I haven't been doing too good. I weign 108 now. I think things will get better after talking to him he really knows his poop about my stomach surgery and about me. She said she got so much more info then the hospital gave probably because the hospital doesn't know about it either. So I'm hoping to get on a better path and not die in hereWhich I have felt like a few times. Man I wish I hadn't done this but hopefully things are going to be on the upswing now.Dr.Trotter knows more about my system then anyone and they had no idea. The nutritionist now knows and they have a plan in place.
So glad they were able to talk to your doc! Funny, you couldn't possibly know what you need. Any word on when they'll turn you loose? When they do, don't let them kick you out without the bubble wrap.
OK I'm done with my break. I just want to go home, but I'm afraid it won't be this week. I was hoping maybe Friday but I don't think thats going to happen. It's taking longer then I thought. I'm really sick of this place. I've been here about 4 weeks now and up until now I felt like I belonged here but now I still need to be here but I want out. This loses its amusment value if you know what I mean. It's a good place and the people are nice but its not home. I miss Ginny and my little doggie and everything else. Was hoping to watch Super Bowl at home too. I guess when you get older it just takes longer to heal but I don't have to like it. At the beginning I didn't feel like eating and it showed. I lost 15 lbs which I didn't have to lose. So now I am trying to turn that around. I know I can't gain it as fast as I lost it but can stop losing it and gain some. I don't want to be too much of a burden on Ginny either. So still have some work to do. I've got 4 more days till Monday so that is aroung 8 more PT sessions maybe don't always get 2 a day on the weekend but I should be out of here next week.
Oh and I keep thinking I've lost my mod and then I'm in freak out mode. Not fun.
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As unhappy a place as it is to be, the goal is to get you healed and rehabbed well enough so that when you DO go home, you won't be a burden.
Hang in there, and make them fatten you up
Hang in there, and make them fatten you up
Getting sick of the place and wanting to go home is a sure sign that you're getting better. Patience grasshopper, won't be long now. No, you don't want to be a burden to Ginny so just keep doing what you're doing and get stronger at getting around. Going home too early could mean another fall.
Hang in there Patrick.
Getting sick of the place and wanting to go home is a sure sign that you're getting better. Patience grasshopper, won't be long now. No, you don't want to be a burden to Ginny so just keep doing what you're doing and get stronger at getting around. Going home too early could mean another fall.
Hang in there Patrick
Yep I know I need to be here for both of our sakes. I'm shooting for the middle of next week. I need to get better at the old stand and pivot thing which I am. I don't need a lot of help but I still need help. Ginny could do it but I need to get less dependent one people but I also need to stop loosing weight. I weighed 106 yesterday and that is with eating more still lost 2 lbs. I need to get out of here but hopefully won't lose any more. I don't feel too bad but this weight thing is not good.
I'm glad it is Friday but wish I was going to be home for Super Bowl. I got rid of the sling and I have a 1 lb weight limit on that arm. Man is is ever stiff and sore, it really hurts to straighten it out like my muscles are shorter. I've got 1 of the aides that is really on me about my mod so have decided to just not use it when she is working 6am-2pm. If she catches me again she will take it away. She is probably the best aide in here and really nice except for that. They have been really lenient about she has weekends off so just got to get by till 2 today and I'm good till Monday. They said they would give me a nic patch but I don't really use that much. I'm vaping around 4mg but I miss it when I don't use it. Weekends are pretty laid back 1 maybe 2 therapy sessions. Shower day which is much over due. When you can't stand yourself it's time. I think 2 a week is not really enough sometimes.
Well goody breakfast is here. They can't hurt Cheerios too bad.
I'm glad it is Friday but wish I was going to be home for Super Bowl. I got rid of the sling and I have a 1 lb weight limit on that arm. Man is is ever stiff and sore, it really hurts to straighten it out like my muscles are shorter. I've got 1 of the aides that is really on me about my mod so have decided to just not use it when she is working 6am-2pm. If she catches me again she will take it away. She is probably the best aide in here and really nice except for that. They have been really lenient about she has weekends off so just got to get by till 2 today and I'm good till Monday. They said they would give me a nic patch but I don't really use that much. I'm vaping around 4mg but I miss it when I don't use it. Weekends are pretty laid back 1 maybe 2 therapy sessions. Shower day which is much over due. When you can't stand yourself it's time. I think 2 a week is not really enough sometimes.
Well goody breakfast is here. They can't hurt Cheerios too bad.
Thanks me and Ginny decided I'm going to go home Tuesday. I'm ready now. She has a bad cold. They want her to come in and see if she can take care of me. She did it when I got amputated I don't think this will be a problem. I'm able to stand and pivot with a little help. I've been in here for 4 weeks now I think that is enough. You can bet if I didn't have insurance I'd be out already..I need a little more practice or I'd be out now. Can't wait for Tuesday to get here.
Be careful of one thing. If this is a Medicare paid treatment, they might not pay if you just up and leave without being normally discharged. Anyway, that's what they told me during my last stay in the rehab hospital.
I did form an impression that when they decided you were okay to go depended on how well they liked your insurance, and how bad they needed your bed. Oh, poor cynical me.
I did form an impression that when they decided you were okay to go depended on how well they liked your insurance, and how bad they needed your bed. Oh, poor cynical me.
Well I wish you hadn't told me that. I wasn't placed here by the doctor and she is going to come in to make sure she can do it. If that were true they could keep you here indefinately. I need to go home, I can't lose anymore weight. At home I will be eating like normal. I don't even know who I would ask but since this was not a requirement of the doctor. I got the impression if I didn't want to come here I didn't have to. Hell I don't know if they will ever think that. I need to be spending as much time with Ginny as possible now. We don't know how much we have left, but since the doc didn't put me here I would think it would be up to me to leave just like it was to come here. Man I hope I don't lay here the rest of the night worrying about this. Wish I hadn't read that at 1230am.I need to be home.
That's what they told me at the Rehab hosp. By the speech therapist. Don't take it to the bank and try to cash it. In any case, it sounded like it only applied to Medicare coverage. It might be worth investigating, if you're able to do that.
Dang, Patrick, I really feel bad about having mentioned that without being absolutely sure of the facts.
I am glad you've got some sort of computer that lets you connect with the outer world, though.
Patrick, you should have gotten some paperwork explaining your patient bill of rights. It should have listed on there who you can talk to. You can also ask your nurse about who you can talk to about what your options are as far as your continued treatment. There are phone numbers listed on your insurance cards although I'd suspect you might be on the phone quite some time so make sure your cell phone is plugged in. That being said, please be sure that you will honestly be able to handle being home without a nurse nearby. Yes, Ginny was able to handle things when you needed it before, but that was then and this is now. An option could be to have a visiting nurse to check on you at home and help with bathing etc. and physical therapists can come to your house to help with your pt. See what's available in your area and what makes sense for you.
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