"JimH" wrote in message
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On Feb 9, 4:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
roups.com...
Come on over to my house tonight and watch me glow
in the dark.

Radiation and bone scan today - WHOO HOO!!!

I wonder what color I will be. :)

You feeling OK today? I haven't seen any bizarre posts yet.

No - I feel like crap, thank you very much.

Chemo today and it didn't go well.

I hate chemo.

~~ mutter ~~

However, tomorrow is another day.

Damn.......it sounds serious. I wish you the best of luck in getting
better and beating whatever medical condition you have Tom.


BTW: I spent close to an hour in an MRI tube today. I have had difficulty
walking since the operation due to the loss of muscle control in my calf and
quad in my right leg. I am hoping that it is just swelling on the nerves
that is causing the problem.

"JimH" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Feb 9, 4:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
roups.com...
Come on over to my house tonight and watch me glow
in the dark.

Radiation and bone scan today - WHOO HOO!!!

I wonder what color I will be. :)

You feeling OK today? I haven't seen any bizarre posts yet.

No - I feel like crap, thank you very much.

Chemo today and it didn't go well.

I hate chemo.

~~ mutter ~~

However, tomorrow is another day.

Damn.......it sounds serious. I wish you the best of luck in getting
better and beating whatever medical condition you have Tom.


BTW: I spent close to an hour in an MRI tube today. I have had
difficulty walking since the operation due to the loss of muscle control
in my calf and quad in my right leg. I am hoping that it is just swelling
on the nerves that is causing the problem.

Winter seems a prime time for health issues.
In my case it's my mother. She caught the bad flu going around and had to be
hospitalized for the 2nd time this year.
The family has agreed that it's time for a real nursing home. Up here
there's a bed shortage so you have to insist they keep her in the hospital
until they find room.
Otherwise it can take up to a year to find a spot.
note: gov't takes any pension income the senior has as payment. As of three
years ago, they don't try to confiscate any savings anymore.

"Don White" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Feb 9, 4:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
roups.com...
Come on over to my house tonight and watch me glow
in the dark.

Radiation and bone scan today - WHOO HOO!!!

I wonder what color I will be. :)

You feeling OK today? I haven't seen any bizarre posts yet.

No - I feel like crap, thank you very much.

Chemo today and it didn't go well.

I hate chemo.

~~ mutter ~~

However, tomorrow is another day.

Damn.......it sounds serious. I wish you the best of luck in getting
better and beating whatever medical condition you have Tom.


BTW: I spent close to an hour in an MRI tube today. I have had
difficulty walking since the operation due to the loss of muscle control
in my calf and quad in my right leg. I am hoping that it is just
swelling on the nerves that is causing the problem.

Winter seems a prime time for health issues.
In my case it's my mother. She caught the bad flu going around and had to
be hospitalized for the 2nd time this year.
The family has agreed that it's time for a real nursing home. Up here
there's a bed shortage so you have to insist they keep her in the hospital
until they find room.
Otherwise it can take up to a year to find a spot.
note: gov't takes any pension income the senior has as payment. As of
three years ago, they don't try to confiscate any savings anymore.


Sorry to hear that Don. It is always a tough choice to send a loved on to
a nursing home. My mom spent her last 6 or so years in one.

Make sure a family member visits her often to make sure the staff is
attending to her properly.

In the US one must use up whatever savings and income they have before the
government picks up the tab. Any money transferred to a family member
within 5 years has to be used for payment to the nursing home.

Did she get a flu shot in Fall?

"Don White" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Feb 9, 4:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
roups.com...
Come on over to my house tonight and watch me glow
in the dark.

Radiation and bone scan today - WHOO HOO!!!

I wonder what color I will be. :)

You feeling OK today? I haven't seen any bizarre posts yet.

No - I feel like crap, thank you very much.

Chemo today and it didn't go well.

I hate chemo.

~~ mutter ~~

However, tomorrow is another day.

Damn.......it sounds serious. I wish you the best of luck in getting
better and beating whatever medical condition you have Tom.


BTW: I spent close to an hour in an MRI tube today. I have had
difficulty walking since the operation due to the loss of muscle control
in my calf and quad in my right leg. I am hoping that it is just
swelling on the nerves that is causing the problem.

Winter seems a prime time for health issues.
In my case it's my mother. She caught the bad flu going around and had to
be hospitalized for the 2nd time this year.
The family has agreed that it's time for a real nursing home. Up here
there's a bed shortage so you have to insist they keep her in the hospital
until they find room.
Otherwise it can take up to a year to find a spot.
note: gov't takes any pension income the senior has as payment. As of
three years ago, they don't try to confiscate any savings anymore.


As my mom the RN states. Pneumonia, the old peoples friend. I feel they
should take the savings also. Make sure the person has enough extra each
month for a couple of frills. But why should the government subsidize her
heirs inheritance? Luckily my 92 year old mom is still in good health.
Only retired last July from doing 1 day a week at a rest home as the charge
nurse.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
oups.com...
Come on over to my house tonight and watch me glow
in the dark.

Radiation and bone scan today - WHOO HOO!!!

I wonder what color I will be. :)

You feeling OK today? I haven't seen any bizarre posts yet.

No - I feel like crap, thank you very much.

Chemo today and it didn't go well.

I hate chemo.

~~ mutter ~~

However, tomorrow is another day.

I feel for you. Finished Efudex, chemo for skin cancers last Friday. Now
the pain as the skin flakes off. The lotion the dermatologist prescribes
helps but still uncomfortable. Hope you do not have a long regiment of
chemo required.

"JimH" wrote in message
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Sorry to hear that Don. It is always a tough choice to send a loved on
to a nursing home. My mom spent her last 6 or so years in one.

Make sure a family member visits her often to make sure the staff is
attending to her properly.

In the US one must use up whatever savings and income they have before the
government picks up the tab. Any money transferred to a family member
within 5 years has to be used for payment to the nursing home.

Did she get a flu shot in Fall?

We were the only province in Canada still taking all the seniors assets
until the change.

Yes..she did have her flu shot last fall. The doctor will come to the house
a couple times a year to examine her. The $%$^% moved his practice into his
older home which isn't walker or wheelchair accessable. the trade off is he
sometimes shows up on Sunday nights if he feels like it.
He just stood mom up when she was home between hospital stays. My wife made
the appointment and we stayed around all day for nothing.
It can be hard to change family doctors here... but we do have some walk-in
clinics that can help.
Anyway, she seems to be at the point where she can't safely walk to the
bathroom alone anymore..and after some real bad cleanups my sisters & wife
convinced me a nursing home is safer. Sure do feel guilty though...telling
her she can't come home.... even if it's the best option.

"Don White" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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Sorry to hear that Don. It is always a tough choice to send a loved on
to a nursing home. My mom spent her last 6 or so years in one.

Make sure a family member visits her often to make sure the staff is
attending to her properly.

In the US one must use up whatever savings and income they have before
the government picks up the tab. Any money transferred to a family
member within 5 years has to be used for payment to the nursing home.

Did she get a flu shot in Fall?

We were the only province in Canada still taking all the seniors assets
until the change.

Yes..she did have her flu shot last fall. The doctor will come to the
house a couple times a year to examine her. The $%$^% moved his practice
into his older home which isn't walker or wheelchair accessable. the
trade off is he sometimes shows up on Sunday nights if he feels like it.
He just stood mom up when she was home between hospital stays. My wife
made the appointment and we stayed around all day for nothing.
It can be hard to change family doctors here... but we do have some
walk-in clinics that can help.
Anyway, she seems to be at the point where she can't safely walk to the
bathroom alone anymore..and after some real bad cleanups my sisters & wife
convinced me a nursing home is safer. Sure do feel guilty
though...telling her she can't come home.... even if it's the best option.


Yep, a tough decision. While it will ease the physical strain you and your
wife were under while trying to attend to her you will have a new emotional
strain in making sure she is well attended to at the nursing home. Making
regular visits and letting the staff know you are there goes a long way to
that end!

BTW: Assuming the nursing home will be doing her laundry, make sure you
mark all her garments with her name, using a permanent marker.

JimH wrote:
On Feb 9, 4:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
oups.com...
Come on over to my house tonight and watch me glow
in the dark.
Radiation and bone scan today - WHOO HOO!!!
I wonder what color I will be. :)
You feeling OK today? I haven't seen any bizarre posts yet.
No - I feel like crap, thank you very much.

Chemo today and it didn't go well.

I hate chemo.

~~ mutter ~~

However, tomorrow is another day.

Damn.......it sounds serious. I wish you the best of luck in getting
better and beating whatever medical condition you have Tom.

Always look on the bright side of life.

JimH wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Feb 9, 4:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
oups.com...
Come on over to my house tonight and watch me glow
in the dark.
Radiation and bone scan today - WHOO HOO!!!
I wonder what color I will be. :)
You feeling OK today? I haven't seen any bizarre posts yet.
No - I feel like crap, thank you very much.

Chemo today and it didn't go well.

I hate chemo.

~~ mutter ~~

However, tomorrow is another day.
Damn.......it sounds serious. I wish you the best of luck in getting
better and beating whatever medical condition you have Tom.


BTW: I spent close to an hour in an MRI tube today. I have had difficulty
walking since the operation due to the loss of muscle control in my calf and
quad in my right leg. I am hoping that it is just swelling on the nerves
that is causing the problem.

Did they fuse the disc?

Had a friend who had a L4/5 disc hernia - took him
about a year to get completely better after a fusion.

Don White wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message
...
"JimH" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Feb 9, 4:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
oups.com...
Come on over to my house tonight and watch me glow
in the dark.
Radiation and bone scan today - WHOO HOO!!!
I wonder what color I will be. :)
You feeling OK today? I haven't seen any bizarre posts yet.
No - I feel like crap, thank you very much.

Chemo today and it didn't go well.

I hate chemo.

~~ mutter ~~

However, tomorrow is another day.
Damn.......it sounds serious. I wish you the best of luck in getting
better and beating whatever medical condition you have Tom.

BTW: I spent close to an hour in an MRI tube today. I have had
difficulty walking since the operation due to the loss of muscle control
in my calf and quad in my right leg. I am hoping that it is just swelling
on the nerves that is causing the problem.

Winter seems a prime time for health issues.
In my case it's my mother. She caught the bad flu going around and had to be
hospitalized for the 2nd time this year.
The family has agreed that it's time for a real nursing home. Up here
there's a bed shortage so you have to insist they keep her in the hospital
until they find room.
Otherwise it can take up to a year to find a spot.
note: gov't takes any pension income the senior has as payment. As of three
years ago, they don't try to confiscate any savings anymore.

The system here sucks. My brother and I had to really do
some fancy financial footwork to save what was left of
my Dad's legacy - damn nursing home people wanted almost
everything she had left meaning that "she" was required
to sell all his paintings and other art that he collected
and saved for years. They even wanted the collectables
he had from his time as Allis Chalmers and Hearst Newspapers.

We decided to invest the money and supplement the insurance
with us contributing to her care. We just weren't going
to just leave it alone.

We managed to save everything from the vultures.