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And, since I'm not in the medical system, nor am I agreeing to their plan to pump me with anti-depressants, they wouldn't think anything I was doing was more important than jumping to their command.
 
Some say the medical system is wonderful and others say it is broke ... because of folks extracting and not caring to put anything back ... with that attitude: "HOOK Aries?" But you cannot say that under confining rues for the word system ... behind it all a myth!
 
Good morning! Recycling's out at the curb, coffee and water are ready for your use. Enjoy.

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Good morning...the sun is shining and I can send the paper off in 1 hr and 15 mins...followup appointment with the iridologist this afternoon and then acupuncture.
 
Okay...this is getting weird...mom's nurse phoned today because she said mom is refusing to have the bone scan done as she doesn't understand why it needs done and they want me to make her have it done - I can't as mom makes her own decisions and I told the nurse about yesterday's call and she said she knows nothing about that and it hasn't been cancelled...I'm still not sure what they wanted from me as the nurse kept going on about mom refusing and I made it plain I can't legally make decisions for mom...I told her to have mom call me and the nurse is going to call sis and get this straightened out. As far as I can tell, the scan is because they found evidence of an OLD back injury and want to do a follow up.
 
Just talked to mom...they are freaking about compound fractures on her spine that are from a fall years ago and acting like they just happened because they aren't listening to mom...I was wrong - mom hasn't had a bone scan before it was dad...she also told me to just plant a row a day in the garden and not stress about getting it all in at once :)
 
BethAnne said:
Just talked to mom...they are freaking about compound fractures on her spine that are from a fall years ago and acting like they just happened because they aren't listening to mom...I was wrong - mom hasn't had a bone scan before it was dad...she also told me to just plant a row a day in the garden and not stress about getting it all in at once :)
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The command is: sloe down and live as a Jinn or budding essence ... looking and listening for all things to talk about. Those that despise word will objectify! Plant with patience and see what rises ... could be Eros ... or even Eire Oz ... as a shot in the obscurity ... a bit indelible! Thus the powers can't gossip about you Sunday morning as they all come down ...

Reconsider Daffyd and Joan a' thong ... diphthong ... a binary code ... the single liners or the triads can't go there from here without polytech! Tis a stringy connection like Charlotte's web ... dream of entanglement with the one making a racket on the roof? Might have been about post encountered injuries ... these may haunt later ... as onion -ism in time to bring tears ... thin mediums?
 
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So...I have peas planted on both sides of 1 (of 3) pea fence...now to get ready to meet the gal who will be driving me to Red Deer.
 
Sitting at the lab for my weekly bloodwork. It's a popular spot today. I'm second in line now because I checked in using their app.
 
BethAnne said:
So...I have peas planted on both sides of 1 (of 3) pea fence...now to get ready to meet the gal who will be driving me to Red Deer.
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I think I need to replant mine, I did them early and nothing is up so far. They may have rotted. I was attempting to dig some up, but it rained for like the 15 minutes I was outside with windgusts and then died down about 5 minutes after I had been inside again.
 
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I think I need to replant mine, I did them early and nothing is up so far. They may have rotted. I was attempting to dig some up, but it rained for like the 15 minutes I was outside with windgusts and then died down about 5 minutes after I had been inside again.
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Weather in AB ;)
 
So...the latest issue with mom is that the hospital claims they can't do anything more for her and want her to go home...she can't come home because I can't look after her - and she's in worse shape than when they took her in Feb! - and it seems we will NOT get Home Care, or if we do, only the 2x/wk bath which she requires MORE than that...she can't go into a care facility because there is no openings right now...but we keep hearing how the system isn't broken. I shake my head.

In other news...I am showing small signs of improvement in my health but have a long way to go as I had gotten knocked down so far again.
 
Just so you know, the BEST I ever got in the way of homecare through the Ontario system was a daily visit, one hour max, Mon to Fri, designed to get Mom up, dressed, bathed twice a week, breakfasted. Besides being caregiver, I was a working Mom with two kids there as well. Mom had a major stroke, which also comprised a fall resulting in a badly broken ankle which complicated stroke recovery. She came home for a couple of years, with a walker/wheelchair, some door modifications, a bunch of transfer bars. The last three years of her life were in long term care, once she couldn't weight-bear any longer (in order to do transfers). All of this requires some co-operation among family. Doesn't sound like you and your family are there yet, but you're going to have to get there. Long term care requires allocation of resources. My Mom had enough GICs, etc., to cash in, to supplement her pension to pay for LTC that she didn't have to liquidate her house. Different for other people.

If you are wealthy/wealthier, you may be able to afford some private care to supplement home care to stay at home longer. My godfather has been lucky in having such resources. He has a separate 'in-law' suite in his home in which his caregiver lives. She has a proper/legal compensation agreement with him as employer, with a reasonable rent for the unit subtracted from her wages, and clear boundaries around working hours. He also has a child, in a fairly close city, who keeps an eye on him, and many close friends. Community can work. It can burn people out, too, if there's unseen loads on some caregivers.

This is difficult territory on which you and your sister and your Mom tread, BA. Try to do it kindly and carefully.
 
Wow, what a difference from province to province and possibly community to community. We are sending people home with up to four times a day home care if need be ( incontinence care, meal prep, self care). Of course, if family lives with someone and cooks for themselves, they wouldn’t send home care for cooking. Tendency here is to keep people out of the hospital where they otherwise end up when family gets burned out.
 
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