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My son has made it safely to Vancouver. He left a week ago last Thursday, used his little bit of cash to get a train from Sudbury to Winnipeg, then hitchhiked the rest of the way. I don't think he knows what he's going to do now, but he's feeling quite accomplished at actually making the trip, instead of getting talked out of it by his dad or his auntie.
 
Seeler said:
Pinga - isn't it nice to have sisters. Despite our differences, and the occasional flare-ups, I love both of mine and couldn't imagine life without them.
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Sisters are great. I have three, and have been wonderful blessed by each of them. One of my sisters was even my Best Man. Please pray for them. They have to put up with having me as a brother, which isn't always easy.
 
Whereas, in contrast, I have two sisters, and we are not particularly close, except when crisis brings us together, when we turn into a well-oiled machine which almost immediately disassembles itself. I have to say, Jae, that 3:1 girl boy ratio is a wyrd one. My mom was the oldest in that combo, my friend across the street in the same dynamic. It generates all kinds of 'stuff' when the girls realize that their social value is lower than the boy's, even if it isn't so in that particular family.

I am just trying to recover from a vile cold which headed straight to my lungs, which I must say, in true self-pitying fashion, is exquisitely irritating during a hot summer weekend with no air conditioning.
 
oh boo Bette - hoping your cold clears up soon ... and it sure is hot! All week at GC the young woman next to me was suffering a nasty cold ... and was coughing & sneezing endlessly. I prayed a LOT for protection!! So far, so good, I'm relieved to say, but don't want to jinx it by speaking too soon!!
 
Hi everyone!

I find myself thinking of people here a few times during the day. I haven't seen @ChemGal posting this week - I hope things did not get worse for her. Pinga is your MRI this week? Have you ever had one? Kimmio I'm glad that you're still putting one foot in front of the other. And I always wonder how @chansen and his family and a half are doing. Seeler I admire how grounded you are and how you stay motivated. Bette, sorry to hear about the cold - summer colds always seem worse. Carolla glad you had a nice trip - are you home now? did you do much sight-seeing? From the little I saw GC seemed intense.

It's super hot and muggy here - humidity was 100 percent this morning. I couldn't face church in this weather (we don't have a/c, fans or windows at our church so I find it way too difficult). I'm soon going out for a big Italian dinner later this afternoon.

Back to the conversation about siblings - I have an older brother who is almost nine years older than me. We were closer when my nephew was small but he has drifted away from our family. He shows up to family functions and if there is an emergency he is right there but no extras. We get along well when we're together. His wife, for reasons I don't know, has decided to hate our immediate family so that makes it difficult. I have tried reaching out but he's always "busy". I am also stuck in the middle between my Mom's feelings and his actions. It makes me sad but I cherish the time we do have together.

As for me - I'm going through a difficult time right now. I'm staying busy, but it's frustrating. My scaffoid/wrist that I fractured over three months ago is not healing nicely and now they are talking surgery but the doc wants to start the process in October. Physio has decided that they don't want to treat me because there is too much pain. I switched to a different brace so there is less daily pain but when it's off and I use it the pain is pretty bad.
 
@Justme all is well. I was in Winnipeg last week for my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary. I got back Tuesday. I was mostly reading when I first got back and I also needed to catch up on sleep! Chemguy also slacked on my garden (watered well though) and groceries.
Sorry to hear about your wrist, hopefully the new brace will allow it to heal a bit more so future treatment is easier.

@BetteTheRed sorry to hear about your virus, no fun in the heat!
 
@Justme - yes, I arrived home late last night. Today has been a very lazy day. Tomorrow I will be more industrious - at least that's the plan! It's hot & humid here too ... so okay with me to be relaxing. Not much sightseeing - most days were non-stop meetings from early in the morning until later in the evening. We did have Wed afternoon & eve off, and many people went on pre-arranged excursions. I didn't tho - knowing I'd just want to some down time to myself, not trekking around with a big group! Birthstone & I went for a nice long walk on a nature trail in the woods nearby & we visited an art gallery. Then just chilled! I was fortunate to have spent 3 weeks in NL last June - so I didn't feel I was missing out.

Sorry to hear that your wrist is still painful. Surgery is usually quite successful for scaphoid fractures - if you can, try to see a surgeon who's a wrist specialist - who does lots of these procedures. Probably have to wait til Oct for the doc's operating room schedule to have a vacancy.
 
Justme, hope your wrist isn't too painful today, and that you have a nice meal out. sorry that you aren't doing so well right now.

re: me. I am having my sleep test tonight, and MRI is two weeks out, then followup appointments the first week of september. was good to have distractions this week. Family is away this week, so looking forward to some quiet time, not that the house isn't quiet normally but I do value alone time.
 
hey pinga - I might have new euchre player for you! One of our club members has just moved to Cambridge - I'm sure you would hit it off! She's a wonderful, interesting, lively woman, a sculptor who works in a metal foundry! I've sent her a note to see if she would like me to connect the two of you - understanding euchre might take a bit of a break during your recovery.
 
Thanks for thinking of me @Justme I hope the dinner (sound good!) takes your mind off your wrist briefly and that it heals/ gets proper treatment soon.

I wish everyone good health and healing.

It was a bit cloudy this morning but it cleared up and was still quite warm when I took a walk to get groceries.

Looks like I am not going to be able to do more than a couple of day trips this summer. Kind of a "write off" summer, I have to say. But it'll get better. I'm getting to a place where I am starting to plan a healthier life ahead - realizing "Hey, I actually, on the plus side, have some freedom and weight of responsibility of all of his stuff 'off' of me to do that!" it's not going to be easy to get there, but it is going to be possible to have a different kind of life!
 
Notes from sleep disorder clinic: I wondered how it would be to sleep with all the equipment booked on. As it turned out, the hardest part was trying to sleep on my back. Due to it being a pre-op test, they wanted me to try to sleep on my back for 2 hrs. I gave it a valid attempt for 2 hrs, but, was unable to fall asleep. I then decided to flip onto my side or stomach to sleep, which is my normal sleeping. After about an hour of trying to figure out how to get comfortable with the wires and oxygen finger monitor, i finally got to sleep. At that point, i had the most vivid dreams, my goodness. Some of it were related to the technician, some were due to the wires. very bizarre, very funny.

I was also uncomfortable with the technician and his questions. They went well beyond what he was testing for. I finally asked him: what does that question have to do with sleep disorders. He startled, and changed topics. I am going to question the doctor when I get to the followup. I wondered if he was a wanna-be doctor, or had done pre-med somewhere.
 
Thanks for that, @Pinga. As one who works in the respiratory care industry (albeit not in a clinical capacity), I have often wondered what our CPAP clients go through when they are being assessed.
 
Pinga said:
I was also uncomfortable with the technician and his questions. They went well beyond what he was testing for. I finally asked him: what does that question have to do with sleep disorders. He startled, and changed topics. I am going to question the doctor when I get to the followup. I wondered if he was a wanna-be doctor, or had done pre-med somewhere.
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The lack of professionalism seems to be a common issue with health care workers. There are great ones, but issues are sadly so common!
 
ChemGal said:
The lack of professionalism seems to be a common issue with health care workers. There are great ones, but issues are sadly so common!
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I'm sorry this has been your experience ChemGal ... but I would say it's an overgeneralization.
 
Carolla said:
I'm sorry this has been your experience ChemGal ... but I would say it's an overgeneralization.
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I'm not saying it's the majorty, just that it does seem to be fairly common. I don't have the data to back it up, but statistically it seems like it's unlikely it isn't common considering how often I've run into it.
 
I'm wondering if it's the fact that we're getting older, to some extent, and the younger generation of care workers grew up with much less formal mannerisms than we did. I'm only in my 50s, but I can remember understanding table manners, etiquette, etc., to much greater an extent than I passed on to my own children (who do, fortunately, have nice table manners, ;-) )
 
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