This is feeling eerily familiar to just 8 months ago. When my mom was in pain, spent time first in the hospital then weeks in a nursing home, and I’d come to visit, bringing her mail. But this time, it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Pain
It was a very somber day. The dinner at my sister’s house was fine, but having heard my mom’s voice earlier today, hearing that she was in such pain and that there was nothing I could do to help, well,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This concerns me. What she told me, that she’s having difficulty sleeping because of the pain and when she gets up every morning it takes her awhile to get up and around, all of this sounds exactly like what she[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the past two days I’ve been popping Advil pills like candy. It’s helped to alleviate the pain, but it’ll take more than Advil to stop the pain I’ll have, if I need to get and pay for a root[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t claim to know more than a doctor and who knows, it could have been a bad case scenario, but this guy had his mind made up. He wanted to do a lot of tests and get her hooked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I could fill up pages upon pages describing how horrifically we treat the sick, ill and especially the old in this country. These “for profit” nursing homes care for only one thing… profit! A true, humane society cares for those[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
She sounded and is looking so much better today. Not only because of the care and medication they’re giving her, but also because of the way she’s being treated by the staff. We always hear or read about the horrific[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A range of emotions today. Even though my mother wasn’t feeling good when I left the house this morning, I was excited to finally, officially get my house search off the ground. I quickly forgot all that though, this afternoon/early[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s nothing more I can add here, about the pain my mother’s in. Instead, I’ll talk about the birthday gift I got for my great nephew. (I actually talked about his birth here.) A friend of mine, years ago, bought an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was such a long day, one or two comics wouldn’t do. Gotta post a three parter to cover everything.