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Too bad you can't post some of those pictures, KellyBean! Wouldn't it be fun if we all could? That would probably be a hoot!
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Hmm dont really know about Keith, Bobbie.. he hasnt really talked to me since saturday =/

Dont know why our posts were deleted.. i think this thread has been very healthy for us!!
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Ahoy gals and mates, today was the visit to the doc about the constant whining about the constipation. All her doc said was to give her the Miralax everyday (they never told us that in the beginning how long to take it) I had been giving her stool softener (gel tabs) that the caregiver bought...and even that stuff you take when you go for a colonoscopy...I gave her that enema last friday (which she said did nothing)...well today when I got over there she said she pooped yesterday..oh but that was nothing to her...so anyway the doctor said she should also take cillium...something like metamusil...and take both every day for 2 weeks...also we had to schedule an x-ray and we will see what happens after that...the caregiver will take her on Thursday...(same day I am supposed to have a counciltation for a colonoscopy - may have to move it out)...and then her doc mentioned she may need a colonoscopy but will see what a GI doc says.

Oh and when I was leaving today and her caregiver had arrived I told her alot about the hell I have had to put up with my mom...right in front of her..I don't care cause it's true..and she hates when stuff she does is repeated...I don't care...so after a while I said I gotta get back to work and started heading to the door. My mom yells out..YOU COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW...and I said YOU DON'T COMMAND ME...she's got a hair up her arse now that she wants a hug and kiss and a bye bye momma..type of thing...oh yeah...when my mother was never the kissey huggey mom ever all my life.. I kept going out the door...then the caregiver wanted to pray with me...so I let her...she likes these little prayer sessions..I let her do it. ;-) So I told my mom before leaving I am not coming over tonight cause I have to sit there till after 7 to make up my time for today.

Bobbie, you had me CRACKING UP BIGTIME with the refried beans taco with 2 stool softeners....ha ha ha....good one!
I thought I was going to blast her arse off when I gave her the stuff that you take before a colonoscopy and she said that did nothing to me....(wow that stuff makes my arse like a jet engine when you take it before a colonoscopy etc).

Kelly, oh my god about the log...

Miz - yep I experience the same thing..I am your mom, but what do I do.

Amazingly her whining has stopped, I wonder what caused that...maybe cause she knows it's not working so much anymore..yesterday I just cut her off when she called me at work and said I need to get back to work.
So yeah folks, one of you mentioned is it in their head..or she may be doing it for attention. Sometimes I think she's on her way to dementia and then other days I think she's a clever crazy fox...UP and DOWN rollercoaster with her...and getting fed up. If she goes more mental, she is def going to Shady Acres or Green Acres..or whomever will take her...lol.

Wow old folks really are a mess, REALLY. They should have OLD FOLKS FARMS, and then let them have stables and they can pee and poop every where they want on the hay with the rest of the cows and horses...LMAO!
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guess thats where you ;ll be going pirategal . when u become a old woman ...
not me !! im stayin right here in my own home .
just remember treat the person the way you want to be treated . my mom has always told me , linda u treat people the way you want to be treated . my mom passed away 64 yrs old with cancer , so ihave pa with me of course he s a good guy and i dont have all that crazy stuff going on here like you all do . pa 86 yrs old is like a lit boy , loves tv and sleep . he gives me no pblm cuz he doesnt want to be at nursing home . i treat him the way i want people to treat me when i get old .
mom sure has taught me well .
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Pirate.. my moms got a colonoscopy scheduled for the 9th.. for right nowshe has to drink the miralax 2 times a day.. 8 tablespoons of stool softener, lots of fluids and eat alot of salads.. though if i remember correctly, lettuce has potassium.. hmm anyways, 2 days beforehand, she cant eat anything solid and has to drink some sort of stool softener every hour.. then night before she has to drink a gallon of some cleanser nonstop for 2 hours....... O_O

or something like that.. yeah... my mom is that bad..

so yes.. im REALLY looking forward to all that... not.. i can see it now.. all over the floor, walls, clothes..

i was wrong.. i can still be grossed out.. as i am now..
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Hardbacke..yes I know to treat people on how you want to be treated...but then again you don't have the mental stuff to deal with now do you..and I was making a joke about the barn!

Kelly I am hoping that they glean enough from the x-rays and I don't have to try to get her to drink or take all that...yikes it's tough enough to get her to take meds.
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We need bathrooms with a drain in the center of the floor. We need bidets!

didja hear the one about the guy who thought it was a drinking fountain in the bathroom. Couldn't figure out why he had to bend over so far....

Gross can come and go. Sorry KelleyBean, hang in there and use the vicks vap-o-rub in yer noseholes. You could start out with a big bucket of hot suds and when the show starts........ man doesn't that sound like an evening of culture! Stool culture, maybe.

Well if I didn't know what to do on my own end, I do now. I just checked my BP at CVS and it's 147/85. NEVER had high BP ever before. I always had a 120 over 75 and around there. Checked it twice and the second time it was 141/85, but jeez, not good and testament that this stuff is not good for some of us.

Now I have to go to the doc and start up with this whole program. I am not amused.

Another reason I wanted to go float a boat. Being on the water is good for you and calming (unless we're sinking) and I want to swim in the crystal clear coves of the Bahamas.

Where's Miz... I think she's in Chicago today? Pam is having drama, Pirategal, you hang in there too. It's tough when your mom's insides don't work right and it's tougher for us when we don't know where the truth is!

Good to see you Linda, give your Dad a hug for us and tell him he can hold a seminar on how to be a class act when your kids are trying their best to take care of you.

That's a genius idea about the pictures, Kelley. Love it. Enjoy your day of freedom and I hope you sleep until Noon Los Angeles time!

Call Keith and invite him out! C'mon gurl!

Secret Sis.. did you get any sundresses yet?

Rep, I was screwing around with the Pig mask, apple butter and snowshoe and found out that we're going to need another pig mask and a Nixon mask to go with it. We have enough apple butter but only one snowshoe but that's ok because we're not going to use that on a foot. If you have any idea where this is going please let ME know.

Time for chores.

lovbob
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This particular thread is all about jokes, humor and goofiness on all levels. We knew you were kidding Pirategal and I actually started designing the logo for Old Folks Farms, where your Old Folks can hang out and be relaxed without us yelling: No wait! I just washed all those clothes. OMG why are you pooping in the wastebasket?!? Oh yeah, it's a WASTE Basket. (Actually happened to me) Oh Man, just let me clean you up and then i'll change the sheets. Sure we can have Ice Cream.... no wait, isn't that how all of this started?

The Poop Issue. There's either too much or not enough. Have you noticed?

lovbob

ps Rep...and our boat gang: so glad you guys like Poco Loco, the 61' Davis Pilothouse. I want to take a ride down to San Diego and check her out. Anybody in the area want to go with?
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Lol Bobbie, im in need of a vacation.. will take me a LONG time to walk there for the tryout.. so wait for me!!!!!
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no worries, just hang out and VA and we'll be there...

ok everybody, say it with me:

thinkabouttheboatthinkaboutheboatthinkabouttheboatthinkabouthteboatthinkabouttheboati'montheboati'montheboati'montheboati'montheboatwe'reswimminginthecovewe'reswimminginthecovewe'reswimminginthecove.....

lovbob
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Don't you people dare leave without me.
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Kellybean:

I'm surprised she wasn't magically cured when someone said "colonoscopy".
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Hi Fellow Shipmates, Caregivers, and Wonderful People! I'm back in town. Yesterday went well but I was too exhausted to get on here last night. Hubby's back is much better. :) I haven't read all the new posts, but I will.

Love,
Miz
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SS, Highway 2 sounds wonderful!! I love the beach. And ice cream and fudge too!!
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High gross level alert this AM. Went to get Mom up. Had poop on her mouth as if she had been eating it. All over one hand too. Can eating that hurt her? Ack!! I want to yak!!
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Love that boat, bobbie!!
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bobbie, I really think it's for the best that you not do the RV thing with your mom. You need a break, girlfriend. Push away all the guilt and just do what you have to do. You're a wonderful daughter and person!! You give us all hope. :)

miz
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Kelley, that gallon of cleanser sounds like "Go Lightly". I had to take it before a flex sig once and it was nasty. I drank it all even though I was throwing it up and when I got to the hospital, they said, "You drank it all!!??". Well YEAH, I thought I was supposed to!! Anyway, maybe they made it taste better. I hope so!!
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Miz,
So glad youre back and hubby is better (only slept till 9:30 cali time Bobbie, sorry!!)

Yes its very harmful for her to eat it.. even if it is hers..
reminds me of the time i found blood on my moms mouth, she had been eating the scabs off her legs..
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Oh ewwwwwwwwwww about the scabs. I'm wondering if I should call the doc about Mom eating her poo. I've never actually caught her at it but once she said she ate a piece of meat she found and it was good. Sorry for all the grossness everyone. :(
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O, Miz, we definitely need the beach! Everyone: grab your sunglasses!

Miz, so glad to hear your dear hubby (DH) is better. Will he mind if you go, or is he coming, too? You may be right about the motorhome for Bobbie. You're absolutely right on about the boat! Can see dresses flapping in the breeze.

I got two days before my paperwork to Probate is due, and things aren't going well. I'm so stressed I'm screaming. And if ya'll keep talking about such gross things, I'm gonna yak, too.

Calgon...take me, please!
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Hi SS. Hubby won't mind if I go but he'll probably want to come too. I'm so sorry about your stress. I hope things go well. If you don't mind me asking, what is "Probate"?
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i am so ready for the beach . paid my taxes and going crazy ! that beach shall soooth my nerves . mmm margaritta too !! maybe some of that doobies so i can eat alotta pineapples and coconuts ! lol
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I was mom's guardian and conservator, until she decided I was "abusing" her. Now she has a public guardian (PG), and they're waiting on my final $$ report and guardian tale from hell. She got a wicked threatening, despicable attorney to "help" her with all of this, with my sibling as a "witness" against me. Think I should tell them of all the childhood abuse, and the way she hit sissy in the face in May, knocking off her glasses the day we moved mommy dearest into the lovely apartment I picked out for her, called, "The Healing Place," which I got for her Breast Cancer Treatment and recovery? What I want to know is, who protects the caregiver? Now do you see why I'm ready for the beach? It's better than a jail cell bench. Sorry, ~more than a little tired here...
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lhardbeck, pina coladas (virgin for me) here we come! Think our dads will enjoy getting out in the sun? O, yeah, I forgot: this was supposed to be a vacation for us. I'm gonna pencil mine in to the schedule. LOL
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good Morning my good friends,

SS, people suck. and I hate lawyers.

What do you have when you have 400 lawyers buried up to their necks in sand?

not enough sand.

SecSis please don't get too stressed out. I'm learning just how damaging stress is because I have hurt my heart with all of the insanity.

you know the Beatles' song lyric: soon we'll be away from here, step on the gas and wipe that tear away...
One sweet dream came true today..

Just change out gas for diesel!

Hang in there oh please everybody take care of yourselves. I am serious about this boat! We will figure this out. SS, what's your closest Marina that has access (eventually) to the seaways?

If I get a Florida boat, (more than likely because they're cheaper) we come up the coast and pick up KelleyBean in VA and keep picking up people where they can get closest to the water...we can keep going and get Sec Sis and then down to Chicago and pick up Miz Demi and the recovering DH and then down the rivers to the Mississippi and on to New Orleans.
Pamela and the West Coast sailors will have to catch a Southwest flight to where ever they feel like that's near the underway boat and we just keep collecting people on our way to the Bahamas. We will just about have made the Great Circle!

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatFullDetails.jsp?boat_id=2025715&ybw=&units=Feet&access=Public&listing_id=57289&url=

the above is a boat I've looked at off and on. I do like it and it is more affordable than the 61' Davis. This is a 50' Bestway Trawler. check it out and tell me what you think. Still a very nice boat.

Nance... of course you're coming! KelleyBean,Linda, Rep, Pam, SS, Miz and DH! PirateGal and ...did I miss anyone?

Miz omg you have to be going goofy with the scatological snacks your mom is doing. omg. I actually read that feeling sorry for myself with my elevated blood pressure and not feeling too good and an empty stomach and I had a visceral reaction! You actually got a heave outta me! Congratulations!
Miz.. so for you win the gross out contest. This beats the S*** Balls gross out story!..

We have a weener! Miz Demi and the poopy crack snacker!

OK folks... who can beat THAT!?!

lovbob
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Hahahahaha, bobbie!! I can't stop laughing about the "poopy crack snacker"!! Man, I needed that. I love the boat!!

miz
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SS, I definitely see why you're ready for the beach!! I worry that my siblings will try to sue me when Mom passes. It weighs on me a lot. People can be so cruel. Like I've said before, I'm not perfect but what we do is so hard!! I'm hoping to go to Minneapolis for a conference for work for 3 nights in May or June. The only people I can ask to stay with Mom are my bro and sis-in-law and they live far away. No way I'm asking my sister for anything. Hubby would probably go with. He can't take care of Mom because of her incontinence, etc. Oh freedom!!!! But it's okay, I will just deal. My choice to take care of Mom. And I stand by my choice. But sometimes it's so d^%$ difficult!!
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oh good, I'm glad you're laughing. It sure took my mind off of myself!!
Thanks Miz and everybody for telling me no on the motorhome. It's true that it would be a wonderful experience but I just can't do it. too pooped to pop.
tomorrow's mom's cardio appt and oh please God let's just get her into the place!!!

love you guys,
Trawler Bob
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Bobbie, the closest marina is walking distance from my house! I'm about ready for some ice fishing. Just slammed the door and screamed. Full steam ahead!!!
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