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No I wanted to wait for Black Friday

 

Listening to the Breeders. About to go to sleep.

 

Getting ready soon to visit my parents and then hubby's parents for Thanksgiving. Should be a fun day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

My work for this Thanksgiving is over now...Everyone is sleeping, and I have nothing to do tomorrow, but say bye to my brother and his wife. they will be leaving around noon.......

I am so tired tonight......but I can finally wind down again.......Another successful Thanksgiving dinner and black Friday dinner....and tonight we had leftover turkey dinner....That put me to sleep tonight for about 3 hours afterwards......too. I fell asleep upstairs with Grayson, after just wanting to lay down for a little while....I cannot handle heavy foods like that.....back to my eating monocromatically....and I had not eaten anything for about 4 days before Wednesday night.....

It was a great few days, and I am very sad to see them go tomorrow.....

On Thanksgiving, the friend I have that talks a lot...ate most of the entire sweet potato pie herself in one sitting...holy crap! I never say someone eat that much pie before....lol
She loves her sweet potatoes, though....


Sullivan is failing....He is still around, but I think he may have a month at the most now......The prednisone and doxycycllin is keeping him going barely now, but he is just a shell of himself. It has been sad here in that respect......

Monday, I have an appointment with the neurologist finally that was so booked, I could not see him until January....but there was a cancellation, so I am in with him on Monday......

Went ot the mall yesterday night for a little bit, and I bought two LEGO sets at Target and some Troll figure blind bags...The kid in me is alive and kicking.....LOL

I stopped taking prednisone two days ago...no more...It was giving me chest pain, winding me up too much.... and I was getting angry over things I would not have usually...and it is a dangerous drug...no more of that crap for me.

Grayson is so big already.....I never saw a cat grow so much and so quickly in almost three months now...his paws are already bigger than any cat i ever had at full size...i think he is easily going to be a 20-25 pounder......

He still won't be around the dogs or on the floor they are on, so he has been basically living in the basement, under my bed upstairs or on the windowsill in Stan's room upstairs.......Seeing him during the day, is very rare lately......He is shy around other people and runs away.......He is Maine Coon....a Viking cat....they can be gentle, which he is...but they are fiercely independant......too.....a true survivor....He is not a lap cat....i am lucky he graces with me with his company when I am sleeping...he will sleep by my side...lucky me...lol

Love that rascal.

 

Neurologist? Is something wrong?

 

Expanse, I wrote about everything awhile back in this thread......so rather than repeat myself here, I just sent you a pm......Thank you for asking....

Well, I am off to sleep now.....see you later....

 

The electronic parts were always the parts of Lego I got bored with first.

 

Just finished eating breakfast (eggs, bacon, toasted croissants) and now watching "Tom and Jerry" on Boomerang

 

As a kid??

I just wanted to built stuffen play with it a little. Not push a button and let the lego train ride (or whatever the electronic part was supposed to do). Happily for my parents they figured that out soon and didn't got me a lot of electronic lego stuff.
I still recall the joy when I got a Lego castle at a birthday once. It was a huge present!

 

i didn't even know there were electronic legos. i wonder if my parents intentionally hid that fact from me.

 

Contemplating a blog entry....hmmm....

 

i saw the neurologist today...the top in the field in the area.....
He is a brilliant.
He does not think I have trigenimal neuralgia...and thinks it is my sinuses . He is almost certain that it is not neurological, but will do an MRI to be absolutely certain. I may not go for that. They shoot you with dyes.....for that test...even though it picks up everything going on in any system. I remember when my mom had an MRI, and it made her worse and she started losing weight and things after that....so I have to think carefully about this MRI.

My head does not hurt anymore...and I have been off the prednisone since last week.

However, I have this heartburn that won't go away......in that I get a bad attack of it every day, where I am buckling over in pain...so I am seeing another spcialist for that on Dec. 8th....and see if he wants to do an MRI first......as i won't do two MRI's......Why can't they do everything all at once?

These heart burn attacks started after my first dose of prednisone two months ago and after all of the creams I was putting on my feet. Before this week, i would get them once in awhile, and now, it happens every day. Scary. I never had heartburn in my life before the first prednisone two months ago.

I have been busy here dealing with bags and bags of things my brother sent back from the city to make room in his apartment.

Sullivan, our golden retriever, does not have good news. he has the worst kind of cancer, which is untreatable, and it is also in his spleen and probably his lungs. `It is all over. He has internal bleeding, but they cannot locate the source of the internal bleeding. he collapsed outside with Stan today, who took him out to pee, and Stan thought he was gone then...but Sully came back and got up....

Stan called the people who will come here and euthanize him, anytime....take the body , have it cremated and then send Sully's ashes back to Stan. I knew it was only a matter of a few days....and tonight Sully is downstairs here with me, as he can no longer go up the stairs.
He just sleeps in one spot all day long.

I am so tired today. it takes a lot out of a person living with a dieing being, also. I am not pushing Stan one way or another.....but Stan knows that he may have to call these people soon...as Stan refuses to make a death appointment at the vets for Sully which would be so much cheaper.

That is my life right now....Stan and i mourn Sully all day long here now. I don't have people to take care of to keep my mind off things right now.

 

music, music, music right now.

great post #836

 

Story I read many years ago.


This story was submitted by a petplace.com reader who asked us to share it with you on our site. This is a wonderful story that we hope you will enjoy.

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.

I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn't do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home.

As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience.

The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away.

The little boy seemed to accept Belker's transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker's death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives.

Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up, "I know why."

Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I'd never heard a more comforting explanation. He said, "People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life - like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?"

The six-year-old continued, "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long."

Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly.

Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like:

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.
Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
Take naps.
Stretch before rising.
Run, romp, and play daily.
Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.
On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.
When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
Be loyal.
Never pretend to be something you're not.
If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.

 

^^^.....When I Was Mowing Today I Think I Got Something In My Eye.......



Cheers Glen.

 

oh Moonie I am so so very sorry about Sully. There is literally nothing in the world harder than a beloved pet that is dying...and truly the best most merciful thing a person can do for that loved creature is to let it go with dignity. Lord my heart just breaks for both you and Stan and of course wonderful Sully. :'(

I'm so sorry your physical problems are keeping on...but I'll tell you what...out of ALL the meds I've been on (and its been quite a few during my 61 yrs) prednisone was the worst medication I EVER took. Why it is supposed to be so good for so many things is flabbergasting. I wanted to either cry or fight every single awful second I was taking that shit. In fact, the one doctor I do go to knows don't even bother trying to get me to take that. period. For a time when I kept getting bronchitis that was the med they wanted to shove on me...I told them how it made me feel (even almost murderous!) and that I would take whatever antibiotic but NO PREDNISONE.

I understand your reticence about the MRI but it could show so very many things and yield so many answers, and I know you will do what is best.