I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
So sorry for my misunderstanding of what you posted.
Yep! You went through a lot with your dad. You knew how to handle it though. It’s true that sometimes we are provoked by other’s actions or lack of actions.
I have seen people comment only from their perspective on the forum so I suppose that’s why I assumed incorrectly. Thanks for the clarification.
I don’t know Robin’s story but whatever it is, I hope she finds a good resolution. Caregiving can become quite challenging for many of us.
I find it puzzling as to why people don’t want to take responsibility for their actions. If we screw up we should own it.
I have to say, many people involved in my dad's care would have been super happy if I was only being a jerk. I had to go straight up b***h with some of the idiots I had to deal with to ensure my dad got the best care possible.
I say, " do your fricking job and I won't have to be a jerk or worse."
But, goes back to nobody takes any responsibility for their actions nowadays. Truly a sad situation.
Can you go for a massage or anything to help with your own tlc?
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I finally got around to cleaning my Austin Air filters today, and boy, the one in my bedroom was filthy! I need to take them apart and clean them once a year, but it usually takes something like me being sick to finally break down and get to it. Even though the one in my bedroom was a new filter replacement two years ago, it was far dirtier than the one in my living room. I look forward to being less stuffy at night, hopefully.
ITRR is correct in her assessment of receiving answers from a variety of people on a forum.
You will see some answers that aren’t well thought out. They are usually thinking in terms of what they have done in their circumstances, which may not be applicable for the OP’s situation. Let’s hope that they weren’t deliberately trying to be hurtful.
Indeed, as ITRR says, sometimes they end up backpedaling instead of apologizing for their comments.
There are times when misunderstandings occur on forums. So, take what is relevant to your needs and discard the rest.
Most posters on this site are genuinely trying to be helpful. They may not even realize that their point of view will be upsetting to you.
There are also situations where posters are offering points of view that the OP isn’t ready to hear yet.
Wishing you all the best.
Please don't let others opinions get to you. We live in a world that NOBODY wants to take responsibility and they will divert and redirect to others to cover their own useless backsides.
Sending many hugs your way today!
After all what’s happened it’s so hard anyway to get up and face another day and try to put my own life back together (I’m sleeping 6hrs a day now tho so yay) and then be told in so many words I’m a jerk.
It’s not just that immediate poke in the gut, but the underlying fear I’ve made everything worse for the person I love just by being me. If there was backup, I’d quit as DPOA and flee the country to a shack on a beach to drink my days away, but the backup died and I’m not much of a drinker. And that’s my whine.
It is an excellent source of some vitamin I think, as well. C?
(I’m writing this just for myself. To vent.) Please let the judge rule in my favor. Pleassssssse let justice prevail.
Need, trust me, they’re ALL in my family.
I suppose that many of your tinctures are from old formulas.
My grandmother had high blood pressure. When it would spike she would brew a batch of parsley tea. Not sure how much it helped but she always made it.
I think about her home remedies sometimes. I take the max dosage of BP meds.
To make a stinging nettle tincture; fill a glass jar full of whole plant organic nettle, (i order from amazon) cover all of that with any alcohol of choice, just be sure it is at least 80 proof, leave to set for 4 to 6 weeks. Use 15 to 30 drops several times a day or as needed. I only use it as needed now but, my hunee gets it 2x daily.
Keep the tincture in a dark place and use an amber or blue dropper bottle to dispense. Light effects everything, just be mindful of that. Oh yea, no metal should be used because it can be picked up from the alcohol making it taste bad.
Stinging nettle has lots of great benefits and is good for male health.
Purifiers do help. Zyrtec did nothing for me! I have severe allergies, including dust and mites. I told my allergist that I keep my house clean. He said that mites can exist in a clean house.
I wash bedding in hot water frequently because dust mites are one of my worst allergies. I am supposed to have my pillows and mattress enclosed in plastic coverings. SureGuard is a brand of bedding encasement for allergy prevention.
Claritin works better if I am having a sneezing attack. I’m not exaggerating when I say that I have sneezed for thirty minutes straight before!
My DH looked at me early on in our marriage and said, “Honey, I hate to tell you this but you are not normal! Please go to the doctor. We should own stock in Kleenex!”
I went to the doctor and found out that I am basically allergic to everything! The allergy that bothered me the most was being told that I was allergic to my cat.
My doctor said, “Get rid of the cat or you’ll continue to suffer.” My response was, ‘Give me meds, Doc, because I won’t be getting rid of my cat. I promise you that I won’t get another cat after she dies.’
He paused for a moment and then said, “Okay, I get it. I have two cats that I live with and I couldn’t get rid of them.”
Yes, please, I want the information. Please PM or put it here, whatever you want to do. Thank you.
Have you ever tried Stinging Nettle? I used to get a LOT of sinus issues and it was ALL, according to the ENT, infectious allergies. Meaning my allergies blocked and plugged everything until infection set it. Fun stuff NOT! But, using stinging nettle has literally cleared that problem from my life.
I make the tincture, super easy and will share if you want. I, also, make my own collodial silver, super easy and super cheap, I recommend doing this if you can, I have the resources and info for the silver if ur interested. It costs pennies to make a $10 an ounce product and I think it works better because I cook it longer.
Interested in Barb's input.
Thank you!
Finally did. I'm allergic to dust.
Took Zyrtec for several years. Finally found a really good air purifier that filters most of the dust in my apartment. Gave up the Zyrtec. Haven't had a sinus infection in years.
Ymmv.
Send, I noticed the sinus blaster stuff has horseradish as a primary ingredient. That's interesting! I have wasabi powder, and I'd eat it plain if it would make me better. 😜
And as often as I've been getting problematic sinus issues the past five years, I need more tools, so thank you very much. I wonder if I have sensitivities from the "mold house." URIs (thanks for the acronym) have become a yearly occurrence for me. Colloidal silver spray worked well for me, but I'm out of it.
I ordered capsaicin & horseradish and colloidal silver sprays. Capsaicin & horseradish cannot feel good on one's sinuses, but neither does peroxide or what I've been dealing with for the past several weeks... and every single year in the past 5 years...
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I turned my paper in. I have more questions than answers, which maybe is the hallmark of a good education.
I'm in an applied behavior analysis MS degree. ABA is viewed as a limited-scope psychology methodology. However, relational frame theory and contextual behavior science are based on behaviorism's principles and came from behavior analysts Dermot Holmes and Greg Hanley. There's a lot of crossover in behaviorism psychology and its principles and theories to many different important and emerging modern-day therapies and applications. I see ABA as having relevance in a great many things, including behavioral gerontology, where ABA is currently used... but ABA's not used nearly as much as it should be in gerontology, imho. That probably has to do with learning theory and the fact that dementias significantly decrease learning ability.
If anyone's curious, I'd happily discuss these concepts as best I can. It's interesting to me. Thanks for the support. 💜
I had TWO MIL ‘s because FIL divorced and remarried after the kids were grown . His second wife is deceased but there are plenty of stories there as well mostly directed at her own adult kids and my FIL. We were careful and tried to stay under her radar for the most part . FIL sure knew how to pick them !!! Sheez!!
Every family has some lunatics in it, right? Some worse than others! 😝