Hospice vs Palliative care

Probably just a legal thing, so it's not their fault if you go to hell.

I'm feeling a little sorry for the advisor. After you're done with her she'll probably need palliative care herself.

The litmus test. Start out by calling the spiritual adviser a poopity head and see what happens.

So...did the spiritual adviser get out alive?

Yeah, what happened?

I think he got converted...

Maybe they are still deep in conversation.

Wondering and hoping all is well in Albaturkey.

Thinking of you.

No spiritual adviser heard from; Am now taking meds to minimize side effects of meds I'm taking for my illness, (dizziness/Nausea) a weird thing is that since all my Hospice meds from from the same source, they all look alike and have child-proof caps, I may need a child to hang around to open them and their good eyes to read the labels of what I'm supposed to be taking and when.
Another issue I am drying to deal with is "stuff", I have lots of stuff I don't know what to do with; nothing of great value, just "stuff". It's alot of stuf, mostly small stuff "Don't sweat the small stuff" but yeah here I sit sweating the small stuff. The reduction in Morphine has helped greatly although that may just e a matter of time. Nurse, yesterday told my I was the calmest Hospice client see visits; one book I can't find (and want to find is) Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse who once wrote
Should I find the book I will forward it to anyone wanting to read it. I'ts been a very important book in my life.

Hi, Bob.
Tell the hospice people - maybe they can get them put in other bottles.
Another thought is that I have trouble opening some jars, and I end up reaching for one of the regular old rubber gloves I have around (actually, it's held by a refrigerator magnet for just this purpose) and that helps, though really only for twisty type caps. I don't put on the glove, just use it for traction.

Depending on the caps, there's Deb's old trick of hitting the bottle upside down on a counter, cap hitting counter - that seems to break the seal of some containers/bottles.

How about a magnifying glass? That might or might not help you read the print - you might have already thought of that.

How about transferring the pills to other, labeled, containers that just flip open?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-962221125884493114#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6ymVaq3Fqk

Route 66 - victim of the super highways of today. It's like they cut up a living, breathing thing. I guess they really did, looking at the remnants.

There are special containers that you can ask a nurse or someone to fill for you....I forget what they are called, but they are boxes with lots of little boxes within......a line for every day of the week, and within that line little boxes for various times of the day.

Someone can fill it for you....and load the correct time of the day with the pills for that time.

Dammit...what are thay called? Lots of people with lots of pills use them!

pill organizer



you can get them everywhere from the dollar store through walmart through cvs

yeah, I have those boxes, I also have liquid drops etc, as well as different times of day for different meds. ( I probably shouldn't use bourbon to wash down the pills)
bob

HA! No wonder you disappeared for two days!!!

The last few prescriptions I got had the kind of child-proof caps that if you put them on upside down are not child-proof anymore. You might take a look at your and see if that is the case. The pill organizers are a great thing, too.

"...I have lots of stuff i don't know what to do with..."

We all have too much stuff, dys. There are not many Thoreaus among us.

Delbert Mcclinton
Too Much Stuff lyrics:

Big house, big car, back seat, full bar.
Houseboat won't float. Bank won't tote the note.
Too much stuff. There's just too much stuff.
It'll hang you up dealing with too much stuff.

Hangin' out on the couch puttin' on the pounds.
Better walk, run, jump, swim. Try to hold it down.
You're eatin' too much stuff, too much stuff.
It'll wear you down, carrying around too much stuff.

Hundred dollar cab ride, fogged in, can't fly.
Greyhound, Amtrak, oughta bought a Cadillac.
Too much stuff. Too much stuff.
It'll slow you down, fooling with too much stuff.

Well, it's way too much.
You're never gonna get enough.
You can pile it high
but you'll never be satisfied.

Rent-a-tux, shiny shoes, backstage, big schmooze.
Vocal group can't sing, won awards for everything.
Too much stuff. Too much stuff.
They just keep on going, rolling in all that stuff.

Got hurt, can't work, got a lot o' bills,
But the policy don't pay 'less I get killed.
Too much stuff. Too much stuff.
Just my luck, counting on too much stuff.

Well, it's way too much.
You're never gonna get enough.
You can pile it high
but you'll never be satisfied.

Running back can't score till he gets a million more.
Quarterback can't pass. Owner wants his money back.
Too much stuff. Too much stuff.
You know, you can't get a grip when you're slipping in all that stuff.

Women every which-a-way messing with my mind.
You know, I fall in love every day three or four times.
Too much stuff. Too much stuff.
It'll mess you up, fooling with too much stuff.

Yeah, too much stuff. Too much stuff.
Too much stuff. Too much stuff.

(NOT Delbert, but not bad)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhggMi9N27c