I have discovered today what everybody else already knew, Monday is a bad day to try and contact your doctor.
I went over to Walgreens to pick more lancets as I so enjoy pricking my fingers to test my blood sugar. I was told by the pharmacist I would need a prescription if I wanted my insurance to cover it.
I have called my doctor' s office every 20 minutes all day without connecting. Perhaps I'll have better luck on Tuesday.
Oh the agony of not having pain in my finger tip for a day will be almost unbearable. Was that good sarcasm?
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:59 am
I have discovered today what everybody else already knew, Monday is a bad day to try and contact your doctor.
I went over to Walgreens to pick more lancets as I so enjoy pricking my fingers to test my blood sugar. I was told by the pharmacist I would need a prescription if I wanted my insurance to cover it.
I have called my doctor' s office every 20 minutes all day without connecting. Perhaps I'll have better luck on Tuesday.
Oh the agony of not having pain in my finger tip for a day will be almost unbearable. Was that good sarcasm?
On one hand we should be happy we do not have any neuropathy in our fingertips. On the other hand I am damn tired of the pain from the lancet. I stubbed my toes today and danced around cursing because it hurt. A good sign no problems with the feet.
tugon (imported) wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:12 am
On one hand we should be happy we do not have any neuropathy in our fingertips. On the other hand I am damn tired of the pain from the lancet. I stubbed my toes today and danced around cursing because it hurt. A good sign no problems with the feet.
tugon, I'm a toe stubber of vast experience. I recall many times walking through my house in the middle of the night when suddenly my toes striking the leg of a chair ow ow ow.
On the plus side, I "finally" connected with a nurse at the clinic. She says she will tell my doctor of my need for a prescription for more pain spikes
On the Plus side: Monty decided to clean up my house. He swept the living room, cleaned behind the two couches, cleaned behind the chair, cleaned behind the big roll top desk, behind the stove, behind the fridge, behind the freezer, etc and etc.
On the MINUS side: He tore my upholstered chair apart looking for mice. Now the chair is useless to sit in. The dining room floor and kitchen floor are covered with debris. Hopefully, it will be gone by morning. I'd say gone by the time I awake except Monty KEPT ME AWAKE ALL DAMN NIGHT.
If someone in the EA needs a clean-up guy, You have have Monty
I managed to get to sleep sometime in the late am and slept till 4:00pm. I awoke with a headache. Worse yet, my doctor refused to write a prescription for my lancets to prick my fingers
"...the first thing we have to do is take all the doctors out to the street
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:24 am
and shoot them down like dogs."
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:57 am
I managed to get to sleep sometime in the late am and slept till 4:00pm. I awoke with a headache. Worse yet, my doctor refused to write a prescription for my lancets to prick my fingers
"...the first thing we have to do is take all the doctors out to the street
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:24 am
and shoot them down like dogs."
It could be worse, I could be a Canadian, like IEunuch.
Oh wait, Canadians get free health and dental care, Canadians don't invade nations like we do, Canadians have civilized election campaigns.....Ok, I'll go to Canada
The pharmacy finally contacted my doctor who said my insurance wouldn't cover my lancets to prick my fingers. If I wanted to purchase them, the cost was $78.00. Screw that, I bought a box of cheap lancets, $7.60 for a box of 100.
The only Xmas present I was expecting arrived today: A new wireless keyboard and 7 dvd's from the old western series, Have Gun Will Travel. Thank you Ken_SD.
I awoke today at 5:20 am. The only things wrong with that is there's nothing on TV that early, except infomercials, and there's no restaurant or fast food place open to those like me who don't own a vehicle.
Like the Wicked Witch in Oz, I'll bide my time till Gus's or Jack-in-the-Box opens at 7:00 am.
City Code Enforcement came by today to cite me for three violations: (1) Trash cans were visible from the street. I remedied that. (2) Trash of metal near my house. It's Monty's stuff and he said it would be gone by tomorrow. If not, a scrap dealer I know is coming Monday to get it. (3) The siding on my roof needs repainting. I told the official I won't have money for it till January 1 and he said ok.
New at this format, so if this is in wrong place, sorry. I agree your situation is complex, and so best I not advise. But I do have a general comment I am sure of: Generally, guys like yourself who are open and honest, and use forums like this, almost always fare better in most situations. This for several reasons. One, just writing it helps you organize thoughts. Also, someone may/usually will have something to offer.
Further, some of the "dangers" of psychological situations are eliminated by voicing all this. Denial and neglect are far less likely here--as your discussing it pretty well eliminates those two "unhealthy" practices. People who end up in bad trouble are usually kind of "loners" who feel they have nobody.
This format is great, I think, for all the above reasons. These people care and are real friends, or would not be bothering to answer. It isn't getting all the answers that matter, but finding people like this who care.
Important: I went back and re-read your original. Your encounters with the police were not real serious (no violence, etc), and very correctible. Messiness is probably part of all of us--just make needed changes as best you can. Caring for parents is challenging--we went through it. Be proud you are there. I had an uncle and a brother who ran away when their Mom got older--you are so far ahead of them. On the particulars, call people who can give information. With my Mom, we asked a ton of people for solutions and got help. With the national economy bad, some stuff will not be easy to get--but be clever, and you will adjust. Tend to "unload" on women rather than men, in general. Not always true, and lots of exceptions (older men, gay men, trained men in these areas), but average men, no, and women are more into such. But men into erotic, like Eunuch Archives, tend to have broader perspective than just the average guy. Good you are here. I am gay--often the gay brother is the one who can handle taking care of Mother (somewhat common). Macho brother fell apart. I just turned 70 years old a half an hour ago. Best Wishes, friend.
E Mail me if I have helped and can help more js121840 and I am at Hotmail.
Aaron666 (imported) wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:36 pm
New at this format, so if this is in wrong place, sorry. I agree your situation is complex, and so best I not advise. But I do have a general comment I am sure of: Generally, guys like yourself who are open and honest, and use forums like this, almost always fare better in most situations. This for several reasons. One, just writing it helps you organize thoughts. Also, someone may/usually will have something to offer.
Further, some of the "dangers" of psychological situations are eliminated by voicing all this. Denial and neglect are far less likely here--as your discussing it pretty well eliminates those two "unhealthy" practices. People who end up in bad trouble are usually kind of "loners" who feel they have nobody.
This format is great, I think, for all the above reasons. These people care and are real friends, or would not be bothering to answer. It isn't getting all the answers that matter, but finding people like this who care.
Important: I went back and re-read your original. Your encounters with the police were not real serious (no violence, etc), and very correctible. Messiness is probably part of all of us--just make needed changes as best you can. Caring for parents is challenging--we went through it. Be proud you are there. I had an uncle and a brother who ran away when their Mom got older--you are so far ahead of them. On the particulars, call people who can give information. With my Mom, we asked a ton of people for solutions and got help. With the national economy bad, some stuff will not be easy to get--but be clever, and you will adjust. Tend to "unload" on women rather than men, in general. Not always true, and lots of exceptions (older men, gay men, trained men in these areas), but average men, no, and women are more into such. But men into erotic, like Eunuch Archives, tend to have broader perspective than just the average guy. Good you are here. I am gay--often the gay brother is the one who can handle taking care of Mother (somewhat common). Macho brother fell apart. I just turned 70 years old a half an hour ago. Best Wishes, friend.
E Mail me if I have helped and can help more js121840 and I am at Hotmail.
There's a church about six blocks away giving away blankets. I sent Liz to get me one. I would have walked over myself but it's pouring rain and I still have my cold. In addition, my shoes tend to leak and I don't need pneumonia.
kristoff wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2010 8:33 am
How the hell can he afford that? Or is someone donating it, and then parking it in your driveway permanently?
Someone has donated it to him. The one advantage of it being in my driveway is it's big enough to block the view of my garage ashes from the street. Monty "claims" he'll give me $200 a month towards my utility bills. We'll see.
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:04 am
Sometime today, Monty gets his motor home. Hooray, he'll be out of my house.
Hope yours and his wish comes true. I hope that Kristoff is wrong. Wow do I hope it is wrong. Would hate to think he is just finding a new home next to yours.
Wait if it is in better condition you may want to take it and leave the house to him. Hehehehe
What of yours will be be selling to pay you the $200.00 dollars. Why has he not done this in the past year paying you? Think of it as a loose loose position for you.
Be a little bit careful. Living in a motorhome in your driveway would be illegal in most places, and the homeowner is always responsible as far as the authorities are concerned. --FLO--
I agree, as soon as the city tells me it has to move, it will.
I miscalculated my Xmas funds: I'm $5.00 short for getting tobacco. I have a feeling it's going to be a long six days till the first. I may run low on food too but tobacco is what keeps me alive. My fellow addicts out there can relate to that - heh heh
I smoked up until the last major tax hike (Apr 2009) I was gonna switch to the e-cigg but on the day I started with it, I nearly coughed out a lung on the first puff, I threw the e-cigg across the room and that was the end of smoking for me.
