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Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:42 am
by Riverwind (imported)
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:03 am
Gee, River is smarter than he looks
When I first read his idea about driving mom around the block and back home again I thought to myself "dumb idea."
However,
This morning mom was in one of her whining moods demanding I take her home. She didn't have an address but said, "You idiot, I'll give you directions to my house." I put her in the car, drove a few blocks away and she directed me right back here to her home." She seemed satisified.
I guess what they say is right..."old dark bearded men are brillant."
<blushes> but takes a bow.
River
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:19 pm
by Blaise (imported)
I know what your mother feels. Sometimes just getting out helps!
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:58 pm
by MacTheWolf (imported)
I doubt if it will ever happen again, but today with mom was GREAT.
There were no psychotic outbursts, no major lapses of memory, no arguments, no accusations...it was just a mother and son getting along like the olde days.
MacTheWolf knocks on wood.
Or, as Jesus might say, "treasure these rare moments of sanity and calm because the worst is yet to come."
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:15 pm
by JesusA
Mac,
A great way to start off the new year. I know that everyone else here joins me in wishing you the best this year. May you have many more pleasant days with your mother.
J.
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:21 pm
by A-1 (imported)
...damn!...
...this is a long thread...
....happy new year, MAC. Kiss your mother for me!
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:24 am
by MacTheWolf (imported)
The PLAN was to shut the dogs outside, shut the cat into the bedroom and seal the bottom of the door with a wet towell, dress mom, put her in the car, go back in the house and set off the roach bombs in the kitchen, leave the house for 2-3 hours to go pay gas, electric, phone, edison and cable bills, then go grocery shopping, then come home, air out the house, and take mom back in.
Yup, that was the plan and mom agreed to it this morning before I went to the bank. When I returned from the bank, Mrs. Hyde had replaced Mrs Jeckyl. She did't want to go shopping or leave the house. She didn't recognize me either.
I had already told Inland Home Health I was roach bombing the house today but it looks like it will be tomorrow. However, the bills are so far behind, they have to be paid today.
If I can talk mom into going with me to pay bills, that will be the ideal. If she refuses to go with me, she'll be here alone with the phone turned off. If I don't turn off the phone, she calls the police telling them she's been kidnapped and I have to deal with them when I get home. The police have been called 12 times by her since July 2005.
I'm glad yesterday was such a great day... though, I would have gladly skipped it if I had known what today was going to be like.
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:07 am
by MacTheWolf (imported)
I prayed to the Red Flaming Nun and a MIRACLE occurred..
Mom agreed to go in the car...I paid a few bills, did grocery shopping and fogged the house...Mom is still pissed but, that's the norm.
Do I send the nun a donation or just do several Hail Mary's and Our Father's?
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:09 am
by kristoff
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:07 am
I prayed to the Red Flaming Nun and a MIRACLE occurred..
Mom agreed to go in the car...I paid a few bills, did grocery shopping and fogged the house...Mom is still pissed but, that's the norm.
Did I send the nun a donation or just do several Hail Mary's and Our Father's?
Pitch a prayer or dollar or two, whichever works, into the collection plate at the Church of the Holy Eunuch....
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:47 am
by n3rf (imported)
Dear Mac and MOM - a Good NEW YEAR 2007 - and don't forget to get her off "drugs" that leave a nsty sideeffect like mods etc and get her on something like the Product NatursFirstFood that I understand gives You the spectrum of nutrients. Vitamin World has a similar product but not sure how they compare.
I am also trying Cyanee Pepper that has some real health benfits - one spoon in a glass of V8 , but Vitamin World had a Pill that did the same thing without "stinging" in Your throat for a short moment.
My wife was born in 23 and she is strong and still "beats me up", but the mood swings I think are due to Drug (medicin side-effects) that comes and goes.
My NEW YEARS resolution is to be nice to her regardless of the moods, so I will try harder. Regards N3RF
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:19 am
by Blaise (imported)
You are a saint. Thank you for telling us about what you do and how you take care of your mother. You are a saint!
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:43 pm
by MacTheWolf (imported)
Psssst Blaise...give that reccommodation to Sister Krister..she can pass it on to the Curia in the Vatican.
Do it quickly and I'll UPS you the dead monkey.
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:39 pm
by Blaise (imported)
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:43 pm
Psssst Blaise...give that reccommodation to Sister Krister..she can pass it on to the Curia in the Vatican.
Do it quickly and I'll UPS you the dead monkey.
Okay! I will do it now!

Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:56 am
by MacTheWolf (imported)
Mom just left for hospital by ambulance:
She was asleep when I decided to sneak a catnap 30 minutes ago. When I heard her calling me I went to see what she wanted Whatever it was, she couldn't speak...just a monotone drawl...
I called paramedics on 911 just to get their opinion. They said they are used to stroke victims having this condition. They called it somehing like AID... Attention Interruption Deficit.
I'll go see her in the hospital after the doctors have time to check her out. She'll probably be back home within 3-5 hours.
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:15 am
by kristoff
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:56 am
Mom just left for hospital by ambulance:
She was asleep when I decided to sneak a catnap 30 minutes ago. When I heard her calling me I went to see what she wanted Whatever it was, she couldn't speak...just a monotone drawl...
I called paramedics on 911 just to get their opinion. They said they are used to stroke victims having this condition. They called it somehing like AID... Attention Interruption Deficit.
I'll go see her in the hospital after the doctors have time to check her out. She'll probably be back home within 3-5 hours.
Heartless of me to say so right now, perhaps, but quick, go take another nap. You need/will need it...
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:06 pm
by MacTheWolf (imported)
Actually...I went to sleep almost immediately..felt good. I just called the ER who said for me to call back in an hour for a prognosis as they are awaiting the results of a cat-scan.
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:30 pm
by Blaise (imported)
kristoff wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:15 am
Heartless of me to say so right now, perhaps, but quick, go take another nap. You need/will need it...
Amen, take it now.
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:46 pm
by Riverwind (imported)
Yes, you could use a good nights sleep.
You know I wish you the best.
River
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:51 pm
by kristoff
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:06 pm
Actually...I went to sleep almost immediately..felt good. I just called the ER who said for me to call back in an hour for a prognosis as they are awaiting the results of a cat-scan.
Black cat, tabby, or tiger?
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:16 am
by MacTheWolf (imported)
I saw mom today. Naturally, she's frantic to get out but as the doctors told me, no release till tommorrow when they have the results of an M.R.I. they are doing today.
Yay, another night of....what's that word I'm looking for...oh yeah... sleep

Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:49 am
by MacTheWolf (imported)
Good News: I pick up mom at 6:00pm today to take her home. Whatever caused her nonability to talk appeared to be minor.
Bad News: They "almost" didn't release her her to me because of two concerns:
(1) They wondered if she was getting adequate intake of food. I explained that she gets three meals a day. A typical day's food is...
Breakfast - one egg, three slices of bacon or sausage and toast.
Lunch - A sandwich of either bolonga, ham, chopped egg or tuna
Dinner - Some type of potato, green vegetable and ground beef.
(2) Their second concern was our infestation with cockroaches. I tried roach bombing every room to no avail...they were back in force two days later. The only real way would be to tent the house for two days and gas the little bastards to death plus their unborn. The PROBLEM is the expense.
Mom's income is $1,100 a month which covers our utilities, food, gas for car, my tobacco, etc. The costs to tent would be something like:
$600-$900 for the three day process.
$300 to board the animals for 3 days
$250 to house mom and I in a nearby motel for three days while the house is being gassed. We have no nearby relatives to stay with.
Hence the expense of tenting is just too damn expensive for us. If I knew of another solutiuon, I'd go for it.
If anyone has suggestions, I'm all ears.
But, at least, mom will be coming home

Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:07 am
by n3rf (imported)
Well look around in the Dollar-Store and find some TRAPS. If I recall the
Mouse Traps was very inexpensive there and so must be their Bug traps. The FORMAL business way is always very expensive so try the Inexpensive trap approach and let us know.
Yes looking at the Menu that MOM gets, this don't sound like much of a HEALTH diet. I am sure with some supplements like a multiple, some Q10 and extra B12, Some Ester C and Niacin, etc You get some improvements also.
Read WayneGreen.com and on the first page - upper right corner - click on here and You get his newsletter which has a lot of Good stuff there every week and His book "secret Guide to Health" is a wealth of information You need.
I got the tape from DrDay.com on "cancerdoesn'tscaremeanymore" and she talks about all the side effects You get with the drugs called MEDICINS and how to get the Body immune system to heal Your Body itself which it will do when You treat it right and stop feeding it wrong or with malnitrition etc.
What is the favorit food that MOM likes ?? Are You the Chef and the Cook ??
What do You know about Colloid of Silver and Olygodynamics ??
Ask the question and suddenly You will get the answer as if my magic. The answers are all here but You got to ask the question to be allowed to receive it.
Regards N3RF
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:53 am
by MacTheWolf (imported)
n3rf
Traps work fine on der mousies but there's no cheap way to rid oneself of those damned roaches nor any trap for them.
I've heard, cockroaches would be one of the few creatures to survive a nuclear holocaust...damn persistant lil buggers.
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:25 am
by kristoff
MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:53 am
Traps work fine on der mousies but there's no cheap way to rid oneself of those damned roaches nor any trap for them.
I've heard, cockroaches would be one of the few creatures to survive a nuclear holocaust...damn persistant lil buggers.
Probably quite true. I've cleared them out of houses before with copper sulfate. In some cases I drilled holes in each wall cavity and poured the stuff in with a funnel. Don't know if it is readily available anymore in hardware stores. Course it is rather toxic, so contact needs to be watched. Otherwise, my ex used a shotgun once to do the job - didn't work though, but it brot the cops and a night in detox.... I suspect he may have encountered a few critters in there as well
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:32 am
by n3rf (imported)
Well get a PET SNAKE . What varety like these buggers ??
Or any other HOUSE PET that likes them ??
No I am sure You can contact an Entymologist ? at the National Science Foundation someplace and they will design the TRAP or advice You what to do without Chemicals in the living space of Yours.
There is knowledge out there and all You got to do is to ask for it...N3RF
Re: One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:40 am
by n3rf (imported)
Roaches-B-Gone.com Lo-Line
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No Poison - No Odor - Safe around children and pets!
Our Lure-Pellet is the best roach attractant on the market!
It's like a ROACH VACUUM!
this one came up searching Google under "cockroach-traps" N3RF