The Drop in Centre

[MichaelS36]

On 8/2/2022 at 11:00 AM, mollyhousemouse said:

yes Sir. not as well as we wanted it to, but nothing awful. and i passed the test my manager set for me ☺️

i hope You are doing OK, and that Your father is doing better.

I'm well, thank you, girl. 

"Not as well", doesn't sound too bad.  I've no doubt you'll continue to improve the more you use this new skill. Rome was not built in a day ... or in a month.  I don't think I need to say, "don't quit". 

[chris191070]

Well after over 2 years free from Covid, I finally go and test positive.

[spyke]

19 minutes ago, chris191070 said:

Well after over 2 years free from Covid, I finally go and test positive.

Sending you good wishes for a mild case and speedy recovery.  Take care of yourself chris.

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, chris191070 said:

Well after over 2 years free from Covid, I finally go and test positive.

Oh, man. That sucks. i hope you aren't feeling too bad. Take care, chris! xoxxoxo

[Mikiesboy]

Now we have monkey pox to add to the mix. Here, men have been asked not to have sex with men.  An LGBT+ group has said, "Don't start that business that it's only affecting gay/queer people because even if it were true, it's only a matter of time before others are affected." 

So far there are 450ish cases in Ontario ... and not much vaccine from what i've read.

So stay outta the sandbox people. 

 

 

Edited August 5, 2022 by Mikiesboy

[Reader1810]

1 hour ago, chris191070 said:

Well after over 2 years free from Covid, I finally go and test positive.

Here’s hoping you have a mild case and a speedy recovery.
 my friend

[chris191070]

22 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Oh, man. That sucks. i hope you aren't feeling too bad. Take care, chris! xoxxoxo

Not to bad at the moment. Can't afford to have a bad case, will play havoc with my HIV meds.

[kbois]

3 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Well after over 2 years free from Covid, I finally go and test positive.

Sorry chris! Hope you feel better soon.

[Mikiesboy]

3 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Not to bad at the moment. Can't afford to have a bad case, will play havoc with my HIV meds.

so far we've escaped having it.. but yeah, i never really thought about the hiv and antidepressants and stuff i take.  sending you positive thoughts xo

[Mikiesboy]

Made those pancakes  properly with the sweet potato. Wow, so much nicer than with the banana.

They were delicious.

http://www.eatbydate.com/healthy-pancakes/

 

[rickproehl]

Excuse me Good Sirs and DiC friends

i’m ok just had some family / work problems this past month. had to redo my surgery it wasn’t healing right and then i got Covid again but was able to get PAXLOVID which help. the sad thing is no matter how much i protected myself my brother got it as well. Going back to work, hoping this goes good we got new billing / contact system. the other techs had 6 weeks of training my challenge is they are going “live” on Monday so this will be trail by fire. 

this year has been full of challenges. Take care of yourself.

Stay Cool

Have a Good Sunday

[chris191070]

1 hour ago, rickproehl said:

Excuse me Good Sirs and DiC friends

i’m ok just had some family / work problems this past month. had to redo my surgery it wasn’t healing right and then i got Covid again but was able to get PAXLOVID which help. the sad thing is no matter how much i protected myself my brother got it as well. Going back to work, hoping this goes good we got new billing / contact system. the other techs had 6 weeks of training my challenge is they are going “live” on Monday so this will be trail by fire. 

this year has been full of challenges. Take care of yourself.

Stay Cool

Have a Good Sunday

Glad to here things are Improving for you after your health issues.

[spyke]

2 hours ago, rickproehl said:

Excuse me Good Sirs and DiC friends

i’m ok just had some family / work problems this past month. had to redo my surgery it wasn’t healing right and then i got Covid again but was able to get PAXLOVID which help. the sad thing is no matter how much i protected myself my brother got it as well. Going back to work, hoping this goes good we got new billing / contact system. the other techs had 6 weeks of training my challenge is they are going “live” on Monday so this will be trail by fire. 

this year has been full of challenges. Take care of yourself.

Stay Cool

Have a Good Sunday

Back to back surgeries knock the stuffing out of you at any age, and then you get Covid on top of that?  I'm sorry you're going through such a rough time. Sending lots of positive energy your way.  Take care rick, and try to take it easy for a bit. 

[Reader1810]

3 hours ago, rickproehl said:

this year has been full of challenges. Take care of yourself.

Stay Cool

Have a Good Sunday

And, the same to you, rick.  

[rickproehl]

5 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Glad to here things are Improving for you after your health issues.

 

4 hours ago, Reader1810 said:

And, the same to you, rick.  

 

4 hours ago, spyke said:

Back to back surgeries knock the stuffing out of you at any age, and then you get Covid on top of that?  I'm sorry you're going through such a rough time. Sending lots of positive energy your way.  Take care rick, and try to take it easy for a bit. 

thanks for all the good thoughts.

[rickproehl]

Excuse me Good Sirs and DiC friends

Have a good Monday let’s start the week off GREAT

Stay Cool

Have a Good WEEK

[chris191070]

Hope everyone is having a good week.

Whilst I'm still positive with COVID, I feel alot better than I did.

I think having had the Covid Jab 5 times, made alot of difference.

[Fae Briona]

On 8/8/2022 at 11:43 AM, chris191070 said:

Hope everyone is having a good week.

Whilst I'm still positive with COVID, I feel alot better than I did.

I think having had the Covid Jab 5 times, made alot of difference.

Glad you're feeling better. 

My brother got it two weeks ago, then gave it to my SIL.  Both are doing ok, and have just had mild symptoms.

[Mikiesboy]

[Mikiesboy]

Have a good Friday ...

 

[Reader1810]

5 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Have a good Friday ...

The same to you and Mike, tim.

I hope your weather is as nice as mine is, which is quite a welcome change from the scorching temps we were experiencing.  

Edited August 12, 2022 by Reader1810

[Mikiesboy]

3 hours ago, Reader1810 said:

hope your weather is as nice as mine

oh gosh, it was so lovely today.   i had an emergency dental thing on Monday and walking to the dentist was like walking thru soup .. went back today for a follow up and wow, it was so gorgeous. No humidity. Just beautiful. 

i hope you're doing okay xoxo

[kbois]

This is going to be a tough week. Mom went to the hospital yesterday. She wasn't eating or drinking. She refused to get out of bed and her mental status was altered from her usual dementia. This normally indicates a UTI. Sure enough, that's what the culture showed. 

However, she also tested positive for Covid, which I'm pretty sure she got from my SIL. I was supposed to stay with her 2 Sundays ago but my brother canceled because SIL was congested and had a fever. 

My brothers and I are in agreement that at 91, there aren’t many options that are feasible for someone her age. She's on antibiotics for the UTI and an antiviral for the Covid. She needs a little bit of oxygen occasionally via nasal cannula. There is a small area on her lungs that they are going to monitor for pneumonia. 

With her dementia there is a lot of risk with putting her on steroids and even more risk with anticoagulants, which are the other treatment possibilites. So we've said no to the blood thinners and are going to wait to see how she responds to the antivirals before trying steroids. 

We're just going to take it one day at a time. 

 

[Mikiesboy]

To all my wonderful friends ...

[kbois]

A little update. Mom has improved somewhat. She is off of the oxygen and is able to take her meds orally and can eat and drink if she's fed. She was singing/humming. She's qualified for hospice and will most likely be going back to my brother's house tomorrow with those services in place. 

Mentally I've been prepared for this for a while. Emotionally, it's tough. 

@mollyhousemouse, I thought of you the other day when my best friend told me about her son's road trip to help out one of his friend's with the driving for his move to San Diego. They wanted to see a few different places along the way and he described the trip as:

"Went through CT, NY, PA, WV, saw Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans. Then drove through Texas, and drove through Texas, then drove through Texas before we finally drove through Texas."😆

Pretty sure they had no clue Texas would be half their trip. 

I hope everyone has a good weekend.