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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I considered clicking the funny emoticon as a joke but decided against it.Allow me to try to inject some humor into this now that everything turned out to be okay for your mom. At least your brother heard the cries and decided not to dismiss them as “the voices.” Too soon? Who knows. Could be a **** joke as well. I don’t know. I just woke up and I’m not exactly buzzing with the best material. Anyway, I hope the surgery goes well and she’s back on her feet soon. And tell her to start piping up about stuff when she’s hurting.
Sorry @Simpelton . Hope she has a speedy recoveryBegging for thoughts and prayers
If they seriously thought you considered that funny, then they’re idiots and should avoid breeding in an effort to save the rest of humanity the grief of having to deal with their Mongoloid offspring.I considered clicking the funny emoticon as a joke but decided against it.
Allow me to try to inject some humor into this now that everything turned out to be okay for your mom. At least your brother heard the cries and decided not to dismiss them as “the voices.” Too soon? Who knows. Could be a **** joke as well. I don’t know. I just woke up and I’m not exactly buzzing with the best material.
Anyway, I hope the surgery goes well and she’s back on her feet soon. And tell her to start piping up about stuff when she’s hurting.
Very good news. Nothing is noir important than mom. My thoughts are with you her and your family.Mods, could you please reference this post as an update post in the title?
Also please edit the title to mention that it was not a stroke.
And yeah, it wasn't a stroke, but it was temporary paralysis, triggered, somehow, no idea how, by low hemoglobin counts. Apparently my dear mother has been bleeding into her gasstrointestinal tract for 2 weeks and she's so reluctant to complain about anything that we had no idea how serious it was.
The good news though is that other than being reluctant to tell us her actual needs, there's nothing actually wrong with her brain structurally. The blood just wasn't delivering enough oxygen due to low hemoglobin levels... I guess?
Just a bit of background, Mom's a cancer survivor, she survived a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the right side of her head about 18 years ago, but before the doctors beat it back it put some pressure on her brain, causing brain damage. my best guess as to what happened is that the area s of her brain had been using to work around that damaged region got short changed on oxygen and started malfunctioning.
Anyway, the bad news is she probably needs surgery, the good news is this seems to be something that surgery and a transfusion can improve her condition quickly. Good news, and massive relief for me. I'm not really ready to let my mother go yet. She's too awesome.
Sorry for your struggles.My one regret right now is that I can't do anything really to support the family myself in Dad's absence. Unfortunately I'm not employed right now and my prospects aren't great. I'm 40, only an Associate's Degree, struggle with depression and obesity and am on the autism spectrum, so while I'm intelligent and reasonably articulate, "hireable" is not the first word one might use to describe me. Neither is "self-confident."
Basically I feel like I've spent the last 15 years stuck in neutral and I don't really know what I can do about it. So I do what I can to help around the house, mostly with the cooking. My parents are superheroes taking care of me and my older brother for as long as they have, I don't like being dependent on their generosity but I just can't get any traction.
I looked into that stuff but nothing really worked for me. I'm still looking occasionally, but I suspsect the Bureau of Labor would classify me as a "discouraged worker" because it can be some time between the bouts of self-confidence or desperation that send me on another hunt.Sorry for your struggles.
I am assure you that your concern and “being there” for her are the greatest means of support your mother would want.
Have you considered any of the online, work from home positions that are available? Just a thought. If there is anything I can do to help feel free to reach out at any time.
Good luck.I looked into that stuff but nothing really worked for me. I'm still looking occasionally, but I suspsect the Bureau of Labor would classify me as a "discouraged worker" because it can be some time between the bouts of self-confidence or desperation that send me on another hunt.
Yes she is in eastern maine medical CenterIs she in Maine too?
My one regret right now is that I can't do anything really to support the family myself in Dad's absence. Unfortunately I'm not employed right now and my prospects aren't great. I'm 40, only an Associate's Degree, struggle with depression and obesity and am on the autism spectrum, so while I'm intelligent and reasonably articulate, "hireable" is not the first word one might use to describe me. Neither is "self-confident."
Basically I feel like I've spent the last 15 years stuck in neutral and I don't really know what I can do about it. So I do what I can to help around the house, mostly with the cooking. My parents are superheroes taking care of me and my older brother for as long as they have, I don't like being dependent on their generosity but I just can't get any traction.
Begging for thoughts and prayers