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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2008If we ever needed purrs
Forgive bad typing Using Dave's keyboard which is a mess Dave got taken to hosp Friday may be serious All purrs PLEASE MS has been siggested along with the big C might be not as major but he is in is for a week or more Forgive bad typing had almostno sleep for a few days Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Major, major purrs coming from us! Christine and Oreo, Midnight, Robin & Tucker > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Many purrs on the way. Hope they have been using the weekend to find out what is wrong. And that it is something manageable. Jo > Many purrs on the way. Hope they have been using the weekend to find out > what is wrong. And that it is something manageable. Most dics he has to see not work weekends hope news soon Megapurrs for both of you are on the way. ((((((((((Lesley and Dave)))))))))) Joy > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Purrs on their way. > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Oh my Gosh, purrs coming in furiously to you from us! Good luck and keep us posted! kili along with: Pua (purring crazily), Chloe (meowing) and Tyrone (wide eyed) > Oh my Gosh, purrs coming in furiously to you from us! Good luck and keep us > posted! > > kili along with: > > Pua (purring crazily), Chloe (meowing) and Tyrone (wide eyed) thanks > Oh my Gosh, purrs coming in furiously to you from us! Good luck and keep us > posted! > > kili along with: > > Pua (purring crazily), Chloe (meowing) and Tyrone (wide eyed) thanks The pack is muster themselves for Purrs that can be heard around the world for you. I am even throwing in a prayer and happy thoughts for you > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Our purrs are with you and yours. Will in New Haven, his felllow servants Mickey and Mary and the gang, Maggy May, Missy, WooToo, Winnie, Sunrise, and Bear and Buy Run, the d*gs -- Consider the prayers prayed, the purrs purred, and the good thoughts thought! Hang in there, and keep us updated when you get a chance (easier said than done, I know). Donna, and Captain and Stanley with purr motors going full force > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Mega purrs coming!! ...> > Dave got taken to hosp Friday may be serious ...> Lesley Mega purrs are headed your way. And cyberhugs, too. Annie Many purrs. --Fil > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Forgive bad typing had almostno sleep for a few days I'm so sorry to read this, Lesley. Many healing and soothing purrs on the way for both of you.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > MS has been siggested along with the big C might be not as major but > he is in is for a week or more Lots and lots of purrs on the way. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs You have purrs and gentle headbutts from my crew of four and prayers and hugs from the hoomans. Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus Oh, I'm sorry. I went through something horrible like this about 2 years ago -- I know how terrifying everything can be. I found that vacuuming all night can be very therapeutic. I hope it's not as bad as it seems right now, and that he gets out soon. Take care, and get some sleep, Rhonda > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Take care, and get some sleep, Thanks for the tips- will skip vacuuming through that'sDave's job Sleep? I'm getting some now but the flat feels weird without him about. Last nightafter I left him I went and sat in the pub for an hour getting the nerve to come in if I didn't have Furballs to feed I would have stayed at a friends Another day begins...... > I found that vacuuming all night can be very therapeutic. Found it! Cleaning up the living room seems to have helped- feel a lot better and also found the software for my i-pod which Dave is using so I can at least give him some new sounds! I'll do an update next Lesley > Oh, I'm sorry. I went through something horrible like this about 2 years > ago -- I know how terrifying everything can be. It looks better than it did but is soaking the carpets with shanpoo a good sign- to be honest shall we say he made a bit of a mess prior to getting to hospital? I think I solved it Lesley > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs I'm so sorry, Lesley. Express purrs on the way for Dave and for you. I hope the case won't be as serious as you fear, and that he'll come out of this okay. But even serious illness can be cared for and conquered. Melissa > Dave got taken to hosp Friday may be serious > All purrs PLEASE > MS has been siggested along with the big C might be not as major but > he is in is for a week or more Many purrs for you and Dave! Joyce Lesley @ LMadigan@hhnt.nhs.uk > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Best wishes and strongest hopes for things going well. SignatureMoses Lambert PO1(SW) USN(ret) Prothonotary Wibbler, Paleoconservative, Surface Warrior Squid, Aristocidal Philosoph; Rule 1: Only overrule the tactical computer if you know something it doesn't. Rule 2: The tac comp always knows more than you do. > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Mega purrs on the way for Dave and you. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Forgive bad typing had almostno sleep for a few days Purrs for DH, and purrs for DH's worried, stressed and tired wife. Yowie > Purrs for DH, and purrs for DH's worried, stressed and tired wife. We're not married-nearly smacked a guy about that yesterday I was having a break in the pub (Before any says anything-where Dave is, to go for a break means risking the local population of verbally if you're lucky abusive wino's to get to a MacDonalds whereas the pub provided me with some peace and quiet and a huge and much needed lunch! When I saw it I thought I wouldn;t be able to eat all of it but I HAD to eat something, next thing I know I am chasing the last pea and wondering if they would notice if I licked the pattern off the plate- You cannot imagine how much I needed that! There isb't a lot of point in me getting ill as he gets better ) and this old couple were talking about how people today don't get married they just live together and if things gets bad " They just run out" and I am sitting there thinking of saying " So we never stood up in church and vowed for richer and poorer and in sickness and in health but I'm here and I'm doing it!!" Just changed keyboards so am now able to type!!! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > We're not married-nearly smacked a guy about that yesterday I was > having a break in the pub (Before any says anything-where Dave is, to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Just changed keyboards so am now able to type!!! I'm glad you got a good meal under your belt! You have to take care of yourself to be able to be there for Dave. Purrs continuing. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Slave of the Fabulous Furballs You got'em Purrs for all. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > Dave got taken to hosp Friday may be serious > > All purrs PLEASE > > MS has been siggested along with the big C might be not as major but > he is in is for a week or more Sorry to learn this, major Get Well purrs from us lot in Cornwall Gordon & the FF > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Purrs of course are on the way for Dave's health and your nerves. Jill Lesley skrev i meddelandet <1159137710.636410.269050@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>... >Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Purrs and prayers for Dave and for you! Elisabet >Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Purrs on the way for Dave and you. Randy http://www.crmartin.zoomshare.com Purrs and prayers for all of you especially Dave. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Lesley Major purrs that it is nothing as serious as either of those things and prayers for you both to cope with the worry of it all. Tweed Hi Tweed I know you work in social services but in child protection BUT can you comment on this can they force Dave and me to live somewhere we don't wanna (And they are suggesting he isn't fit to be in charge of a cat so someone is talking about calling the RSPCA)??? HELP!!!! Lesley > Hi Tweed > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Lesley I'm sorry I missed this...I've been absenting but popped back in to see how everyone was doing. I am appalled. I can't believe they are treating you and your lovely Dave like this. Fight them tooth and nail!! Give us their address so all of us, your and Dave's friends, can write them nasty letters, Amnesty International style, and shame them into treating you like people. You have our prayers and love. meee and the gang of orange . Fight them tooth and nail!! Give us their > address so all of us, your and Dave's friends, can write them nasty letters, > Amnesty International style, and shame them into treating you like people. I think Dave's handling most of that-it gives him something to focus on!!! Does anyone know how to disconnect an i-pod from the USB cable for charging? I've been wrestling with it for an hour!!! There must be some sort of knack to it but I've had to give up for fear of damaging the port! Finished at my old place today but still waiting to be cleared to start at the new place Monday (sigh) yet another worry and now to gird my loins and go back to the hospital and sit around doing nothing but waiting for news- hope he's had his scan by now! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > . Fight them tooth and nail!! Give us their > > address so all of us, your and Dave's friends, can write them nasty letters, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > loins and go back to the hospital and sit around doing nothing but > waiting for news- hope he's had his scan by now! You should be able to just pull it out. SUre hope things get better soon. > You should be able to just pull it out. SUre hope things get better soon. Still wrestling with it!!! So far it's won! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > . Fight them tooth and nail!! Give us their > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs We continue to purr and send best wishes for Dave and you, Lesley, Polonca and Soncek > Does anyone know how to disconnect an i-pod from the USB cable for > charging? I've been wrestling with it for an hour!!! There must be some > sort of knack to it but I've had to give up for fear of damaging the > port! If it's the cable that came with the iPod, it may have two little "buttons" on the side of the plug that goes into the base of the iPod. Push those buttons in and the cable should come out easily. Katrina SignatureHistory: special people in special places at special times Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time -KWorley, 1997 > > Does anyone know how to disconnect an i-pod from the USB cable for > > charging? I've been wrestling with it for an hour!!! There must be some [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > "buttons" on the side of the plug that goes into the base of the iPod. > Push those buttons in and the cable should come out easily. Mine doesn't have actual buttons, the plug is just a flat rectangle, but the two narrow sides do go inward if you squeeze the rectangle, releasing the two little catchhooks inside that hold the iPod port to its plug. Maybe we are talking about the same thing if the buttons you meant are under the plastic skin and not outside or protruding? --tension >>> Does anyone know how to disconnect an i-pod from the USB cable for >>> charging? I've been wrestling with it for an hour!!! There must be some [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > thing if the buttons you meant are under the plastic skin and > not outside or protruding? Mine are actual buttons on the side- they're oval and flush with the level of the plug, but they're not under any skin. My iPods are older (I have a mini and a "color screen" iPod, not the one that plays videos), so the plugs may have changed in the last year or so. Katrina SignatureHistory: special people in special places at special times Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time -KWorley, 1997 > If it's the cable that came with the iPod, it may have two little > "buttons" on the side of the plug that goes into the base of the iPod. > Push those buttons in and the cable should come out easily. Guess what this idiot didn't spot? Came out perfectly well when I pressed them Thanks! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Guess what this idiot didn't spot? Came out perfectly well when I > pressed them See how therapeutic this group can be?! 8^P --tension > See how therapeutic this group can be?! 8^P Dave was actually surprised when I told him I hadn't worked it out and I asked on the ng and had the answer within hours! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Hi all By now Dave has worked out which doc's are good with the needle or not (Last Saturday whilst still ill he had to cope with a female doc who introduced herself with "Hi David I am just gonna puncture your groin " then when we got him off the ceiling she calmly asked if it was okay to insert two fingers were the Sun don't shine..As he says all his fears have come true ...and none of them are bad as he thought they would be!) and today "Dartboard boy" turned up....Okay he can't find a vein in Dave's left arm or his groin so he starts talking about his neck and Dave tells him to go away (only not so politely) and later on when I am at the nursing station (asking about another patient whose drip machine had started making odd noises - there are whole stretches of the day where the patients seem to be left to amuse themselves and when I am there I seem to somehow become ward messenger) I noticed there's a tray in which all failed tests are filed and his was on top and someone (The doc I guess) had written on the form "Difficult bleeder" Somehow I don't think they were referring to the fact it's hard to get blood samples from his veins! Anyway he continues to be reasonably well....They are impressed with the speed at which his injuries on his back are healing. He even had one visitor today apart from me and was supposed to have another but it is generally considered that Mallet will be 6 hours late for his own funeral! He said "about 4" which is Mallet speak for "7.00" I was a bit annoyed because this is like Dave's best friend then again as Dave said he would be worried if the guy turned up on time as he would then know something is seriously wrong Can I ask those of you out there if this is normal? I am starting to HATE going round there!!!! I know he's my partner etc but all I do is go to the shop because he can't, sit and argue and watch the clock until I can beat a decent retreat....I walked miles today for any number of reasons eg the dinner tonight was awful and he fancied a burger (Much better for him after seeing the so called "meal") and then the rip off hospital stop closed so I had to go even further! It feels like a full time job and I don't even know if I can cope when I do get to start my new job! So I'll be getting up, trying to learn my new job and then dragging myself to see him, coming home and going through it again. Let's get this straight I do actually LOVE the bas**rd but I am starting to feel irrelevant Best example today he decided that he wanted to sit on the side of the bed- all well and good but whilst he made it he then got cramp as it wasn't visiting time I wasn't there. They ignored him (They do to be fair have several other ill people and there are long peroids where one simply cannot get a nurse) after 3 hours they spotted him but then decided to take this moment to wash his back as he was in a good position they completely ignored that he really needed to lie down so he's been in pain all day as result. And I can't even be there to help!!! I am starting to think I am useless and what it will be like when I start a new job...I am not sure I can take all this at once but I can'tquit on the new job as well Gonna go to bed now- rant over Lesley Worn out slave of the Fabulous Furballs >Hi all > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Worn out slave of the Fabulous Furballs These are classic symptoms you are undergoing. The stress is almost overwhelming for you. But you are handling it. You are venting here to your good friends. But you also need to take a little time just for yourself. Go have a manicure or a massage. You have to take care of yourself before you can take care of Dave. And you need some special care right now. Purrs, -- CATherine > Go have a manicure or a massage. Or stroke a furball- they're confused because Dave is at home all day and now he's gone and I keep going out. I think they're worried that I might disappear as well and then who will feed them?... Sarsi is being exceptionally affectionate Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> Go have a manicure or a massage. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Oh, yes. A session with power purrs is guarranteed soothing to the soul. I am sure Sarsi would be glad to cooperate! ;-) -- CATherine > Hi all > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Gonna go to bed now- rant over Love doesn't have all that much to do with it. I know my husband loves me. His sole help when I'm in the hospital is to bring me bottles of water. (Frozen to the point of slush but not solid so they will stay cold as long as possible) It isn't a lot, and sometimes I've really wished I had an advocate while really ill. But it is what he can do. Sure I envy the patients who have a loving spouse who is there dawn till dusk to keep them company and make sure they have the attention they need. The rest of us enlist them on occasion to run a few errands. You do what you can. Maybe even more than you can. And then you give yourself permission to be human and have limits. You can't be there all the time. You can't do it all. And believe it or not, some of the staff at the hospital will pick up the slack and do there jobs at least some of the time. Sounds like you are tired and worn out. Try to give yourself a breather. There still be plenty to do after you allow yourself a break. Jo <snip> > Gonna go to bed now- rant over > > Lesley > > Worn out slave of the Fabulous Furballs Keep ranting, you need an outlet from all the stress. Continuing purrs for you and Dave. When you see the doctors, just think, another little prick with a needle. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Keep ranting, you need an outlet from all the stress. Continuing purrs for > you and Dave. When you see the doctors, just think, another little prick > with a needle. And where was the BW warning with that? Lucky I'd just put my coffee down! The next time I see a doctor I am probably going to start giggling! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> Keep ranting, you need an outlet from all the stress. Continuing >> purrs for you and Dave. When you see the doctors, just think, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs I'm glad you can still laugh. You and Dave will both get through this. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Hi all After unblocking the loo I found Sarsi had taken up residence on the curtain rail but I have the secret weapon for her...Feather onna stick! She sits there and it's like " I am a cat and a superior being of course. I know you are trying to lure me down with that toy....MUST NOT CHASE FEATHER ONNA STICK" alas for her she alway does Dave's okay a bit bored but that's all glad to get my i-pod (Thanks Katrina) His first demand is does the cafe do takeaways? He wasn't sure what the meat was in today's dinner and is hungry. Local cafe has knowing wink when I ask they tell me its a common request and they think they have saved many people from malnuriton by their service I take back a HUGE mixed grill which he eats to the extent thst I think he may have left a mushroom As it was enormous I think we can say he has a good apetite Also cheered by Esther and Reg (Our neighbours) coming along to see him Spent a lot of today just being quiet..He was listening to sounds and I was half asleep (Home is now starting to feel normal without him I just got out an CD and started to play it albeit low in case anyone is interested it's Fish's "Return to Childhood" an excellent disc useful to me as I did modern dance training years ago and often feel the need to stretch myself- you can criticise me for having a serious physical work out if you want but when I am dancing things don't feel so bad) Anyway I ended the day as a prat I was about to go and Dave asked for 5 minutes and I sat down,,,and kept sitting down.... The cheap nasty chair collapsed! Now okay I am a little bruised I landed on my hip (Then again I just did a fairly elaborate turn and it didn't hurt so I guess it ain't serious) and smacked my knee but I got up and the nurse was "Are you okay?" and I am like "This is Mother Natures way of telling me to lose a few pounds" ie it's embarassing but that's all, And the guy in the next bed and his family start offering themselves as witnesses "She can sue the NHS for a lot of money" Me? It's a silly accident, I should lose a few pounds, these things happen I am more embarrassed them anything else and I certainly don't need these prats pointing this out I mean I hardly want to be known in the ward!!! Then one of them tells me he has a phone number for a lawyer who can get me compensation I used un ladylike laguage at that ponnt Time for bed Lesley Slave of the Fabolus Furballs >Hi all > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >course. I know you are trying to lure me down with that toy....MUST NOT >CHASE FEATHER ONNA STICK" alas for her she alway does LOL! Feathers are irresistable! >Dave's okay a bit bored but that's all glad to get my i-pod (Thanks >Katrina) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >As it was enormous I think we can say he has a good apetite That is always a good sign, when the appetite is big. >Also cheered by Esther and Reg (Our neighbours) coming along to see him > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >myself- you can criticise me for having a serious physical work out if >you want but when I am dancing things don't feel so bad) Dancing is therapy for you. You need it! >Anyway I ended the day as a prat I was about to go and Dave asked for 5 >minutes and I sat down,,,and kept sitting down.... [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Slave of the Fabolus Furballs You sound just about wore out. This physical and emotional stress has taken a great toll on you. Sleep well and do some more dancing. We are purring for Dave to be home soon and you to start working soon. Hugs, -- CATherine > LOL! Feathers are irresistable! The odd thing is this feather onna stick no longer has any feathers on it! She's ripped them all of so it's really only a string onna stick but she still finds it irrestible! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> LOL! Feathers are irresistable! >> > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Ah-ha! Super mouse tail! -- CATherine > LOL! Feathers are irresistable! The odd thing is this feather onna stick no longer has any feathers on it! She's ripped them all of so it's really only a string onna stick but she still finds it irrestible! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> Hi Tweed >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > like people. You have our prayers and love. > meee and the gang of orange I missed this too, Lesley, until now. No, you cannot be cannot be forced to do anything you do not want to do unless under the Mental Health Act (you are a danger to yourself or others.) Who on earth told you all this rubbish? Please be reassured that except under the above circumstances you are quite safe to carry on your life as normal. No one can force you to leave your home and no-one has any right to say what they did. I can hardly believe it. Who said it? They should be ashamed of themselves. (I did adult work too until 2003, when I had to choose.) Tweed > Who on earth told you all this rubbish? A junior house offcer yeah I know he's wrong but at the time when we are both tired and worried and he seems to sugest to Dave "Dump the cats and go live in Hackney' in some suitable flat with the other disabled and old people" we got worried about it. Seems to have been put on the back burner for the moment Thanks will ask if we need more help Lesley >> Who on earth told you all this rubbish? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Lesley You work in the health service and you took a junior house officers advice about housing? LOL. Just forget it and carry on as you are. If it is mentioned again just say thanks, but no. S/he has no right to suggest this, anyway and make it seem like its something that you *have* to do. As if you didn't have enough to worry about as it is! It borders on unethical conduct. No-one can make you move against your will, except your landlord if you don't pay the rent <g> Tweed > You work in the health service and you took a junior house officers advice > about housing? LOL. I know!!! I'll live it down eventually but at the time I am dealing with Dave being seriously ill, all the uncertainties about an actual diagnosis- we still don't have one but he's getting better so we must be on the right track > No-one can make you move against your will, except your landlord if you > don't pay the rent <g> Just paid it this morning...and cleaned the litter tray..what an exciting life I am leading at the moment! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Just paid it this morning...and cleaned the litter tray..what an > exciting life I am leading at the moment! And now the toilet has just blocked! So I've had to call the ward to tell them I am gonna be late and arm myself with the trusty plunger! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Big purrs coming from our house to yours. Susan M Otis and Chester > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs We have a lot to go around. Purrs in abundance for you and Dave. Blessed be, Baha >Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Forgive bad typing > Using Dave's keyboard which is a mess > Dave got taken to hosp Friday may be serious > All purrs PLEASE > MS has been siggested along with the big C might be not as major but > he is in is for a week or more > Forgive bad typing had almostno sleep for a few days > Lesley > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs You and Dave have my prayers. Judith SignatureJudith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. Purrs on the way. Ann Signatureread Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs I was DXed with MS 13 years ago, I don't know all, but if you have any questions about MS, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer. Head butts to you and yours, Lisa. > Forgive bad typing > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > I was DXed with MS 13 years ago, I don't know all, but if you have any > questions about MS, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer. > Head butts to you and yours, Lisa. Thanks we don't know if it is yet but if it is that then it's so nice to know someone we can talk to Lesley Not a bad day- Dave is better in himself and I have managed more or less to calm down... Pissed off first thing, had to call work and ended up talking to someone who's major concern was that I am only allowed 2 days for "Family emergencies" so I could have 3 days unpaid leave for which she was insistent I had to understand I would have to pay back- she got a bit upset when I said something along the lines of "So if he dies I get 6 days compassionate leave and won't that solve all your litt;e problems" Got to the hospital.....Not in the best of moods after that through to be fair my actual line manager was sweet Anyway Dave is on a fluid restriction. Here we meet an irony- they want him to eat more he doesn't wanna because if he eats he normally has coffee/water with his meal but he's being rationed.... Nearly killed one junior doctor= the whole thing seems to me to be that because Dave was born (And yes some doctor did have to somewhat block his copybook by having to ask what "Congenital" meant) with -so called disability that some people seem to think he ain't bright and as for me... They keep asking me if I am his carer...and no one seems to believe that yes, when he was ill I had to do that )as he would do for me if needed) I am his partner It's the F***king 21st century and they seem unable to deal with the idea that a person they define as 'diabled " as able to have a normal relationship One charming little medical student has said that they can rehome him (Note somehow I never got mentioned) to a nice flat in Hackney where the shops are just round the corner and he'll fit right in with all the elderly and disabled.... Dave does not want ro be put in a ghetto least of all in Hackney as he said it\s not like a nice flat in say Chelsea and they are saying he wouldn't be allowed pets because their line seems to be that he isn't able to look after a pet ie we would have to send the Furballs to a local kill shelter Anyway I have had ebough of this ignorant prat Tomorrow more tests maybe know tomorrow- he's almost certainly going to be in for a week or so Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Update you when I have more news > Not a bad day- Dave is better in himself and I have managed more or > less to calm down... [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > Update you when I have more news OMG, Lesley, I am so very sorry that things are so difficult for you and Dave. First, you know you don't have to worry about anyone here giving you a hard time about relaxing at a pub for awhile. You need to take some time away for yourself during this time, otherwise you could make yourself sick. So take time for you during this. The cats are in the process of packaging up several boxes of litterbox offerings for your coworker as well as inept junior doctors who apparently have negative-zero bedside manners. I have to warn you, however, I am very unorganized when it comes to mailing packages so Dave will probably be out of the hospital by the time I get the package mailed. .... And Ginger-lyn, if you should get a box of litterbox offerings from me, just realized I screwed up and sent the wrong package to your address. Don't take it personally ;0 Purrs, headbutts and hugs, Julie, Hobbes, Sam, Lacey and Barnabus > mailed. .... And Ginger-lyn, if you should get a box of litterbox offerings > from me, just realized I screwed up and sent the wrong package to your > address. Don't take it personally ;0 Oh,so you *did* mean litterbox offerings!! Hahahahaha, my mistake. Sowee! :-) --tension First, you know you don't have to worry about anyone here giving you > a hard time about relaxing at a pub for awhile. Ahhh today I did it and a nurse commented they could smell beer on me I said I went to the pub and they got most disaproving- surely I could have gone to the hospital restaurant or maybe to one of the fine eating establishments in Whitechapel High Street I regret to say here's a rough summary of what they got.... (I was pissed off at the time) *The pub is quiet so I can make the calls I need to make like to his mum without too much background noise. And I get a decent break can sit and read the papers and unwind! I WORK for the NHS do you THINK I would actually WANT to eat in the canteen I KNOW what the food is like! So you want me to go to the high street where I have the following options for lunch and I do so need to eat because if I don't I could end up ill which is no good! Let me see, fish and chips okay but I don't LIKE deep fried food so that really cuts out every other place because they sell fried chicken which I hate or there's MacDonalds or maybe I could just get a sarnie. As it was I had a lightly grilled tuna steak served on a huge bed of mixed salad which is probably much healthier than anything else. And yes I had a beer to wash it down....what's your porblem?" We're both getting known for the wrong attitude! Lesley > First, you know you don't have to worry about anyone here giving you >> a hard time about relaxing at a pub for awhile. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Lesley Your attitude sound extremely healthy to me. Since when is having lunch in a Public House a sin anyway? And when did where and what you had for lunch become subject to anyone else's approval? Besides, when it comes to the medical establishment, disapproval beats being ignored anyday. Jo > Your attitude sound extremely healthy to me. Since when is having lunch in > a Public House a sin anyway? And when did where and what you had for lunch > become subject to anyone else's approval? I have no doubt that I'm being filed as an alky for it! But the ward he was on had a 2 hour break in visiting times and it wasn't worth me going home- an half hour each way unless I get a cab (expensive) to cook. The ward he's on now doesn't allow visiting until 2.00 so at the moment I have some pasta and mixed veg on the cooker so I can eat before I go and I am almost tempted to open that can of lager in the fridge just to piss them off! Better not we may recieve a visit from the social worker today and my plan is to confound them utterly! I have a feeling what they have been told about us will lead them to expecting some drunken slag! Guess who is wearing her smart outfit? I will teach them to think in stereotypes! > Besides, when it comes to the medical establishment, disapproval beats being > ignored anyday. Oh yes!!! They ignored him completely yesterday- they seem to ignore everyone- some of the nurses are nice- the rest are a shame to their profession! They served dinner last night and Dave couldn't get into the position to eat it-because of his hands he eats at an odd angle at which position he can feed himself but did one of them ask about that? I helped him with it, which earned him a gold star when they saw that he had nearly cleared the plate- not that it wasany good he tells me and wishes they had salad on the menu. Then I put his tray aside and was immediately bombarded with patients asking if I could do the same for them and one old guy who was terribly upset was being completely ignored I think some nurses have marked him down as a "bad patient" because apart from anything else his English is virtually non existent but with a moments attention I realised he'd dropped his water cup and couldn't reach it. Ten seconds work and he smiled and said "Thank you" and poured himself a drink....Left to his own devices he might not have been able to and then he does not get the gold star from the nurses because he gets dehydrated (The ward is so hot that I poured a litre of red grape juice down my throat and then had to go and get some more within 30 minutes- I suspect a ploy by the hospital shop to make more money!) The best moment was when the nurses did a real double take, I was about to be kicked off the ward and I said to Dave that I wouldn't ask him what he was going to do tonight as I very much doubted he'd be heading to "Stringfellows" to pick up a blonde... Quick as a flash he came back with " No way Stringfellow isn't my type of blonde" I think that they had a sudden sinking feeling when they realised the poor disabled "Victim" had a sense of wit and a brain cell or two! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > I helped him with it, which earned him a gold star when they saw that > he had nearly cleared the plate- not that it wasany good he tells me [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > couldn't reach it. Ten seconds work and he smiled and said "Thank you" > and poured himself a drink... That's appalling!! Are all hospitals in the NHS this bad?? You guys need an overhaul of your system. (I know - pot, kettle, black, but that sounds horrible.) You deserve an award for dealing with all that and managing not fly off in a screaming rage. Purrs continuing for you and Dave, Joyce > First, you know you don't have to worry about anyone here giving you >> a hard time about relaxing at a pub for awhile. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >Lesley Wonderful response! That is the kind of response that makes you seem rational and adult and the prat as a silly child. A great put-down! Purrs and prayers for you and Dave and your cats, -- CATherine > Not a bad day- Dave is better in himself and I have managed more or > less to calm down... [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > Update you when I have more news Still purring for Dave and you. It was very kind of you to let that medical student live, the mood I've been in recently I don't think I would have. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Still purring for Dave and you. It was very kind of you to let that medical > student live, the mood I've been in recently I don't think I would have. > -- Nor me but thankfully for him I didn't have anything sharp to hand! And he's only a prat and when you're dealing with them as a partner of a patient or a patient you start to realise just how many prats currently work in the NHS excluding some management (As someone who works with management I am suddenly aware they ain't the only prats in the NHS!!) Lesley Hi all Is it legal to shoot w***ers? I have had a day of them and this number includes Dave...Yes he's a lot better and as miserable as sin Can't blame him through..he got moved to a new ward last night and they wouldn't let him call me to tell me because I had completely forgotten to leave him some money so he could use one of their vastly inflated charge phones. This meant I strode onto the ward he was on and found an empty bed....Managed not to panic as I knew he was only in there for the short term but still not one of my finer moments!!! The ward was opened in 1995 which is a shock to both of us as we thought it was ancient. There is no air conditioning, the windows do not open, he tells me when the cleaners came round in the morning they shut the doors while they not so much cleaned as rearranged the dust. Dave has mild hay fever so the pollution is naking him ill like with a cough abd a sore throat Furthermore they turn all the lights out at 10.00 and when Dave wanted to keep a light on to read (He's tackling a book on the social history of LSD in America- you can guess how well that's gone down! Along with asking me to bring a Hawkwind CD for his "trip" through the MRI scanner!) because he couldn't sleep other patients told him to F off so he had to sit in the darkness til the Sun came up- One nurse said he had done nothing but moan about the place in all of the 12 hours she had been nursing him , I told her that was a sign he was getting back to normal and who would blame him? He's asked to go somewhere else but they think not. Seriously he is in there for 2-3 weeks at the moment and they are all busily scribbling notes about his attitude problem probably along with mine (Elsewhere on the thread) whereas as far as I am concerned the problem before was he didn't HAVE an attitude! He's getting back to normal and they can't deny the evidence of the lab, his bloodwork is getting there, as of today he is allowed as much fluid as he wants (Now there's wonderful example of NHS double standards, yesterday he was only allowed 750ml of fluid, breakfast was cornflakes which he likes soggy (I don't) but when he calculated if he had them the way he likes them and had a coffee he would then have only 250ml til midnight ie one more coffee or a moderate glass of water- he decided not to have them and then got bollocked for not having breakfast!) They moaned he wasn't eating which earned the comment "I would if it was edible"- he still swears Sundays roast dinner is up in the pathology lab where they are trying to identify what kind of meat it was (He thinks this could be a case for Mulder and Scully!) Apparently at some point we have to meet Social Services...from what he has overheard I am in for a serious kicking from them then again there are a number of people we should have seen yesterday and still haven't for example it's agreed by all he needs physiotherapy but they won't come in until he's had an MRI scan and been cleared by the neurologists for the simple reason if his problem is in his back, they don't want to try anything and make things worse. Today his doctor had to ask him if he had a scan, which to me is simply out of order. Where I work til Friday our doctors get told when a patient is getting a scan and our patients are elective and have to wait weeks for one, Like take this social services thing. I apparently have to be ready to drop everything. I have told them I am there tomorrow, Thursday and Friday but it might be better to make the appointment later as I have to go to RPH to collect stuff and make farewells still I am not allowed onto the ward until 2.00 (The nurse was nice today and when I did the required amount of grovelling explaining I didn't know he was on a new ward they let me see him for a bit at 12.00) and they don't work weekends but they say "Well it might be Monday" and when I point out that I am supposed to be starting a new job on Monday I get the look that suggests I really don't care about Dave....I fail to see what good it will do in the long term if I lose my job..... Hackney has been mentioned they have suggested he shouldn't have pets and they weren' t pleased when he said "I don't I just happen to have furry flatmates" They then suggested the RSPCA.....WHOA!!! Apparently according to some amateurs (Remember we have not seen social services yet) he is not capable of caring for the Furballs and maybe (A word some people are using WAY too much for me) it would be better to get the RSPCA to take them away and find them a better home,,,, Rant mode being switched off Cheers Lesley > Hi all <snip> It makes my blood boil just reading about the idiots you have to deal with. I'm amazed you haven't been charged with GBH yet. It's more than 20 years since I worked for the NHS, I thought it couldn't get worse, maybe I was wrong. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > It makes my blood boil just reading about the idiots you have to deal with. > I'm amazed you haven't been charged with GBH yet. I am very patient and prefer to avoid violence? Actually i am saving it for Dave after all he's been the one who is having this 24/7 so I guess he gets GBH on a choice of his 10 least favourite members of the medical profession! As long as he leaves me a couple!!! > It's more than 20 years since I worked for the NHS, What did you do? I thought it couldn't > get worse, maybe I was wrong. We were talking about this last night (sorry so called "Caring professionals" but he does have a brain you know - he can hold his own in an intelligent conversation) and he was commenting on how things seem to have gone back 20+ years. 25 years ago, we were used to people being unable to grasp the idea that he wasn't my son or brother but my partner, yes even to the extent of having a love life. People used to ask me why I couldn't do better for myself and imply that I had somehow failed by not having a partner who was "normal" ( A friend of mine at the time who is in a wheelchair and has a husband who is "normal" told me that she was frequently asked how she got "lucky"- so for a disabled woman to get a "normal" partner was "luck" but for a woman to get a disabled partner was a sign of some sort of inadequacy on her part) And yes we once in a restaurant and the waiter asked me what Dave would have and when he looked up and said "I'll have the fish" and the waiter was so shocked that he dropped the plates! Then for a long time things got a lot better But now....I'm being ignored because as far as junior doctor idiots can see- I have to be his paid carer I can't simply be someone who has lived with him for 28 years!!!!! They are making so many patronising assumptions that I can't even start to list them as I have to be off to the hospital soon!!!! I mean one nurse I noticed was calling other patients by their first names and asking them if they didn't mind that or would they prefer to be called "Mr"? Well and good I thought that's a nice touch some older people (my mum was one I remember a junior doctor saying to her "Well Rose" and getting the tetchy reply "I don't know you and until I do and I tell you you can use my first name then I would prefer you called me Mrs Madigan"- she was as bad a patient as Dave) don't like informality. So she gets to Dave and completely blots her copybook with "Hello sweetheart" delivered in tones suitable for a rather dumb 3-year old! She was lucky he wasn't feeling too well at the time...... Anyway it is time to put my smart jacket on (Confound them!) and drag myself to the hospital and can I say thanks for all the purrs, prayers, cyberhugs etc but most of all thanks for practical advice, cheering up messages and giving me a place to rant! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Anyway it is time to put my smart jacket on (Confound them!) and drag > myself to the hospital and can I say thanks for all the purrs, prayers, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs You more than deserve it, Lesley. I have been one of those loners in the medical establishment constantly harping on colleagues, but especially the teachable ones like students and registrars around me to smarten up and stop buying into this "patient" role which gets forced onto people as soon as they put on a hospital gown. It is demeaning, and humiliating, and completely unnecessary. In addition to that, for the patients who don't have the strength and force of personality to resist it (which it sounds like you both are doing a great job at, by the way) there is the danger of the "learned helplessness" mentality developing because patients are told they must just lie there and take orders, rather than playing an active part in their own illness and recovery. The more active a role that the patient has, the quicker they heal and the better they feel, and the more likely they are to co-operate with anything in the process that requires work, like physiotherapy and such. Here is a silly thought, but amusing. I do not, by any means, imply that you are doing anything inappropriate in your lifestyle, it sounds as committed a partnership as any marriage I have ever known, and probably much more committed than many marriages I can quote....but wouldn't it be a slap in the face to all that staff which have been so condescending to you both to have a marriage ceremony at his bedside and *MAKE* them be witnesses to it? (j/k....it's the revenge factor part of me coming out) 8^P Sorry, silly idea, seen too many soap operas in my day, I think, heh. --tension > Here is a silly thought, but amusing. I do not, by any means, > imply that you are doing anything inappropriate in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > at his bedside and *MAKE* them be witnesses to it? > (j/k....it's the revenge factor part of me coming out) 8^P Hah, I was thinking this too! I don't have much interest in a formal marriage ceremony to "confirm" my 10 year relationship, but if I were ever in a case where Dylan or I were in the hospital and being treated like that I would totally marry him on the spot! These "doctors" are completely unlike the sort of doctor Dylan is. --Fil The more active a role that > the patient has, the quicker they heal and the better they feel, > and the more likely they are to co-operate with anything > in the process that requires work, like physiotherapy and > such. > >He's going to need a lot of physiotherapy, which will be where some poor physiotherapist meets one Hell of a stubborn b***er. My sympathies lie with the therapist in that case. Dave likes to do things in his own time and at his own pace....To be honest much as I love him dearly (despite all this) the best therapist he needs will be one he can't "persuade" ie nag to see things his way! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > The more active a role that >> the patient has, the quicker they heal and the better they feel, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Lesley There should be a special place in heaven for therapists who know how hard to push and do it. We sure fight against them enough on earth. I've always thought physical therapy would be a very rewarding profession. Jo >> It makes my blood boil just reading about the idiots you have to >> deal with. I'm amazed you haven't been charged with GBH yet. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > What did you do? Not very exciting, I worked in the supplies department. I did get to see a lot of what went on around the hospital, if you're not one of the medical staff you're invisble but you still see and hear. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Anyway it is time to put my smart jacket on (Confound them!) and drag > myself to the hospital and can I say thanks for all the purrs, prayers, > cyberhugs etc but most of all thanks for practical advice, cheering up > messages and giving me a place to rant! I hope you've knocked them dead by now! ;o) Purrs ongoing. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Hi all To top it all just after I read the group this morning I got a call from my new line manager apparently Occupational Health have not got my form and I can't start next Monday if they don't clear me- still she gave me a name and number to call tomorrow and maybe they can do it over the phone Then I get to the ward, Dave is very proud of himself.... Last night I noticed that when they were putting in his antibiotics he was getting ill...Seriously as fast as the needles were going in he was going pale. Last nigth at one point all he could do was ask me to get some ice- he was getting 16 injections per day Then came to 10 o'clock injection.....At which point his nurse suggested taking him to A&E Dave finally decided to say no....they put a port in his left wrist which kept falling out and has left him with bad bruising in his left hand this may not be a problem for many people but Dave has to be a bit careful as that is his functional hand. He only has an index finger and thumb on that side should he lose or damage either then he cannot feed himself, wash or anything.... They dragged out Pedro (Dave thinks that's his name but by this point he's not had much sleep because they wake him up for 16 injections a day!) who turns out to be the capo di capo of the nursing staff.... Result Pedro surrenders....Dave said yesterday he would be running the ward in 3 days BUT I think he's doing better than that as they now seem to agree he should have been transferred to oral medication sooner Result today he's on pills much easier to take- he'd very tired as you wou;d expect but today he has worked out how to position himself in bed so that he can eat a meal without help and suddenly he gets the gold star for finishing off his food! Other bits He met with the social worker who turned out okay,,Said about the rehoming thing "If you wanna move fine by me bur if I had a flat on Bow Road I wouldn't wanna move myself" And has agreed maybe he needs to talk to me "Sometime but I don't want to stop her starting her new job" Dave swears he's seen the guy before we think he lives local but not sure anyway he seems down to Earth and acn't understand why some junior has suggested he gets rid of the cats-anyway he says what the junior idiot said about moving to a ground floor flat with nearby shops is not a good result since if Dave wanted a tube then is he supposed to not go anywhere with no stairs..... He should get his MRI tomorrow once sorted then we can on with things His new lead nurse loves me because I told her where her name comes from and she told me that no other person apart from her fellow Africans knew that.......And she;s a good nurse Her name is Katherine KumanI can only thank Nox for sending one of her agents................. The end was bad through Dave needed a pee alas this is 7.30 and all the nurses are doing handover and I could not get a nurse apart from a student who seems stunned at the ides and had to go and find someone by wihich time it was too late Myself? I popped into the local and intended to have one and come home but got dragged into the quiz night, the winning team got 29 out of 40 I got 28.50 on my own- guess the brain still works!!!! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > His new lead nurse loves me because I told her where her name comes > from and she told me that no other person apart from her fellow > Africans knew that.......And she;s a good nurse > > Her name is Katherine KumanI can only thank Nox for sending one of her > agents................. My Kumani sends more purrs, and looks very pleased with herself. :) See? Sometimes Nocturne uses her dark powers for good. (What a great story! The funny thing is I have no African heritage myself.) --Fil > See? Sometimes Nocturne uses her dark powers for good. But don't tell everyone ! >Many blessings to Nox and all of you!!! Lesley > Hi all <snip> > He should get his MRI tomorrow once sorted then we can on with things > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs I'm glad things are improving, however slowly. Congratulations on nearly winning the quiz, if there had been more questions about cats you would have wiped the floor with them. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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