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    in INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

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    Hi Mickey and welcome to the site. I'm sorry but glad that you found us.

    I am so sorry about your Mom. I was my Mom's caregiver throughout her fight with SCLC. I don't think there is any way to prepare for the end. I knew it was coming, but it still knocked the wind out of me.

    Do you have hospice help? We didn't, but I understand they are really good at preparing the patient and family for death.

    Hugs to you,

    Leslie

    What Are Grits ???

    in JUST FOR FUN

    Posted

    I LOVE IT!!! Thanks for posting this Ann! :lol:

    I must admit that my Mom is a yankee so I ate grits with butter and syrup before I knew better. :oops: Now I eat them properly and as often as I can!

    Ned, I'd be glad to send you some! After all, I do live in South Georgia where they are mined and also have a fierce grit guard dog (see my avatar!)

    moving along

    in SCLC GROUP

    Posted

    My Mom used a Lidocaine swish and swallow for a long time after she finished radiation. Ask her doctor for something for the irriatation...she shouldn't suffer and like they said above, the after effects continue for months afterwards.

    My Mom's dog

    in GRIEF

    Posted

    Thank you all for such kind words. I've been having a hard time lately anyway, and now to lose Sioux-Zee is doubly hard. I am holding on to the idea of Mom and Dad waiting for her at the Rainbow Bridge...thank you Susan for that image.

    I decided to bury her in the backyard where she liked to nap in the sun. I will get a headstone for her and plant some flowers later.

    My Mom's dog

    in GRIEF

    Posted

    One of the pomeranian dogs that I inherited from my parents died a little while ago. She was 11.5 years old, had a heart murmur and also a collapsing trachea. She died rather quickly while eating. She had been coughing for a few months and I knew it was coming, but it's still a shock.

    She was such a special girl. Really didn't do anything wrong. My Mom was so happy when she got her. It was the dog she had always wanted. Such a happy, easy going, gentle dog. I will miss her.

    Leslie

    I thought I...

    in GRIEF

    Posted

    smelled my Mom's perfume today. I was at work walking down the hall and no one else was in the hallway with me. I'd like to think she was there--but then I think she probably wouldn't hang out at the hospital where she worked and ultimately died.

    I've been having a real hard time lately. This time last year she was going down hill fast. I remember thinking/hoping that she might be here for Thanksgiving and she barely made it. Plus I have another nasty cold. You know when you're sick, you want your Mom.

    Heck, I just want her.

    Tough days... :cry:

    Leslie

    Treatment over, but...

    in GENERAL

    Posted

    Hi Kelly,

    My Mom got Aranesp or Procrit for her low red counts. But she really felt bad when her white count was down. Didn't make sense to me since I work in a hospital blood bank, but that is how it is.

    I would ABSOLUTELY NOT go to the ER for low cell counts--unless it's critically low. At our hospital, they do transfustions at the clinic lots. Or get a direct admit from the doc and go straight to a room. But before anything, call your doctor. We got a direct admit the last time my Mom was admitted and it was wonderful. No ER, no germs etc.

    Congratulations on flying through treatments! :D And I hope you feel better soon.

    Dad Lost his battle

    in GRIEF

    Posted

    Oh Lillee, I so understand and I am sorry. I just had a car issue and went round and round asking lots of opinions and thought "my Daddy would have told me that right off". Keep coming here...we are here to help.

    Hugs,

    Leslie

    Can someone help me?

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

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    Lillie--I am so sorry you are going through this. My Mom's legs and feet were very swollen but it was from congested heart failure. She wouldn't prop them up either because she couldn't get comfortable. We did finally get some pressure stockings on her and they helped push the fluid up higher. Has anyone suggested those?? I actually had to have the physical therapist help me get them on her.

    Leslie

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