What's your experience with dialysis? Give & get support here

@colleenyoung is the one who can help you. You can send a PM to her.

I think it is wonderful that your hospital's home health services are working out so well for you. @kamama94. What else do you hope to accomplish during your OT/PT?

@hopeful33250, my greatest fear isn't death or dying, though that's not high on my to-do list, but loss of independence and consequent self-neglect due to immobility. PT taught mme some muscle strengthening exercises to make pushing up to transfer a bit easier on my injured leg.

@kamama94, Same happened to me and was very worrisome. Send a private message to @colleen who can get you reinstated. Glad you are pleased with OT, home health helpers and nurse. Sending you a cyber light back rub and smiles.

Oh, my word, @rosemarya, I thought the flag was to bookmark a post to refer to later. Is the flag sending messages to @colleenyoung???? If that's the case, no telling how many she's received from me.....Yikes!

@kamama94, your email had bounced, but has now been reinstated. You should be receiving email notifications again.

Thnx. I wonder what happened. <insert puzzled face>

@kamama94, I am right along with you on what you expressed. I fear becoming unable to make my own decisions about my life. Daily unrelenting pain and suffering, which you as a nurse and I as a long time caregiver, have brought me to the belief that we are sometimes more humane and merciaful in making decisions for our beloved pets and other animals than we are for human beings. Whatever we can do to maintain personal independence is a very good thing in my book. Sending you heaps of affection and strength.

@kamama94 Totally agree with you. I can get pain pills from the vet no problem because I do not want my Dobie to have any pain in his senior years. He’s 13 and a large breed dog so we are lucky we’ve had him this long. The “pink liquid” should be available to humans too. Why are we so merciful with animals but not humans. And my vet calls to follow-up on everything. I’ve told my vet I don’t get that kind of concern from my PCP and she said she hears that from a lot of her clients. Why is this? @hopeful33250 @lagrange5

@bustrbrwn22 Vet doesn't call but is readily available, so is PCP and so is neph, am very fortunate to be able to contact easily by email or phone. Buckey is slowing down, sleeping a lot, which labs do anyway. Still does the potty thing ok and still has that lab appetite but gets winded during playtime and I let him rest. If he's ever in pain, I'm braced to do whatever is necessary to alleviate his suffering painful though it might be for me personally. I wish elders in our society had the right to choose when and how to leave this world.