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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Dec 8 2:18pm | Replies (2400)

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@sueinmn, that, my friend, is my trick! I'll look for that picture in a few days. Whenever you send it I'll love to see and share it with you.

Glad you're taking my advice which is really your own advice to me long ago. Rest is very important. I think I recall you telling me every afternoon you have a sit-down somewhere comfy and special, porch, patio, garden by pond or whatever, and have a drink of whatever and rest your body, mind, and soul, rest the eyes or read a book. Remember that? You told me, about 3 in the afternoon...I began attempting to do the same and found it was wise advice from a wise woman in snow country.

I could fill you in on my last few days, but they're so melodramatic, that you'd accuse me of spreading stories, writing a novel, or telling fibs. None are true. It's been a very rollercoaster few days, lots of emotions up and down, a rough few days.

I'm going home now, from across the street at my son's home, where I've been working, cleaning, organizing garbage, calming my son, guiding, misguiding, being accused of all kinds of misdeeds, and such. The likes of what you see and hear in awful movies.

He called me this morning as I was in the middle of a bad night-terror, PTSD, in part brought on by screaming and such for hours prior...I heard the phone, tried to get to it, and fell out of the bed onto the floor after hitting the pet stairs on the way down. I'm ok. I'm bruised and injured but not truly damaged. Crawled back into bed, called Rob, told him what happened, and ended up hanging up on him multiple times before turning off my phone. Turned over as much as I could, kitty snuggled close to my heart, purred her loudest, and I fell back into sleep. He woke me up by throwing furniture I was selling for him onto his front yard.

So. That's been some of my few days. I'll trade you. I'd love to be in your garden, by the pond, or on the patio right now. I'm taking my computer...he broke his keyboard last night...and limping home to bed. I may have a special hot tottie! Don't drink, remember, but this moment it's calling to me.

Yep, that's the plan. Heading home to shower, crawl in bed, and stay there until tomorrow sometime. with Samantha. She helped me through the night. What a dear kitty. May stay in bed all day!!!

Monday he and I go to a local furniture store for him to sit in a chair I found last week at their warehouse sale...$999 was reduced to $333. There are 2 of them. I know the owner and he's holding the price for me. Navy with white plaid. Wing-back. Comfy. gives me a place to sit in his patio room/den, or a friend or whomever, or for him to sit if I'm using the computer. It's a good choice, holds his head with the wings which he needs. I have a footstool for him so I can put my feet up when I'm sitting. May get both and use one up in his bedroom. But, we're getting there.

His room is going to be charming soon, with a couple of small bookcases and a larger one with storage, matching cherry. Handsome. I hung 3 of my deceased fiancee's Jaguar (Jacksonville football franchise) signed first and early season posters and the room looks good. Will paint it a smokey, mid-shade blue, not navy but in the family. Posters are matted with the color. He has french doors overlooking the patio, our pool, and nice gardens. This is going to help bring him some peace and ease his pain/mind a bit.

Constant pain causes the rages. It's a rough life but may get helped with Mayo deep brain stimulation surgery. We're still waiting for the last hurdle...

Thinking of you and all my Connect friends. You are each so special and good folks. Be well. Be safe. Be blessed. Elizabeth

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Oh, Elizabeth, you surely could make a soap opera. I know deep in his heart Rob appreciates your efforts, he is just trapped so deeply in his own special hell that he is unable to express it.
I don't know your religious background, but my unnamed faith is wide and deep, and every day I pray that Rob will find relief through Mayo or elsewhere and the two of you will settle into a true Mom & son relationship.

Deep brain stimulation is amazing. My husband worked for Medtronic when it was first pioneered, and he was able to watch films of some of the early surgeries, where patients were able to express the life-changing results. I truly hope it will be approved for him.

Now, on to the good news. I was able to figure out my issue - my phone is incapable of loading pictures to Mayo Connect due to "low band width" where we live - right in a major metro area!
So I must email them to the PC, then do it. The irony? Both devices are using T-Mobile to do it.
So, for reference, the tithonia (just 3 little 6 inch seedlings in May) is BIG - the angel below her is 3' tall on her pedestal, the pot in the background is about 15 gallons. In Texas, these are perennial, and eventually form a thicket. Here, they may reseed themselves, but usually I plant new each year.

The copper fountain sculpture is about 4' tall, in a tiny pond my husband built me 10 years ago, when I was recovering from hip replacements 3, 4 & 5. Then my daughter and her fiance came & landscaped and mulched the whole garden. Now it is my happy place, and their 2 little sons help me maintain it. I love to leave the living room window open to hear the splashing.