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Replying to an old thread here, but I thought I'd update all on the cataract situation: This past September I had cataract surgery. Understand that I'm now sixty, and extremely nearsighted. As a result, the surgeon felt that ethically, he had to correct the nearsightedness. I was given propofol...

My mostly Maine Coon and entirely ancient guy is getting his lion cut at b.c. the vets shortly, Groomrers wont touch him due to his age, My vet's groomer started talking about Thomas ne having to to hold him, thinking I'd refuse. If he wasn't knocked out. I told her I'd gone to grooming...

And I've just got Thomas, stealer and sometimes destroyer of small electronics, transporter of socks, and complete loveable, if suffering some of the effects of great age, wierdo.

I'm not trying to shame anyone, and yanno what?, as that person who has been that depressed, I am NOT saying you, as parents, are in any way obligated to care for your daughters/ sons, take them in, manage their lives for them, or financially support them. First of all, you have to, at some...

Not keeping up with personal hygiene is a warning sign of severe depression, as are changes in weight, staying in bad situations, etc. Your daughter needs help with her mental health. I've been there with this. Sometimes it is just too damned HARD to take a shower, clean your body, wash your...

I no longer "do" credit cards. You can use a Visa or Mastercard labeled debit card for online grocery shopping. However, food is usually marked up and there is usually a shopping and/or delivery fee tacked onto the order. If you use a shopping service, there are also membership fees. I am...

I am home often enough that Thomas gets by without a pet sitter, which would only scare him silly. I have long acting pain medications for him, and multiple fountains, feeders, etc. He's pristine when it comes to litterpans, of which I have multiples. I just get mugged by an attention starved cat when...

Thomas is the big orange hairy sucker in that photo. He's hanging in. Has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and should've been in congestive heart failure a year ago. Luckily he can't read his prognosis. He's still unmedicated and other than getting out of breath a bit easier, is doing pretty well...

My mom broke her good hip back in April, and due to comorbidities such as kidney failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), spinal stenosis, and shot knees that cannot be replaced to her health issues, she didn't recover well from the hip replacement necessitated by the fracture. She is mostly housebound and I split my...

I learned Yiddish as a small child and then as I grew up, forgot a lot of it, only to discover that I still understood it, but couldn't speak it very well. Then, I went to live in Germany, when the Army sent us there, and discovered that learning German was a breeze. My husband died (he was...

I'm terrified of heights, to the point that going up on a stepstool is hard for me. The only time being up high doesn't frighten me is if I'm on a horse and that horse is not on a mountain trail. I've been up in a helicopter...AND, I rappelled off the training tower (in a special safety harness...

I am so sorry for your loss LMS. May his memory be a blessing.

I'm 59, 5'5.5" tall, down from 5'6.5" courtesy of age and spinal arthritis. I weigh 170 lbs, down from a peak of 230, and carry all of it in my gut. I wear wire framed bifocals, MUCH thinner courtesy of cataract surgery in August that with the specs has me seeing at 20/20 and 20/25, which is a...

So, sticking to my guns. Not in my house. I did some research today and it's basically all class 2 controlled substances that I will disallow . Makes it easy to remember. Ritalin and Adderal are on that list along with the benzos, and the opiates. Ritalin, Adderal, and Opiates, with the...

Susie, no words, for there are none that can make this easier. PM if you need to talk. Call if you need to cry. I'm a still grieving soul who walked this path before you, though more slowly and in a time when ease of pain was not denied suffering patients. My heart goes out to to you and yours

Thinking of you and hubs right now, Susie. I'm too far away to help out physically, but if you need to vent to someone who's been through some of this and understands some of what you are going through, feel free to PM me. Sending strength and love to you and yours

In some people, pot can cause anxiety and paranoia, especially in those with a predisposition to those problems. The issues are well enough recognized that budtenders are well aware of them, and of which strains of product are more or less likely to cause them. It really depends on the...

Actually, if one doesn't have conflicting underlying health conditions, or take conflicting medications, occasional Kratom use is probably not all that harmful. Thing is, as far as I know, other than easing opioid withdrawals, it's mostly used for pain relief. I suppose it would help with anxiety as...

Kratom's active ingredients bind to the opioid receptors in the brain. Though it is not an opioid, Kratom has similar effects to milder opioids and is an addictive substance. Google Kratom. It is often used by opioid addicts to lessen the effects of withdrawal, though Kratom users will...