Hee hee - glad he is doing well, and made you smile with the video! Prayers on the way for a full recovery.
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Hee hee - glad he is doing well, and made you smile with the video! Prayers on the way for a full recovery.
Thanks!❤️🤞🏾
That's wonderful news! Best wishes to Trent for a safe, comfortable, speedy recovery, and to all his loving family as you take great care of him!
So funny and sweet, him playing that video to reassure YOU as he was facing the surgery!
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Thanks phesina! He a real sweetheart, unfortunately his surgery is over but he's still in the hospital. He's had a lot of complications and pain. Just gotta keep the faith and pray he begins to recover soon, it's really scary.
We're sending loads of good wishes and prayers to Trent and you all.
{{{{{HUGS}}}}} and ~~~~PURRRS~~~~ and :love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love: from Pat and Sparkler and Galaxy
Trent can go home today, his kidneys are at 80% and they figure he's good to go. Not sure why his kidneys got messed up when they removed his prostate but I'm no Dr. and I guess everything's connected?? I'll find out soon enough, no need to pepper them with questions, they have enough dealing with the here and now I suspect. I hope his recovery can begin now and everything goes good! 👍🏿🤞🏾💕 Thanks so much for the good wishes!!
That is good news! Will keep praying!
On a different note- I’ve had about enough of this winter! I’m ready for milder weather. They are predicting very cold weather for the next few days, get the extra layers of clothes ready. But the days are getting longer!
Welcome HOME, Trent! And may your recuperation and recovery go very smoothly and very well!
:love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love: from your friends Sparkler, Galaxy, and Pat in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. of A.
Thank you SO much, from the bottom of my heart. I'm really concerned. I am just so freaked, his Mum was my Aunty. She passed. Trents twin sister is Tracy, they were both born premature and always have been outstanding individuals. I babysat them when they were wee. Like 5. Forgive me for carrying on, it's just scary for me. Thank you SO much for your support. I simply have a very uneasy feeling about this whole bloody situation. Color me strange but, I'm not feeling good about this. Deep breath eh. I have insomnia.
How's this for random -
People say, "What's the only date that's a sentance?" "March fourth!" (March forth) But why isn't "March first!" a sentence? It is. Even just the month - "March." is a sentance.
So there.
Don't get it.
Wild, cold
Warm
Unpredictable
Free
Dangerous
Giver of life
Murderer
Warm
Inviting
Ruled by the stars
Sun
Moon
Beautiful
Priceless
Green
Blue
Black
Grey
Who am I ?
I am the sea
Nice! Thanks, mon.
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Hey, just want to thank you for the support, it really means a lot. Trent is home and they just sent me a pic on the I pad. Looks snug as a bug in a rug! Actually, I think he looks a bit too happy (he's on some pretty good meds I presume 😜) a very good thing indeed. He looks really good, Harley and Luna haven't left his side since he came home ❤️💞💕 Thanks again freinds, I was so scared. The results of the biopsy will be in in 2 weeks. Sounds like an eternity to me, they will be able to tell if it's spread from the biopsy, or so I have been led to believe. I feel like I have been through the wringer, imagine how he must feel eh. Didn't realize I was such a bloody lightweight.
Hi, me again. Still waiting on Trents results. They took off his catheter and he can pee all by his lonesome! I did not realize that he wouldn't know if he was incontinent until his catheter was removed. I didn't even know it was a possibility. Anyway, great news! Just a waiting game now. Apparently the cancer was on the wall of his prostate, they were hoping it was contained within the prostate...which they removed. No clue what that means....did it climb the wall, go through the wall, tunnel beneath the wall?? Get where I'm going I presume. I don't pretend to understand sh*t, really good thing I'm no doctor. Anyway, scary. We have had so much snow lately, neibors new puppy is waaaay too cute. Such a a sweetheart, might try and talk them into nominating him as DOTD. It just might rain and wash away the snow, or it just may snow some more.... ahh weather. SO unpredictable! Getting started on buying loot for couple of Easter baskets, like to start early as most of the items I use are not food items but fun stuff. The bunny we know doesn't like to fill the kids with too many sweets and unhealthy treats. Yo yo's, chop sticks, craft materials for the artistic one, felts, crayons, fancy straws, stickers yada yada. That said, receiving chocolate bunnies never gets old for most peeps, especially the good ones. Most everyone likes themselves some great chocolate, right 😻 I can't remember when Easter is 😻
It is relatively late this year - April 21st! We always each got a stuffed animal in our basket, more than candy. I always got a bunny, my big sister got an elephant, my big brother it varied - a bear or a rhino, and my younger brother, Lady's Human, always got a bird of some sort.Quote:
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mon, you live in British Columbia, right? And here I thought B.C. didn't get snow!
I'm glad Trent is peeing again, and I'm sure he is, too! We're sending along all our best wishes and hopes and prayers for good news from the biopsy. That's great that he has such a big loving family with him through this, Harley and Luna by his side.
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What a nice family tradition, the stuffed animals in your Easter baskets! I bet you all loved finding them each year.Quote:
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Thank you SO very much!! Apparently it does snow here now, huge flakes are falling down as we speak. Very pretty, could turn into rain any second though, seems very warm to me. Although the snow is sticking, at least a good inch an a half. I am so troubled about Trent, I cannot imagine how worried his wife Michelle is. Sincerely, I cannot imagine. They are the most beautiful people. Everyone is being outstandingly brave, open and supportive. If they are anything like me....deep down inside, they are all worried sick and caving Eeeek! Well then, we are all doing our level bloody best and who could ask for more. Time will tell. Thanks so much for caring and every kind thought and wish times a thousand, sincerely. As I grow older, I find that sharing my fears helps a lot. I used to keep all of my fears to myself and it made me physically ill. I am of no use to myself or my loved ones when I can't even take care of myself, am I now? Well, that's what I learned. If you present worries to kind people, in the proper manner.... a little kindness, concern and wisdom can go very far. Suffering in silence is SO overrated eh. Harley and Luna are taking excellent care of dear Trent, so cute. Have insomnia again but that never killed anyone, right. Good, bad or indifferent, I will let you know what happens. Thanks again❤️Quote:
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What's going on, no random thoughts anyone?? Someone must have one measly random bloody thought! Okay, I'll start. Well, I see Spring is springing, snow's almost gone, Lord knows, might start up again. I spy miniscule green shoots and Shawn is beginning to become obsessed with the lawn again. I say obsessed because he is not merely interested in the back lawn (very small) it has been an extremely strange and ridiculous obsession with him for a few years now. I think it's the smaller yard since we moved and lack of a vegetable garden. He has a magical green thumb but... grass... not so much. All the different seeds he's tried, the grown grass squares he's transplanted from the nursery. We aren't even allowed to walk on it. It's absolutely ridiculous. It never works out to his liking, no matter what. I leave it alone, one must allow another to be freaky in one area or another, I figure. Me, I'm perfect. 🙄😂🤣. Well, clearly that's a lie. I like to think that I conceal my weirdness a tad better but honestly... probably don't. Please cough up some random thoughts peeps! ❤️💕
Hey there, my Cuz Trent just voxed. He says that he is feeling a lot better than he thought he would, just 3 wks. out of surgery. He is walking Harley every morning, playing video games and watching the telly. He says he is nor overdoing it and that his Dr. sez he can go back to work maybe April 22. That sounds pretty specific so maybe he needs or wants to go back. Anyway, I am relieved and so happy to hear that! It's still scary and weird, no biopsy info. I have no heart or desire to pepper him with assanine questions. I am confident that all will be revealed soon enough and just the fact that he is happy today... means everything to me. 💞🤜🏻🤛👍🏿
Aww, that sounds great, thank for letting us know!
I know right!!! ❤️😀😘
What wonderful news! Thank you for the update, mon.
We are sending continuing best wishes and warm healing energies to Trent.
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What is the meaning of the word vox or voxed?
I don't have a cell phone or a smart phone.
vox means voiceQuote:
Originally Posted by Freckles
Vox Populi - the Voice of the People, for example.
My mother in law is coming out again. The last time she was here, just before she left she announced, "next time I come, I'll be staying for a month". Apparently, she's decided to invite herself for two weeks instead. My husband has told her at least a dozen times, maybe two dozen, I'm not eggagerating, "you are welcome to stay, only for a week" She doesn't care if she is welcome or not, she's nuts. She doesn't have dementia, she just simply could care less how we feel. I give up. She has cataracts, they are going to do some more tests while she's here on her eyes. I have told her, we will get everything she needs, just give us a list. Oh no. She wants to drive. She wants to drive all around Surrey and Langley in our truck when she gets here. Hit every dollar store and Payless and Walmart. She says that all she needs is sunglasses.......... I give up. Guess we'll just hand her the keys and let her drive around in our truck. I don't drive, I sure as hell don't need to shop every day either. She does, it just blows my mind. I can't believe it. I tried my level best, talking common sense to her and her son. What if she runs someone over, what the hell...... I need to calm down. Hopefully her flight will be cancelled or her plane will go down,en route. She is the the worst person and a TERRIBLE guest. What the hell!!!
P.s. I know this sounds ridiculous but I am open to any suggestions. Monster in law drinks like a fish too. I hope she doesn't imbibe in tha a.m. I know she drinks plenty of wine after 3 p.m. and has a few screwdrivers before bedtime. We only keep beer in the house, Shawn has had 3 drinks in the 30 years I've known him, I like beer but he simply doesn't drink, ergo, no liquor cabinate for her to partake. Mum brings her own booze and squirrels it away in her room, except for the litres of red wine she bring upstairs and spills all over the granite counters. She doesn't drink beer. Anyway, if she goes to sleep drunk, gets up early and drives...she's probably still impaired right? I don't know, I don't possess a breathalyzer and even if I did I'm pretty sure the old chick wouldn't blow. I sure as hell am not getting up as early as she does to keep an eye on her silly ass anyways. This broad clearly drives me berserk. Oh my goodness. I hate coping with this crap. Thanks for listening. It is a clusterf*ck. There is clearly no solution that I can see.
Good grief, what a nightmare!
Thanks, I know. I don't think there's much to do or say. I'm pretty sure it is just something to endure. I will continue to try and look at it from a positive angle. I have no idea what that angle might be however, but there has to be one....right? Okay, maybe not. It's a nightmare for sure. Maybe I could go stay in a monestary, say I have become a tad unhinged and need to reflect on my spiritual well being......oh never mind. Shawns not gonna buy that. It's gonna be hell for sure. I remember about 18 yrs. ago when she came out, I got so stressed out I had to go to emergency. At the time, I thought I was having a heart attack. They kept me there for 4 days, I was on intravenous dilaudid and did a lot of tests. That was the best break EVER!They never really figured out what was wrong with me. As I look back, I think it was stress. The break from her worked miracles for sure. That will never happen again, I can manage stress now. I have my big girl panties now and far more knowledge,experience and maturity. I'll just smile a lot, agree a lot and pretend my hearing is shot. I can simply ask her to vaccume or dust and she'll bolt like her hairs on fire. I also know that she hates it when I sing, if she gets too weird I'll just burst into song. There's a couple options, feeling better already.
Just one more thing if you can bear with me. When I say she bolts, I don't mean she physically leaves, she goes to her bedroom, in our home. She proceeds to watch television, talk to her imaginary freinds on the computer,who no longer allow her to visit as she has overstayed her welcome everywhere and burned all her bridges, every single one. She'll then play games on her I pad and drink as much as she can tolerate intlil she gets hungry. Then she'll come back upstairs, sit in my chair and ask what's for dinner. This just might be her last visit if she doesn't behave. Too outrageous for me anymore. I'll just have to tell her she is not welcome anymore and why. I'll do that if I have too, no one needs that crap. Sorry, freaking out, thanks again for listening.
You will be in our prayers, for patience, forbearance, and all of it!
Thank you so much Karen!! I'll take it. I need all the help I can get.
Some lessons stay with us for a lifetime, even if we resented learning them in the first place.
Check out a few pages of Al-Anon for support.
Thanks, might refresh my memory for sure. My Grandma was in chairwoman in Alanon for years, she has passed so I can break her anonymity, and I attended meetings with her when I was a kid, I was in Alateen and attended a few meetings of Adult children of Alcoholics, you wanna meet some damaged peeps.... Adult Chidren of Acoholics...that'd be the place to find 'em. OMG! No offence to members, just a fact. I grew up in A.A. as my Mum was a member and always dragged me to meetings when she couldn't find a babysitter. I have a lot of family members and freinds in A.A. Narcotics Anonymous, Naranon, Gamblers Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous. The principles and 12 steps and traditions are the same in all of them, very helpful. Thanks again. Mum in law is in her 70's, don't imagine she'll ever change but I sure as hell can.❤️
P.s. I really want to warn any Pet Talk peeps, their family and freinds, while there are some very good and sincere peeps at these self help, 12 step groups.... there are also vultures. There are peeps who feed off vulnerable people and try to take advantage of their vulnerability. There are people who only attend these meetings for that purpose, the only reason they are there is because they are bottom feeders, so don't give out your phone number or address to anyone, male or female. Only good, sane advice.❤️👍🏿💕
Sharing experience, strength and hope, Al Anon. I always thought of Al Anon members as doormats. People who put up with drunkards and will...forever, willingly. I still do.
And detach with love.Quote:
Originally Posted by mon
And not stopping the drinker from experiencing the consequence of their actions.