When Blood Collides
Viewing comments for Chapter 83 "Rehabilitation "A family's love is tested.
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Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Glad to hear the ordeal ended with you being okay. I miss walking more than anything. I used to be a camper/hiker. As recently as eight years ago I spent a week in the Rockies with a friend, hiking every trail we could find. But now, I can't even go out to get the mail. We take it for granted that we can just go from here to there, and when we can't, it's beyond frustrating.
What's the news? A baby maybe? A divorce?
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Glad to hear the ordeal ended with you being okay. I miss walking more than anything. I used to be a camper/hiker. As recently as eight years ago I spent a week in the Rockies with a friend, hiking every trail we could find. But now, I can't even go out to get the mail. We take it for granted that we can just go from here to there, and when we can't, it's beyond frustrating.
What's the news? A baby maybe? A divorce?
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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A divorce. Don't I wish! A baby? Nichole has no maternal instincts and she's smart enough to know it.
I used to enjoy hiking too, but no camping for me. Frank has a hard time walking. He shuffles, actually.The mail box he can manage so far. Yes, we take our good health for granted.
Comment from judiverse
Excellent description of the rehab facility and all you went through. It sounds like you were in a pretty upscale place. I didn't even trust the place where I stayed to receive therapy after my hip replacement to cut my hair. There was a little beauty salon, and I did allow them to wash and style my hair, but it was getting pretty long by the time I left the place! Too bad Frank started showing signs of dementia at the same time your were still recovering. I had a TV in the room where I stayed, but the channels seemed to be selected to provide only non-stimulating shows. I mostly watched the Food Channel. Excellent work here! judi
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Excellent description of the rehab facility and all you went through. It sounds like you were in a pretty upscale place. I didn't even trust the place where I stayed to receive therapy after my hip replacement to cut my hair. There was a little beauty salon, and I did allow them to wash and style my hair, but it was getting pretty long by the time I left the place! Too bad Frank started showing signs of dementia at the same time your were still recovering. I had a TV in the room where I stayed, but the channels seemed to be selected to provide only non-stimulating shows. I mostly watched the Food Channel. Excellent work here! judi
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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The Food Channel. LOL. You sound like a close friend of mine. I take it you like planning meals.
Yes, I was so lucky to get into Oakhurst. Frank and I had visited sick friends in the long term care unit a couple of years prior to this.
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You're lucky you found a great place. There used to be just one or two facilities here. Now there are a bunch of new ones. Each seems to be more luxurious than the last. judi
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And probably more expensive!
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There are so many fairly new places in the city, that might help keep the prices from getting extremely high. judi
Comment from robyn corum
Shari,
Another fascinating chapter. I'm still amazed that you can remember all this stuff AND in the order it happened! Wowzer! That's some brain you're carrying around up there! *smile*
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Shari,
Another fascinating chapter. I'm still amazed that you can remember all this stuff AND in the order it happened! Wowzer! That's some brain you're carrying around up there! *smile*
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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I can't take full credit. I kept hospital records and waded through them. :-)
Comment from Debbie Noland
For me, the outstanding aspects of this chapter are specific details and tone. That "voice," full of insight and spunk, is everpresent here.
I totally relate to your enjoyment of the pampering treatment at rehab. When my son was born on Christmas Eve, everyone felt so sorry that I had" to spend the holiday in the hospital. I was like, hey, this is great, bring me food on a tray and somebody else can cook the turkey; take care of the whiny three-year-old and just leave me alone with the heat lamp.
Here are just a couple of edits:
to help (make) my stay comfortable
Hyphen in four-wheeled
Last paragraph: (was) given orders or received orders
Enjoyed this one a lot. Can't wait to see what Nicole has up her sleeve.
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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For me, the outstanding aspects of this chapter are specific details and tone. That "voice," full of insight and spunk, is everpresent here.
I totally relate to your enjoyment of the pampering treatment at rehab. When my son was born on Christmas Eve, everyone felt so sorry that I had" to spend the holiday in the hospital. I was like, hey, this is great, bring me food on a tray and somebody else can cook the turkey; take care of the whiny three-year-old and just leave me alone with the heat lamp.
Here are just a couple of edits:
to help (make) my stay comfortable
Hyphen in four-wheeled
Last paragraph: (was) given orders or received orders
Enjoyed this one a lot. Can't wait to see what Nicole has up her sleeve.
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
LOLOL. I hear you. Christmas with piece and quiet and no fancy dinner to cook and clean up after. A heat lamp sounds soothing. Thanks for the edits.
Comment from chasennov
Some unexpected luxuries. A chapter in the book When Blood Collides. Rehabilitation.' You seemed to have everything thrown at you except the dishwasher, but perhaps it was so ordained for you to fall and become reliant on others. I wish you well.
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Some unexpected luxuries. A chapter in the book When Blood Collides. Rehabilitation.' You seemed to have everything thrown at you except the dishwasher, but perhaps it was so ordained for you to fall and become reliant on others. I wish you well.
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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I definitely think the fall was preordained so I wouldn't be so peevish that hubby shuffled six feet behind me all the time.
Now it's only three feet. Thanks for the insightful review.
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You are always most welcome.
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We are thinking creatures after all.
Comment from Bryana
It seems you were treated well at the
convalescent home, but you must've
been an excellent patient.
Your husband was very nice going to
see you every day.
I wish you the best my friend.
Please keep us informed.
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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It seems you were treated well at the
convalescent home, but you must've
been an excellent patient.
Your husband was very nice going to
see you every day.
I wish you the best my friend.
Please keep us informed.
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Thanks, Bryana, for following my journey. I look at what happened and find that these events all helped my soul grow.
hugs,
Shari
Comment from Ricky1024
Rehabilitation was well-written right I really enjoyed this Top Model is this piece of Rich injector content as well as object and content based on human imagery ever drank it 100 out of 100 9:40 to
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Rehabilitation was well-written right I really enjoyed this Top Model is this piece of Rich injector content as well as object and content based on human imagery ever drank it 100 out of 100 9:40 to
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Thanks, Ricky. I read your profile page and know where you are coming from.
Comment from Jay Squires
Shari, you have the most entertaining life, which is not the same as saying you have a fun life. You've been through a lot in your 35 or so years, but you always seem to right yourself and do it in good humor. I like you, girl! I'm sorry to hear about Frank's decline, but you make it sound like once the potassium problem was corrected you were both 100 percent by Christmas.
Only thing I noticed was the EM dash problem. You need two dashes with no space before or after. You have a lot of single dashes with a space.
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Shari, you have the most entertaining life, which is not the same as saying you have a fun life. You've been through a lot in your 35 or so years, but you always seem to right yourself and do it in good humor. I like you, girl! I'm sorry to hear about Frank's decline, but you make it sound like once the potassium problem was corrected you were both 100 percent by Christmas.
Only thing I noticed was the EM dash problem. You need two dashes with no space before or after. You have a lot of single dashes with a space.
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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The spacing is a problem, Jay, especially as I continue to make changes after posting. I do dash around a lot. LOL.
I thank my metaphysical studies for keeping my humor. Each lesson in my classes teach me more about how important it is to think outside the box. :-)
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Tell me or DM me about your metaphysical classes.
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I will be writing about them soon. Trying to get through my book first.
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BTW, I am posting four important chapters from the end of Book II (the THIRD one today, and worth a buck-six) that might help you understand the ending of Book III, if you weren't a reader from the beginning. You might want to take a look at them. [This is a pasted message, not a personal one, since the post doesn?t show on my fan?s PM, and I?m racing time to get the message out. Sorry.]
Comment from Dean Kuch
Hey! wait just a dang second. We're actually supposed to clean our toilets? For heavens sake, then what's that little chrome-plated flushy handle thingy on the front of the tank for? There's so much to life of which I'm in the dark about...
Everyone took physical therapy. Imagine the views available if riding a stationary bike or lifting weights in a hospital gown with an opening in the back."........Do I realllly have to if I don't want to, Spit? Because if not, I'd just as soon skip that mental image, if it's all the same to you...
The second day, I got a roommate, a plump blonde in her early fifties............U-h-h-h, I just received a memo on this, Spit. It's no longer considered politically correct for writers to use the words "fat", "rotund", "pudgy", or "plump" in their writing any longer. From now on, an overweight female person (especially an overweight female person!) should be referred to as "big boned", or "rubenesque", that's r-u-b-e-n-e-s-q-u-e, rubenesque. Thank you...
Did I mention I missed Frank's updates on his constipation woes?.......No, no you hadn't mentioned that yet, Spit. Well, you know what they say? Behind every good man there's a woman backing him up, heh-heh...
Oh, and by the way while I'm thinkin' about it, what's wrong with living on cereal, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, soup and TV dinners? Those just happen to be the mainstays of my diet...
Geesh, Louise. You and Frank couldn't win for losing during this time in your lives, could you, Spit? At least where your individual health was concerned. First your fall and therapy away from home, followed by Frank's diagnosis. That's enough to cause anyone to stress out.
Another well written chapter with your tell-tale cliff-hanger-type ending.
But hell, that's what keeps us all comin' back for more, right?
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reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Hey! wait just a dang second. We're actually supposed to clean our toilets? For heavens sake, then what's that little chrome-plated flushy handle thingy on the front of the tank for? There's so much to life of which I'm in the dark about...
Everyone took physical therapy. Imagine the views available if riding a stationary bike or lifting weights in a hospital gown with an opening in the back."........Do I realllly have to if I don't want to, Spit? Because if not, I'd just as soon skip that mental image, if it's all the same to you...
The second day, I got a roommate, a plump blonde in her early fifties............U-h-h-h, I just received a memo on this, Spit. It's no longer considered politically correct for writers to use the words "fat", "rotund", "pudgy", or "plump" in their writing any longer. From now on, an overweight female person (especially an overweight female person!) should be referred to as "big boned", or "rubenesque", that's r-u-b-e-n-e-s-q-u-e, rubenesque. Thank you...
Did I mention I missed Frank's updates on his constipation woes?.......No, no you hadn't mentioned that yet, Spit. Well, you know what they say? Behind every good man there's a woman backing him up, heh-heh...
Oh, and by the way while I'm thinkin' about it, what's wrong with living on cereal, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, soup and TV dinners? Those just happen to be the mainstays of my diet...
Geesh, Louise. You and Frank couldn't win for losing during this time in your lives, could you, Spit? At least where your individual health was concerned. First your fall and therapy away from home, followed by Frank's diagnosis. That's enough to cause anyone to stress out.
Another well written chapter with your tell-tale cliff-hanger-type ending.
But hell, that's what keeps us all comin' back for more, right?
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Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Your reviews and comical items have me in stitches now. (No pun intended) I love your comments on Frank's diet, his updates on BM's. Gross, I tell him. You'd think he was a toddler, the way he brags when he finally goes. LOL
Tell your PC advocates, I'll stick with plump, thank you. It's easier to spell. :-)
Hey, I spared you a photo of two females showing their butts in hospital gowns. Actually, they looked padded to me.
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YIKES! Well, thanks for sparing me that image at least, Shari. That might have stayed with me for a long, long time. I already have enough trouble sleeping as it is!
Heh-heh...
~Dean
Comment from Realist101
Sigh...Shari...I just can't get over how well you handle all these things at once. I'd lose it. Things like throw rugs, to Roomies/LOL! (I love that!) I sure hope things improve. Look forward to more my friend. love, suse
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reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Sigh...Shari...I just can't get over how well you handle all these things at once. I'd lose it. Things like throw rugs, to Roomies/LOL! (I love that!) I sure hope things improve. Look forward to more my friend. love, suse
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Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 09-Mar-2016
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Suse, I get a lot of help from Celexa, a pill I take every day to balance my serotonin in the brain. A chemical imbalance seems to run in the family. At least my mother and daughter both had it. They suffered depression until put on medication. Nichole says she wished she had known about it in college.
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I'm supposed to use Wellbutrin, but I don't stay on it. :/
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You can't just go off and on any controlled substance. Like any addictive drug, you have to ween yourself off gradually. My doctor told me he thought I should take a smaller amount. So I divided some in half and went to 20 mg a day. It worked fine for six weeks, then I began over reacting to things and losing it. I returned to the usual dosage.
