Not sure why I'm posting here. Probably because I have no one to talk to. My wife passed away three years ago suddenly from Cruetchfield Jakob disease. It's a terrible debilating disease. I won't go into the details of the disease, but google has most of the answers. My health isn't all that great either. I have heart failure, lubar stenosis, and perifpheral neuropathy which combined with my prostatectomy from eight years ago has excerbated my incontinence. I have come to accept my need for diapers, but it isn't easy. I have tried leaving my home unportected, but most of the time with not good results. I am 78 years old, and now being alone after nearly 50 years knowing my girlfriend, and close to 45 years as my wife I'm feeling very alone. I do have friends that I see, but being in my home is difficult. There are so many memories that haunt me daily. I would like to sell my home, but then what? Anyway, thanks for listening. Don't feel compeled to reply. I just wanted to talk a bit. To myself, I guess.
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justej
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I understand. I’m 47 and feeling so alone right now. I got out of an abusive relationship a little over a month ago and didn’t realize how much control they had over me.
I can’t walk and my wheelchair broke the other day so I’m stuck in bed. I hit a crack and now my mobility is completely gone. The repair tech said at the earliest it will be late next week before he can even look at it. And asked if I had family or friends who could buy me a backup chair. Way to rub salt in the wound dude. I’m unable to go to the food bank on Sunday. I missed an appointment yesterday that I’d been wanting for months to get. And the next one isn’t until November. My pain meds have made me do constipated. Linzless or senna do nothing. Doc said if I dint go by tomorrow to go to the er. But I have no way of getting there.
I’m frustrated as hell right now. I would give anything back to be able to walk again.
I can’t walk and my wheelchair broke the other day so I’m stuck in bed. I hit a crack and now my mobility is completely gone. The repair tech said at the earliest it will be late next week before he can even look at it. And asked if I had family or friends who could buy me a backup chair. Way to rub salt in the wound dude. I’m unable to go to the food bank on Sunday. I missed an appointment yesterday that I’d been wanting for months to get. And the next one isn’t until November. My pain meds have made me do constipated. Linzless or senna do nothing. Doc said if I dint go by tomorrow to go to the er. But I have no way of getting there.
I’m frustrated as hell right now. I would give anything back to be able to walk again.
Hang in there buddy... here in SGF MO, the seven story 'handicapped accessible' apartment building has been with out a working elevator for almost two years. The city and the corporate out of staet owners are feuding.
My wife has vascular dementia. I like to say every day is a good day, just not so good moments. I've got my own issues... the fancy word is post micturation dribble... or something like that.
I think I have bought every kind of reusable protective briefs... looking for that perfect solution. My wife is convinced that washing incontinent briefs with her clothes makes them smell like urine....they are not... so I am back to wearing 'pull ups' during hte day and overnight pullup at night. I wear an overpant over them. I like Gary PUL pants.
I used to be self conscious about wearing and noise etc, now, at 76 years old (THAT"S THE SPIRIT!") and with pretty significant heart issues...our furnace heat exchanger broke several years ago and filled the house with carbon monoxide...we ended up in the hospital with co2 poisoning. While in the triage room, the nurse asked me how long I have had afib. I didn't know I had it. I also learned that some of the symptons of CO2 poisoning is sleepiness and irritability... lol I thought that was just my natural state of affairs.
Before that medicare credit card I got with my medicare advantage plan, I used to buy products off of facebook market place. Now I just order them over the phone. easy peasy..
My wife has vascular dementia. I like to say every day is a good day, just not so good moments. I've got my own issues... the fancy word is post micturation dribble... or something like that.
I think I have bought every kind of reusable protective briefs... looking for that perfect solution. My wife is convinced that washing incontinent briefs with her clothes makes them smell like urine....they are not... so I am back to wearing 'pull ups' during hte day and overnight pullup at night. I wear an overpant over them. I like Gary PUL pants.
I used to be self conscious about wearing and noise etc, now, at 76 years old (THAT"S THE SPIRIT!") and with pretty significant heart issues...our furnace heat exchanger broke several years ago and filled the house with carbon monoxide...we ended up in the hospital with co2 poisoning. While in the triage room, the nurse asked me how long I have had afib. I didn't know I had it. I also learned that some of the symptons of CO2 poisoning is sleepiness and irritability... lol I thought that was just my natural state of affairs.
Before that medicare credit card I got with my medicare advantage plan, I used to buy products off of facebook market place. Now I just order them over the phone. easy peasy..
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