Tag: #WeekendCoffeeShare

About two weeks ago I had a really nice bike ride on the Waterfront Trail from Coronation Park to Mimico Waterfront Park. It was a gorgeous sunny day. This section of the Waterfront Trail hugs the shore of Lake Ontario with a string of beautiful parks and beaches. On a nice summer day, there are usually lots of recreational activities in the lake. I enjoyed the bike ride and the scenery along the way. I hope you enjoy the photos.

For my Public Art photo challenge this week, I am sharing a sculpture titled Campfire at Humber Bay Lookout. On a clear day, when you look through the opening of the sculpture, you see the CN Tower and Toronto’s skyline.

How was your week? I’d love to hear from you in the Comments or Weekend Coffee Share link-up #222 below. If you have public art images to share, please leave link in the Comments or create a pingback. I’d love to see your photos.

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Thanks to Natalie, the Explorer, for hosting this prompt.

Grab a chair and something to drink. If you were here, I would tell you that I am becoming very much more frightened about where my health is going. I know I have a terminal illness, and they can’t tell me how much longer it is going to be before I kick the bucket, as the doctor puts it. She is so knowledgeable, and she feels that I should know what is going to happen eventually here. I am getting worse, and she just keeps telling me that it is normal for this situation. I can’t stay awake. I fall asleep while eating dinner or even driving my power wheelchair around. Scary. In addition to the COPD, I have very swollen legs covered with sores. I have constant cellulitis, and it is making the sores leak pus, and it is very easy for me to get an infection in there, and that could make me lose my life even faster. Sepsis is nothing to play around with. My appetite is dwindling, and she says that it’s normal and I will eventually lose all desire to eat, and at that point, they will stop checking my blood sugar and take me off the insulin.

I hope my glasses arrive soon. Still waiting for them.

My feet are so swollen that wearing anything on them is very uncomfortable, and the men’s slippers didn’t work. I don’t know what will happen once I can’t wear anything. Will I be confined to bed at that point?

It’s the weekend again, so I am on my own in taking care of myself. I don’t shower because I can’t do it alone. It’s embarrassing to have someone bathe me. Things will worsen as time passes.

I sometimes wish that I knew how much time I have left, and other times I am glad that I don’t know.

I finally got my morphine straightened out. I get three set times a day. Originally, it was four. They changed it to 3 times a day for some reason, unless I misunderstood, which is possible. I am finding it increasingly difficult to understand things. I am having trouble telling time now as well. This really sucks. I would hate to not be able to use my computer anymore and write. That is also getting harder.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Tessa

Natalie the Exploror

Up until this week, my August calendar included happy family gatherings, birthday celebrations, friend meet-ups, bike rides, nature walks, garden visits, farmers’ markets, books, films, music and travel planning. I was diligent with my fitness routine of 5K runs, strength training, pilates, yoga and language lessons.

This week my mother passed away peacefully. My family and I took comfort in knowing she was happy when we celebrated her birthday with most family members in attendance nine days prior. We are arranging a funeral followed by a life celebration to remember her legacy.

Since I had prepared this post and the Weekend Coffee Share (WCS) link-up in advance, I posted it for the WCS blogging community to continue the weekly coffee shares. I will reply to comments left on my blog but will not comment on WCS blogs this weekend. Thank you for your understanding.

Natalie

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Thanks to Natalie, the Explorer, for hosting this prompt.

Grab a chair and something to drink. If you were here, I would tell you that I am very sorry to hear about Natalie’s mother’s passing. That leaves a large hole in your family.

I saw my doctor again this week, and she brought me another treat. She knows I love cheesecake ice cream, so she brought me another container of it. She’s so caring.

I hope my glasses arrive soon. I am having trouble seeing now more than ever.

My feet are so swollen that wearing anything on them is very uncomfortable. My doctor suggested that I try men’s slippers as my feet won’t fit in the female slippers. I have to wait for my daughter to bring me another pair. She is going away for the holiday so I will have to wait.

We won’t have BINGO this weekend because the caller will be out for a party. It’s a shame we won’t have the activity. I will miss it.

It’s the weekend again, so I am on my own in taking care of myself. I don’t shower because I can’t do it alone. It’s embarrassing to have someone bathe me. Things will worsen as time passes.

I sometimes wish that I knew how much time I have left, and other times I am glad that I don’t know.

The doctor changed my morphine to set times, but it didn’t come in time to get it for this weekend so I will be without it until next week. I don’t know what the hold-up is.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Tessa

Natalie’s Coffee Share Weekend

It has been several weeks since I posted painted utility boxes that I discovered on my walks. Here are four boxes for my Public Art photo challenge and Dan’s Thursday Doors. I hope you enjoy the street art.

The next two images are the front and back of the same box.

How was your week? I’d love to hear from you in the Comments or Weekend Coffee Share link-up #220 below. If you have public art images to share, please leave link in the Comments or create a pingback. I’d love to see your photos.

Tessa

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Thanks to Natalie, the Explorer, for hosting this prompt.

Grab a chair and something to drink. If you were here, I would tell you that I am writing more than I have been, which is a good thing. I had missed writing, but just didn’t feel like doing it. It feels good to get my brain out of the constant thoughts of when I am going to kick the bucket. Things are getting worse all the time.

I can’t weight for my new glasses. I am having trouble seeing now more than ever.

My feet are so swollen that wearing anything on them is very uncomfortable. I wore the largest slippers I could find because I find socks and shoes uncomfortable. The slippers were getting tighter, so we tried slipper sox from the hospital, but my legs were too swollen for them. We even cut them down, and it didn’t work. I don’t know what I am going to do soon when the slippers no longer work, and that is coming soon.

The sores on my legs are not healing well at all so far. Another thing I don’t know what they will do about. I worry about the fact that they aren’t healing. That isn’t a good thing.

It’s the weekend again, so I am on my own in taking care of myself. No showers because I can’t do them alone. Sunday afternoon we have a bingo game that I go to. I don’t do many activities here.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Tessa

Natalie’s Guidelines and newest post is here.

Thanks to Natalie, the Explorer, for hosting this prompt.

Grab a chair and something to drink. If you were here, I would tell you that the food is STILL a major issue. The complaints are getting worse. The food sucks. I am surprised that I am not losing weight considering how little I eat.

My memoir is finally holding its reformat. I am working on very little writing right now. I just am so tired, that I can’t stay awake and I am busying working on practicing for the wheelchair and it turns out that I am qualified for a wheelchair 24/7 and hopefully a power chair for all of my health conditions. That will make getting around easier. It is getting harder for me to get around. My legs and back are killing me.

I have been told that the nurse practitioner here can write scripts for narcotics, and if that is true, that will make my life so much easier.

Hope you have a great week!

Tessa

Natalie’s Guidelines and newest post is here.

Thanks to Natalie, the Explorer, for hosting this prompt.

Grab a chair and something to drink. If you were here, I would tell you that the food is still a major issue. People are really starting to complain to management about what we are being served. I personally don’t like rice. The other day they served it 3 times in one day. 3 TIMES!!!! It is bad enough that it is being served several times a week, but 3 times in one day. Come on now!

I had to restart the format of my memoir over again. I didn’t realize that somehow I was reformatting it on 100% rather than fitting the page, so all of my numbers are wrong, and it printed it out too small. So here we go again. I have redone the table of contents so many times. Plus, it looks right on the screen, but it is very small when you print it out. So, I have to make sure I check the size. I don’t remember Word having anything like that. Since the whole document is too small, the pages no longer add up to start each chapter at the top of the page and have the right page number for the table of contents.

My daughter, who always takes me to my appointments for pain managment on the fourth Thursday, is having a change in her calendar, which is going to affect me. I don’t know how this is going to work. I need to go every fourth week, and she is on a calendar for every third week of not being available. I don’t have any other way of getting there. I am dreading this. It doesn’t help that I am now having trouble getting into my daughter’s vehicle. It is just one thing after another.

I got my flu shot today. That is done for another year.

Hope you have a great week!

Tessa

Natalie’s Guidelines and newest post is here.

Thanks to Natalie, the Explorer, for hosting this prompt.

Grab a chair and something to drink. If you were here, I would tell you that the food has not improved. The new dietary head (chef) serves fancy foods with all kids of fancy sauces and spices. We are not happy.

I have begun working on the memoir again. I am reformatting it to fit Google Docs. That should be the last time I must reformat it and worry about backing it up constantly since Google Docs automatically saves to the cloud. I just have to check the last documents on Microsoft and cancel the subscription.

I have heard that we have a new owner here at the facility. I don’t know how true that is. If it is true, I hope it is a good thing. We are all tired of the nonsense we must go through here. The good news is that they are trying to get us more doctors who will come in here to see us rather than transporting us to see them at their office. That will make life so much easier. That was how it was supposed to be when I moved in here 2 years ago, but so far, it hasn’t happened to many specialties. I know some can’t come here because they need certain equipment. We have a primary care nurse practitioner, a dentist, and supposedly an eye doctor whom I have been waiting for since I can barely see now. I think the hearing doctor also came in. We had a podiatrist for toenail clipping, but he rarely comes, so I have to go out, and that is always a problem, plus I have to go monthly for pain management. I am finding it harder and harder to get into a vehicle to take me to office visits. Not to mention trying to get my daughters to take me. They both work, so they aren’t available very often.

Hope you have a great week!

Tessa

Natalie’s Guidelines and newest post is here.

Thanks to Natalie, the Explorer, for hosting this prompt.

Grab a chair and something to drink. If you were here, I would tell you that my swollen feet and legs are not getting much better. Taking a shower is very difficult. The aide has to help me more and more and taking the oxygen off for enough time to take a shower has become difficult. I really dread taking showers.

I finished off the rest of the blog posts. I deleted the blog that is done and deletable. I can’t delete the very first one because that one is the main blog and can’t be deleted. I emptied it to the last post that says it is now emptied and tells them where to find my current work.

I will have to start working on the memoir again. I haven’t decided whether to post it on my new blog. Once I finish writing it, I must decide what to do with it. I have decided to change the names and places to make it so no one will be able to track it down. I have to find my newest document. Something happened to it, and I don’t know what is the most recent copy. Microsoft Word is very aggravating. I should just go back to using Google Docs and stop paying for Microsoft monthly. I really can’t afford it. I have to find the latest document, copy it to Google and get rid of Microsoft.

I dread shower night and have started to shower with the breathing tubing still on. I am having problems breathing, and I doubt it will get better. Today was shower night. I am done now until Wednesday.

The food is terrible most of the time. We rarely get anything worth eating. We are all so upset, but no one listens to us. He is supposed to be a great chef, but none of us is happy. The current administrator is on vacation which doesn’t help.

Have a great week!

Tessa

Natalie’s Guidelines and newest post is here.

Thanks to Natalie, the Explorer, for hosting this prompt.

Grab a chair and something to drink. If you were here, I would tell you that my swollen feet and legs are not getting much better. Taking a shower is very difficult. The aide has to help me more and more and taking the oxygen off for enough time to take a shower has become difficult. I really dread taking showers.

I still have over 2000 blog posts to go through. It is a tiring project. I plan to delete one of the blogs completely and that one still has over 700 posts alone. Thankfully I am deleting a lot of those blog posts so I don’t have to repost or rewrite them all.

I am still putting off the memoir. The longer I go, the harder it is to get back into working on it.

The new head of dietary has started and nothing has gotten better and in some cases it is worse. I don’t live in China, but we have a lot of chinese food which I hate and lots of rice rather than mashed potatoes which are instant anyhow. I hate rice as well.

I dread shower night that is coming tomorrow. I am having problems breathing now just sitting here. I don’t know what to do. I checked my pulse ox and my oxygen level isn’t too bad so not sure why I can’t breathe.

Have a great week!

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.wordpress.com