https://www.bookboardchat.com/members/maureen14/activity/ Activity feed for Maureen14 (Maureen Kennedy). Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:32:17 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.3.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 9269d5972fa7523a1e55ca2226839fd2 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/13118/ Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:44:42 -0400 Where have I been, very very very sick is where I have been and still am. Several time I have wished I had a gun so I could kill myself and end this misery. I could not go to radiology doctor because I cannot walk up or downstairs anymore. My lympedema is worst than it ever has been with ankles and feet about 3 times their normal size and weigh at least 30 pounds each. My upper body strength is gone, I am so weak. Meals on wheels have started, Last week I finally got someone in with help of a friend to clean parts of the apartment for me. Did you know 911 has non-emergency lift service where they send some firemen out to lift you up where you have fallen? I am still sstruggling along alone, I had my cat put down. Too much to tell here.

]]> 304a75f11c9ae35c41c80a85d9654791 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12759/ Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:51:10 -0400 whoa, just felt slight earthquake here, kocked down a few books

]]> 6b902f5638d9bb26420754ee8745cf22 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12697/ Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:56:23 -0400 I wasn't able to get down the stairs to see the doctor, didn't have the srength to get back up the stairs will two you men came by and helped me and my friend. It appears they are going to put me on hospice care after all and I won't be going to radiation treatment. Nurse will be coming by this week to tell me more. Diane's sister doesn't know how lucy she really is to have Diane.

]]> fe53b77f28f1db6054fb70a81b9eb6e9 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12688/ Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:41:48 -0400 I am somewhat improved in that my BP was 100/60 when I was so very weak and sick. He took me off all BP medicie. Lymphedema is very bad in feet and ankles and lower etremities, almost 3 time their normal size and extremely painful to walk on. I see the radiation doctor today.

]]> bf0b3041aa41a9a807658ae99ac5f99c https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12552/ Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:43:07 -0400 I havebeen very very eick this last week wtih no strength at all to stand up to alk to my end, Low BP has been bad with 100/60 so taken off BP medicine of 25 years. Lympedema has come back with vengency double size of left foot, ankle etc so can barely walk, So sick to talk about more right now, Holding in there

]]> 930dfe74857b198cb16e92279358dcb1 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12374/ Thu, 24 May 2012 02:47:44 -0400 Drive by - saw surgeon today everything ok, while the surgery went well the anesthia will leave me loopy and real tired for sometime. I am absolutely exuasted doing nothing. Meals on whell is supposed to start tomrrow. That's all I can write now., too tired

]]> e4e76b25642ed52ae92db78751a26f36 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12282/ Sun, 20 May 2012 00:42:35 -0400 Sam was here today and so very helpful. In meantime BOTH BIl's have lost their jobs today. Don't know what we are going to do as a family.

]]> c2eb7c5b48ab12a0d3e8bd0957720604 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12269/ Sat, 19 May 2012 02:19:06 -0400 I sure hope Sam comes tomorrow as I am not doing very well. I am tired all the time and find out I should not have been lifting heavy things. Things found in my sink very stinky and foul.

]]> bbe8f715d79effc121bc3c41c308c49d https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12226/ Thu, 17 May 2012 04:53:57 -0400 I had a long message which I lost on the misery of life. Perhaps I will rewrite it tommorrow. One thing I suggest is that you reconsider your living advanced directive - I failed to consider my own twin's fears - she would NOT ALLOW any religious contact to me made with me, even taking my rosary away from me. Both sister and I agreed twin was acting weird during this whole thing.

]]> e1aae0b844e9ed57931f7acf67f4500e https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12213/ Wed, 16 May 2012 04:52:38 -0400 I know what Sam means, I cannot figure out the vcr tonight. My sis say the anestesia takes along time to work it out of your system..My mind in going a million miles a minute but is not interested in anthing. I am about ready to blow up and I think it is the steroids making me so. Time to get some rest even if I can't sleep

]]> 236dbfe82c24d04812580519dbf6b16b https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12183/ Mon, 14 May 2012 20:13:09 -0400 I can't imagine Sam that you have any weigth to loose.. I am left with inabillity to remember some words and some strength trouble in mu upper tighs. I don't reall want cookies, though I will take them. I want bana bread, lemo bread, fruit breads, etc, moist so I can cut them up and spread some marg on them and yummy them down.. I t is utterly beyong me how you got my sink sooooooooooo clearn? You did such a perfect job in ppicking up kittl liiiiter. I worried so much about cat, that she wa dying or world be dead when got home based upon what landlady said. She may have disabetes but we shall have to wait on that because I can't afford physically or financiall to treat that iilness. My apt feel strange cause nothing was put away and things just dumped around place. Too tired to do anything about it. Your pooor poor mom - I would feel like her. Thankfully Have no pain, just irritating pulling from bandage. I seelp semi=erect t helf drain. I am lucy enough to sleep, after days in hospital with no sleep and twin taking everythng I owned cluding all glasses. I understand I was in restraights in getting out of surger. So I am sleeping semi-erectand I am not waking up really till noon (then spend rest of day wondering waht I can going to do till I go to sleep again. But I take nap too during day.

]]> fff1c6d64b1ad716addbdb29ea5f5b96 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12140/ Sun, 13 May 2012 00:18:41 -0400 I feel so bad for Furtima's sister, that i didn't know was sick. I am glad she made is thru surgery and hope return of functions. Gee I think it funny that Sam knows where my tumor was and I didn't. LOL

]]> 4568ca9fee3497f79dcc396831098199 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12137/ Sat, 12 May 2012 23:52:49 -0400 I am home from the hospital. The surgery lasted 8 hours instead of 4-5 he thought. He thinks he gt every speck but took mri and radiation will evaluate me 3-4 weeks. I am abulatory and had no difficult walking after 1st day. i am doing as well as could be expected. Sister got good referrals from social worker. We'll go through everything tomorrow when they come over again. I am going to bed soon. Thats it, folks.

]]> 91de3d52a91f8d2981abe28f0985fee4 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12056/ Mon, 07 May 2012 23:36:49 -0400 Sam just left here - what a blessing she has been. She did some housework , laundrey and fed me. The plan is sis and twin will pick me up Wed and take to hospital for 7:30 urgery - I'll spend 4-5 in hospital and then back home here and hopefully will have people check up on me. I am in the flow, just very tired and weak.
Thanks Irene, Kellie loved your treats. Remember, no fowers or plants as they will die.

]]> effaf968894fec4d85be9c3a43da880b https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12022/ Sat, 05 May 2012 23:28:12 -0400 no cell coverage this apt.

]]> 9c8157aad29ab9616304aaa3825bbff1 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12021/ Sat, 05 May 2012 23:27:19 -0400 Can't afford it bob. was onlhy ;30 and kids not home from school uet/ Left side doesn't work right.

]]> b094afac28fad63037b66ecc306da318 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12017/ Sat, 05 May 2012 21:55:15 -0400 Sam I desparately need you this weekend Besides some chorse around here I have more things to get rid of. I justt ook a bad fall leaning over to get newspaper adnd fell down. I call fo help several times as I couldn't get up. Finanny after some rest and wrigging I was able o get on knees and then up. I t was scary, I need to get rid of paintings, records, bookscds,players, chairs, stained glass,panels , old tools etc. What everyou take you can keep. I will be going into Lakwiew Hospial (a kaiser hospital) next wed, I don't know what time or room yout. Please NO FLOWERS Or baskeT = THEY JUST DIE. The other stuff is just too dry to eat cept for that fam place with sausage and cheese. Anyone want to send me homeade cookies, muffins, schone, etc would be great apreciated.

]]> 23567498ae227ed58708f097ddcc5faa https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/12005/ Sat, 05 May 2012 02:46:00 -0400 I am utter shock. Twin is coming down to be with me in hospital. Sis will take on Wed to get me to hospital, still don't know what time surgery will be. I think I will be discharge to home since it is way more convenient than sis's house and everything is here. Will have caretaker check on me, twin will see if home health aides can come here. I have been trying to put away groceries neice bought me but it,s slow going. There are 3 things I should get done but not sure I have the energy - what shall be shall be.

]]> cf85a9b6da86efe16742e51fbc8cec71 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11988/ Fri, 04 May 2012 17:09:32 -0400 Oh what a difference a good night sleep makes. I took the sleeping med and had a full night and feel so much refreshed.
sis called first as I left recording at work. Then surgeon called and I said let's do it, he can't tell me what time time tilll monday. Oncologist called for status - he was happy and want to be kept aware.

]]> 7343e11b43e4efc686b98c0ef1ad6b27 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11982/ Fri, 04 May 2012 04:58:41 -0400 You are such a sweetheard Sam, I will let you know what's happening tomorrow.

]]> d729a7165d5e27175786c586d823d5ce https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11980/ Fri, 04 May 2012 04:14:28 -0400 I am in a steroid rage, having not really slept the last couple of nights. Saw nurosurgeon today - can have surgery next wed which I am pushing for if I can find a way to get to hospital. Will be in hospital 4-5 days. Radiation would not be for 3-4 weeks after surgery. I don't know what's going on or if any help from sis. Sorry to be so abrupt, I can only do so much on my own.

]]> d01c2656fae570b9d1dda5f966824a50 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11934/ Wed, 02 May 2012 03:44:21 -0400 Joanne - I am thinking of what you said. My sis and bil are enjoying having their 25 year old out of the house. He can dress as he likes (undress) and they can interreact with each other without always cognizant that she is there. Even though she is an adult, sis says she still worries when dau is gone and can't sleep until she gets home. When dau has hizzy PMS they get into big arguments. So I don't know what the answer is cept they like her gone. Me, I will never know since I am an aunt with no children of my own.

]]> 9d4814cf5d85b08c18ae03b1294a6ab9 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11929/ Wed, 02 May 2012 00:47:59 -0400 It's been a long day, just got home a short time ago - spent all day at dr office and hospital where he begged a slip appointment for me for a CT scan to see if chest full of cancer so perhaps I wouldn't want surgery or radiation. So it doesn't look good for me, ce[t tumor is growing fast. Mesg on machine shows nurosurgen appt 5/3 instead of 5/14 - so we will see. Dr can't understand MRI so he couldn't tell me where tumor is or where it started on cerebellum. I've lost more weight since last Fri. I only have 20 pounds overweight to play with now. Funny thing, my taste on tongue has changed to where I am tasting nicotine and it is stopping me from smoking and have cut back 1/2 on cagarettes. Maybe if I slap on nicotine patches I can quit (they say it's never to late! hahaha) Will tell you more when I know more.

]]> 40327e3cc088c7d4833b8ed80064b42b https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11899/ Tue, 01 May 2012 06:35:30 -0400 I thought you only used channel 3 when you have a converter box? Is it possible your converter box turns off?

]]> 794c97eeebd47561c8355945ab693381 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11892/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:55:15 -0400 I am doing so-so. I have been sick the last couple of days - the euphoria is gone. Been sleeping more hours and I am worried I will miss tomorrow's doctor appt. I have been cold, cold, cold. I can't tell if it is changes in meds - I have lost my apetite again and am forcing myself to drink water. I will let you know more when I do.

]]> 0dd75eeecebb877202bd583d27968f17 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11764/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:08:19 -0400 Boy, the day sure is long when you are in your right mind and have limited things you can do physically. I am still having some walking problems. I catch up with TV programs watching them online. till I have watched hours of them and I am still bored beyond relief. I guess I will have to hit taxes tomorrow as there is nothing else to do _am due refund and there is no regular time limit on doing those for 3 years.

]]> aa1f8be13b958894fd8879e6a3308cbd https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11734/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:02:56 -0400 Well I have had a small ray of hope. I email GP last night and he called me today. He says he checked CT scan and no inflamation there and that UTI can cause ALL the problems I was having. So at this point he doesn't think tumor is affecting me! When I go to Kaiser I advise all clinics of treatment cause there is no automatic notification to them. Like Coumidin clinic changed prescript based on new meds and weight change. So I keep clinics advised to make sure everyone knows what is going on.

]]> 2070fcdb4d0841a1a9ada117ad0f7174 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11712/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:10:03 -0400 Sam, the best thing for fleas is frontline from Vet's for the animal and Raid flea killer spray for furniture, carpeting, you and everything. I never felt earthquake up here

]]> f774d7561ee5e22b7e36f928de9d9a32 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11685/ Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:10:13 -0400 Beth - I didn't see your last reply till just now. It brings back interesting memories of my own. In 1963-64 I was in home ec and had a Class project to do. We were supposed to make a garment at home and be graded upom it. My other had a new fancy sewing mchine, Bernina, which she really did not know how to operate with all those cams and everything - but she absolutely refused to let me use it for this class project. In talks with teacher I implored her for some other project and what I ended up doing was hand sewing a complete Barbie wardrobe including wedding dress and penoir and giving them to little sister when it was graded (I think I got an A). My sis says she's never forgotten it and has the ensembles still in the Barbie wardrobe box she had all those years ago (cept she has so much stuff she can't lay her hands on it). She feels FIL had given her No 1 or 2 Barbie doll and she put it away safely but has not been able to find it (she hasn't loooked hard). But even Barbies have declined in prices and they don't sell as much as they used to a couple years ago. I guess the economy tanking has affected all sorts of people, even collectors. The amount of discretinary funds for playthings have been greatly reduced for most people. The original Barbies did not have bendable legs and a hole was drilled into them from bottom up so they could be and a wire stand. This, as well as the breasts, is probably what made the Barbies so Objectionable when they first come out in early 60s.

]]> f8e1ff697d44a90ed4ed3e08755d9c05 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11680/ Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:40:50 -0400 I was looking at Ebay to see if they still had seller for you program they had several years ago. SO Mysterhorse (I think) on the Ebay new policies it says feedback from buyers who unpaid transaction initiated from them will be removed (which I what I think Bob was talking about) It starts tomorow,4/23
http://announcements.ebay.com/2012/04/sellers-recent-and-upcoming-updates-may-affect-your-listings-take-action-now/

]]> 4da3577fdd710a3f448de573ec028aa0 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11677/ Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:21:58 -0400 I am feeling so good, having kept down medications and food. I feel so energetic and my sister says I have talked today the most she has heard from out of me in a year. She feels it is the steroid for the brain. My BIL was having severe physical symptoms (falling down and eventually breaking a rib) which caused his MRI and next day brain surgery. Last night I was thinking in trying to go to sleep about all the things I have collected and now stuck with getting rid of much of it as possible so to clear this apt and get rid of things I know my sisters have no use for. It is a hard thing to do when you are alone. I have at least 20K in stained glass, bevels, tools etc. I have thousands of dollars in lampwork glass and additives. This does not include all my books which I am still working on for Sam because I don't think she got any history and religious books. I still have the sales slips in some of those books which I bought privately. To me, at this point in my life, getting rid of stuff suffering the lose is worth more to me than trying to sell any of it. I have stopped Ebay sales for over a year because I felt I could not get to the PO to mail stuff. So be careful in your collections that you don't get more than you can dispose of quickly or suffer the least lot when you just give it away.

]]> 2de1e9b86ab421af35cad391fab66730 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11650/ Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:02:51 -0400 It's a long time since I have had a gout attack since I take allipurinol daily to prevent gout attacks. I think I recall despite pain that cold on the area - which usually is the big toe joint, helps ease the pain. You can use cold wash clothes to drape over foot area. You might find some relief to the pain, although it is uric cystals causing the inflamation and the cold does not reduce that kind of inflamation.

]]> 1312580f96efde2348d1574cb9d6c408 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11646/ Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:01:58 -0400 In the mean time Jude, drink alot of water to help flush the urinary system. Gout can get so painful people can't even imagine it.

]]> 0bb0d8938ebda47168ac996c70661942 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11642/ Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:48:29 -0400 Casinokat - I am glad to hear Pat is home - that MERSA is horrible stuff and the antibiotic to treat it costs $100 a pill which my sis couldn't afford and insurance denied it to where their doctor was going to import pills from his native Iran for my BIl cause is only cost $8 a pill there. I called the drug company and they told me the procedure to use with sis's insurance which ended up paying for it though BC/BS had a new horredous yearly coppay which had just started.

]]> 7df4de1c01a2892a19cb80a3f512da08 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11636/ Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:48:03 -0400 Ok girls you have me convinced! I was talking to my sis (8 years younger) and what are the odds that one person (her) would have both husband and sister have lung cancer and brain cancer at the same time. His lung cancer started a year after mine, and he is cancer free in the rest of his body (all of it now since brain surgery but the raditation now has him screwed up). The odd have to be a million to one. She is the one I worry about, she has 8 stents in her heart now and she is the diabetic). It's just amazing how much better I am with the medication they have given me.

]]> 275eda1e39f171cdd75fe2142e26a8c9 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11632/ Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:08:01 -0400 I am up now. I can only sleep now 2-3 hours then lay awake till I doze off again. Anyhow I am feeling so much bettter physically, my sister says she can hear it even in my voice. I have been able to keep down things I wasn't before, even my medications. The earliest date for nureosurgeon is 5/14 so I have email oncologist to check my CT scan and that through their computer system. Anyhow I am going to stop talking about myself since I think it inhibits some people from participating in the board.

]]> 9050eacfb3022451051e29b5486db38d https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11626/ Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:18:23 -0400 rather than have sam drive all the way up here I asked a friend I haven't seen in almost a year to take me to ER - he is friends husband and he lives close here in Whittier.

]]> 5527377b601eaaad21533eef81f29d0b https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11625/ Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:17:11 -0400 I just got home from ER - I have a brain tumor at the cerebellum which can cause the nausea and I have a UTI which can cause nausea. Surgery is not done where this mass is so steroids given to reduce any swelling and referral to nurosurgen for this coming week. That's all - dizziness and nausea almost gone but hanging on the edges.

]]> cd3df0584e3c07e4a51f5a6318c063da https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11614/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:58:05 -0400 I talked to nurse and she says I should go to ER, so Sam is coming to get me to go to ER.

]]> e2f45e766d74d33c9d2c0611fd7912c8 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11611/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:14:47 -0400 I don't think I have dehydration. I have called the oncologist office and left message for doctor to call me.

]]> 689cbe9673b88dc0314fb352d6ff1936 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11605/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:44:24 -0400 Pam- that's part of my problem in that I am not eating, because I end up throwing up everything I eat even yogurt. I am throwing up even clear bile - I don't know what is causing this but it is getting more frequent during the day. I am dizzy all the time and clutching onto furniture to even get to one room to another. I have started peanut butter and honey bites to help give me some energy.

]]> 3b9aa01515376df435e99812f0077627 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11580/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:52:26 -0400 I have had gout, Mim, so I know what you mean. I take allupurinol every day to prevent gout attacks. My warefarin check showed blood too thin also, 3.3 - must be something in the air. For the last two months I have been so weak I can hardly do anything. I just manage to survive (thanks to Sam and Pam ). Now I am throwing up and dizzy as can be, don't know what is wrong cept I know I don't need surgery. I have been to ill to even take chemo therapy. Hope you are feeling better though.

]]> aa0583b79c6134ead14008d73a48fea8 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11564/ Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:22:02 -0400 Oh yes, I still have plenty of stained glass here in my apt.

]]> f0f2acff92f6dfc133c540ea88b3d114 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11563/ Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:21:27 -0400 My sister's decd FIL worked at Mattel and bought loads of Barbies as an investment for niece's college education. I researched the hundreds of dolls (and photo'd them). Book value was $33,000 Ebay sold value a few years ago was $13,000 and worth even less now. Only ones worth any money are the early ones, in years he didn't work for them. When my BIL left his managerial job a couple of months ago, I told him to give away the stained glass he was storing for me since it had become a milstone around my neck. Made someone pretty happy doing that. He brought his milstone home (Barbies-MNBO) and filled his garage up with the boxes. He should give them away to Toys for Tots at Christmas and just take the right off.

]]> 1daff4ae7d3d0e54c1ffc5f7adfdae03 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11433/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:16:07 -0400 Casinokat - I sincerely hope Pat is doing better. Hopethey give him a more powerful antibiotic to knock our that pneumonia. Hope you are taking care of yourself as well.

]]> 3582c3e65816f1865df2c5c488657855 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11289/ Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:39:01 -0400 I use the jar of paste called "better than bouillion" which comes in beef and chicken flavors. They are the best around for getting soups a more full bodied flavor which I like.

]]> c34ff119faecf824749f1edb0c7f11ef https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11280/ Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:20:52 -0400 I used to put sweet pickle relish in the egg/mayo part of deviled eggs, and people raved about it and ate as mamy as they could get away with.

]]> 4b6af46b54ee5bb392edeec249b85d39 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11246/ Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:17:04 -0400 I have been using the 1940 Census site and it much faster and smoother than yesterday. I already found one side of the family and the other side is in a unique situation where it could be in 5 enumeration districts but going to the districts does not give you any information on anyone. So I will have to research that later. The key to the 1940 census search is to know where the people were living, street name.

]]> 75117acbfd5de70e742a5a4c40172644 https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11196/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:52:36 -0400 These beans were about 6 inches long and small in circumference, straight as could be. You could not tast any strings to them (cept for the third time microwaving them to heat them up as I could only eat a little bit at a time)

]]> b4ef84798c4d883a76bc7257a24b6f8a https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/11193/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:10:07 -0400 Sam - Pam's food is delicious but best of all is the string beans! I have never tasted any as good as those they must be a special brand that she grows or buys. Can you find out for me? To see all those boxes of books and trash bags gone is so wonderful - I am so appeciative for all you guys did for me.

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