A friend, who was dying, took advantage of Oregon's Death with Dignity law and died today. I envy him.

Cheery title, what? Got a call from an old friend who is taking advantage of Oregon's Death with Dignity law and will die on Wednesday, November 5. He is dying of liver and heart failure and has two months at the most and wants to go with his dignity and his mind intact. I started to tell my husband about the call and he started having a snit about ( Read more... )

I was never really sick but I am still dragging. Got my potassium back to the normal range so I only take one enormous horse pill a day. Went back this afternoon for the first time in three weeks and was greeted with equal parts enthusiasm and a recital of who had want disease. Tidied my room back to my standards and called the repairman for a ( Read more... )

The COVID itself was just a chest cold and not even a really bad one. It is still lingering. The way it knocked my potassium down is the problem. I had an infusion one day -- two hours snoozing in a comfy chair -- and am taking HUGE pills twice a day that I have to split in half to get down and I take pills with no problem. Eating bananas and ( Read more... )

Day five. Not terribly sick but bored.

Had a dream that needed NO interpretation the other night. I was carrying a whole bunch of bags full of lots of boxes and kept dropping or misplacing either a bag or a box ( Read more... )

72 mph wind gusts Saturday. Lost power at 7:15 p.m. Came back at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Good bye contents of frig and freezer. Didn't think much about it as we sat reading by candlelight other than this was what life was probably like in our house when it was new in 1882. Then saw FB on Saturday. Massive trees down all over town including on top of ( Read more... )

46 years married today. Maybe 10 left. Getting old is depressing.

Yesterday, Steve was in a pissy mood ALL day. By dinner time, I had had it. He blamed the cat -- as per usual -- and I told him he needed to see a doctor about anti-depressives. I reminded him of what a huge difference it made in me when I first started them lo' those many years ago ( Read more... )

I have three fairly major stress points this week and for the past two weeks, my morning dreams have shown it to me. I get lost. I can't find something I desperately need to find. The group I am with disappears and leaves me stranded somewhere. Etc. I am hoping, once I have dealt with the issues, I will feel better next week ( Read more... )