My early nap turned out to be not so early.

I got caught up worrying how Corey was going to get his music onto his new phone because of problems with his archaic computer. He hasn't synched his phone and computer together or backed up his phone to it in a year, and he can't do it with my computer without losing the music he hasn't purchased through iTunes (I called Apple). The last time he tried to use his computer it had crashed, but I ended up getting it up and running again after charging and restarting it, so later in the evening he was able to back his phone up to iTunes. So, the problem should be solved.

I just couldn't rest until I resolved the problem in my mind no matter how exhausted I was. So, yeah, I'm still manic. I ended up smoking MJ and taking a 2 hour upright couch nap later tho. I felt much better afterwards because the sleep was much needed.

The Mirilax is definitely something I need to take everyday. The fiber is another story. I didn't take much, but overdid it anyway, and I'm having lots of mid-to-lower right abdominal pain. It's starting to subside a little, so I hope that means that things are moving along, but it's kinda scary after what I've just been through. I don't want another bowel obstruction. Anyway, no more fiberCon for now.

Upon discharge from the hospital, I was told that someone from the surgical team would be calling me in two weeks to check in. So, that should be around Monday. I will ask them what I should do now, what I should be doing regularly, and who I should be talking to/seeing about these issues on an outpatient basis.

We're supposed to take care of the cellphone situation and go out to lunch this afternoon. Corey's still sleeping right now tho. I've been up since 6:30.

I am glad that the miralax is working.

Sorry for your little pain, I am sure that

I would be worried as well and am curious

who will be your go to md from here on out.
I hope you have a nice lunch time out and

you get to eat something really good.
I hope you have a good day
You so much deserve that!
I hope corey is being nice to you.
((((((HUGS and LOVE))))))
bizi

I got myself into a heap of trouble yesterday...

We share a patio with our next door neighbor, who gave permission to a boy, who lives on the 3rd floor, to leave his bike downstairs next to the fire stairs, which is on his side of the patio. The problem is that he and his friend never leave their bikes there, but leave them in front of his slider, ours, or anywhere in between instead. Sometimes they also ride up on our patio right in front of us while we're sitting outside... we love that

When the good weather first arrived, I called the office, then Corey went down there, about one of the bikes after it was left on OUR side of the patio for 6 days without moving. We told the office what the boy's father looked like, and where we thought they lived. They told Corey they would send an email out, but nothing happened. Corey ended up moving the bike inside by the front entrance. Later, he ran into the father, spoke to him about the bike, and found out about the arrangement with our neighbor.

I have spoken to both boys very nicely separately, and together, several times. I spoke to the boy's friend Friday night (in front of his sister) after he left his bike propped up on my patio chair....

Last evening, while our blinds were drawn but open, we caught the boy upstairs trying to leave his bike in front of our slider, and his friend trying to leave his in the same place as the night before- against my patio chair. So, I went out to talk to them again. Unfortunately, I was PO'ed and HIGH at the time, and let "CUT THE S-" slip out at the end... UGH

So, the very angry mother from upstairs came down pounding on my sliding glass door to f'ing scream at me for swearing at her child, but she was a real piece of work, who refused to believe that her son had EVER left his bike on our side of the patio LOL... it's a daily occurrence. Ordinarily, I would have immediately apologized because I was in the wrong for swearing at children (and should not have been even talking to them while high), but you get what you give. So I yelled right back at her, and told her I'd be willing to go upstairs and throw all my s- all over her deck.
I did eventually apologize for swearing at the kids, and promised not to do so in the future, but I refused to back down about the bicycle situation. I said it was our own personal rented space, I would NOT be dealing with it all summer, and would call the leasing office and make it so that the boys would lose their privileges to park their bikes downstairs AT ALL (their not supposed to do so even on their own decks/patios) if it continued.

I have not heard from the other mother (YET). The father of the boy upstairs said he had spoken to her. Maybe she had already heard from her daughter that I had spoken to her son the night before, or maybe she knows that if another adult tells her kid to "cut the s-" there's a good reason for it (that's what I would suspect). IDK. But if she comes banging on my door, I'll handle it differently this time. I'll open with that apology. And I never even asked the other mother what the kids told her I said. Maybe they told her something different/worse. She just asked if I swore at her son, and I said yes.

I hope that the father speaks to our neighbor, the one he has the agreement with. He is also having problems with the kid leaving his bike where he is not supposed to. When I saw him the other day, he said he had spoken to him twice recently, and he knows I have spoken to the kids, too.

Later, we heard the father upstairs talking to the boys. Corey said he heard him saying I was right, it is our personal space, but I went about things the wrong way. And he went on to give them directions about not riding their bikes on, or leaving their bikes on, our side of the patio. So, hopefully something good will come out of my mistake, and we won't have to deal with this s- anymore.

Corey is understandably very upset because we moved to avoid problems with our old neighbors, and I just caused major problems for us. I hope this blows over without any future incidents. I've never seen the mother before last night, and Corey thinks she doesn't go out much, if at all. So, it's not likely I will run into her often. We will run into the father for sure because he's around enough, but he seems like a reasonable guy. Very odd tho, and Corey thinks he's on drugs. I'm sure we'll see the kids, but I'm just going to ignore them, and let them go about their business. I don't want to intimidate them or anything. If they start parking their bikes where they shouldn't again, I'll call the office... every single time. And I will take pictures.

Maybe it's because of how things were when I was growing up, but I don't really think what I said was THAT bad, but I know I still should NOT have said it. It was not my proudest moment. I really do feel worse for causing grief for Corey than saying "S-" in front of two 9 year olds who I am sure have heard a lot worse tho.

I'll probably hear from the office, and that's okay. I'll tell them exactly what happened, and exactly what I said. And I'll tell them that in the future, they can expect their phone to ring off the hook if the kids don't learn anything from what happened last night.

I should have been calling the office about this before it got to this point.

I am sorry the boys were disrespectful of your property.
You have every right to be angry.
hopefully they will shape up and not park on your side.
next time take your pictures and report them to the office.
I think that is a good idea you have.
bizi

Kay,



I also don't think that what you said was bad but parents trying to defend their
obnoxious children will do what they can to pick a fight /change the issue.

I hope that the kids can be convinced to be less obnoxious with the bikes.


M

Thank you, ladies. You made me feel a little less like a monster! lol

Corey told me yesterday that he's not mad at me. I know he's still obsessing about the whole bike situation. He's more PO'ed about the bikes than me, but not happy about Saturday's altercation.
I've had time to think about the situation, and I'm not so sorry I swore at the kids because it got their parents attention- for better AND worse.
The boys played outside the apartment yesterday, which we have no issue with, and they kept their bikes off the patio. They still don't know, or care to know, where to put their bikes per the agreement with our neighbor, but that's HIS problem.
The father of the kid upstairs stuck a note in our mailbox with his name and number on it, asking us to call him if we have any problems with the neighborhood children. So, there is a way to possibly work this situation out without future bloodshed. I think it was very nice on his part, and I will take him up on his offer, but we will still continue to take pictures, and at the first sign that he is unable, or unwilling, to control the situation, we will get the office involved.
If Corey continues to brood about the situation, I will tell him to "CUT THE S-", too. It is quiet at the moment, so I'm over it now.

Anyway...

Forget how I know, but I KNOW that there is a narrowing somewhere in my intestines, which is obviously why I ended up with the obstruction that landed me in the hospital, tho it was not obvious like this before. And right now, I've been having severe abdominal pain because I'm very constipated. I'm very worried I may become obstructed again, but things are kinda moving at the moment. I did not know whether or not to take Mirilax this morning, but in the end, decided I should. Hopefully, that was the right thing to do.

I'm expecting a call from one of the doctors on the surgical team for a follow-up after my hospital stay, hopefully today. I need to know what to do in my current situation and beyond, and I they need to relay to Dr. Chen that I definitely DO have a narrowing. I don't know what can be done about it, aside from another surgery tho. If I don't hear from them this morning, I may call them this afternoon. Constipation is nothing to sc'ew around with in this situation. I don't want to end up back into the hospital

I hope it straightens out.
love
bobby

That is what I'm hoping, and that's how I usually handle things... waiting it out.
Thank you

Kay

I'm guessing the mom just thought she had to say something because
her son expected her too. But I'm also guessing she doesn't
worry to much about it. Its more for show for her to say something honestly.

She would have wanted to help you work it out if she really cared about her son and his friend. And his bike and what he learns to act like as an adult.

That honestly is how parents who care like the father, do things.
So remember that when she comes to blow her mouth off.

Donna

You make a lot of sense, Donna.

I think the mother wanted to pick a fight, and enjoyed the opportunity to do it, but was more for show, as you said. She was a crazy mess. It looked like she had not bathed in a long time, she couldn't stay on point, was saying some very odd things, and kept making strange (and very amusing) whole arm gestures. I think she's on drugs. She's lucky I didn't laugh in her face. Well, I did when she insisted her son had NEVER left his bike on our side of the patio.

I don't expect to have to deal with her regarding this issue again, if at all. I won't be swearing at anymore children, and I have the father's number now. Hopefully, we can work things out that way.

I decided not to wait for a call from one of the doctors, and called my surgeon's office yesterday. I got a call back from one of the nurses at the hospital, who said that Dr. Chen suggested I go on a liquid diet for the time being to see if I feel better. Another nurse is going to call me today to see how I'm doing, and to try to schedule an appointment with me to see her soon in her suburban office, which is hard enough to get to... there's no way I can drive into Boston.

I do feel better since going on the liquid diet. I had only had a little chicken noodle soup prior to that suggestion being made anyway. I'm not having any pain anymore. I'm still not going to the BR in any meaningful way tho. I think it will take a while, but I think things will work themselves out. I don't know how long I will be on the liquid diet, but right now it's not bothering me. I'm just worried about losing more weight. I've already lost 2lbs of the weight I gained back since coming home from the hospital.

When I see Dr. Chen, I'm going to tell her I'm content with just having D for the rest of my life. I don't want to spend my life in and out of the hospital with small bowel obstructions (I've had plenty of patients with that same problem), but I don't want to have anymore surgeries either.

I'm going to try to make a quick trip to the grocery store a little later today if my stomach feels okay. The walking will do me good.