Geez Mel, you look after Rocky , i don't know how the Social security works in the United States but over here you would get paid " Carers allowance ", its non taxable & about $80 a fortnight, but every bit helps.
take care
Brian

Brian:

There isn't enough money in the whole world to pay me for the care I give my Alan!!!! Want to know what I just did???

This morning we woke up to about 20 degree temperatures. IN NYC YET!!! We are having quite a cold spell. The landlord (who lives next door) is very cheap with the heat. Sometimes it comes up and sometimes it doesn't.

The people who live downstairs in the basement (AND WHO DO NOT SPEAK ONE WORD OF ENGLISH AND THANKFULLY I SPEAK ITALIAN), well, we have a code.

If the steam is not coming up, I phone them and say BOOM BOOM BOOM. The lady knows that it means to walk over to the boiler and flip the switch up and down until it kicks in. We've been doing a lot of BOOM BOOM BOOM this week.

But this morning, Oh my, we were freezing. Too early to call her and go BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!! So I got my microwave warming heat up beads thing (that I place in the microwave for 3 minutes), took it out nice and piping warm, got back into bed and put it on Alan. He goes "oh my god, that is so nice".

So how much do you think I'm worth???? My weight in Gold???????

That's a lot of Gold lol

mel

BOOM, BOOM BOOM you just cracked me up something shocking, you made me laugh so hard that my belly is hurting, that was really funny.
After reading what you wrote about warming up the heat beads, i am now thinking in the range of Zillions of $$$$

Brian

I'm glad I made you smile and I hope you are having a pain free day!!!!

Take care,
Melody
P.S. As I am typing this, I'm at the computer and my feet are resting on the microwavable bead thing. It's nice and warm for my tootsies.

My feet DO NOT LIKE COLD WEATHER!!!

You have got to go and get yourself one of these micro warm up arthritic bead things. I pop it in my micro for 3 minutes and the darn thing stays warm for more than 30 minutes. I put it on my neck and shoulder too.

Couldn't be without it.

Take care, Mel

P.S. BOOM BOOM BOOM

Hi Melody - I think i mentioned earlier - but if you have trouble getting a vein in Alan (and it gets tougher as time goes on - from getting stabbed so much!) - slap that thing on his arn prior to the IV going in for a couple of minutes - those veins will pop up!

Kmeb: Are you talking about the microwave bead thing that I have?
I should slap that on his arm and the veins will pop?????

Oh by the way, two seconds ago, the lady in the basement knocked on my window and I opened my bedroom window and there she was with an Easter thing for me. She bakes stuff all day long (I can't eat any of it but I can't tell her).

This time there were two cooked Easter eggs in a big shell of braided bread. You gotta love her.

Took all of my willpower not to dive into it. I have no idea what to do with it. It's still warm. Can I (after it cools, I mean), can I wrap it up and put it in the fridge and warm it up tomorrow (after I take out the eggs).

I never cook like this so I never saw two eggs in piece of braided bread before (and the eggs are still in the shell).

Oh, as she was leaving to go downstairs I said "Maria, BOOM BOOM BOOM. She said "no problema". You gotta love this lady!!!

mel

Well, seriously - you can slap veins to get them to pop (of course - the patient can always slap back!) - BUT - its much more pleasant to have the heat on them! (I use a little mircrowave glove thats actually for aromatheray - but works great)

Regarding the eggs - I'm lost! I live on Ensure - which the good thing - all it requires is opening the bottle!