What are you doing today, II

[Lenny]

Severe stomach pain last night finally gave in and went to the ER. They did tests and found I have issues with my gallbladder. They transferred me to the hospital today they did an endoscopy killed some stones that were in the vile duct and put a stent in my vile duct. Tomorrow they remove the gallbladder no fun at all, but it sure needed done. The pain I was in was the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life.

DAYUM! I hope everything goes well.

 

[pirate_girl]

I got all of my housework done today, cleaning, laundry, checked my requests for picking up shifts next week, yes ,no, yes, possibly lol
I'm going to watch a Walt Whitman documentary tonight in the comfort of my bed.

 

[FrancSevin]

Severe stomach pain last night finally gave in and went to the ER. They did tests and found I have issues with my gallbladder. They transferred me to the hospital today they did an endoscopy killed some stones that were in the vile duct and put a stent in my vile duct. Tomorrow they remove the gallbladder no fun at all, but it sure needed done. The pain I was in was the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life.

There goes your slow cooked pork ribs.

So sorry to hear.

 

[JackieL]

Visitation went well and a lot of people that knew my dad well said he was a great man in life. My 3 friends from Kentucky and I remember him saying this to us once, you 4 jarheads. A ton of hugs and condolences too and he got his wishes. His wish was certain things in the coffin which were a Hershey's chocolate bar, his favorite hammer he used a lot and 6 pack of Coors Light long necks. Say goodbye to him for good tomorrow morning and I speak out during a part of the funeral.Three of his favorite songs Chicken Fried, Tear in my beer and don't blink will be played.

 

[Melensdad]

Visitation went well and a lot of people that knew my dad well said he was a great man in life. My 3 friends from Kentucky and I remember him saying this to us once, you 4 jarheads. A ton of hugs and condolences too and he got his wishes. His wish was certain things in the coffin which were a Hershey's chocolate bar, his favorite hammer he used a lot and 6 pack of Coors Light long necks. Say goodbye to him for good tomorrow morning and I speak out during a part of the funeral.Three of his favorite songs Chicken Fried, Tear in my beer and don't blink will be played.

Sorry you are going through this but it seems like he is getting the send off he hoped for. Feel comforted in that, he would clearly approve and your whole family should feel good that you are following his wishes and honoring his life.

Buried my dad on Valentine's Day many years ago. In his "Christmas" suit, it was, perhaps his favorite and certainly his most festive outfit. Simple coffin because he thought all of them were a waste of money. He died wealthy but didn't like waste.

Honestly I hope I live up to his exceptions with my funeral. I'd be happy with a simple cardboard cremation casket, simple urn, and interment in a modest vault (or whatever) in a Catholic cemetery. From ashes to ashes.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

When my dad passed away in a work accident in 21, his funeral costs were covered by workplace health insurance as it was a workplace accident. So when we found that out, we went all out as they said everything aside from a gold plated casket was covered. He was getting cremated anyway following the service. (Despite my desire for a closed casket, mom opted to leave the casket open for the visitation) We had picked out the most expensive casket made of a high quality cherry wood. Following the service the whole works when in the furnace.

Back to my desire for a closed casket. Dad was killed while connecting the airlines on his lowbed trailer on a tractor trailer while parked on a bit of a hill. When he charged the airlines, he had forgotten to set the air brake lock buttons in the cab. So the truck and trailer began rolling backwards downhill over him sucking him under the back tires of the transport. When they placed him in the casket, there was nothing from about mid torso up. It was all filled in with pillows and stuffing to fill the void. Mom chose to leave it as an open casket. So now, every time I think back to the funeral, I picture dad laying there from the arms down with nothing above. . It's a very difficult memory to deal with. I voiced my opinion at his funeral and was out voted by mom and my brother so I sat at the back of the hall after going up once.

 

[JackieL]

Sorry you are going through this but it seems like he is getting the send off he hoped for. Feel comforted in that, he would clearly approve and your whole family should feel good that you are following his wishes and honoring his life.

Buried my dad on Valentine's Day many years ago. In his "Christmas" suit, it was, perhaps his favorite and certainly his most festive outfit. Simple coffin because he thought all of them were a waste of money. He died wealthy but didn't like waste.

Honestly I hope I live up to his exceptions with my funeral. I'd be happy with a simple cardboard cremation casket, simple urn, and interment in a modest vault (or whatever) in a Catholic cemetery. From ashes to ashes.

Feeling good about. He wanted in his favorite work overall and a t shirt wearing his work shoes and that happened

 

[JackieL]

Funeral was today,dad is in the ground. I was emotional at times speaking out during the funeral on the good times and memories about my dad. It was packed and had a few stand up talking about the memories about my dad being there for them. One was a woman he helped get off her feet out a bad time, a domestic violence survivor. I remember it too, helped her get out to a new place to live. My cousin Lester was there and almost got into it again. He was told to leave. Told him something will happen to him if he ever lays a hand on me. He sexually assaulted me when I was 17 which he still denies. There were charges and they were dropped, his sleeze ball lawyer got the charges dropped. Plus the prosecutor gave up on me which he lost his reelection bid

 

[Doc]

My condolences Jackie. You did good. Your dad would be proud.

 

[Doc]

I hope you feel better today, Doc.
I'm sure you and others recall my adventure with the pancreatitis, then had to recover from that, then had my gallbladder yanked, then another stent.
With the pancreatitis I was on the verge of sepsis.
Stupid me, I had no idea how sick I was.
Feel better, Sir.
We love you.

Thanks Lollie.
I remember your experience well. Horrible.
Mine is a bit similar. Now I know I had been dealing with gall stones and gallbladder issue for months. I thought I had food poisoning or stomach virus or crons etc etc. So I didn't go to the doctor.
This pas week was a nightmare. The pain was the worst I've ever felt, at least the worst I remember. The gallbladder had really grown into it's space and did not want to come out. They ended up breaking it open on the way out. So I have a drain for the next week.
Home now. Very painful today. They said pain should lessen in a few days. Just nice to be home. Much better place to recover.
Thanks for all the good wishes everyone.

 

[JackieL]

My condolences Jackie. You did good. Your dad would be proud.

Mom said that too, I was there beside her when his coffin was lowered down. She was tearful seeing her tear up and did comfort her. They had 6 chairs out for my brothers, mom and I to sit on at the burial site. My son is glad he got something from him, his 4 pocket watches which he has admired and money for his education fund to pay for college which is cool

 

[Kevlar]

Made my first pie ever in my life today! My 11 year old son did most of the actual work. Made the coconut cream filling and whipped cream topping from scratch, bought the pie shell, baby steps, right? lol
Or small community curling bonspiel is on this coming week and was asked if I could make a pie so I figured I’d better learn how. Turned out good and tastes great!

 

[FrancSevin]

Spent several hours locating the cause of a wall sconce light fixture failure. Was it the dimmer switch? A loose connection? A bad wiring glitch? Keep in mind I installed this fixture back in 1990 and it worked for 30 years. It could be anything.

The fixture has been out for 2-3 years, but my Granddaughter claimed it didn't matter. Well yeah, it did. But, I couldn't get to it with all her stuff in the way. Twice I replaced the bulb several times, but they never lit up.

Two weeks ago, she moved out and went to her mothers to live for a while. Today, I decided was the day.

After pulling out the dimmer switch. It checked out. So, I went up the circuit to see if there was somewhere, a break in power. Everything checked out all the way to the junction box where I had installed a ground fault to meet code for bathroom circuits. It checked out as well. Keep in mind, every time I tested power to ground, the ground fault went off. The circuits all appeared to be patent.

So, I went back to the light fixture. First thing, I checked the bulb. It was dead. But I just put a fresh one in today! So, I grabbed one out of a working fixture. Damn, it didn't light up. So, I put it back.

IT WAS DEAD!!!!

Now tell me that isn't weird.

So, I started at the end of the circuit and checked every connection for continuity. Re wire nutted every connection even though tha all checked out before. Put in a fresh new bulb and hit the switch.

Eureka!!!!

I will never know why or what I fixed, and it will be a ponderance for some time. But so far it lights up. The dimmer works and everything is fine.