Tradies below me doing renos are blasting cypress hill, and I'm here for it ๐
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Got today off work to get a 24h blood pressure monitor hooked up, I hope I'm able to sleep with it going off every half hour
thats gonna drive up your blood pressure
You just can't win
What a feedback loop
Today I get my final heart results.
The GP said when he worked in the UK theyd often get people who get what I got just once. And they were in their 20s.
Admittedly they'd had a coke binge over the weekend lol
Tried to pull no phone out of my pocket this morning and perfectly yeeted it into the toilet. Could have been a worse fate considering the ensuite is tiled
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I had an incredibly bizarre dream about basically Rome being filled with methed up mutants.
Yuck dream.
It was deranged and uncomfortable and there was a sudden rain storm that closed some roads and I think I lost Yasi and no matter what way I went, I was still going the same way. There was people trying to snatch at me.
There was a truck advertising a unethical university and one of the meth heads was screaming it was all part of North American's Future Travel plans.
However, in the dream I got some very nice mail that made me happy!
I had a really great dream about going to an audition to be a new vocalist for Van Halen. Both Sammy Hagar and Dave Lee Roth were there, as well as Eddie.
We were all jamming outside by the pool with people everywhere doing rock star stuff. It was a very short audition for me because I canโt sing but watching Eddie play was pretty awesome and well worth it. He was so smooth and effortless.
I watched a doco on Netflix called Hack Your Health: The secrets of your gut. It was really interesting. Basically they talked about how gut microbiomes play an important role in our health and the more diverse diet the more healthy biomes we have. We should be aiming for between 20 - 30 different fruit and veg a week. It was well worth watching.
There's a very strong connection between the necktop processing unit and the gut level reactor. I'm not sold on the 20-30 different varieties though - perfectly OK to eat a smaller range, so long as the proportion of f & v in your diet is high enough to keep everything ticking over just fine.
They weren't talking about servings. So for instance a salad could have 5 different fruits or vegetables and those 5 count in the 20 - 30 weekly. Very doable. The more diversity the more diversity biomes.
This morning I had a croissant with jam, a coffee, and a plum. So 1/20. I agree though, a healthy microbiome is a very good thing.
It makes sense. I'm pretty healthy and I eat a diverse range of foods anyway but I'm gonna try to concentrate on the fruit and veg.
the jam is a fruit and croissant has wheat, which is a veg
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My mum had a MRI yesterday and said it was the most horrific thing she's ever done. She's had radiation, cancer twice and 4 kids. She's half deaf and said the noise was incredible.
I've had a few MRIs, a couple for my brains and one for my ankle. The nurse/tech gave me headphones and let me have Green Day playing while they scanned my head.
But the noise is actually insane. Have you seen them spin without the covering? It's terrying how huge and fast it goes!
CT scanner https://youtu.be/DnWVBh5taGo
(Similar tech, MRI uses radio waves, CT is x-rays iirc)
Where do you take your partner when you live in a bit of a boring suburb with not so great transport and your house is off-limits because your parents are home? Too early to meet the parents
Please don't say the car ๐ my car got a bit of water in it when it rained because of the sunroof guttering being full and it smells putrid in there
Motel, hotel or b n b. During the day you could go bush and find a secluded spot. Bring a picnic blanket.
Picnic!
Yarra bend park has nice spots. Studley park boathouse, Bellbird picnic area (has a loo, also nice park area just a walk away on the corner of Redmond and Wills st). Kew billabong... Took all my exes to those places and always had a nice time. Lotta private places if you look hard enough nudge nudge wink wink say no more.
Thank you!
I remember my dad went to Yarra Flats instead of Yarra Bend and got followed home by someone looking for questionable activities. Yarra Bend definitely is one of those places too though haha
Park with bushes, movie theatre (a movie that isn't popular = empty theatre), hotel/motel.
Mondays at a derro pub with pokies. It's quiet, and everyone is sitting at the machines so the dining area/beer garden tends to be empty
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Nice day for icecream in a park๐ฆ
I want one. Preferably made by someone else.
That's AWESOME!!
I have not the slightest idea of when I would wear it, or even IF I would wear it. I still want it tho.
Made it down to the bellarine yesterday.
Had to escape. Shit was too tense. All the food is sorted for ol' girl but jeez did that little stint of not eating enough do a number on her mind and mood. Meltdowns about very odd things like overloading a circuit (had dryer, heater, washing machine and hairdryer on). Said I'm going to have to turn the heater off for a bit and all hell broke loose ('you can't do anything right'). Suggested to layer up for a bit (p's have a lot of cold weather stuff)... 'don't tell me what to do'.
Meltdown after weighing her (she's waay down, accusing me of not doing enough), then tipping the ensure I had ready to go in soup down the sink 'because I don't want it'. So I suggested if I can't get enough in we'll have to bypass the mouth which means you'll have to go in... 'you just want to get rid of me'.
GP prescribed her mirtazapine which she refuses. Took one myself (lol not supposed to do that) just to see if it does stimulate appetite and it surely does and would be really helpful. I am/was tempted to chuck it in food but I'm drawing the line at prescription. Happy to go behind her back w/ ensure though.
You try and reason but it just doesn't work. Frustrating af. Not her fault but it's exhausting trying to work out what to do as it changes daily.. so many moving parts.
Have to give respect to those in aged care doing this stuff for a living. It's wild enough just with one person.
They'll be down here over easter so few days off then back on the horse.
It's so hard when they're not in their right mind, topped with all the health and medical stuff. I'm so sorry you're going through this friend, I'm glad you're able to get some time to decompress.
Thinking of you! ๐๐
Thank youโค๏ธ
I think the emotion thing is doing my head in. You have to switch it off when doing shit and not take it to heart, then it floods back at the end of the day.
I hear you
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Is she staying hydrated? Dehydrated grannies go absolutely off their shits in a terrifying way.
Nope. Been pushing for at home IV drip but not my call. When she was in ICU after the resection for a few days you see the BUN (which they did daily) test was bang on. Now she's not drinking nearly enough and lo and behold last test 6 months on at the upper range + . Really frustrating. Quick fix (maybe) but it's just hitting my head against a wall trying to convince ol' boy. He should know but for some reason deaf ears.
honestly from your posts it sounds like he's overwhelmed or in denial. Neither good.
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Why not put it in a cuppa?
I'm tempted to but something tells me not to. Spiking stuff (except w/ regular over the counter things) is just going a bit far for me.
I totally get that.
When my dad was alive, in his last years he had dementia and would go on these rants. Getting worked up over nothing. I told my mum to put valium in his drink. She didn't do it often because she hated doing it but it gave her relief from time to time and he slept better.
Here's the thing though. When he was in the army he was commanded to add something in the food (he was one of the cooks) that stops the soldiers becoming horny. He didn't like that so he told the soldiers which food was laced. He got into big trouble for that numerous times. He was convinced hospitals do it to because he could taste it.
My mum felt so bad she asked his doctor if it was ok and he said yes. Yikes.
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Iโm so sorry. Maybe the aged care forums will have some tips ๐ https://www.agingcare.com/topics/212/refusing-care/questions
Edit: Or the Victorian Palliative Care Advice Service https://www.pcas.org.au/
And I heard utis in elderly can really set them off? But yeah. I think the trip was stressful and people feel more comfortable to lash out at their caregivers
Please care for yourself too. Even without the aggro and criticism at a certain point the level of expectations alone becomes abusive/dominates your life
https://www.agingcare.com/questions/depression-while-being-a-primary-caregiver-138183.htm
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I planned out some things I want to get from Aldi and can get a liftโฆ but feeling too anxious to go out ๐ซฉ
You can do it. The good thing about Aldi is you'll be in and out in half an hour. Less if you have a list. We believe in you.
curls into a pillbug
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Put Dark Souls 3 on the Bazztop and that seems to be the upper limits of what it can run. Pretty impressive for a computer with some weird laptop graphics card that isn't made for gaming.
But the framerate is too inconsistent if I wanted to parry my way through Lothric. It's the simpliest Dark Souls but the combat is the tightest.
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I do believe I've had a migraine the past few days, nearly over it now.
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