aKathy's What's for Dinner 4/30

jeremysgirl. I was so afraid you were gonna say that those symptoms were result of shingles. Cause it sounds like a friend of mine when she had shingles

Mine too!

jeremysgirl sciatica is the worst. I hope the massage helps.

Sounds awful leannec

Tearisci your mom looks so happy to leave

**GypsyGirl** is your Dh depressed? He’s had a lot on his plate but so have you. Hugs

We grilled burgers with redskin potatoes and roasted veggies.

In my older brother's adorable baby book (our Mom was a scrapbooker for her first 2 babies !), she kept the cancelled check to the doctor for his delivery and circumcision.
The total was $200.00. I don't know how insurance worked back then, and I always meant to ask my Dad about that. Was the $200.00 a co-pay,
or the entire amount ? Ugh, sooo
many questions I wish I'd asked my parents, and now I can't.


I also loved that Mom saved the label of the champagne bottle Dad brought to her room to celebrate. Can you even IMAGINE hospitals
allowing that now? Mom probably had a few ciggies immediately after giving birth, too.


On a related note, my baby brother was born prematurely; my Mom had either placenta abruptio or placenta previa (she started
hemorrhaging while Dad rushed her to the hospital, and they both almost didn't make it).

As a former NICU nurse,
I would LOVVVVe to see brother's medical chart---especially the nurse's notes! I don't think they had the technology/ machinery back then like I was used to working with (cardiac/ breathing monitors, IV fluids, blood sugar monitors, etc.)

My Dad's only recollection is that baby brother was in an incubator
and tiny--(he ended up being healthy and 6'2' !!!! ) I worked with an awesome, older nurse back in the late 90's, and she said "all we did
with premies was put them in an incubator and pray). She also told us that it was NASA that invented all the medical monitors---just
amazzzing---I LOVED hearing her stories about nursing before all the modern marvels.



I also immediately thought depression---he has been through SO much. Do you think he'd be willing to speak with a
therapist/ maybe a support group with other patients who've been through such difficult times? Not to mention support
for you, as his caregiver. (( hugs ))


jeremysgirl....Hope that pain is a "one-off" and goes away quickly !!!!

**GypsyGirl**.....Although I'm 99.9 % sure you already know this --- there are support groups via zoom,
so Mr. Gypsy wouldn't even have to leave the house. Maybe he'd consider anti-depressant medication,
too?


I attend grief / depression groups all from my ipad. They are facilitated by excellent, credentialed therapists/
psychologists/ social workers.

oh dear. Can you get into a doctor today? My cousin had them and she didn’t have a rash. I didn’t want to play Dr Google with you because sometimes advice given can be wrong. 

That was my first thought when I read your original post. I have had sciatica when pregnant and did not feel any burning and rubbing clothes did not cause discomfort. Hoping you get an answer and some relief soon.

It looks like I am probably past the point now where anti-virals would do anything helpful. But the lidocaine patches the ER gave me are great.

Welp! I have a small rash on the front of my hip and on the back of my hip. In the places where it's been feeling like rug burn since Friday. Sigh. I called my doctor's office back and gave them the update. I'm waiting for a call back.

I swear peas are better than doctors sometimes. Love you guys!