Archive for January 11th, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-01-11

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Cat duty.   DONE.
  • Dispensing Mom’s meds.  DONE.
  • Shower.  DONE.
  • Take weekly inventory of groceries and meds.  DONE.
  • Do all pending laundry (3 loads) for Mom.  DONE.
  • Fill out and Return all requested forms to the financial planner.

 

08:00 AM: I’m up.  My current weight is 180.0, which is off a pound since yesterday.  Great! 

09:30 AM: Took weekly inventory of groceries and meds.  We don’t need very much, although we have to get Mom’s PCP to order her more gabapentin.   

10:08 AM: Just got back from my   Internet Shopping   spree.  :-)  

11:30 AM: Sister Mary Ann just arrived.  So I’ll be visiting her for a bit, and so, I’ll not be writing here.  Stand by.

12:55 PM: Sister Mary Ann just took Mom out to lunch.  I opted to stay home so my scale numbers continue moving in the downward direction.  :-)  

02:30 PM: Mom’s home again. 

02:35 PM: Doing Mom’s two loads of laundry.

02:45 PM: Received mail items follow:

  • Promo Only EADFF, 2010-01-01 disc
  • Invitation to Mom to receive a complimentary otoscopic ear canal examination
  • Electricity bill, which is $296.9.
  • USB-A to USB-Mini-B cables (8), per the   Internet Shopping: 2010-01-06   order
  • USB-A to USB-Mini-B cables (6), per the   Internet Shopping: 2010-01-06   order
  • My yearly renters insurance bill.

 

04:05 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   from the DVR. 

05:10 PM: Watched the 2010-01-10 episode of CBS’s   60 Minutes   from the DVR. 

06:00 PM: Took a power nap.

06:15 PM: Skipped today’s   Dr. Phil   episode, on the Dr. Phil family.  

09:30 Watched the 2009-10-25 and 2009-11-08 episodes of CBS’s   60 Minutes   from the DVR. 

10:45 PM: Listened to the last of the Penguins game with   [Emmy]  on the Internet radio; they lost.  then, we enjoyed our usual nightly chat.

11:50 PM: I just finished talking with   [Emmy], and feeling unusually sleepy tonight.  So I think I’ll go to bed early, once I rap up a few more small tasks here on the blogs.

12:25 AM: Posted the list of documents added or revised today,   here,  for this, the   Tom’s Diary   blog. 

12:33 AM: Posted the list of documents added or revised today,   here,   for the   Tom’s Love Quest   blog.

12:35 AM: Bed time.  Good night to all, and take care.  See you tomorrow.

Tom Hesley

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Diary Revisions: 2010-01-11

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Today, I either added or modified the following posts in  the   Tom’s Diary    blog for improved brevity, clarity, categorization, appearance,  and search-ability:

  • Internet Shopping: 2010-01-11
  • Today’s Business: 2010-01-11
  • Mom’s Status: 2010-01-11
  • Today’s Business: 2010-01-10
  • Emmy’s Noisy Neighbors
  • Mom’s Status: 2010-01-09
  • Internet Shopping: 2010-01-06
  • DJ Playlist: 2009-12-31
  • Weight Loss: 2010
  • Today’s Business: 2009-12-26
  • Mom’s Status: 2009-12-19
  • Dear Chrissy
  • Dear Lynn: Dinner Time

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    Tom

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    Internet Shopping: 2010-01-11

    Monday, January 11th, 2010

    Ordered the following items from Amazon:

    • Marpac SleepMate 980A Electro-Mechanical Sound Conditioner (2)

     

     Total cost:  $107.19

    These will be shipped directly to   [Emmy].  Hopefully, they’ll help her better cope with the noise from the tenants above.

    [Emmy],  keep an eye out for this shipment.   You should have it in a week or so.

    Tom Hesley

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    Mom’s Status: 2010-01-11

    Monday, January 11th, 2010

    Pending Appointments And Issues

    1. Order more Novolog (log) insulin.  DONE.
    2. Thursday, 2010-01-14 @ 11:00 AM: Appointment with orthopedist for a quarterly checkup on the progress of healing of her charcot foot.  Sister Mary Ann will drive us to this.
    3. Friday, 2010-01-15 @ 1:30 PM: Appointment with her PCP.  Sister Jojo will drive us.  Ask the PCP for the following items:
      1. A new prescription for a 90-day supply of gabapentin 300 MG caps, taken twice a day.
      2. A blood test to see if Mom has a vitamin D deficiency.  It’s been suggested that heart patients similar to Mom, were found to have low vitamin D levels, and that this may have exacerbated, or even caused their problems.  Yes, it’s true that Mom doesn’t get out into the sun much these days either.  So she may in fact, be lacking vitamin D.  But we don’t know for sure, and so, should be carefule in assuming without further data, that she is.  In my opinion, she should not be taking   any  supplement (D or otherwise) unless a real need for it has been shown through blood tests or other meticulous studies.  Supplements like this are frequently over-sold, with the claims made about them rarely proven to be fact.  Besides, she already swallows enough pills.  So, as her primary caregiver, I’d prefer that she avoid taking more if they’re not truly necessary. 
    4. Friday, 2010-01-22 @ 2:30 PM: Appointment with her eye doctor.

     

    10:00 AM: Blood sugar: 149.  Covered this and her breakfast with 10 units of log insulin.

    10:05 AM: Dispensed Mom’s morning meds, including 40 units of N insulin.

    02:30 PM: Mary Ann just brought Mom home from lunch, and now, she’s on   her   way home.

    02:31 PM: Dispensed Mom’s lunch-time meds.

    02:33 PM: Covered Mom’s lunch with 15 units of log insulin.

    06:30 PM: Dispensed Mom’s evening meds.

    07:05 PM: Blood sugar: 151.  Covered this and her supper with 12 units of log insulin. 

    09:30 PM: Mom informed me that she ordered more Novolog insulin today.  Great!

    11:50 PM: Blood sugar: 236.  Covered with 18 units of log insulin.

    11:55 PM: Dispensed Mom’s night-time meds, including the 40 units of N insulin.

    Tom Hesley 

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