while I cook, clean, do laundry, grocery shopping, vacuuming, window cleaning, scrubbing floors and so forth. So that I could be even more attentive, I got a cheap set of walkie-talkies so it’d be ever so easy for her to summon me.
I asked only that when calling me on the two-way, she use my handle “The Eagle.”
She calls me Bald Eagle and thinks that’s funny.
Nice chuckle-inducing story thank you.And may I say how wonderful it is to hear you're doing all that stuff 💪
LOL.
Hee hee made me laugh🤣🤣
You are a good man Marc "The Eagle" Anderson!
🤣🤣🤣🤣What an awesome story, Mark !!! Great to hear you are so active! Best wishes to your wife!
Glad you are doing so well!
Good for you! You're kind and caring caregiver!
Awesome! Treasure the moments
Brilliant. Sue is in for a partial knee replacement on Thursday and I fear a similar fate awaits me.
Ha. It'll be good for you. Builds character.
Made me laugh Marc! Sounds like John looking after me after my knee replacement, without the Walkie talkie! I just had to shout, but mostly he didn’t hear 😂Wishing your wife a speedy recovery!
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That’s a classic, Marc.
When I was ill four years ago (the doctor wanted me to go to hospital but my husband insisted he’d look after me) on day one of six weeks in bed, he had just walked out of the bedroom and I had to call him back. I heard a whispered ‘sh!t’, and he never ever swears!
It was sweet actually as I’ve had four years of reminding him about it.
Should have bought a walkie-talkie 🙂
Well, sounds like you got your money's worth out of that slip up. (Many men, sorry to say, are not naturally caregivers.) How was Tony after that?
He was so apologetic after that and couldn’t do enough for me ☺️
Wow, what an inspiring story. I wish I'd thought of it a lot earlier in my marriage, tell her she has finally figured out the golden key.
That is very funny and I hope you are both saying 'over' at the end of your sentences!
Come to think of it, do you actually know for a fact she did have surgery?
She wouldn't do that --- or would she??
I only know I would. I simply suspect others would as well, having learned its value. One of my basic laws of survival (that I learned back in shrink school from a teacher trained by Texas Tech ... they are big on "science" ... as he used to drill into us: "I am a psychologist, trained in SCIENCE, from Texas Tech"): this particular 'law of survival' went: "The world provides feedback." 
(Oh, PS, it was a psychotherapy interneship run by a Canadian psychiatrist in the U. of Oklahoma medical college, and the "survival" laws context was it was dedicated to "surviving patients." 1981) Little insider lore there. Another was "no more than three depressions per shift." They don't tend to put that in the journals.
Ha! Best wishes to Catherine in her recovery!
Wow MBAnderson! Sounds just like me! We are the same age, and so, probably, like me, have some problems, with everyday house work matters. In my case, though, I am the caretaker for my wife, who is chronically ill, in heart failure. I do most of the cooking, housekeeping work, in addition to keeping the house in good repair. I can empathize with you, because it can take a lot of energy, to keep up with everything. Progressing PD, for me, just makes household chores more difficult. With the COVID protocols, outside of me and my wife, we do not have anyone helping us, with some things, that are sorta difficult to accomplish! Hang in there! We must remain positive! Thanks for sharing! I like your humor, ‘The Eagle’ - Bald Eagle, using Walkie Talkies is good! My wife and I use cell phones!
Take away the Bon Bons.. hehehehe
Good for you Marc. I hope your wife recovers quickly.
Bald Eagles are magnificent animals! Just saying ....over and out
Wishing your wife a speedy recovery! Tell her I think she should definitely keep using the new handle, “Bald Eagle”. 😊😊😊
I loved your account of what a housewife does every day. I bet you will be doubly appreciative of your wife once she recovers. I'm delighted to see that you have kept your wonderful sense of humor. My Marc and I invested in Apple watches and they serve us well as walkie talkies by calling each other with the watch! We're each other's "favorite" so easy to call with a single click! Stay well and best wishes for a quick recovery for your better half!
You're a good man Charlie Brown! Hope Mrs. MBA recovers quickly, about time you do a little work around there....never a huge bon bon fan, but chilled Junior Mints are taking me down quickly! Thanks for the laugh Mr. B. Eagle
hehehh...the ironies of life! hang tough....
It’s humbling for me to realize all that my lovely spouse gets done in the course of a day. I’m glad you have the energy to carry on.
I get it and smiled. My husband has a diabetic foot ulcer now and has to stay off of it. But I’m exhausted!! We also use our cell phones. When you have to do it, you just do it. He would and has done the same for me.
Goldencbc,
Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) can speed the healing process of foot ulcers in humans according to this October 2021 study :
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...
Here is a relevant quote from the study :
>>> ' Nano-silver dressings are a novel form of long-spectrum, safe, antibacterial dressing. Its plays a significant role in the prevention and treatment of diabetes. In addition to protecting the wound, facilitating better drainage, and improving safe broad-spectrum anti-infection role, related studies show that its application in the treatment of diabetic foot holds significant advantages, particularly several comparative experiments with different dressings have shown that nano-silver dressings effectively improve the cure rate, the safety of diabetic foot patients, and alleviates pain to a certain level. ' <<<
Since AgNPs are potent antimicrobials, they can also ward off infection from a multitude of pathogens. Here is a link to a 2022 study showing as much :
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/353...
In the following study AgNPs showed benefit beyond standard dressing therapy :
academic.oup.com/qjmed/arti...
I have used AgNPs for this purpose . In my case I found that frequent rewetting of the dressing with AgNPs liquid was more effective than just letting the dressing dry out. AgNPs are effective against pathogens when wet, but less so when dry.
When I have used AgNPs for wounds or sores, I have taken a clean old cotton t-shirt and cut it up and folded it up so it is slightly larger than the affected area at about 4 layers thick. I wet it it with AgNPs and apply to the affected area and then use an elastic ACE wrap to hold the folded cotton dressing in place. The wrap also slows the drying of the AgNPs. I replace the dressing as needed by unwrapping the ACE bandage wrap and applying a new cotton dressing that has been wetted with AgNPs. AgNPs are available online.
This may be an option worth discussing with his doctor to see if it is compatible with his current treatment plan. Because of the potential serious nature of diabetic foot ulcers, doctor approval and supervision is an absolute must.
Art
Thanks Art. I will ask the doctor. We see him every 2 weeks.
The second and third links were there earlier, but for some reason they have disappeared. The first link disappeared earlier and I replaced it, but now I see the other two are gone?
Art
What is going on?
Marc,
Gio explained the problem below and I have corrected all three links in that post.
Art
Every time you correct the post you have to rewrite all the links again, now it works like this now.
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