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beansideWell, this has been an eventful 24 hours, and not a whole lot of it in a positive direction.
I went to the doctor for my physical, which went fine. My A1c was slightly high, which I knew it would be. So we're going back to the higher dose of Rybelsus to bring that down. Then, I had my old lady shots for Shingles and Pneumonia. (more on them later.). Once that was done, they did a picture of my eyes to check for diabetic damage, and there was some. So I'm going to be watching that closely and behaving in what I eat a little better. The main treatment is to control your sugar more, so I'll be doing that carefully.
Then, I went down to the hospital to visit dad. Was there in time for the trauma of a swallow study, during which he spit the ice cube back at the nurse. (Fortunately, did not hit.) he was really out of it, and only actually focused on me once. He 100% failed the swallow test. In short, he's not getting better. I conveyed my thoughts and my sister thought on it, and seems to have finally come around. We have a meeting with Palliative Care today at 2, to discuss what would be the best way to let him go gently. The doctor does think he has pneumonia again, so do we let the infection do it, or do we just support him and let his body shut down from lack of nutrition. I don't know which would be better, thus the meeting with Palliative care. I was very strong and good with my sister, but the moment I got downstairs, I started crying.
I did not sleep well at all. Though I think that's in part because of the shots. I feel like ass today. Everything aches, I'm vaguely nauseous and I just feel shitty. I took my ibuprofen, so we'll see how that does. I've got to work today, but I'm not so sure about the two games I have scheduled. I'm going to give it an hour to see how the ibuprofen does and go from there. If I need to cancel, people will understand, but I hate to let anyone down.
So, that's where we are at casa beanside. I'm going to go forth and start getting myself together for work. Everyone have an astounding Saturday!
I went to the doctor for my physical, which went fine. My A1c was slightly high, which I knew it would be. So we're going back to the higher dose of Rybelsus to bring that down. Then, I had my old lady shots for Shingles and Pneumonia. (more on them later.). Once that was done, they did a picture of my eyes to check for diabetic damage, and there was some. So I'm going to be watching that closely and behaving in what I eat a little better. The main treatment is to control your sugar more, so I'll be doing that carefully.
Then, I went down to the hospital to visit dad. Was there in time for the trauma of a swallow study, during which he spit the ice cube back at the nurse. (Fortunately, did not hit.) he was really out of it, and only actually focused on me once. He 100% failed the swallow test. In short, he's not getting better. I conveyed my thoughts and my sister thought on it, and seems to have finally come around. We have a meeting with Palliative Care today at 2, to discuss what would be the best way to let him go gently. The doctor does think he has pneumonia again, so do we let the infection do it, or do we just support him and let his body shut down from lack of nutrition. I don't know which would be better, thus the meeting with Palliative care. I was very strong and good with my sister, but the moment I got downstairs, I started crying.
I did not sleep well at all. Though I think that's in part because of the shots. I feel like ass today. Everything aches, I'm vaguely nauseous and I just feel shitty. I took my ibuprofen, so we'll see how that does. I've got to work today, but I'm not so sure about the two games I have scheduled. I'm going to give it an hour to see how the ibuprofen does and go from there. If I need to cancel, people will understand, but I hate to let anyone down.
So, that's where we are at casa beanside. I'm going to go forth and start getting myself together for work. Everyone have an astounding Saturday!
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Date: 2024-08-24 07:09 pm (UTC)*hugs* thinking of your family - it's a hard decision you're facing