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Update from.....Izzy
« on: October 15, 2012, 11:46:45 PM »
Sometimes life can just reach a point of being so damned stupid, I wonder why I go on. But go on I must.

When I think of all the traumas, mentally and physically, that I have endured, and moved on, I didn’t know I had reached my limit with this last accident.

When I ‘ blanked out’ before the car knocked me down it, afterward, made me suspicious (that I might have just seen the beginning of another trauma, and shut it out!) Now I have believed for a long time that I have shut out the hurtful things, both physical and emotional, moved on and been the “oh so strong person”.

Now I have a strange doctor verifying that my physical injury was a mental trauma, and I turned my mental trauma into the tremors, to avoid losing my mind (my wording to keep it simple.)

This okay with me if life didn’t go on with its little messes. I have been coughing for 3 years (yes since after the accident.) I had reasons that were fixed, 3 times re meds, once with a lung infection (aspirated food) and in general a steady cough with this poking out in the nooks and crannies of my teeth, that seemed bring on a cough, so I bought a mouth guard, blah blah, and  now since about April or May of 2012, I have been bugged by this dry persistent cough. (If I wrap an Ace Bandage round my neck, close to choking me, I can get a night’s sleep…oh yes and my teeth feel like upholstered in sheepskin, (I still await the dental report) and are so out of line that I still stuff the inside, with wax, to smooth the texture for my tongue, but it is too late for my tongue, as it has a mess of loose skin and a few calluses on it, and no one to look after it, until I receive this Dental report. I saw him in March/2012

Now I go crazy.  How my infestation began with fruit flies I’ll never know, but I had one and it was all soon cleared up except for “One?” who awaits me at my computer every day. I was mistaken. I went to take the garbage down, and there was a hole in the backside and it was swarming with fruit flies. I patched that and got rid of that and set about the killing of the beasties!

I set up a trap but in the meantime found that those left behind, migrated to the bathroom and kitchen, plus there are now more than one in my computer area which never seems to light. I have white floors and they are washed, but right now are specked from all the swatting, and then I began to wonder if my cough was in my head or if I swallowed a fruit fly in the night- EYEcccH!…..stay out of my bedroom you mangy critters, and they sit on walls, counter sides, toilet edges, mirrors (twice as many) my piano keys WTF??????

The computer one just flew by again, but none in the bathroom, as I found they were hiding under the rim----this was with the disturbance of that garbage bag. There is only one dead in my trap, and I (again) cleaned my drain )(as I watched a video about sewer flies that cost a guy $65,000.00 to fix his house up and be rid of them.

Karla helped me the first round and I spoke to her like Carol Burnett’s old lady who sits on the bench with Tim Conway, and usually ends up hitting him with her purse…..for coming on to her. I tol’ her about the fruit flies and how tiring it was for an ol’ lady to keep runnin’ after them, so I decided that I would sit quietly in my chair and wait for them to come to me. They did and I smashed them all to hell, but then I told my friend , Edytha, and Edytha said, “Well Margaret, did you ever wonder why they came to you?” Heh, heh, heh!

Anyway, I have lost Karla, so to speak, but I must still have a say in this. Her last invoice and paper trail was Sept 28/12 . Dr. V has recommended an aqua therapist for 10-12 weeks, at 1 hour per session, then, a pool pass for me to then be independent. ME NO LIKE! I have no bathing suit, I do not swim, I don’t like huge bodies of water (what did that have to do with anything before?) and I have to dress and undress on an bed---are there beds in the pool halls?  ….a shower before and after, with whose help might I ask? Hugh Hefner? Let’s get real, when I get my money I will spend it whatever way I want, and for now I am having Karla, on MY time AND Money, CASH, 1 DAY A WEEK

Looks like it Court, April 15, but I think my lawyer is going to try to avoid my trip to Vancouver to the Orthopaedic Specialist, in November, so who knows.  

So all I can say is that now that I have a history of a mental disorder, it might be difficult for me to convince a doctor that I have a real physical problem. I sure hope not, as I am still think about having swallowed a fruit fly, that caused this cough--------------- heh heh heh!

I did have a chest x-ray last Wednesday and then when I see my so-called Dr. I want a visit with an ENT man! Case closed!

I’d like to ask a Physicist why, with differences in sizes, fruit flies can out fly-run-skip and jump a flyswatter and me.

Last check found 5 (now dead) in bathroom and a mess on the front of the stainless steel sink (clean and reflective of 1000s). Why did I sprinkle salt there? It’s an old story about catching a bird!

Hope you enjoyed my misery!

I just hadda tell someone!

XXOO
Izzy
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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2012, 01:00:45 AM »
OMG,
Was wondering why they just disintegrated if I caught one between my finger and thumb. Wikii has an also:

Fruit fly may also refer to:
    Fruit Fly (film), 2009 film directed by H. P. Mendoza
    LGBT slang with a meaning similar to fag hag
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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2012, 11:24:14 AM »
(((Izzy)))

I'm so sorry you're having such a difficult struggle right now.

The last thing you need is some asshat nother doctor writing up reports that make it more difficult to collect from the insurance company.

Like being hit by a car that causes trauma that makes you go into tremors to block out the trauma isn't trauma caused by the accident!

Crazy, and you keep telling your attorney that the pool idea isn't a solution bc getting hit by the car made it impossible for you to GO to the pool, much less do what it takes to get into a suit, get into the pool, get out of the pool, and get back home.  It's not a solution it's another accident waiting to happen.  They should hold the dumbasses who suggest these types of things accountable for being such dumbasses. 

It looks like you're headed to court, my dear.  Keep documenting, and keep telling your attorney he can't settle for things that will make your life worse, not better.  You need Karla, and the insurance company needs to just give you a settlement and let you figure out how to spend it, IMO.

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2012, 12:47:12 PM »
Ohh, Izz.
I think you should feed fruit flies, one at a time, to Dr. V.
Slowly. With hot sauce. Thai hot sauce.

I am so sorry you're going through all this!

Much love and comfort (and swatting),

Hops
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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2012, 01:24:27 PM »
On the fruitfly's....

do not spray hairspray on the the ones living in the toilet, move your face down close to see what effect this is having, and think about lighting a flame to increase the effect.

You'll be having trouble with your eyebrows and eyelashes too if you do.

Lighter
ps.... no it's wasn't me who DID that, but I was there when a relative did it, during a power outage, and she used the lighter to see how the hairspray was effecting the ff's.

::shaking head::

Bad.

Idea.

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2012, 03:06:41 PM »
((((Izzy))))

Sending lots of love and strength your way.  I agree with Lighter...keep documenting.

Tis the season for those heinous fruit flies.  Set out lots of little bowls of apple cider vinegar, plus a few drops of water and dish soap: http://theurbanfarmingguys.com/how-to-make-a-fruit-fly-trap-under-60-seconds.  Probably you have already done this!  It's the only thing I've ever found that works!

Kay x

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2012, 04:46:26 PM »
Thanks folks,

Due to street construction a block away we have no water until 4:00 pm (from 9:00 am) so I checked my computer and went back to bed.

Thanks KayZee. I needed a picture as my 'cone-hole'  was too small and caught only one.

--and no hairspray lighter.

--and still documenting.

...and I thought it was just fruit--- not mirrors and other reflctive materials. In reading about them, they like moist sponges as well, so have gathered around the cloth I used to wash the floor. It was rinsed well in hot water, after the the fact and they still smell something?. (Last time, I washed my sponges and let them dry in the dishdryer, but those buggers have been hiding in wait to annoy me.Well, Karla comes tomorrow.

 --and Hops. Where did your vicious mind come from? Poor Dr. V..... one fruit fly at a time.  Yuk! Torture!

It appears that Dr. V's recommendation is to take place and then with new reports in, my lawyer can then approch the defence with all the new information.  New figure? I don't know! He is in court for someone else right now.

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2012, 09:32:43 AM »
Izzy:

You really need an strong adovcate capable of testifying in court with such force no one can make a chink in their logic, professionalism or recommendations.

I keep going back to victims advocacy groups.  You're being revictimized by the process.....

POOL as your main source of relief?

Really?

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2012, 12:07:20 PM »
Thanks lighter,

Karla and I discussed this yesterday and since we neither know what this entails, we are waiting. An Occupatioal Therapist is to be setting this in motion, (We've met before when she was setting up my future care needs.) It's all in her hands, or is yet to be, and then we can see. There will be an aqua therapist too.

Someone needs to see me in action before 'precribing/recommending' something from a book.

I'm willing to try but if it doesn't work, I will ask them to step forward with their opinions.

Trying something new is a challenge to my brain before my body becomes involved, as it is brand new and doing, or trying, is knowing.

The other confusing part is that this is to be set up now, court is not until April-- I don't get that. Maybe it will just prove that all specialists don't know it all. I keep saying that my case does not come written, "Iz's Care", a chapter in a book for dealing with the physically disabled.

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2012, 04:31:00 AM »
You know I'll be praying you get the best possible outcome, Izzy.

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2012, 09:03:51 AM »
Well Iz - the pool folks know what they're up against physically... and how to work around that.

On the other hand... I wish I could be a fly on the wall, as they become acquainted with your "Inner Iz-ness"!! LOL...
You're right about new things working out your brain first... that by itself is a good thing, I think. We all need new experiences or challenges... no matter how old we are! Keeps us young.
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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2012, 03:12:12 PM »
Oh, (((Izzy,)))  I am so sorry for your trouble.

A practical solution for the fruit flies: get one of these
http://www.blackflag.com/products/fly-stick.aspx

and put a piece of apple in the tray around the bottom.  My son thought this up and it works wonders! 

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2012, 06:24:20 PM »
Thanks PR,

I might have mentioned that I am one who requires an answer, and to not be left hanging. I telephoned the OT, who my lawyer will hire to set up this 'swim thing', and asked if she had heard from him. Then I explained and she gave me a bunch of informtion, then the names of the pools in the city (involved) so called one and learned more, but had told Debbie await being contacted. I just needed to clear my mind.

Under the circumstances, I can wear white short shorts and a T-sirt, and they have chairs that go through the showers, as mine is padded and would go home wet each time.

That done, it has cleared my brain to think of other matters.

Thank RH Erin
"I have conquered the fruit flies!" she said complacently...from one who has always promised herself to never be complacent.

I try to be SO careful, as my lap is important. It is always there for me, but I slopped some hot soup on it, whipped off the towel covering my legs, applied cold water until the heat went away and ended up with only 2 blisters. One broke, the other is intact and by cracky. It is sore!!

(Lap, in case no one knows, is what I have all the time, but yours disappears when you stand up.)

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2012, 05:56:12 AM »
Izzy, do you have flamawhatchmacallit to put on those burns?  Burn cream is what we call it in this house. 

If I put that stuff on early, it helps everything heal up quickly.

I put something in your e-mail.

Enjoy: )

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Re: Update from Grandma "Margaret".....Izzy
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2012, 12:47:52 PM »
Thank you, lighter

I was at Dr.'s yesterday just a Rx visit, but had him look at the broken blister (the other has shrunk back down.) I had the area virtually uncovered from Saturday on, except in bed I had a light dressing to avoid bursting the other blister.

He said it looked good and to keep it uncovered. (I had covered it lightly as I was dressed.) I have to go out to fill my Rxs today---some trips are by car, some just by chair.

This will be easier, as it is the chair trip and less moving and bending for the injured area.

All will be well

I SO enjoyed your email

Love
Iz

P.S.

My Dr. appears human after all. He is now in possession of the Specialist's 25 page report, and I'm sure he is thinking that he was somewhat brutal with me, not referring me to this exact same Specialist, when I asked, because "I was over-doctoring and there would never be a diagnosis for me". He was wrong!!!

hahahaha

I asked today for referrals for an updated x-ray, and a visit with an ENT man, and he was more than happy to oblige!
« Last Edit: October 26, 2012, 12:54:52 PM by Skits »
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