Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Baymule]

We are a family here. Of course we care about each other, our ups, downs, sad times, glad times, health and sickness. While we might not be able to see you physically, we see you here and we care about you.

 

[greybeard]

I hope the medical procedure shows everything to be 'ship shape and Bristol fashion".

 

[Devonviolet]

I don't usually share this kind of private thing but Joe gave me a whole new perspective on life.

Isn’t that the truth! I suspect Joe thought he had a lot longer here on this earth. And while we are at it. If y’all haven’t already done it, please make sure you have some kind of Last Will and Testament in place, for your heirs. Too many people, who think they have longer to live, have not prepared, and kept up to date, a will. If there isn’t a will, the estate can go into probate, which can leave things in limbo, and cause the family a lot of grief.

DH and I have a very simple, basic will, as well as a Medical Power of Attorney (our daughter) and a DNR/DNI (do not resuscitate/do not intibate) order, as we don’t want to be kept alive by “heroic” measures, when the end comes. It doesn’t have to cost a lot, in the form of paying an attorney, to draw up the Will. DH and I went online and used a basic online “boiler plate” form. I filled out a form and when I waas finished, it printed out the necssary legal document, with all the blanks filled in. It’s been since we moved to Texas, that I revised our Will, so I don’t remember, for sure, But, I don’t think we paid very much for the online Will.

In addition to that, it is very helpful to make sure, at least one family member/friend, has a list of passwords, bank accounts, safe deposit drawers/keys, etc. And those of us with livestock and other animals, should have a plan for how to disperse those animals. I know in Joe’s case, his family didn’t have a clue as to what to do with the animals.

 

[Mike CHS]

We have both been involved in some of those situations so we have made it a point to have all of the documentation taken care of.

 

[Mike CHS]

The colon procedure is finished and looks to be good so either the test was a false positive or who knows. I didn't want to wait to get home to put something in my stomach so we ate at the hospital.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Glad to hear it went well!

 

[Bruce]

I didn't want to wait to get home to put something in my stomach so we ate at the hospital.

That can make you sick!
Hopefully their cafeteria is better than the 'average' hospital cafe.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Mike,

Glad everything turned out OK for you.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

so we ate at the hospital.

Hospital food, lol! You must've been really hungry. DH had one and he said the same thing....we barely made it out of the parking lot and into the first restaurant we came to.

Glad it all turned out well.

 

[Bruce]

And how was his food at McD's?