• Aging Parents,  Health,  Medical

    Mom finally agreed to go the Doc, the Future Remains Uncertain

    Well, Mom finally agreed to go to the doc for help. We decided to try Care Now mainly b/c it’s hard to get in quickly to see your primary care doctor anymore these days. And this Care Now is associated with Tri-Star which already has all Mom’s meds and so forth. So we waited at Mom’s for our “Next Available” appointment. I had to leave work and get to her house before asking for the next available appointment so I could make sure we had time to get there. I think it was about 6:00 when they finally sent us the text. It took 15 to 20 minutes to get…

  • Health

    Oh no! A ‘Bout with Gout!

    Good morning, the good news of the day is that it is Friday. The weekend is upon us, not that I will get a lot of extra time this weekend to do my things, which is why I worked so hard this past weekend to get the house cleaned and extra laundry done. So in the last few days, Mom has had gout. I know she eats a lot of bread and burgers and meat. Of course we had hamburgers on the 4th and white cake and I sent leftovers, so go figure. It seems any good you try to do is offset by something else. Bottom line is she…