Yo, everybody. I’m having another “dead mackerel” experience, feeling chilled, clammy and altogether lousy with a low-low-low body temperature of 94°. This is extremely unpleasant, so I’ve been trying to find ways to distract myself for more than an hour. I started with a ridiculous Shirley Temple movie from 1934 called
Stand Up and Cheer (blecch!) and eventually wound up dicking around with the Howdygram’s text color. I changed it from aqua blue to a
different shade of aqua blue, as pictured below.
I’m pretty sure nobody can tell the difference and I don’t know why I even bothered to mention it. The color change made me happy for about 15 minutes.
For your possible interest, in addition to the
DEAD MACKEREL HOO-HAH (see opening paragraph) that’s still plaguing me seven hours later
— it’s Thursday, 4 a.m. now! — I also have other health complaints I’d like to bring to your attention: 1) chunks of dead skin flaking off my legs and feet; 2) a severely upset stomach that won’t stop “flipping” and “churning”; and 3) a mild headache that won’t go away. At times it feels like an early onset
migraine, i.e., the back of my head starts to feel sore, but this never develops into anything substantial.
The elephant in the room, however, still involves my
URINATION ISSUES. I found out a couple of days ago from my hospice medical team that I can no longer wear a catheter. After a nice long run that began in May 2018, an incurable urinary tract infection and searing, uncontrollable burning bladder spasms make it absolutely impossible to continue. Unfortunately, there are no humane options. Being bedridden and immobile, I can’t get up to use a commode, I can’t spend my life lying on a bedpan, and I can’t wear an adult diaper.
So what’s left? Believe it not, NOTHING. I simply have to: 1) pee on myself in bed; and 2) let Sam know when I’m wet so he can mop me up and stuff a new wee-wee pad underneath me.
It’s as disgusting as it sounds. We’ve only been doing this for 36 hours, and both of us already hate it! Our quality of life just took a
nosedive.
The hospice has arranged for my C.N.A., Leticia, to come five days a week to bathe me and slather my skin with barrier cream so we can prevent urine burns and bed sores. Problems are already starting, believe it or not.
I think I outdid myself tonight, because this might be one of the biggest collections of free fonts I’ve ever offered in the Howdygram! I won’t go into too much detail describing these cuties because there’s something for everybody here.
My favorites? That’s easy … I love “Silitan,” “Thellor,” “Glitter Candy” and the “Lil Rebel Family.” You’ll find download links below the font list. Have fun …
I need to sleep. Thank you for reading this.
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