GeneL Needs Our Help!

[GeneL]

Buzz, that was hilarious!

BTW, don't you live in the Laguna Beach area?

[Buzz]

a bit further up the road, in Santa Monica.
Laguna would be nice, but ever since the original Javier's closed up, Laguna lost a lot of it appeal.
Current desire is N. County SD, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Leucadia area, but gotta wait till the old ball and chain retires from flying.
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[Janit]

GeneL wrote:
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Good to "hear" you laugh!

[GeneL]

Mavis and I had a wonderful lunch for her 88th Birthday.
I took her to King's Fish House in Laguna Hills.
Parmsan crusted sand dabs with a lemon butter and caper sauce. Mmmm!
Dessert on the house was the best key lime pie that we've had in years.
When I got back to the nursing facility I had another of the "episodes" that I have been experiencing for the last three days. Even using the oxygen concentrator I felt that I couldn't breathe.
When the nurse told me that there had been a spike in one of my heart related blood tests, I felt it was time to get checked out in the hospital, despite the nursing center's doctor saying that it wasn't necessary. I would rather err on the side of caution.
I'm waiting for the ambulance to show up and wondering if there is anything serious wrong with me.
Time will tell, as the saying goes.
Tune in tomorrow for the next exciting episode of, "Gene needs our help!"

[DP]

Tune in tomorrow for the next exciting episode of, "Gene needs our help!"

I'm glad you had a good day with Mavis-other than the "episode", of course... We can hear you smile from way back east!

[GeneL]

I'm getting closer to discharging myself from the nursing facility where I have been staying most recently.
As I think about what it would be like, living by myself and not having a car to get around, I worry that I will be cut off from everything that could motivate me to get up in the morning or to get out of the house.
I have been sedentary for six months and I find it hard to muster much motivation.
Now, more than ever, I am worried how I will do on my own, for the most part.
I picture myself just slipping away.
It's been so hard for me, not having anyone, friends and family to inspire me to get up and out.
I just don't know how I can make it.

[DP]

I wish, I wish, I wish we could do more for you in the concrete sense of actually being there. You know we're here in the ethereal sense for whatever that's worth, Gene, but we know what you can do when you set your mind to it...

[mspace]

Even getting your own space is "doing". Try not to define doing from larger things. Every little thing you do is a "doing" building block to the next. Please give yourself FULL credit for each thing accomplished- not matter how "small" it seems.

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Orange County Office on Aging
Information line: 1-800-510-2020

Transportation Resource Directory

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GeneL wrote:
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It's been so hard for me, not having anyone, friends and family to inspire me to get up and out.
I just don't know how I can make it.

Once again, how is your relationship with your Son? (IIRC you mentioned a Son in one of the previous posts). How old is he? how far away does he live? when was the last contact with him?