I Can't! She Says

[PrimeTimer]

I CAN'T....take his medicine for him when he's suppose to.
I can't stop eating foods that he's not suppose to.
I can't limit his fluid intake for him.
I can't eat his fiber for him.
I can't close his eyes and sleep and rest when he should.

BUT I CAN... give him a hug and a little kiss and tell him he's doing great!
I can help him hook up to do dialysis.
I can bring him a warm blanket and a heating pad.
I can cook healthy meals for him.
I can sit and talk with him while he's "on the machine".
I can laugh with him.
I can watch his favorite TV shows with him.
I can "be there" for him through thick and thin.

Just...love him she says. THAT...she can do!   

[cassandra]

              



Lots of love, strength and luck, Cas

[justagirl2325]

PrimeTimer I think we are married to the same man.

[Stu]

Yeah I think you've climbed into my wife's head!

[del]

I love the poem!!!  Describes me!!

[Vt Big Rig]

Yeah I think you've climbed into my wife's head!

I think she is my wife's twin!!!!

[Charlie B53]

Wife drives me NUTS!!!!

She's a shop-a-holic, I'm not.

We BOTH are diabetic.  I'm controled, she, not so much.

I am a chocoholic, on the wagon, mostly.  I've got a bunch of Hersey's bars stashed.  I know where they are, but I do NOT get into them.

Chocolate covered cookies are my downfall.  I can't have them around, I WILL EAT THEM, with a big cup of coffee.

She buys them, bunch of packages at a time.  Claiming, "Oh, they were ON SALE!  I only paid $xxxxxx"

I counter with 'But we DON'T need them."

A Guy can NEVER win any confrontation with a woman.

I shut up and eat the cookies.

[Charlie B53]

I KNOW this thread is old, which is exactly why I am bringing it up.

PrimeTimer's first post needs to be blown up, printed on poster board and nailed to the wall of every Dialysis center there is so that everybody that comes through the door will read it.  Maybe, just maybe, someone will take heed and begin to help there spouse, or significant other, to get through another day, another treatment.


Thanks PrimeTimer for putting the words together to spell it out.

Charlie B53

[PrimeTimer]

     Tomorrow is our 11th wedding anniversary. We usually don't make a big deal out of it but for some reason we are this year. It's sort of been an ongoing celebration for us this week.  We've already exchanged gifts and tomorrow (hope he doesn't read this) I am surprising him with a beautifully decorated cake from the bakery. He's diabetic so never gets to have cake and of course, always has to watch the phosphorous too but. ..what can I say? Since we decided to "go all out" this year then what is a celebration without cake? I will make sure he has his insulin and binders on-hand. Serving it all up with some sparkling non-alcoholic cider and sealing it with a kiss. Okay, I've said too much. Back to your regularly scheduled program....zzzz....zzz...zz...

[Michael Murphy]

My problem is after a major heart attack I am on Coumadin and can’t eat a whole list of vegetables, coliflower, asparagus, spinach, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and any lettuce other then iceberg.  Now while I admit that I don’t mind these restrictions all these vegetables are high in vitamin k,  which makes the coumidan less effective.  My wife gets miffed when at dinner I skip any of these vegetables.  I secretly wonder if she is trying to kill me for my insurance.  No I guess I am just paranoid.

[Marilee]

Happy Anniversary, PrimeTimer!!! Nothing like managing troubled health to help a person appreciate these days, these achievements, these gifts!

'trying to kill me...' LOL Michael - I served up some Mac-n-Cheese for dinner to my hubby. He took one bite and his fell into a sad frown and he said to me, "Have you given up? Are you trying to kill me?" I beamed because that was a huge compliment to the low-phosphorus recipe for mac-n-cheese that I had come up with: He thought it was 'regular'!

[LorinnPKD]

I hadn't seen this post before and it's WONDERFUL.  Good stuff!