People Actually Care Here

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

That was Mischka who sent a State Trooper here to check on me and now I don't rememberwhy,maybe b/c I couldn't post,didn't answer the phone,I just don't remember.

What I do remember is that I was in my recliner chair out in the front room,saw van driving in and at the time my neighbor was here,so she went to the door ands spoke with him, and I wanted to speak with him as well,got up and got my walker and myself to the sliding glass door,pounded on it and motioned him to come back in and then I spoke to him.

My neighbor had said she was my caretaker, no way,and that's when I found out that M had contacted the closest State Police and requested a check on me.And the trooper said that it wasn't all that unusual to have them check on someone else.

Yes,all to say that some,actually many ,go beyond what one might think minimally necessary to check on,either personally or by E-mails or by PM's,phone,etc and also support with greeting cards during and after rehab, and also many years ago some even sent me flowers.

Carolyn

You were telling everyone how much pain you were in and it was the weekend and you were supposed to go see someone on Monday.
We were asking you to get someone out and then you didn't respond anymore.
At that point in time I think you realized that you just weren't someone to mooch seeds from every year and to glean information from but a living breathing human being we all cared about.

Worth

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Worth1

You were telling everyone how much pain you were in and it was the weekend and you were supposed to go see someone on Monday.
We were asking you to get someone out and then you didn't respond anymore.
At that point in time I think you realized that you just weren't someone to mooch seeds from every year and to glean information from but a living breathing human being we all cared about.

Worth

Two different situations Worth.

I still don't remember why M sent the trooper here , maybe hed oes,but I remember very clearly about the gall bladder situation.

My local MD called me on a Sat AM and said test results had shown that my bilirubin value was 4X what it should be and get to the hospital ASAP since it indicated a gall bladder problem.

I tried to negotiate with her since I had to find time to get someone here to take care of Hally,now deceased as you know, but the pain was so bad that I called for the ambulance on Sunday and away we went and I knew who was in the back with me and asked Jim how I was in the ambulance, and he said partially unconcious with very low BP and you vomited from the pain the whole wayto the ER.

Nice of Jim to be so candid.

When I first strarted having pain I thought it might be another Kstone,but the area of pain was not right and then I thought it might be the fact that'd been told that the opening from my stomach to the small intestine was the problem,which I had had before.

OK,so I was wrong in my own Dx,it took two surgeries on successive days to get the stones and gall bladder out and it wasn't and won't be the last time I'll been wrong about many things,

Carolyn

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

you first:

A lot of folks care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1WZ6a6YYJg
Dutch

[pauldavid]

I agree. There are several people here who share, care, and offer advice. I am very thankful to belong to this great community.

[BackyardFarm]

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

I make my own. It is a version of 5-1-1 :
5 parts pine bar fine ( 3/8" and smaller)
1 part peat moss
1 part perlite.

If you want more moisture retention, make it 4-2-1

Most potting mixes are mostly peat moss. So they are selling peat moss at 3 times higher price. All they do is add some perlite.
Buy a bale of peat moss, a bag of coarse perlite (2 cu-ft), couple bags of pine bark mulch or small nuggets, mix them all (to the proportion) on a tarp, store the mix in barrels.
ALSO:
add one cup of dolomitic lime , one cup of time release granular tomato fertilizer ( MG Shak N Feed ) per cubic foot
My cost is under 25 cents per gallon.

Gardeneer

^^ This is what I'm using to pot my peppers and eggplants up. They're staying in 3-5 gallon buckets this year and this diy mix is far cheaper than Miracle Gro or Pro mix potting soil!

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by Dutch

A lot of folks care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1WZ6a6YYJg
Dutch

I've watched this 3 times... I have to see this movie now.