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I'm so very sorry y'all are going through all of this. Best wishes for you all. Big hug to you.

My poor dad and his wife spent the night at the hospital with another clogged stent. His theory is two big smash burgers on sequential nights was too much protein which he's supposed to limit and might have clogged it. I don't understand enough about it to know if that's logical or not, but either way it clogged. And with a fever and history of sepsis, they kept him. They are still waiting on whether he'll be discharged soon. Poor Claudia is exhausted. My dad at least could sleep in a bed.

I'm waiting for the invisible dog fence guy to come fix a break in the line and help me with showing Kirby how it works. Too much of him wandering off joining other families for walks on the beach and pestering the neighbors. He was so good the first month not straying, but is feeling very confident these days. I've got a sinus something or other that has me feeling a bit yucky the last few days, so I'd rather be sleeping in, but that's what I get for not asking what time he might be here...

Lizanne, I'm so sorry to hear your husband is unwell. I have seen with my dad who has lost a kidney and his bladder to bladder cancer than an underlying health condition coupled with age means otherwise inconsequential ailments can turn dangerous in the blink of an eye. I hope your husband improves quickly!

My weight loss is still very low, but it's my own doing. Though I'm not gaining so I'm okay with it. -3.2 for July, -.8 this week with lots of bouncing around the 190 neighborhood. I would like to move to 12.5mg, but can't with compound in MI. Such weirdly specific rules here.

Take care everyone!

I sure hope DH improves soon. I have a friend with advanced Parkinson's. He is a bit younger (about 70), but has had it for a long time. I didn't know about the complications that can occur with other illnesses. Hopefully it is something that antibiotics, etc can resolve. And great insurance choices with his illness.

Yay for a manageable last year!

Just quickly catching up...my DH is in the hospital with a raging fever (104 deg) of unknown origin--though they are thinking either pneumonia, probably viral, or possibly meningitis. He is very ill and out of it...happened very quickly. On Monday, we went to Costco together and to a physical he had with his pcp. He had a mild cold, def not covid or RSV. By the next day, he was showing odd symptoms...long story but they were worried that he might have had a stroke, but then this infection took hold. Because he has advanced Parkinson's, it masks certain things, makes others seem worse, etc. So right now, they are trying to deal with the infection and then will give him an MRI to see if he's had a stroke, but it's not easy to do as he has a Deep Brain Stimulation implant, which means MRIs have to be done VERY VERY carefully. I personally think he did not have a stroke and that his symptoms were Parkinson's exacerbated by this other infection but time will tell. In any case, he is not out of the woods yet and will have a long road ahead of him, so please hold a good thought.

I was reading all the comments about Medicare/Medicare Advantage and will throw in my two cents...my DH has a 100% service connected disability rating from the VA (he was a Vietnam draftee and was exposed to Agent Orange so his PD is presumed to have been caused by that). Because of that, ALL of his health care/drugs/dental/eyes is covered fully by the VA. Nonetheless, because I was worried about being limited to only going to the VA and because we can afford it, we also have him covered by a classic Medicare program (not Medicare Advantage) that pays for anything not covered by Medicare including deductibles, so no out of pocket. I am SO GLAD we chose to do this. Our VA near here does not have a hospital, so he can choose the hospital and the VA will pay...or they split it with Medicare...I don't know or care, but we get NO bill for anything. However, we do have choices. If he has to go to Skilled Nursing after this for a while, we can pick where he wants to go and Medicare/Part C coverage will pay if we choose someplace not contracted by the VA. I like having the freedom to choose his doctors from any practice (he's been seen and had his surgeries at Stanford and UCSF), particularly since he needs specialized care. The plan goes up some every year, started at about $200 and is now about $300 (he is 76)...but for us, it's money well spent.

That's all for now. My DD (who lives in SF) is here with me, thank God, and we're getting through this...but we're exhausted...

Lizanne