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Problems Only The Elderly Have To Put Up With?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussions' started by Mary Stetler, Jul 12, 2024.

  1. Mary Stetler

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    Travelling problems
     
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    Some advantages to travelling aged though. If you are over 75, you no longer have to remove your shoes.:)
     
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  3. Lulu Moppet

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    Inspirational Mary, thanks! And, she's still working! Still has a great sense of humor & looks 85! I notice these centennial folks look about twenty years younger on the outside, and maybe on the inside? Anyway, love this!
     
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    Can't see, can't hear,and some can't think - what could possibly go wrong?;)
     
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    You're almost there!;)
    When my mom got alzheimers we found that it could have positive aspects; like we could have a surprise birthday party for her every day.:rolleyes:
    My mother in law was not as much fun. One of the best lines from her was "What day is it today? Tuesday? Saturday?"
    It's Monday Amanda.
    "Don't you hate how they keep changing the days around?"o_O
     
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    This looks like a good place for my "midnight" adventure o_O:eek:

    I keep my mouth shut around my new apartment building as we have a real pain-in-the-butt manager here. Anything you mention, she's got a quick answer that is totally condescending. For example, my shower-head needed fixing because it "screamed" at me during my whole shower. I told her about it and turned in a form for maintenance. The first words out of her mouth were, "it's just air". I felt like punching her in the face so she'd only have a rear-view from now on.

    So, I "put up" with some things, I'm tough, raised in slum-lord rentals, know how to survive. But last night was the final straw on my toilet. It's too high for me, and my legs dangle off, so I have to climb onto it, and climb off. Well, in my sleep I sort of landed wrong when I climbed off, and thought I broke my foot, it hurt so bad. I cussed a blue-streak, goes without saying really, for me anyway. Hobbled around getting aspirin, while I'm crying and hating my new home I spent every penny to move to. Plus the fact I say I'm tough, but scared to tell the manager I hurt myself on their skyscraper "throne".

    I doubt they'll put in a new toilet, a normal size toilet, I heard these are for the handicapped?? Well if they were handicapped short people like me they'd be calling paramedics to rescue them either "off the toilet" or "off the floor" :(:mad:

    So today I went back to not wanting to say anything, but I think I better. I'm up 2,3, 4 times a night and that's not so bad except my brain doesn't kick in until I'm up for awhile, and of course it's colder now too, so I'm in a very big hurry :D:p

    Maybe I'll really be laughing about this someday, but not quite there yet:cool:
     
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  7. Mary Stetler

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    Toileting is another topic we could write a comedy about. My normal height toilet was too short for me after my hip replacement and I am still using the booster seat I got for it, 9 years later. I would trade you but shipping is terrible. They have a booster floor type item that fits around the base of the toilet as well. Maybe it is in case people have kids in the house? Handicapped stuff is horribly expensive probably because they think insurance will pay. I got a second seat on amazon in case the plastic cracks or something.
     
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    We bought one of these when Jake hurt his back, really comes in handy even now 20 years later, we carry it in the van. Fold down seat cover and use it as a chair.
    If nothing else it will give you something to climb down with.
    $35

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    Mary that toilet chair may be one to help you too?
     
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    Either way Dennis I hope your doing better soon and you find something that will help
     
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    We bought one of those for my MIL, to sit next to her bed. She had difficulty getting to the bathroom in the middle of the night and had a few "accidents", so this was a good solution for her.
     
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    It also subs out as a fishing chair complete with a live bait bucket under the seat.
     
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  13. Marie Mallery

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    When Jake broke his back, we got ours, it also came with a tunnel [for better word] to toilet.
    And it still works like new on trips. And a lot safer than stopping at gas stations no thugs, no germs.
     
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    Yea, that too, thanks for the idea. :cool:
     
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    This was the first thing that came to mind:

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    It's the Bumper Dumper! You're talking about the Bass Buddy.
     
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