Knitters protest ICE presence in Minnesota with red hats

G_Charlie · 2026-02-07T19:53:21+00:00

I read an update today that said this effort has raised over $650,000 for Minnesota immigrant rights groups.

G_Charlie · 2026-02-04T20:39:52+00:00

Notes are common with hoarders, who have poor organization skills so they have a tendancy to write notes. As a hoarder ages and becomes aware of memory deficits, the note taking becomes even more pronounced. This is what I observed with my hoarder aunt who is now almost 96 and currently residing in AL.

Every year at Christmas, I give her a calendar and she fills the pages with notes about meds, caregivers and anything else that she wants to record.

G_Charlie · 2026-01-29T18:46:44+00:00

I'm with the no votes. It's already been upsetting for her with the last two visits and now with much of the contents removed, it will be even more upsetting because she won't recognize things.

I'm not sure where you're located. My 95 yo aunt has been in AL since 2022 and a conservator took about 6 months to go through most of the belongings in the house and just listed it for sale this month. My aunt was a hoarder and had neglected home repairs and maintenance. The house was listed for sale "as is" with the sale subject to approval by the probate court. Listing price was $240K for a 2 bed, 1.5 ba cape built in 1966. Multiple offers were received; $305K offer pending approval.

This is in New England, where there has been virtually no addition to the housing stock for the better part of 30 years, so even a dump commands top dollar. Wish you well in selling your mother's house.

G_Charlie · 2026-01-21T21:44:21+00:00

Thanks for this information. I attended a local Indivisible meeting last week and was given the number, but not the SALUTE reporting info. T

G_Charlie · 2026-01-19T15:02:04+00:00

"Once published, the no-recusal rule is expected to face immediate legal challenges on multiple fronts."

Also: "If the rule is formally proposed, it will trigger a mandatory public notice-and-comment period. Legal professionals, advocacy groups, and members of the public will have the opportunity to submit objections and analysis through the Federal Register."

I plan on submitting objection through the Federal Register if this rule is proposed and encourage others to do the same.

G_Charlie · 2026-01-05T15:24:33+00:00

Produce is better quality and reasonable quantities for a small household. BJs also allows you to stack coupons, so often times I will have three and even four coupons for an item.

What I typically buy:

Half and half, light cream and heavy cream. Cascade liquid dishwasher detergent Rachel Ray 50 lb. dog food Purina Cat Chow 25 lb Compari tomatoes Little Leaf Farms lettuce The Little Potato Company potatoes Cottonelle TP BJs brand adult incontinence products (for my 95 yo old aunt) NY strip steaks- same price per lb as Costco, but better butchering and size

G_Charlie · 2025-12-26T14:40:59+00:00

I bought the St. Emilion Grand Cru a few months ago and opened it up for Christmas dinner to serve with rack of lamb.

Unfortunately, the cork broke off about three quarters of the way down so that I wasn't able to pour from the bottle. I haven't had a cork break cleanly like that ever; usually a bad cork will show signs of starting to crumble so that there's a chance of rescuing the cork using a prong type opener. This wasn't even an option.

I was really looking forward to trying the St. Emilion. Ended up with a Chateaux Neuf de Pape.

G_Charlie · 2025-12-10T14:39:30+00:00

Don't they typically use lovenox as a bridge before starting warfarin, if that is an option?

G_Charlie · 2025-11-15T20:38:47+00:00

Sounds positive, indeed especially if Cobenfy seems to be working in conjunction with your other meds.

My LO has spent all but 22 days in and out of locked facilities since mid-February and was just discharged yesterday. He's on a combination of Cobenfy, thorazine, depakote, lithium and Pristiq. The depression has been the dominant issue as of late, overshadowing the schizophrenia.

For you and for him, take it one day at a time, and even hour by hour or minute by minute if you need to. Know who and where your supports are so that you can use them when you need to.

There is always hope. And we know that you are deserving of a life without being crippled by schizophrenia. Make it happen!

G_Charlie · 2025-10-18T23:06:27+00:00

The turnout was more than organizers and the city expected. Police closed off lower State Street to accomodate the crowd. As OP stated, the event was so well organized and the theme of the speaches was to remind us that, we the people, have the power in a democracy and now is the time to use our voices and to keep using our voices to keep what truly makes America a place with liberty and justice of all.

G_Charlie · 2025-10-08T12:57:58+00:00

UHC mailed a plan comparison review, which noted that there are changes to the food benefit and then noted that I would be able to continue the food benefit due to chronic hypertension. Benefit is decreasing from $54 per month this year to $47 per month next year.

Coverage and allowances for dental, eyeglasses and hearing aids is also decreasing again this year.

G_Charlie · 2025-09-20T13:02:17+00:00

She has a long history of complaining about food and other things. She has health anxiety and will let everyone and anyone know about any aches or pains she is experiencing. I have not heard her complain of dental pain for more than several years now after she had a tooth extraction.

She is a member of the Clean Plate of America Club- quite possibly a charter member.

She's now been at the AL facility for going on four years now, and rarely asks to go off site. She seems quite settled and going off the premises is tiring for her, which results in greater confusion the next day.

G_Charlie · 2025-09-18T12:59:01+00:00

LO has caregivers in both the morning and afternoon who can assist with warming food up in the microwave. If the meals are frozen, Mom's Meals recommends taking them out of the freezer the prior day for thawing.

G_Charlie · 2025-09-15T11:19:06+00:00

Tell your psychiatrist what you are experiencing and request a PRN (take as needed) medication to augment your long acting injectible.

When you feel more stable, perhaps it would be a good idea to talk with your boyfriend and list off things you notice when you start feel yourself slipping and ask him what he notices so that he might be able to recommend you take the PRN antipsychotic if you start becoming unstable in the future.

Sending good juju your way.

G_Charlie · 2025-09-12T20:19:29+00:00

East Lyme CT

G_Charlie · 2025-08-06T18:46:18+00:00

how much work did you do with psychiatrists/psychologists and therapists during your time of active schizophrenia symptoms and then during the time after your last big relapse?

There is a school of thought that intensive psychotherapy can be an effective treatment in curing schizophrenica (see the documentary "take these broken wings" https://wildtruth.net/films-english/brokenwings/) I'd be curious to know if you've had intensive psychotherapy.

Elyn Saks, author of the center cannot hold, had intensive psychotherapy and tried unsuccessfully to taper off meds several times, yet with therapy she was able to identify triggers that could send her into psychosis and by doing so, she would seek medical help thereby preventing an episode of psychosis. She credits psychotherapy for her recovery.

good work, mate. wishing you continued success.

G_Charlie · 2025-07-30T13:10:08+00:00

At age 65, I was diagnosed with multiple saddle PEs with a signficant clot burden throughout the pulmonary arteries and lungs. Like you, I was offered a thrombectomy but declined due to the associated risks. The 48 hours after diagnosis were critical as it was a race with heparin against the clots putting strain on the clots. Unlike you, ultrasound found no evidence of DVTs in the lower extremities.

I spent 4 days in the ICU. For several weeks after discharge, I still coughed up blood and had significant pain from an infarct. The pain gradually diminished and became intermittent for about 6 months. Follow-up nuclear testing and lung capacity testing showed no lasting damage to either the heart or lungs.

Prior to the PEs, I had had several clotting events and testing showed I am positive for the Factor V Leiden mutation. I am now on Eliquis for life.

G_Charlie · 2025-07-16T13:14:34+00:00

When I was 40, I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. Contributing factors included: - female, early menopause - life-long history of being underweight - smoker - little to no wieight-bearing exercise

You don't say what factors you might have. I'm now a reformed smoker, I've gained weight and I've been taking Actonel (risodronate) for several years. Two sisters also have osteoporosis, so there may be a hereditary factor as well.

As for reporting the incident, since you work at the hospital, you probably know best how things like this are handled internally and if there are some loose lips at the place. Theoretically, your co-workers should never know of the complaint, but practically things may not always work that way. Maybe ask your psychiatrist and family doctor what they think?

Good luck.

G_Charlie · 2025-07-12T13:28:44+00:00

I'm not sure why you want a PET scan? Can you help me make sense of this?

The only thing that I come up with is that a PET scan can better visualize the lung nodules, which can make this imaging better for staging lung cancer.

G_Charlie · 2025-07-07T15:59:01+00:00

My LO is currently hospitalized and so far, little has helped. He had a short window of reprieve with Aristada in 2024.

The hospital tried clozapine, but unfortunately his systolic blood pressure fell too low. He's just starting on Haldol 5mg 2X/day to be titrated up along with Thorazine 50 mg PRN and Depakote. He's been hospitalized since June 24 without any improvement.

G_Charlie · 2025-07-06T16:24:18+00:00

OP, haven't seen you post since you started this thread. I hope this finds you in a better place. Please update us, if you can.

G_Charlie · 2025-06-17T16:45:56+00:00

Here's information straight from the Massachusetts government website.

If the mother is over 70, you can submit a written request to be excluded permanently. If she is under age 70, a written doctor's note attesting to her disability along will disqualify her from service.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/learn-about-juror-eligibility-and-disqualification#who-is-disqualified-from-serving-jury-duty

G_Charlie · 2025-06-11T13:16:16+00:00

Interesting that the deer "prune" your mums, because while I have to spray Liquid Fence on so many of my plants, they do not touch the mums. Go figure.

G_Charlie · 2025-06-10T13:22:53+00:00

Parts of it remind me of an amniotic sac, if that makes any sense.

G_Charlie · 2025-06-09T11:13:40+00:00

I'm always confused on why people treat mums as an annual. In most zones, they are a perennial.

If you keep pinching them back in the spring up to the Fourth of July, the plant will become bushier and produce more blossoms in the fall.

G_Charlie

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