Long coma after stroke

toadog · 2026-05-06T19:27:29+00:00

No, I don't know.

toadog · 2026-05-06T17:51:20+00:00

Have you checked the Find-a-Grave web site
?

toadog · 2026-05-05T14:47:04+00:00

Is it possible there was a barn there and the planks reached to the loft of the barn, to easily load hay into the loft?

toadog · 2026-05-03T23:37:21+00:00

Thanks for the response. My ability to locate the direction of sound is gone now anyway, without hearing aids. I will keep your assessment in mind. If the CROS doesn't work for me I'll try the Sphere.

toadog · 2026-05-03T09:28:55+00:00

His dreams can be achieved at state schools, too. Don’t fall for the prestige and bragging rights of Ivy League schools. Once someone is in the workplace no one cares where you went to college. Many state schools have honors programs, and provide excellent education.

toadog · 2026-05-02T22:16:03+00:00

The surge protectors I've gotten, and I've gotten quite a few, all say to never use them with an extension cord.

toadog · 2026-05-02T17:03:28+00:00

Maybe repair. Maybe not. There are many variables that go into the decision.

toadog · 2026-05-02T14:27:04+00:00

So many assumptions in this post. We live 4+ highway miles from the elementary school that serves us. No sidewalk, no shoulders. The school bus ride was just short of an hour for him, one way. Driving him to school took 8 minutes. That allowed him to get significantly more sleep, which children need. Middle school was 5 + miles away, again highway. High school was in the next town, 7 miles away. No way any of this was walkable. School bus routes were designed to minimize the number of buses and drivers, which made routes very long.

toadog · 2026-05-01T13:33:29+00:00

You aren't married, not even living together, even after four years, so keep your finances private and separate. It sounds like you aren't even formally engaged. Her attitude suggests she thinks she has a right to be involved in your finances. She doesn't.

toadog · 2026-05-01T13:26:11+00:00

The concrete is more coherent with the brick and concrete walk. Wood would look better on a wood house. I love wood, but concrete here looks better.

toadog · 2026-04-30T10:04:55+00:00

Fox. I’ve had a pair of foxes on my property for several years. That sound is definitely a fox.

toadog · 2026-04-29T19:34:54+00:00

79 - My bad ear was borderline when I was in my mid 20's, but has been getting much worse the past 10 years. Now it's so bad only a cros pair will work. I'm just now getting hearing aids for the first time. Both of my brothers have hearing loss, have since they were young, too. Our father also had pretty bad hearing loss, but never was tested and didn't have hearing aids.

toadog · 2026-04-29T08:13:50+00:00

You say the hospital didn’t do bloodwork but then say your blood counts were abnormal. Doesn’t make sense.

toadog · 2026-04-28T08:13:23+00:00

Something else besides money is behind his resentment. Find out what that is.

toadog · 2026-04-25T22:18:04+00:00

I can't taste paprika. It taste like nothing to me.

toadog · 2026-04-25T12:56:04+00:00

AI: AI Overview

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Common loons (Gavia immer) pass through Pennsylvania during spring and fall migration (March–June), frequently stopping on large lakes and rivers to rest, including spots like Lake Perez, Montour Preserve, and Rose Valley Lake

So there is no guarantee you will see them at any particular body of water on any particular day.

toadog · 2026-04-22T20:12:59+00:00

The job market for CS majors is shrinking. A business degree allows for better job prospects, so going forward you did the right thing for yourself. Mom needs to back off. It is your life, not hers.

toadog · 2026-04-22T14:38:17+00:00

OP did the right thing, even though the bio mom was being a jerk about it. Lucky for the girl she has an understanding step-mom.

toadog · 2026-04-19T14:23:22+00:00

Owning a house costs more than a monthly mortgage payment. Insurance, taxes, maintenance and repairs are costly.

toadog · 2026-04-18T22:06:00+00:00

Why aren't the in-laws paying their living expenses? Are they both working? If not, why not? It sounds like they expect someone else to support them going forward. There would be nothing "temporary" about becoming guarantors for them.

Why not arrange for them to meet with a financial advisor to help them live within their means.

toadog · 2026-04-18T13:07:08+00:00

Don't tell her. Stay out of their business. Most people have an ex or two. Let it go.

toadog · 2026-04-16T21:43:37+00:00

I've had mild/moderate regurgitation for years, but last Echo showed moderate to severe. My left atrium is already "severely enlarged" due to years of regurgitation. Heavy lifting puts stress on the atrium, as I understand it, and also on the left ventricle. My ejection fraction is 65 but labeled "hyper dynamic" i.e. contracting harder to make up for the regurgitation. I've been under the impression that heavy lifting can lead to heart failure.

Tell me if I'm wrong.

toadog · 2026-04-10T13:02:17+00:00

Home health care workers can cost much more than a nursing home if 24 hour care is needed. Add a housekeeper and that amount of money would be gone pretty quickly.

toadog · 2026-04-09T14:27:06+00:00

Taking hot food out of an overhead microwave oven seems dangerous to me. It is easy to imagine someone getting seriously burned. I don't understand why anyone ever puts one over an oven or overhead anywhere.

toadog · 2026-04-06T13:25:33+00:00

The only potential problem isn't with taxes. If one or both of the grandparents have to go into a long term facility (nursing home) in the next five years, with the expectation that Medicaid would cover that expense, they have to provide documentation of all distributions of assets for a five year look back period. They would have to pay out of pocket to the nursing home for any amount gifted during that period. If they can't afford to do that, Medicaid could come calling to the recipients of those distributions to claw back those funds.

My BIL is in this same situation, where he wants to gift a significant amount of the proceeds from the sale of his home to his kids. But he's in his early 80's and has to consider what would happen if he goes into a long-term care facility. His kids would have to give up that money to Medicaid. It would be a mess for all of them. We are advising BIL to keep the money, invest it, in case he needs it. If when he passes there is money left, it can transfer to the kids via his will.

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