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08-26-2009, 02:18 PM | #9551 (permalink) |
"Hermione-Lite"
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Uhm. I moved in to college a couple of days ago. And I think I'm starting to get used to everything now, I don't know.
It's still weird not having my friends and everything. But I do love the independence. |
08-26-2009, 06:07 PM | #9552 (permalink) |
Partying on the inside
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Today was uneventful.
Actually, I got pretty annoyed today... There's this late-20-something year old guy in my VB programming class who looks like he might have been a Marine who got injured in Iraq. The haircut is very marine, he's got scars on his head, and walks with a cane. That's all well and good, but I don't appreciate his retarded interruptions during lecture to state the obvious in a different way. He keeps stopping our professor, who has a doctorate and knows what he's doing, to vocalize, in his own terms, what the professor just said. For example: Professor: "Visual Basic code programming is very similar to C++ programming *INTERRUPTION* Retarded Marine: "So that means they're pretty much the same." Professor: "In a sense, yes... moving onwa..*INTERRUPTION* "So it's sorta like when you know how to drive a Honda stick shift and then you try to drive a Ford stick shift then." Honestly, this guy is killing me. He's causing the professor to stop moving forward in a lecture in order to tend to this one jackass. I've pretty much made it a point that when the dumb Marine interrupts, I just walk out the class and go smoke a cigarette. By the time I get back, it's finally moving forward again.
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08-26-2009, 06:13 PM | #9553 (permalink) |
Atchin' Akai
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Visited my Dad in the home today for the first time since going on holiday.
He has senile dementia, parkinson's, angina, a suspected internal bleed awaiting an exploratory operation, crohn's disease, depression (unsurprisingly). When I arrived he was trying to eat his tea (most of which was down his front) without any teeth, sitting in his own piss and totally confused. Ain't life grand! |
08-26-2009, 06:25 PM | #9554 (permalink) |
Partying on the inside
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Err... that sucks, David.
My dad always told me the only thing he'd ever ask from me is to not send him to a home... I know eventually I'll be wiping up after him and he's definitely on a road to dementia. I think I'd rather not have to see that day in and day out, but I would want to respect his wishes. I can't even imagine being prepared to physically care for my dad in that state. I selfishly find myself hoping that if he's to go that route, he expires prior.
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08-26-2009, 06:32 PM | #9556 (permalink) |
Moodswings n' Roundabouts
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My mum and aunt had a damn good try, for 4 years in fact. In the end you have no life yourself and the person in question is too much of a danger to themselves in the first place.
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08-26-2009, 06:32 PM | #9557 (permalink) |
My home? Discabled,
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Bristol, UK
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Eurgh ... homes. I've pretty much already decided I'm offing myself before I get near that situation. I have a friend whose grandad was in hospital a lot and moved to a care home. The dementia was very traumatic for her so you definitely have my sympathy there David.
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08-26-2009, 06:35 PM | #9558 (permalink) | ||
Atchin' Akai
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To struggle with his care is unfair to the person suffering when they can be looked after by professionals. There is no easy way around the situation. It's a fucking nightmare. Quote:
Thanks for the sympathy man. |
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08-26-2009, 06:36 PM | #9559 (permalink) |
Partying on the inside
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I guess the plus side of it is that by the time he gets admitted, he won't know who did it.
After that it's just a conscience thing. But you're right David, there's only so much you're able to do.
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08-26-2009, 06:41 PM | #9560 (permalink) | |
Atchin' Akai
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He doesn't even know where he is, what time of day it is, or even what day it is. |
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