Quick eldercare update: my mother was able to sign a POA (power of attorney) yesterday, which is a huge relief; it’ll mean that the family will be able to access her saved funds to pay for her care as needed, and that we should be able to avoid the complex and time-consuming conservatorship process. If […]
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At Bradley, waiting for my flight home. My mom is doing somewhat better; she’s steadier on her feet than she was a few days ago, so that’s good. My sister and dad will be meeting with the lawyer to sign the eldercare paperwork next week, and I’ve put together a spreadsheet with all their financial
Progress is being made on my parents’ eldercare paperwork; we’ve hired a lawyer who will charge a flat rate for doing all the paperwork for both of them, and we know what our next steps are — we need power of attorney, healthcare representative, living will, and an updated actual will. If you don’t have
Morning, folks. At O’Hare, heading to CT to help my parents with some legal / medical / financial stuff. This is your reminder to set up a power of attorney and a living will; should you be incapacitated (which can happen to any of us at any moment, through accident or illness), it will make
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A little random, but I just ran across a term ‘demand avoidance’ that I haven’t run into before, and I have to say, I definitely see this in me when I’m experiencing long periods of high-stress, and I see it in other people I know even more of the time. Interesting. I’ll note that per
Good morning! I’m feeling more like myself again — I was off my ADHD meds for a week, and it was kind of awful. My doctor normally just fills the prescription when requested, but she hadn’t seen me in a year and wanted me to come in for a physical. Which I am totally down
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Hectic morning as we try to get all the stuff done before the semester starts next week: • I had a doctor’s appointment (annual physical, all fine though I really do need to schedule that colonoscopy, sigh, dreading the prep a bit — on the other hand, she seemed genuinely astonished that I’m 51 and
My gums are a disaster, so today I’m in for deep cleaning at the periodontist, which now includes bonus lasers (a relatively new alternative to oral surgery). They do half the mouth today, half later. Expect me to be sore and somewhat cranky for the rest of the day. I did think this x-ray was
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About a month ago, I joined a FB group for women with ADHD, and it’s been really fascinating. Part of it has been learning terms for things I’ve lived with all my life (like time-blindness), part of it has been seeing women struggling with much more severe ADHD than I have. There was a recent
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Hey, swimming YouTube question. I’m trying to solidify my kids’ swimming skills — they can *manage* in deep water, but they can’t really do any recognizable strokes, and are generally inefficient and it makes me nervous that they might get into trouble. I took Anand to the pool today and spent a while working on
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