7/9/20 Olive AMPS 223. +5 86 +8 100; PMPS 205. +4 104 +5.5 87 +7 97

[Olive & Paula]

Yesterday. Caber Yr 2 Day 277

3rd cycle on this dose. So things still good. If she stays on her crazy patterns should be hitting the high numbers about Saturday or so. Then when thinking about increasing she will say no way and drop.

Tux's issue is hairball again. Did get some of the malt on his foot last night. Will do more today. Tripper has also been throwing up more frequently. Her ear looks like she scratching it again. I will say have been giving her more commercial wet food, it's just so much easier especially late at night, so need to check her nails and be more diligent about not giving canned food.

I still have rocks to move before the wall repair is started which will be tomorrow or Monday, I hope. Have to call phone company to get dad's phone line fixed, that will take half a day being on hold.

 

[carfurby (GA)]

I hope Ollie surfs safely today. I hope the malt helps Tux. Sending prayers for Tripper's ears.

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

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Yesterday. Caber Yr 2 Day 277

3rd cycle on this dose. So things still good. If she stays on her crazy patterns should be hitting the high numbers about Saturday or so. Then when thinking about increasing she will say no way and drop.

Tux's issue is hairball again. Did get some of the malt on his foot last night. Will do more today. Tripper has also been throwing up more frequently. Her ear looks like she scratching it again. I will say have been giving her more commercial wet food, it's just so much easier especially late at night, so need to check her nails and be more diligent about not giving canned food.

I still have rocks to move before the wall repair is started which will be tomorrow or Monday, I hope. Have to call phone company to get dad's phone line fixed, that will take half a day being on hold.

Hi Paula I hope Ollie stops these shenanigans .Just can't figure these cats out.
I hope Tux gets rid of those hairballs and Tripper starts to feel better.
You are so right about being on hold for so long when it comes to calling places, unbelievable. Have a good day ok

 

[Olive & Paula]

No customer service number on bill. Online is for wireless only. I had to call them to get number for landline service. Then the automative answering crap. Finally, to agent but will take over hour to speak with someone. Unbelievable.

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Sorry I didn't get back to you the other day, been a couple crazy days. You asked a couple days ago:

@Wendy&Neko can it be possible to have all these erratic readings. It just doesn't seem right to have mostly yellows, pinks and still have to lower dose because of sporadic low green and limes.

I learned to ignore the odd random pinks Neko would throw in and just paid attention to the lows. The output of the growth hormone is not at an even pace - one of the reasons they don't test for growth hormone when testing for acromegaly. It's the growth hormone that causes the higher blood sugar. There just seems to be some sort of randomness in some acros. The other factor is that a number of acros have a working pancreas, sometimes kicking in at the most inopportune times.

Don't get me started on the phone company. I could write a book on how they've messed up my parents bills. The latest is that they've stopped sending paper bills "due to Covid" (I think it's just cost savings), and expecting people to get their bills online. My mother is 98 - not going to happen. She can deal with paper bills. I've called twice and been told twice that people over 65 can have paper bills. Second call they told me they changed their mind about being able to send out a paper bill and didn't bother letting anyone know. I've also told them they better not send a late charge because they didn't send the bill. The automated "service" is extremely annoying.

 

[Olive & Paula]

@Wendy&Neko .

Hope all is well. I've learned to not like crazy days. Give me dull boring ones anytime.

Thanks for answering. I'm not liking this randomness stuff. I want steady. Anyway, the Dr made is sound like Ollie's pancreas is pretty bad. Is there a test or labs to check function of pancreas? I doubt any supplement would help.

 

[Pamela & Amethyst]

 

[Olive & Paula]

Not bad PMPS for reducie. Lysine came today, will start tonight. Already gave some to Tux and PJ, it can't hurt them. And the bottle is so big it will last quite awhile.

Work on retaining wall started today. Driveway looks like a war zone.

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

Not bad PMPS for reducie. Lysine came today, will start tonight. Already gave some to Tux and PJ, it can't hurt them. And the bottle is so big it will last quite awhile.

Work on retaining wall started today. Driveway looks like a war zone.

Not bad at all Paula, glad the Lysine came today.

About automated services, soon thus is what we will have when someone has to call 911
Press 1 if you have been stabbed
Press 2 if you have been shot
Press 3 if you are having trouble breathing
Press 4 if you are having a heart attack
Press 5 if you think you are on your way out

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

Sorry I didn't get back to you the other day, been a couple crazy days. You asked a couple days ago:

I learned to ignore the odd random pinks Neko would throw in and just paid attention to the lows. The output of the growth hormone is not at an even pace - one of the reasons they don't test for growth hormone when testing for acromegaly. It's the growth hormone that causes the higher blood sugar. There just seems to be some sort of randomness in some acros. The other factor is that a number of acros have a working pancreas, sometimes kicking in at the most inopportune times.

Don't get me started on the phone company. I could write a book on how they've messed up my parents bills. The latest is that they've stopped sending paper bills "due to Covid" (I think it's just cost savings), and expecting people to get their bills online. My mother is 98 - not going to happen. She can deal with paper bills. I've called twice and been told twice that people over 65 can have paper bills. Second call they told me they changed their mind about being able to send out a paper bill and didn't bother letting anyone know. I've also told them they better not send a late charge because they didn't send the bill. The automated "service" is extremely annoying.

God bless your mom @Wendy&Neko 98 years young

 

[Olive & Paula]

Not bad at all Paula, glad the Lysine came today.

About automated services, soon thus is what we will have when someone has to call 911
Press 1 if you have been stabbed
Press 2 if you have been shot
Press 3 if you are having trouble breathing
Press 4 if you are having a heart attack
Press 5 if you think you are on your way out

One more

Press 0 if you waited to long and now dead

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

One more

Press 0 if you waited to long and now dead

I'm laughing so hard right now

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Good luck with the lysine - I found it worked fairly quickly.

Still no phone bill from the phone company - their reason for not sending a bill was because they didn't want to send something to elderly to give them Covid. However, they were fine with sending a letter threatening disconnection if the bill wasn't paid. And telling her to pay on line. DM just got the letter. Argh - it means I get to go on the phone and yell at them again tomorrow. When you call them, you are supposed to enter your account PIN (who ever remembers that) or drivers license number. For a 98 year old?

 

[Olive & Paula]

Good luck with the lysine - I found it worked fairly quickly.

Still no phone bill from the phone company - their reason for not sending a bill was because they didn't want to send something to elderly to give them Covid. However, they were fine with sending a letter threatening disconnection if the bill wasn't paid. And telling her to pay on line. DM just got the letter. Argh - it means I get to go on the phone and yell at them again tomorrow. When you call them, you are supposed to enter your account PIN (who ever remembers that) or drivers license number. For a 98 year old?

I waited 1 hr 46 minutes to talk to agent. Yes they asked for PIN. Don't have one. You must. No I don't. I'm like listen here, the phone is my father's who is in assisted living and 90 yrs old. Does not have a PIN, computer, cell phone. His phone line needs to be repaired and I want to schedule that. BTW why is your site for wireless only? Where is the residential web site? Agent-you log into wireless, click business, and you will find residential there. I say you expect a 90 yr old to figure that out, one who doesn't have a computer? Agent says he must in order to pay his bill. I'm like you idiot, bill/account is in my name. I don't log into you to pay bill. I pay bills from my bank site so I can pay all at same time with one log in. Bank site is more secure than you are. Do these people really think everyone is computer literate........

 

[Wendy&Neko]

The two phone companies must be related.

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

I waited 1 hr 46 minutes to talk to agent. Yes they asked for PIN. Don't have one. You must. No I don't. I'm like listen here, the phone is my father's who is in assisted living and 90 yrs old. Does not have a PIN, computer, cell phone. His phone line needs to be repaired and I want to schedule that. BTW why is your site for wireless only? Where is the residential web site? Agent-you log into wireless, click business, and you will find residential there. I say you expect a 90 yr old to figure that out, one who doesn't have a computer? Agent says he must in order to pay his bill. I'm like you idiot, bill/account is in my name. I don't log into you to pay bill. I pay bills from my bank site so I can pay all at same time with one log in. Bank site is more secure than you are. Do these people really think everyone is computer literate........

What morons, same thing when I have to call a doctor's office for my father and they want to do the telemed appt or whatever you want to call it. I said first of all my dad is 86, half deaf , why can't the doctor just pick up the phone and call him, because with that telemed thing all you will hear from my father is what did you say, I say to them just ask the doctor if he will call on a friggin regular phone.
Plus they think everyone owns a smartphone, etc
Paula you are a feisty little thing, I love it lol

 

[Olive & Paula]

What morons, same thing when I have to call a doctor's office for my father and they want to do the telemed appt or whatever you want to call it. I said first of all my dad is 86, half deaf , why can't the doctor just pick up the phone and call him, because with that telemed thing all you will hear from my father is what did you say, I say to them just ask the doctor if he will call on a friggin regular phone.
Plus they think everyone owns a smartphone, etc
Paula you are a feisty little thing, I love it lol

Customer Service can really tick me off. After my mother passed, a credit card statement came that had a balance from cash back rewards. I think we won't get that but let's close the account. So I call them to close it and go through she passed, I'm POA, can send you copy of it, want to close account. They say they must hear it from her or send a notarized statement to close it. Now get this, they said put her on phone and she can give permission that way. I'm like, she is dead can't put her on phone or get written statement. They go we have to get her authorization to close it. So I ask for supervisor and get told same thing. So now I'm really ticked off. These people don't listen, they only follow script in book and if your issue isn't in book they can't think of solution. Anyway I finally said, "you will have to call God and ask him for permission" . Now they finally get it. Then they ask do you want the rewards cash? Now I'm surprised. Sure (some don't pay out the rewards in cash). Supervisor says ok, you will receive a check for $436.00 in 10 business days. Companies can sure be aggravating but sometimes it's worth the aggravation.

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

Customer Service can really tick me off. After my mother passed, a credit card statement came that had a balance from cash back rewards. I think we won't get that but let's close the account. So I call them to close it and go through she passed, I'm POA, can send you copy of it, want to close account. They say they must hear it from her or send a notarized statement to close it. Now get this, they said put her on phone and she can give permission that way. I'm like, she is dead can't put her on phone or get written statement. They go we have to get her authorization to close it. So I ask for supervisor and get told same thing. So now I'm really ticked off. These people don't listen, they only follow script in book and if your issue isn't in book they can't think of solution. Anyway I finally said, "you will have to call God and ask him for permission" . Now they finally get it. Then they ask do you want the rewards cash? Now I'm surprised. Sure (some don't pay out the rewards in cash). Supervisor says ok, you will receive a check for $436.00 in 10 business days. Companies can sure be aggravating but sometimes it's worth the aggravation.

Unbelievable, you are just like me, I'll stay on the phone with a company or a health insurance company until I get my way . Have a good day Paula

 

[Sue and Luci]

OMG! Paula...what a tale...agrrrrrgh....

You know I've dealt with so much of my mom's stuff along the way just like this...you know what I call and say now????? Hello...this is ***....yes, that's my daughter...she takes care of all my mail, bills, etc...I give them whatever info they need...mom has entrusted all of that to me (ie. dumped)...she can't wont make a single phone call about anything...says it's too confusing and stressful for her. She even calls me when she has anything odd unexpected happen with the Jiffy phone (it's a Jitterbug, but she can't remember that) - cannot figure anything out...but then after all she is 90 for heaven's sake...I knew I had to do this when someone told me once to get her on the phone to give her 'permission' for them to speak to me about something or another...that was the last straw...and this is of course after I've listened to the automatron giving me a thousand options - and then 'hold' for customer service...it's enough to drive you mad....I don't know how those companies stay in business...you have my sympathies...