Hostibule 2024 Part Two

By Patrick MurphyPosted on July 9, 2024July 9, 2024Cat LifestyleTags Hostibule 2024, World of PainLeave a comment

My second hostibulization in six weeks! I got up to go to the bathroom at 3:19AM, 14 June. Got back to bed to catch another half hour resting and curl up under the blankest because I was freezing. Asked Stacie if she was cold, and she said "no, but why is the bed shaking." Because… Read More »

Hostibule 2024 Part One

By Patrick MurphyPosted on July 9, 2024July 9, 2024Cat LifestyleTags Hostibule 2024, World of PainLeave a comment

Another year, another batch of hospitalizations. It was supposed to be a good weekend. It really was. I had gone to Wound Care on Friday and the doctor said I looked healthy (except for the gaping open wounds on my legs, of course). Hell yeah. We had dinner at Esmeralda's (It's in Coon Rapids --… Read More »

So I’m Officially Disabled Now

By Patrick MurphyPosted on June 7, 2024July 9, 2024Cat LifestyleTags Captain Obvious, Stroke, World of PainLeave a comment

Stacie has been suggesting I get a disabled parking pass for a while now. I can't blame her, considering my leg issues. There are days I can barely walk, and I use my cane a lot more than I used to. So yeah, it's a fair request. Her rheumatoid arthritis gives her a parking pass… Read More »

Hostibule 2023

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 1, 2023February 1, 2023Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2023, World of Pain1 Comment

Another year, another trip to the hostibule. Apparently this is what I do now. Last Saturday (21 January) I had a weird pain on the inside of my left knee. It ran more or less along the line of the muscle there. That’s the muscle I get a cramp in if I get dehydrated overnight. … Read More »

Hostibule 2022, Part 4

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 24, 2022Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2022, World of PainLeave a comment

It’s been a while, but there hasn’t been much to talk about on any given day. Mostly just several wound care appointments where the doctor is liking the progress the hole is making. It’s still ugly and nasty, but it doesn’t look like an effect from a bad zombie movie anymore. The night I went… Read More »

Hostibule 2022, Part 3

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 5, 2022May 8, 2022Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2022, World of PainLeave a comment

So now I’m largely in maintenance mode while I wait for the next phase to kick in. I’ve had two appointments with my GP to get my wounds looked at and work on some other things. She was concerned about my blood sugar and blood pressure, so we adjusted my blood pressure meds and I… Read More »

Hostibule 2022, Part 2

By Patrick MurphyPosted on April 13, 2022May 8, 2022Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2022, World of PainLeave a comment

So the morning after I got out of the hostibule I went downtown to a different hostibule for wound care. I hate driving downtown. So I got there, parked on the roof of the ramp, and staggered in. Turns out the hostibule campus is a big U shape. The ramp is just off the curve… Read More »

Hostibule 2022, Part 1

By Patrick MurphyPosted on April 11, 2022May 8, 2022Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2022, World of Pain1 Comment

So I wound up in the hostibule again. This time it was a week. Needless to say, Stacie was not thrilled and I had enough doctors and nurses tell me “listen to your gorram wife!” I lost count. Here’s the timeline for the hostibulization, as I remember it. I was high on oxy for a… Read More »

Ruby

By Patrick MurphyPosted on October 17, 2021December 23, 2021Cat LifestyleTags World of PainLeave a comment

Things have been pretty messed up for the last few weeks. Ruby (my mother-in-law) has had some pretty major health issues for a while now. Lung cancer that came out of remission, long-term COVID effects, COPD, dementia, and some other things, and on top of it she smoked like a chimney. She would have coughing… Read More »

Foot 2021, Part Eleven

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2021, World of PainLeave a comment

Had another follow up today. He asked how it was doing and I told him “no gunk on the band-aid for a week or so. I’m hoping that’s a good sign.” First thing he said when he got a good look at the hole was “oh yeah, that’s healed.” From there it went pretty well. … Read More »