Tag: ill
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April 08, 2008 03:32 PM EDT --
I've worked at several large group homes for mentally ill/retarded adults. For people who are "low functioning" privacy isn't important. You give them their dignity by communicating . . . more
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April 29, 2008 10:42 PM EDT --
Our 15 year old dog Brandy is in the pet hospital. She has been bleeding from her mouth now for several days. At first we thought she had broken a tooth, because she couldn't . . . more
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January 24, 2008 10:45 AM EST --
As many of you know our good Texas friend, Norma, has not been feeling well lately. We were all concerned when she didn't show up as usual on Gather earlier this week. She is usually online commenting . . . more
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May 19, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
I had a bad fall yesterday. My knees gave out, I wasn't on my cane, and fell down hard on my writst. The heavy oak wood tables fell down on my knees. I am all cut and brused. . . . more
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September 29, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
I worked at a large group home for adults that were mentally retarded and mentally ill.
A woman who had cancer died in her sleep once and it was a shock. She always pulled the fire alarm . . . more
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March 19, 2008 11:53 PM EDT --
Hi Everyone
Just wanted to update those of you who responded to my earlier article on my mom. I am so very glad she finally came clean about this issue; it has proven to be more . . . more
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October 28, 2007 06:39 PM EDT --
"Monitoring" the Mentally Ill
We are all familiar with cases of the mentally ill who have been incarcerated for a
serious crime such as . . . more
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March 14, 2008 12:08 PM EDT --
My dear friends, I haven't been on here much, as I have been really sick. My husband and I caught a nasty bug. I have been coughing blood up, and my ribs ache from it already. My . . . more
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June 30, 2007 11:59 PM EDT --
I just want to request a prayer from all my friends at Gather for my Mom , we had to rush her to the ER from a grauation party. I don't want to get into much because we are not sure what it is . . . more
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November 02, 2007 06:26 PM EDT --
Suddenly last night I started feeling achy and tired...by 9 PM, I was vomiting and today was a no work day for me. Although I haven't eaten much which has alleviated the vomiting, I still feel achy . . . more
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June 25, 2008 03:15 PM EDT --
My mom is back in the hospital. Which is where I have mostly been in the last 2 days.
She hasn't been able to eat or drink much of anything in the last 2 weeks without getting extremely ill and . . . more
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December 20, 2006 04:33 PM EST --
A colleague I work for has a 21 year old son who has just been diagnosed with Lymphoma. I am sending this in request for prayers for this nice young man who, up until now has never been sick. . . . more
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September 22, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
Ralph had his 4th dialysis yesterday and it made him pretty sick afterwards, which is normal they tell me. He had a bad day yesterday, lots of anxiety and did not sleep the night before at all. . . . more
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October 02, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
Ralph has been out of the hospital a week today (Tuesday). When he first went to the hospital his kidney's were functioning at about 5%, today they are at 20% so that's a vast improvement! . . . more
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October 16, 2007 11:49 AM EDT --
Ralph was moved out of ICU on Monday, but is still very ill. He is still very incoherent
and slips into the past quite a bit or just talks randomly and no one knows what
he is talking about.... most . . . more
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October 20, 2007 12:44 AM EDT --
Well things are looking up! Ralph maybe out of the hospital on Monday. They took his Foley cathetor and the dialysis cathetor out today. All he has left are the cathetors for medication . . . more
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December 29, 2007 05:41 PM EST --
I am not a politician by any stretch of the imagination, but I ended up writing this as a comment on a political article featured on Gather today, and I liked it so much that I thought I'd keep it, . . . more
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January 08, 2008 02:18 PM EST --
last november/december(2006), i came down with bronchitis (while pregnant) and they gave me some antibiotics and an inhaler. well, on dec 7th (2007), i lost my voice and started coughing. i didn't . . . more
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July 02, 2008 02:02 PM EDT --
Most of us remember Dr. Kevorkian, and all of the people that were dying who he helped to commit suicide. My question is what is your view on this topic? Do you think that this is right or . . . more
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July 02, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
Okay, seriously. I've seen this done repeatedly -- someone posts an article on Gather trying to convince people to stop pumping gas on a particular day to 'send a message' to oil companies. . . . more
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