Senior Moments

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine said:
May you have an easier time getting the IV needle in than it was for me (my veins "jumped"/"collapsed"/caused no end of problems for the staff at the surgical center here.) It took around eight people to get everything in/straightened out.
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When I was in the hospital for my gall bladder a few years back, I learned there is a such thing as an "IV specialist" in this case a nurse who does almost exclusively that I guess. They had trouble with my veins due to dehydration plus they've always been small... so they called her and waited for her...

Anyway I hope you're feeling better each day!
 
TheLightWithin said:
When I was in the hospital for my gall bladder a few years back, I learned there is a such thing as an "IV specialist" in this case a nurse who does almost exclusively that I guess. They had trouble with my veins due to dehydration plus they've always been small... so they called her and waited for her...

Anyway I hope you're feeling better each day!
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Whenever I have a blood draw (a1cs and other bloodwork) the phlebologists use "butterfly needles" due to my "weird" veins. The surgical center didn't have them for anything AFAIK... At least, I listened to the preop instructions (no eating or drinking before the operation due to anesthesia [oh, the stories that I've overheard about other patients, including one who takes/took the same diabetes medications as I do!])

I'm looking at reading glasses, but they're not really needed...

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
Another Senior Moment for me!

I can't find where I stuck the contents of my wallet after I emptied it (health insurance card/gift cards/etc.) The only cards that I still have in my wallet are an expired state ID and a current state ID! At least they didn't go through the laundry!

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
Another Senior Moment! This time involving the Postal Service, and not just my Senior Moment!

I accidentally opened a letter that was addressed to a neighbour from the DMV. I couldn't read the actual address before opening the letter, only realizing that it wasn't for me when I read that it was for a license plate expiring...

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
My classic moment was a trip to the local waste disposal facility (in plain English, the dump).

You back your car into a slot, open the door at the back (not getting into that one ;)), carry the rubbish to the signposted section of wall, on the other side of which, one storey below, is a huge open-topped container.

So back the car in, turn off ignition, pick up my wallet from the glove tray – I'm not an idiot, I'm not having someone nick my wallet while I'm out of the car – go round the back, take first sack of rubbish out the space behind the rear seat, toss it over the wall. Repeat until car is empty. Get back into car ... wait ... where's my wallet? ... ... ... Yep, drivers licence, bank cards, membership cards, all my bloomin' cards! ...
 
Senior moments are just a story.

The trouble comes when they turn like summer to freckles that join to make a tan..

And you are just full blown senior...

And ya celebrate the lucid times...
If ya can identify them.
 
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