Did a lesson in my Death Doula Class. This series of lessons is teaching me about the top 10 diseases that a Death Doula will see and the symptoms they present with and how best to help the family deal with those. Tonight’s lesson focused on COPT and Emphysema.
I will continue taking this class but am more and more convinced that being a Death Doula is not my path. My skill set is better suited for helping people before they get to this point. Life may have other plans for me and I may change my mind but for now I am going to focus on being a Doulagiver Care Specialist.
Two of my supply orders came in. One is a booklet called 5 Wishes. It provides a detailed format for someone to express their End of Life Plan by giving them lots of options. These booklets will be very helpful to the person they name as their Medical Power of Attorney as it really spells out what your intentions are. The other thing that came in is a game called Elephant in the Room. I will use these cards when I do public presentations to small groups. Each card has a question about end of life that is intended to stimulate conversation.
The main thing I am waiting on is my Notary approval. Kansas is one of six states that require Advanced Directives to be notarized. It will simplify the process when I can do that for my clients. You have to have two unrelated persons as witnesses in addition to the form being notarized. KS doesn’t make things easy!
The window guys were to have come today at 9:00 to start repairing all the windows in the house. They didn’t show up and Jim called them a couple of times and got an answering machine. Finally got hold of them around noon. They told us it was too hot for the material they used and they rescheduled to come next week. Wonder why they didn’t call this morning and tell us that? Not a good way to do business.
We have to replace our air conditioner and that job was scheduled for Thursday. They called today and moved it up to tomorrow. Now that is the way to do business!
I got most of the yard mowed today. I mowed for over two hours and took a break and didn’t make it out to finish. It was a hot one today. I got sun kissed a bit today. If I remember I will get out early tomorrow morning and finish it up. I only have about 30 -45 minutes of mowing left to do.
My Endocrinologist’s office called to give me the results from the TSH test. Unfortunately the orders they gave me don’t make sense with the medication I am taking. I told the nurse and she was going to send a note to the Doctor and then call me back. I haven’t heard back yet. I am going to have a discussion with the Doctor when I go to my appointment in August. I get my blood checked every 6 – 8 weeks and every time I go through this with them. They give me instructions that don’t make sense with what I have been doing which is following their orders from last time. It always takes at least two calls or messages to get things sorted out. It is frustrating, to say the least. It decreases my confidence in their office. You would think my chart would be in front of them when they place new orders. I don’t understand why they can’t fix this.
Jim and I are making plans to go back east the end of August. We found a house sitter which makes getting away possible. We are making contact with all the family and friends we will be visiting and firming up our agenda. It will be good to see my brother and sister as well as Jim’s family.
Tomorrow night some friends are coming over for dinner and we are going to watch the election results together. I am going to fix a crock pot of White Chicken Chili and everyone is bringing something to go with it. Trusting we will be able to break out the champaign and celebrate a NO victory on the amendment proposal. We may be crying in our soup instead and will be drinking to cope with the disappointment. Please go vote NO tomorrow if you haven’t already voted. We need every vote we can get.
Grateful the yard is mostly mowed, grateful the new Air Conditioner is coming tomorrow, and grateful some supplies came in today.