We have to Read the fine Print..

Today was another nice day I so enjoy my weekends. My mom is doing well, I look at here these days and just smile am smiling at how joyful she can be in such a server time in her life. I compare now to 5 months ago, when she was crying every minute.  I use to say "Ma" and she would start crying. She was an emotional wreck back then. I would be to if all these complications came down on me at once. She has come a long way emotionally and mentally. I have been thinking about my mom a lot as of lately. When people I have not seen in a while ask me how she is doing and I tell them, They cant believe it. To be honest I cant either. I have been listening to people tell me about there friends and/or family, who by the time they got the help they needed for Cancer it was only a month or so before they past...I listen because I do want to know what signs to look for and what may and can happen but in reality I be like dayum deep down inside, I want to close my eyes and ears and run away. My mom is a solider tho and I am very proud of her. When I see her wobbling around her apt with her oxygen I feel sad but I smile because she is moving around more &  I can tell she is feeling a little more comfortable with her condition. Every time she goes to the doctor for her check-up or her Chemo treatments her nurses aide always tell me how she makes all the nurses and doctors laugh she has a great spirit. This I know.

She just called me up like 5 times I was at her house all day she called me because she realized that she had 20 dollars missing from her Checking account. These days she has a lot of time on her hands, and she notices EVERY little thing:) So she starts with the high pitch tone and the complain in my ear. I tell her "ma calm down and call the bank there closed right now, but the automation will give you the last transactions" 10 minutes later, she calls back " I call the bank they said...blah blah blah....I said, "ma when the bank opens on Monday, call them up ask for the claims department and tell them that you were charged for something that you did not purchase on the 20th.." she say "OK" Just when I though it was over my phone rings again 10 minutes later LOL she calls back, "I was looking at last months statement they took out 14.99 last month to. "  I said, "ma you have to call the bank on Monday and explain this to them there is nothing I can do"... She said, "OK" BYe.

Sometimes I think she just likes to her herself yell because she was not talking low she was screaming in my ears...Jeez I think she is feeling better now. I did tell her the last time we spoke that  I think she may have purchase something a few months back and the may have locked her in if she didn't canceled after a certain time...and now they are taking a fee out of her account every month..She keeps saying I didn't buy anything I said Okay Ma...LOL

Jay-Z: Illuminati Loving Satanist Freemason?

The whole Jay-Z is a Lucifer-loving Freemason and an agent of the Illuminati meme continues to proliferate and now there’s even a diss track…by a pissed off Christian rapper! Listen as dude calls out Hov for his alleged satanic swagger and fondness

Haiti needs our help

From Wyclef Jean: Haiti needs our help. If you're in the US and want to help with relief efforts, you can text 'Yele' to 501501 to donate $5. IF your elsewhere in the world, you can still help by donating at www.yele.org. Please send your positive energy and thoughts to those affected by the quake.

My son school is collecting worn/gently used clothing , socks, and shoes to send over there every little bit counts.

Looking for some Improvement

I have not been here in a while. But am still around. I have been helping my mom out and working a lot of hours. Which leaves me with less time to do my favorite thing..
What is that you may ask,
Well blogging of course what else lol


I was reading some on-line material about using oxygen at home. my mom has been using at home oxygen since she was discharged from the hospitial on October 14th. We dont know if this is temporary yet or long term she will be returning to the chest Doctor on December 1st to see what is the next step. The whole family is keeping her in prayer. She has been having her emotional ups and downs but I always try to cheer her up and make her laugh when she is feeling down.

Oxygen is an invisible gas that your body needs to live. Your lungs take the oxygen out of the air you breathe and put it into your blood. Your blood takes the oxygen to your brain and all of the cells in your body. Your cells use oxygen and nutrition from the foods you eat to make the energy they need to function. If you have problems with your lungs, heart, or blood you may need extra oxygen. Your body may also need extra oxygen after some injuries, such as burns. You may need extra oxygen when traveling to high altitudes or traveling by plane. You may need oxygen if you were exposed to a toxic substance, such as cyanide or carbon monoxide. Supplemental oxygen is thought of as a drug. You must have a prescription  from a doctor for oxygen therapy in order to get it. The prescription will include how much oxygen you should have, and how often. Getting too much oxygen may be dangerous. Always use your oxygen as directed by your caregiver..

My mom needs the supplemental (extra) oxygen because she has a lung disease that the doctors cant determine, they think that the cancer may have spread to the lungs as well as the bones but the also said it may be 2 other things. As a result, she has a breathing problem, doctors can not do a biopsy because she may go into cardiac aresst. Oxygen therapy is suppose to make my mom feel better. She should sleep better, be more alert, and be in a better mood. She should be able to carry out her daily activities without feeling as tired or as short of breath. But that has not been the case she has not been feeling any better. She seems to still be out of breath a lot she says.

She uses a Nasal cannula: A nasal cannula is made of lightweight, flexible plastic tubing. One end attaches to the oxygen source. The other end has two curved prongs that fit just inside your nostrils. The tubing can be held in place by looping it around your ears, or attaching it to your eye glasses.

I feel I  have the right to help plan her care. To help with this plan, I try to learn about her health conditions and how it may be treated. I discuss treatment options with her caregivers. I want them to decide what care may be used to treat her. But if the treatment given isn't showing improvement I will have to backtrack with her doctors and she what else can be done, and this is exactly what I plan to do on December 1st.

Everything falling into presecptive

Mom got her Home health aide. The aide started Friday and my mom will have her six hours a day, five days a week. Now my mom moved into Brooklyn so she could be closer to me and plus all her treatments are in Brooklyn. Everything is getting better. My mom gave me the low down on her knew helper as soon as I walked in her door Friday evening...I said sheesh ma what are you an investigator...lol, One thing for sure the home health aide has an easy job. she has to do all the basics of a homeworker but my mom don't require much because she don't want no one to bath her or cook for her. I don't blame her,my mom is sick but you cant tell her that...lol.  The head nurse also came by on Friday to review my mothers case and if all goes well my mom will get her wheel chair so she can get back and forth to her appointments easier and a chair for bath times.

Due to her lung disease it is very difficult for her to move around without getting shortness of breath,  and that is why she is taken O2. She also have her Access-a-ride, Which is a pain in the butt already she has had her first Chemotherapy treatment on Wednesday the drop off trip was on point, but the pick up was a mess she had to take a cab home. So we came to the conclusion that we will just use them for drop off services ONLY. They are really strict we have to schedule an appointment too days before the appointment and we have to know the exact pick up and drop off time because Access-a-ride don't do same day scheduling, Geezzz. So since most of her appointments are doctor appointment we don't know what time she will be done at the doctors. We will just use it to our benefit and call it a day.

Last but not least she got her insurance cleared on 10/21, and I was able to get her to keep her community medicaid, because Medicaid choice had contacted her trying to force her to take an HMO, but with a HMO they limit her services. Plus two different people That I spoke to,  including a social worker at the hospital told me with her illness she is entitle to straight Medicaid and that I should ignore the HMO issue. When I called up Medicaid after tryin to get in contact with them for four days and I was able to speak to someone, and she told me that my mom IS ELIGIBLE for the straight community medicaid. So all is good.