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  1. Wed. Sept. 9, 2026: Post-Op

    image courtesy of Gaby Stein from Pixabay

    Wednesday, September 9, 2026

    Dark Moon

    Pluto, Neptune, Saturn, Chiron Retrograde

    Rainy and mild

    This week is all off kilter because of the Monday holiday. We’re not going to discuss that I didn’t take it as a holiday now, are we?

    Got through some admin, switched over to the ghostwriting for a bit before I had to head to the library. I dropped off some books and picked up a couple, including the last book I needed for the panel today.

    Put together everything we needed for the afternoon, and then made us an early lunch. We headed out the door around 12:30 for the drive to Lenox.

    It was a lovely day to be out for a drive. Pittsfield was even more of a nightmare than usual, but, well, Pittsfield. We got through and were still checked in at the facility early.

    My mom went in for the surgery. I dashed down to the other end of the complex to Chocolate Sparrow. They were still doing in the iced chocolate, so I got one for myself, and I got the promised chocolate for my mom’s post-surgical treat. A group of five older women came in just as I got my iced chocolate and they asked about it. I told them how wonderful it was, and all five of them ordered it.

    I hoofed it back down the complex to the doctor’s office. There’s a café with a lovely patio that serves breakfast that I might want to check out one day.

    I sat and read my book until my mom was finished. We got the care instructions. Her leg is wrapped from knee to ankle and can’t get wet for two weeks, and we have a special croc shoe for her that we got at a thrift store a few weeks ago. There’s also a bandage on her groin area where they took the skin for the graft, but that can come off after 36 hours, and the stitches will dissolve.

    We set the follow-up appointment in two weeks, first thing in the morning.

    They’d used a lot of local anesthetic, and she was high as a kite on the drive home, which was pretty funny. I was a little annoyed that she’s just supposed to take Tylenol for the pain over the next few days. You know if this was a man, they’d have prescribed an opioid. Don’t believe me? King’s College of London did a study on it, which you can read here.

    On the way home, I stopped at Walgreen’s in Adams and picked up some more liquid Tylenol. We only had a half a bottle left at home.

    Home, got her upstairs and settled. Found a letter from the doctor’s office with a follow-up appointment later on the same day. I will get in touch and cancel the latter appointment and keep the early one, so I don’t lose another whole day of work.

    Responded to well wishing messages. She was actually hungry, so I heated up some of her favorite sausage pasta.

    Charlotte and Willa were confused because I handled the bedtime snacks. Usually, my mom gives out the bedtime snacks. It didn’t stop them from eating them, they were just confused. Tessa and Bea don’t care who doles them out, as long as they get them.

    We all went to bed early. I woke up after two hours, then went back to sleep and slept through until a little after 5. By the level on the Tylenol bottle in the kitchen, my mom had needed some in the night, then asked for more while I gave the cats their breakfast.

    Morning routine was fine. I’m about to make breakfast and get my mom settled for the day. I think she should stay in bed today. She needs to keep the leg up anyway. She might be more comfortable on the sofa or in her chair. We will see. She’s doing remarkably well, especially for someone over 100. And I have her permission to post about it, so I’m not being intrusive.

    I have some final prep for the festival, and run down to the bank when they open to get some change. It’s raining, so I have to pack everything in waterproof bags to take up, since I’m not driving.

    I might try to get a little ghostwriting done before I leave this morning, but I have a feeling not much will get done.

    I expect I’ll be home a little after 8 PM tonight, so we’re having a late dinner of leftover paella.

    Tomorrow is another busy day.

    Have a good one.

    #family #health #mom #pain #surgery #writing
  2. This is CogDogBlogged: "Stop Whatever You Are Doing and Record those Family Voices"

    Not that anybody is knocking on my door asking for life advice, but here it is dispensed anyhow. Do yourself a future favor, and record by any means possible the people who carry your family stories. I could not be more thankful for the voices I have digitally preserved, my grandmother, my mom.

    Last week I tuned into Bryan Alexander’s Future Trends Forum because, well, Bryan runs a fantastic […]

    https://cogdogblog.com/2026/09/stop-record-family-voices/

    #cogdogblog #family #mom #storytelling

  3. Yesterday’s Heat, Mom’s Voice, and a Prayer Request

    Yesterday’s Kentucky heat had Berry and me out on the deck, and one comment from Peggy brought my mother’s voice right back. I’ve been missing the people who used to check in on us. At the end, I’m asking all prayer warriors to lift up someone dear who needs strength and healing.

    lauraleacupp.wordpress.com/202

  4. Matthew McConaughey’s Mom, 94, Shares Her Old-School Parenting Tip

    Matthew McConaughey‘s mother, Kay McConaughey, says there’s one parenting rule she always stuck to while raising her sons.…
    #UnitedStates #US #USA #america #beyonce #business #kid #lesson #Man #MatthewMcConaughey #mcconaughey #MOM #moment #old-schoolparentingtip #parentingrule #son #therapy #TinaKnowles #tough-loveparentingstyle #unitedstatesofamerica #value
    europesays.com/2980796/

  5. Oldest Galaxy That Formed 280 million Years After The Big Bang Has Been Identified And Proves Yet Again How Unimaginably Large The Universe Really Is » TwistedSifter

    COSMOS-Web From our tiny part of space, it can be hard to image exactly how much is out…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #AU #Australia #BigBang #cosmos-web #distantgalaxy #galaxy #galaxyformation #Jameswebbspacetelescope #JWST #MilkyWay #mom-z14 #singletopic #Space #top #Universe
    newsbeep.com/au/89919/

  6. Tough Day

    My stomach and I have not been seeing eye to eye today. I had some problems yesterday that seem to have cleared up by this morning, but there has been a backlash that is trying my patience.

    All day today I have been dealing with literal hunger pains. My stomach is empty enough that it hurts. When I try to eat though, it gets rid of the pain but makes me queasy and bloated and uncomfortable. So much so that I have to stop eating. That means that about an hour and a half to two hours after I eat the hunger pain comes back.

    I made a small chicken patty and a handful of french fries for lunch. I finished the chicken but could only manage a couple of fries before I had to stop. For dinner I made a hamburger and some tater tots (my wife loves tater tots so I made them for her because she’s amazing and I like making things for her) and I only managed about half of the burger. I just had to stop. Almost exactly an hour after dinner I started feeling the empty stomach blues starting up again so I managed a small snack. Maybe that will hold me over for another hour.

    I know that this is going to clear itself up in a day or two (it always does) so I will be fine either tomorrow or the next day. It’s just going to be a long night tonight. I think my stomach is going to make sleeping difficult.

    Also, I just want to note this for my own mental health… not that it affects anything or anything… I didn’t write about it yesterday but I thought about it a lot. Yesterday was the second anniversary of my mother’s passing. Maybe my stomach is just manifesting feeling sad about missing my mom. Maybe my stomach knows, you know? I really can’t believe it’s been two years already.

    #Family #gastricBypass #gastricBypassIssues #gastricBypassSideEffects #gastricBypassSurgery #health #hungerPain #mom #mother #stomachPain #weightLossSurgery