Day 156

Day 156
Sunday October 27, 2013
Physical:
DH continues to sleep soundly until early afternoon; after that he was still very drowsy.  It took hours and hours to get him to take his pills ... he would put a few in his mouth, but then just "hold" them and not swallow.
By late in the afternoon he did eat some pudding (but fed by one of the boys).  Later he finally ate a ham sandwich; and I fed him more pudding at bedtime - with his pills in it!   He still freaked me out a bit, as I've never before seen someone feel the need to *chew* pudding!
He stayed very slumped over all day; I even got some extra pillows to help prop him up some.
In the evening someone from the pharmacy called to check up on him.  She said that since he'd been put on a different B/P med, he could react to it by being lethargic.  Really???  NOW you tell me????  I am wondering WHY no one thought to mention this sooner??  Like maybe even the doctor???
Of course,  I don't think DH's condition over the weekend was just because of a new med; and not even reaction to his flu shot (Wednesday).  But they could well have contributed, and I'm furious that no one bothered to tell me to watch for any such reactions!
People:
DSS, his girlfriend, and her boys came over as usual. She and I went on out early to get the shopping done.  I had asked DSS to get his dad to take the pills.  I was very annoyed to find when we got back that when DH gave him a hard time just taking the first few pills, DSS just quit trying .. turned on the TV for DH and then he went and laid on the sofa to watch TV.  I struggled off and on all afternoon to get DH to take those ills!

The 2 youngest boys got into mega-trouble, so they all ended up leaving earlier than planned.  I sent the supper stuff home with them, because I knew DH wasn't going to eat enough for me to cook for us.
Emotions:
I have really run the gamut (sp?) lately.  Sadness, depression, and annoyance are all mingled together.  And my worsening vision into the mix is not helping!  There are so many things I need to take care of .. and I can't even read the bills I get by email any more.  And I know there's stuff I have to do about insurance, thanks to our government; or at least, I'm told I do.  I didn't think all this new health care crapl aplied to seniors on Medicare, but I'm told it does.  I think it's just a trap.  They know older pleople will have more trouble understanding the new lws, so it's a way to trick us into paying more (with, of course, no regard to our limited income which they don't see fit to raise).
OK, that's getting off on another direction I don't need to go into today!