outlanderSenior Contributor
I dont know how much longer i can go on like this
I dont know how much longer i can keep going on like this anymore. I feel completely defeated right about now
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I dont know how much longer i can go on like this
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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@Sans911 - I was a Nursing Assistant in Aged Care Nursing Homes. I specialised in Dementia care. Now you would call us PCA's - Personal Care Attendants. But I loved that job. I got a lot of satisfaction from looking after the dementia patients
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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@Phoenix_Rising lol. I'm still learning your turtle speak aren't I? And my interpersonal skills aren't brilliant either. Oh dear. Never mind. I muddied the waters. You pay above the Medicare rebate-they set that cost.
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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@utopia- Im sure you were very good at it, like many PCs are. And you worked hard too. I did a stint in a nursing home as an RN some years ago. It was intense.
@outlander I'm sure you have all the right qualities to be an amazing nurse
@outlander I'm sure you have all the right qualities to be an amazing nurse
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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Thanks @Sans911 i need to log off for abit sorry
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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@Former-Member I could be wrong too. But that's the information I know about.
@outlander ok lil Sis. I've got to go out, so I'll catch up with you tomorrow.
@outlander ok lil Sis. I've got to go out, so I'll catch up with you tomorrow.
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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@outlander. I did my PCA certificate a number of years ago now. I highly recommend it. You already have a big foundation in health, more than other students will have, so it will give you a head start with this course. I hope you do consider doing it. It will give you the certificate to work in Aged Care, Community and the Hospitals and will provide you the certificate for what you are probably already doing for your pop.
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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Have a good time @Sans911
No probs @Phoenix_Rising discuss away its helpling more members so go for it.
No probs @Phoenix_Rising discuss away its helpling more members so go for it.
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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Ill take a look into it @utopia thanks!
Ill do some research and see if i can find who runs it around here
Ill do some research and see if i can find who runs it around here
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@outlander wrote:
I went to my psychiatrist (medications) today and I told her about my weight gain but im doing the right thing shes abit weary about that too. She doesnt want to stop my medications either because im still at the bottom of the barrol so to speak. Shes actually put me on a weight loss tablet that we are going to trial for a month or two. She keeps saying and its getting into my head that if dont eat I dont get fat, and also that maybe these tablets will make me sick and deter me from eating. (her words, not making it up!). i actually said that. and when i said i dont eat much anyway she said oh thats good. hmmmmm
@outlander I am really concerned about this. As someone who developed an eating disorder only a few years ago at the age of 35, this seems (pardon the pun) like a recipe for disaster. A doctor should never tell anyone to not eat (and that seems to be the message she was giving you). I understand the weight issues attached to medication (believe me), but starving yourself is not the answer. I know you've been exercising and eating healthy food. You're doing the right things. You work a very physical job and you need energy to do that. Please look after yourself.
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@Phoenix_Rising wrote:
My brain is now hurting from this conversation.
I bet @Sans911's is too! Sorry @outlander for having a tangential conversation here. @Sans911 and @Former-Member maybe if anyone has any further thoughts on this topic we can chat about it out on the ocean.
Good plan, @Phoenix_Rising. And yes, sorry @outlander for hijacking your thread. Thank you for your hospitality though. 
