I went to physical therapy and once I got in that pool, there was no stopping me except my arms do not extend to swim. I used weights. It felt so good. The pt kept warning me I was doing too much but I ignored her as I felt so free. Came home, have not been able to stand or walk all evening.
THEN - Brett comes home from his colonoscopy so loaded I was freaking out he was taking drugs and where did he get them. He is STILL loaded. Turns out they gave him Fentenyl. OMG What a scary drug and he has an addictive personality. It is after midnight and he is still messed up. He has had me freaked out and mad all day.
THEN - Kelsey says she met a boy at church and he was coming over. Turns out she met him on the street and he was coming over with a friend. You have to know, I have met a lot of felons and criminal type people so I don't trust. Then these guys call and tell her to meet them out front. I told her no and she ignored me and went anyway. Then they told her they had left something in the car and would be back. I thought they were going to get the guns to rob us
So, I cannot walk because I don't listen. My husband is on drugs and my daughter is crying over getting ditched by a couple guys she met on the street. YIKES Glad this day is over.
I'm feeling for you.
Why would they give him such a strong drug for a colonoscopy? When I've had them and Julie, we didn't have after effects like that.
Do slow down on the PT. You can't push your way into it. It's not a competition, it a rehabilitation. When you can do each of the exercises without pain, then you can move on. I can't imagine them even letting you use weights at this point.
On Kelsey, that's tough because she old enough to do what she wants, but lacks a lot of the decision making skills someone else would have. Maybe you can approach her just from the safety issue.
Here's what I would tell my kids before they would go out. I'd tell them that I trusted them, but not the world. The world can be pretty mean and deceptive. I need to know where they are and who they are with so that is something happens I know where to start looking and I will be looking if I don't hear from them. I emphasized that this was both a matter of courtsey because I worry about them and a matter of their safety.
If you can go over a safety plan with Kelsey on dating, maybe she would go along with that. You're not making the decision in whom she's dating. But you need to keep everyone safe, not just her. Be frank with her but very calm when you talk about this.
Try to use open-ended questions so that she is having to think out the possible solutions for safety. And, get her a mace. Also, see if there is some kind of women's safety class that she can go to. At least if she gets in a bad situation, maybe she can protect herself better now than she did in the past.
I know all of this is hard because of her mental problems. But she's going to do somethings no matter what. You have no control over that. But you can have rules for the house, boundaries of what is acceptable or not.
She's learned so much since when she lived with you before. Make it all about safety, hers and your family. But you have to do this calmly. Set her aside from all other distractions, just you and her time. And, then carefully go over it. Give examples of things that have happened or nearly happened to you. Slowly move into some of the things that you don't want to have happen to her again. She might not understand all of it, but she will get the basic concepts of your concern and love for her. And, she's not going to want to worry you unnecessarily if she knows that your health is going to be affected.
She's got a great heart. Appeal to it.
Your title says it all Rox...that is a twilite zone kind of day...poor Kelsey..I mean their abrupt exit was probably a blessing anyways but...still...poor Kelsey...