I'll be out of town

[gja1000]

Hi All! I'll be out of town for a few days (Sunday-Wednesday). I have to attend a conference in Atlanta, Georgia with one of my students. She got a scholarship and I am her mentor for the scholarship period so we have to attend a conference together to learn what we need to do in the next couple of years (the scholarship is for 2 years of study).

I really hate leaving Gary when he is not feeling well, but he will be OK (I hope). My daughter is only 10 minutes away so she can run interference if need be.

I will get to see lots of friends at the conference and normally I would really be looking forward to going, but I am still tired from the cruise and a hectic week at work - and then worrying about Gary and his gut.

But it will be fun to see my old friends. I have lots of friends/colleagues around the country that I only see at conferences, so that will be nice. I'll check in with my fancy phone - so you won't be completely rid of me! ;)

[DianaB]

How exciting!!! I'm sure that Gary's going to be in good hands while you're gone!! Take care, rest up, and enjoy seeing your friends!!!

[Janet]

It would be so nice to have a position where you can travel once in awhile. Have a great time with friends.

[gja1000]

It would be so nice to have a position where you can travel once in awhile. Have a great time with friends.

It is nice to be able to travel. I used to enjoy it more than I do now. Because of Gary's health, I am often very nervous leaving him. Sometimes he travels with me, but this time he just doesn't feel well enough, and so I am reluctant to leave him - although I know he will be fine!

I'm just a worry wart! :rolleyes:

[Gina]

Gayle like the rest mentioned he is in good hands, he is not alone unattended.. He needs his rest and I hope that he is feeling better today. A cruise takes a lot and when you get back you need another vacation.. Go have a good time and rest when you get back. Enjoy!

[lynne b]

Gayle, hope you enjoy your trip and seeing your friends again, and hopefully Gary will get some rest while you are gone, I am sure he will be fine with your daughter being so close.
You sure have racked up the miles this year with all of your travels. Be safe!!!!

[paula1961]

Have a safe and fun trip Gayle! Hopefully Gary will be all better when you get back home. I'm sure your daughter will take very good care of him.:)

[gja1000]

Hi from Atlanta. Glad to be on the ground. Flying is not my favorite thing. Yes I have racked up slot offlying miles this fall. But I assure you, I'd rather be on the ground. Short messages from my iPhone. I will check in during the evening when I can. Just talked to Gary. As you all said, he is fine. Night all.

[DianaB]

Have fun!!!

[gja1000]

Still in Atlanta. Very long day today but I listened to some very interesting talks on aging. I have visited with lots of old friends and students. These conferences are very energizing.

Gary sounds good on the phone and he says his stomach is feeling better. YAY!

Tomorrow is another long day then a half day on Wed. Then home on Wed. Can't wait to get home.

[paula1961]

Gayle so glad you are having a good time! And so glad that Gary is doing better too! I bet you are ready to get home. You were barely back from the cruise and then off again! Have a safe trip home Wed.:)

[Marilyn]

So glad you are having an enjoyable trip and that Gary is feeling better. I'm sure you were concerned about leaving. It's so hard to know what to do. So good that all is well!!

[judy]

How great that Gary is feeling better! I bet you are much more relaxed knowing that, and are enjoying seeing your friends and going to interesting talks.

How is your student doing? Is she going for her Ph.D.? What is she going to be working on?

[gja1000]

Hi all. Looking forward to getting on that plane home tomorrow!!! Gary still says he feels better! Yay!

Yes my student is getting her PhD. She is studying health literacy in older Hispanic women. Specifically why older Hispanic women do not get cervical cancer screening.

[judy]

Hi all. Looking forward to getting on that plane home tomorrow!!! Gary still says he feels better! Yay!

Yes my student is getting her PhD. She is studying health literacy in older Hispanic women. Specifically why older Hispanic women do not get cervical cancer screening.

That is interesting. Cultural differences and how to work with them is much more important than we think,, especially with the world becoming smaller and smaller.
On a larger scale, it is the way to world peace, I think.

[gja1000]

I'm sitting the airport waiting to get on the plane to Austin. Can hardly wait to get home!!!!

Judy, my student is also Hispanic and a women's health nurse practitioner so she has a special and first hand perspective of the problem and possible solutions.

[Gina]

I hope that you had a safe trip. I assume your home by now so welcome home :)
Glad to hear that Gary is much better...

[gja1000]

Yep! I"m home. YIPPEE!!! And Gary looks good!

[judy]

I use a nurse practitioner as my primary care specialist. I love Joanne, and am so grateful that i found her. She is right here in town, takes my insurance, and is fanatic about sending her patients for tests. She has gotten complaints from one of the hospitals because she was having her patients tested too much.

At least she is thorough, although I am not going for the stress test she wants me to go for. I will go back to the cardiologist she sent me to for a checkup though. He did not feel that I needed a stress test. I'm also not taking the BP meds she prescribed, because I don't think I need them. I am taking my pressure at home and will bring the BP monitor to her so she can calibrate it with hers. I love that I can work with her like this. She is also a womens' health practitioner, so I don't have to go to a gyno.

She is so accessible, and I have such faith in her. She keeps doing blood workups on me. I never know what she is looking for. She told me, but I feel that I don't have to worry about it since she is so on top of everything.

If your student is going to set up her own practice, her patients will be as lucky as I am. I say that because she has you as a mentol, and she was given a two year scholarship. Therefore, she is terrific !!!

[gja1000]

Judy! You are so fortunate to have such a wonderful nurse practitioner. I don't know if I wrote that it was a nurse practitioner that solved Gary's horrible GI problem last week. If you remember, his internal medicine doctor wanted to put him in the hospital last week. I said, "Uhhh NO" A nurse practitioner friend of mine said to give him 3 days of antibiotics and do I did and he was cured. UHHHH LOTS less expensive than a hospitalization!!!

I use an NP for my primary care too! I love her. We have an NP program here at my school of nursing so we produce about 35 NPs a year! Gary has 2 nurse practitioners he sees regularly as well as the doctors in those practices and he LOVES the nurses and asks why he has to see the docs too!

Of course they is a gross generalization - not all nurse practitioners are wonderful, there are bad with the good - but for the most part, NPs LISTEN to their patients and that is why the patients do so well. Judy, you have a wonderful partnership with your NP - that is a gift!

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