u/teamrocketexecutiv3

Yesterday, my dad's case worker and doctors informed me that they cannot do any treatments due to his high oxygen and his frailty. He stopped eating over a week ago and then stopped taking some of his meds. So they talked about hospice and started making calls to find a bed.

This morning I was bombarded with calls letting me know they found a bed in a small 3 patient hospice house that the hospital sends their hospice to. So I signed off on it, met the staff, and got him settled in. The staff are amazing and the house is super nice and homey. He seems to like it and he's so glad to be out of the hospital.

This has all gone by so fast. Only 2 weeks ago he called the ambulance and was in the ICU. He has the pleurx drain tube and they got his oxygen down to i think 6L and off of the high flow machine. His only pain seems to be from a bed sore on his bottom. I offered to get him a hamburger or snoball if he was up for it, but he's just not hungry.

Luckily he's still lucid and able to give me info for all of his accounts, since I'm his POA, which is great. I'm taking advantage of that and doing as much as possible to settle accounts, cancel unnecessary subscriptions, handle his car title, and get his last wishes. Once I get all of this straight then I can look for an affordable cremation and see if we want to rent a venue or do something at a family's home to save cash.

I'm mentally exhausted. The social worker let me know there are support groups for cancer and hospice if I want to join virtually since I live over 30 minutes away and have to handle my own health issues. I think I'm gonna need to take that offer. This is so heavy man.

Location: Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish,

USA

My father wants to to donate his car to my sister. I'm his POA (he recently ended up in the hospital and will be in hospice soon) and am hanging onto the title at the moment. He has already signed the back of it and told us this is what he wants. I want to make sure this is done properly, mainly to help my sister avoid unnecessary costs or have issues. I'm not interested in the car at all.

I did some digging and found info on a notary site talking about an Act of Donation form to be filled out and notarized before the actual transfer at the DMV. She said she googled it and knows some guy that sells cars that said she can do a transfer with it just being signed and doesnt need a notary or me/dad present?

I plan to call a notary with a good reputation that I regularly use in the morning for some answers, but I figure it's also worth a shot to see if a lawyer or notary public would see this and could help.

Thank you for reading.

Not sure if this is truly a legal issue, but I'm trying to figure all of this out as fast as possible. I'm in Louisiana and the gun was purchased in Louisiana.

My dad bought a handgun on a bass pro shop credit card. He still owes a few hundred on the card. He's in the hospital terminally sick and I'm his POA. When he passes and I notify the credit card company that he's deceased, does that affect the status of the gun at all?

I need to know if I need to return the gun to get any cash I can to pay off the card and settle this or if it doesnt matter? Would it just be inherited and then we can transfer the gun?

My dad, 73, went into the hospital by ambulance over a week ago for breathing trouble. I had gone no contact with him 3 years ago for a couple of reasons, but after both his sister and brother left voicemails saying he was in the ICU, I decided to step up and help take care of him. My mother separated from him 7 years ago, my brother doesnt like him, so its on me, my halfsister, and his sister.

I talked to the oncologist and pulmonologist, and also saw the scans of his organs. He has been diagnosed with advanced stage 4 lung cancer and also has some growths in his liver. The tumor is very large and they had to put in a pleural drain tube due to the fluid coming back repeatedly. It is non small cell, he told me the specific type but I forgot what it was called, it was a big word I know that much.

Oncologist said he cant do any treatment until his oxygen use gets lowered from 70% to 40%. he wants to do some radiation to see if that gets the tumor off of the airway. While my dad is breathing a little better at the moment, he cant get out of the bed at all. They tried to stand him up and he immediately got light headed and dizzy and almost passed out, his oxygen also dipped quite a bit. He isnt eating and seems confused at times.

The doctor said with no treatment from him, he has maybe 4 months. If he can do radiation, then hopefully immunotherapy, he could live about 12-16 months.

Right now, it really doesn't look good. I had a mobile notary come to his room while he was coherent so am now his medical and financial POA. Tomorrow, I'm going up there to try and force him to eat some pudding or something on his meal tray, because he hasn't had any food for 10 days, only having water/ice and IV fluids. He also seems to be confusing dreams with reality, which concerns me. He is very frail for 73, and I kinda expect this bc he has never tried to take care of his health. Always smoked, always ate unhealthy, drank when i was younger, always sat around and watched TV.

Is it silly to remain hopeful that he will strong enough for treatments or should I be quicker with making arrangements as far as his finances and property goes?

38F with prior fasting experience. I was recently diagnosed with early perimenopause and started on a low dose birth control to try out 2 months ago, and so far no major side effects except I get very full/bloated no matter what I eat when I eat a lot at once. I've only ever tried the pill once before over 13 years ago so my body is not used to it.

Recent bloodwork showed very early stages of fatty liver and have gained almost 20 lbs over the last year so I wanted to nip that in the bud asap. I've been doing 12-14 hour IF for a while and decided it was time to shorten the feed window. 10 days ago I started doing 20 hour fasts bc I get so full after eating there's no way I'd get enough nutrition doing OMAD. I focus on protein and fiber when I feed, but I need more fiber due to slow gut motility, so I have been having a glass of water with psyllium husk powder and apple cider vinegar in the evening. When I get food cravings at night, I like to have a spoon of mustard, the extra vinegar and salt helps me feel better too.

I've also slowly moved my feed window to early in the day (11am-3pm) to be able to walk and exercise afterwards. Sleep has been rough but has started to improve.

I'm hoping with another couple weeks my sleep with level out and maybe I can try OMAD. Any other peri ladies have any tips for the bloat, or is this normal on hormones and it will ease with time?