And update on our appointment with the heart doctor and then Ron’s melt down. I am so tired and even more tired of trying to stay reasonable.

OK so we had the appointment with his new heart doctor.  I liked him he smiled a lot and was a genuinely happy man even though it was clear he had a bent spine and so was hunched over.  When Ron told him I was his spouse the doctor totally seemed OK.  I was wearing my white pride hat as usual.  He remembered Ron from the ICUs and asked if I was medical as well.  I replied no Ron was the doctor in our family which got a smile and chuckle from him as Ron tried to protest that which made the doctor smile more.  He said he would talk to both of us on my level, even if it was basic for Ron because he wanted me included.  When I had a question he would answer it  and totally include me in all the discussion. Ron has one blockage they think is 80% and and at least two that are 70% and one that is just starting.

The plan is to do a heart catheterization.  They will go in through the wrist and prep the groin in case.  They feed a sleeve into the wrist then thread a wire all the way to the arteries around the heart.  They then open the blockage, put a stent surrounded by a balloon where the blockage was.  If a part of the blockage breaks they can introduce medication right then to stop it from doing any damage.  

Wow Ron and I had a huge argument.  I dislike it and he totally blames it on me.  But when the surgical center called to schedule him for the heart catheterization, and instead of  taking the first appointment he asked for one three weeks later.  I interrupted and said no you want it sooner if possible.  

He kept the appointment for nearly a month and a week out.   When he got off the phone I asked him to explain that.  Wellhe replied I have Diane flying in on 3-28, and we are scheduled to fly out april 2nd.  I was angry and argued with him that this same thing killed his sister’s husband and if he asked her she would agree he needs the early appointment.  Which was when he fucked around and after we had a huge fight where I told him that his sister could get her friends and her husband’s friends to do what she had wanted Ron to do.  She wants help with the moving company and then driving from Texas to here.   When he calmed down from our argument he called her and she agreed with me.  So then he was so angry that we had another exchange.  I was trying to stay calm but he was so upset he was almost out of control, throwing things.  I asked him to think of us.  If he suffered a heart attack on the road or moving around furniture at her house he could easily die.  I couldn’t keep or repair this house.  I would not be able to keep Tupac and no one else around us will let him live with them or pay the 75 dollars for his thyroid medication every 6 to 7 weeks.  He is incontinent and he leaves poops dropping out of his butt because he was hit by a golf cart and it damaged his spine and nerves.  So he would have to be set on the rainbow bridge.  I told him I would end up having to rent a room at Randy’s as he has offered it.   Ron was furious and said I was thinking only of myself and I replied he was thinking only of his sister.  

But by then it was too late to get in touch with the scheduling department.   The heart place is huge and they have their own surgical center there.  They only do six procedures on an operating day.  So he hopes they will call him today.  I worry that he will not be able to get a quicker date so I don’t know what will happen.  Hugs

Yesterday and today.

Yesterday was so stressful and a wash.  We had to go get our blood drawn.  Medicare tossed out three tests one on my prostate, my A1C, and a lipid.  All the tests together were over $400, and I refused to pay for them.  Then we went out for breakfast.  Ron was fading but we hoped food would boost him.  It did.  Next we went to our local Publix and got a few things for supper.  I would make a marinara sauce and Ron would take some chicken breasts, coat them in breading and cook them with Pepper Jack and swiss cheeses.  Then after shopping we went to the carwash next door for a $36 carwash.  Then we came home about 1 and I was just able to lock in the free full The Majority Report.   Then he wanted to nap but once in bed we couldn’t find his phone so he could listen to music.  I searched everywhere and then tried to ping it.  The ping wouldn’t work which was odd.  It would start to then shut off.   Which meant someone had shut the phone off each time.  I had Ron use my phone to call the diner and yes it was there.   So at 1:30 pm I drove him back to the restaurant to get his phone.  He was lucky this time.  I did not see him put it down, he claims it must have fallen out of his pocket, I lets say I am skeptical.  Remember I still had laundry to do, dishes to wash, and Ron wanted me to make a sauce.  Because of everything I never started making the sauce until 4:30 which is late because it has no time to simmer.  I was limping badly and couldn’t trust my right leg to stand.  This morning I got us up at 5:15 am and got him in the shower.  He has the important heart doctor appointment.  I then took mine.  While in the shower I realized as a new patient he would have a bunch of forms and history to fill out.  But he couldn’t get to them because you have to be in their system already in the patient portal to even get to the new patient forms.  So I rushed to print all the forms and 6 page questionnaire for him.  He had just enough time to finish them and now in three minutes we have to go.  Sorry for the rushed explanation and for not getting to any comments.  I fell into bed right after eating in a lot of pain.  My labs are horrible claiming stress and immune failure and possible kidney failure.  My body cannot handle stress and I am under a lot of it.  Hugs

Some serious health news about my husband Ron

Hello all.  Ron has been having some issues with memory, thinking, and staying awake.  Last year his doctor sent him to a neuro doctor to see if he had dementia or alzhimors.   The tests showed no real issues.  Ron has been gone for about three months and when he got home a few weeks ago I noticed a huge change in him.  He was struggling with remembering anything, he had no energy, and he was falling asleep in the middle of conversations. 

So last week he saw his primary care doctor who is a really good doctor who cares.  He sent Ron for a heart and artery CT scan.  On Monday he saw the doctor for the scan and on tuesday he had the CT scan.  Thursday evening Ron’s doctor called my phone.  He knew me as I was once his patient and from my working in the ICU.  He was trying to contact Ron and apologized for calling me but Ron was not answering his phone and he really needed to talk to him.   

Ron has 4 major blockages in and around his heart.  One is the left descending artery and is called the widow maker.  The others are the arteries that feed the heart.  He is at serious risk of a heart attack and death of at least parts of the heart muscle. As it is a serious blockage / narrowing / hardening of the arteries he is not to exert himself or get upset in any way.  It took several days to get the medication he needs to help keep the arteries open.  Ron read a bunch of stuff on it but failed to send it to me and is talking to his sister so I can’t ask him.  When I know more I will share it with you.   As I will need to go with him and drive him to appointments posting will be sporadic at best. Hugs 

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 3-20-21

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throwback thursday

Regular comic updates will be on Tuesdays and Fridays from now on and until further notice!

 

 

 

 

 

#The Lord of the Rings from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

 

#Pablo Neruda from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

#books from Book Quotes

 

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#equality from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

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#educate from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

 

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#German from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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#Those Who Cannot Remember the Past from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

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Someone should tattoo ‘E Pluribus Unum’ across his forehead.

Ogles is from Kentucky. They have a .4% Muslim population. Roughly 18,000 people.

This dickbag is trying to pick on a marginalized community because HE HAS NOTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT. He protects pedophiles and explodes the deficit. He delivered nothing to his constituents and will die a thousand cowardly deaths for enabling Dementia Donnie.

 

 

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#Theseus from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

 

 

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 3-19-2026

 

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A man onstage in a tuxedo opens an envelope. Squares show the reactions of five audience members one of whom is rising...

 

 

 

 

 

Two people sit on a couch looking at an iPad with a cat on it.

“I searched ‘funny cat videos,’ but things are so bad that they’re all making serious ones.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Punish the rich? They have been underpaying their taxes for decades.

Also, at 70, they likely have no income from a job, but are managing their wealth. Capital gains tax rate is 15% up to $600,000, and 20% for over $600,000.

 

Tom Stiglich for 3/16/2026

Trump Oscars 2026

 

 

 

 

Mike Smith for 3/12/2026

 

Mike Smith for 3/11/2026

Lee Judge for 3/12/2026

Back to Mideast quagmire

 

Lee Judge for 3/11/2026

 

Lee Judge for 3/6/2026

Jimmy Margulies for 3/6/2026

 

Jimmy Margulies for 3/11/2026

Jimmy Margulies for 3/10/2026

 

 

Mike Smith for 3/17/2026

 

Jimmy Margulies for 3/16/2026

 

 

FLORIDA Legislature

 

 

 

Mike Smith for 3/10/2026

 

 

 

A woman walks down a street on a sunny day with a gas station in the background.

“I thought I’d walk to work because the weather is nice, and because I abandoned my car at the gas station when I saw the prices.”

Dave Whamond PoliticalCartoons.com

 

 

Mike Smith for 3/16/2026

 

Mike Smith for 3/9/2026

Private Oil Reserve

 

Lee Judge for 3/13/2026

 

Jimmy Margulies for 3/13/2026

 

War. Your Money or Your Way of Life

Gas Prices

 

Jimmy Margulies for 3/9/2026

 

Lee Judge for 3/9/2026

 

Mike Smith for 3/6/2026

Mike Smith for 3/5/2026

 

st patrick's day and ICE agents

 

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Sex Trafficking Amateurs

 

Mike Smith for 3/2/2026

 

 

 

Lee Judge for 3/3/2026

A reminder that Jared Kushner could not pass a top security clearance when he worked with his father-in-law in the White House.

He now is a shadow negotiator with Russia and Israel.

And the news media has virtually ignored this.

 

 

 

Mom Negotiates Peace

 

Jimmy Margulies for 3/12/2026

Hegseth Lobstergate

 

 

Harley Schwadron CagleCartoons.com

 

 

Lee Judge for 3/2/2026

 

Mike Smith for 3/13/2026

Mike Smith for 3/3/2026

 

Trump's war timeline

 

Mixed messages on Iran war

Trump's Mission Accomplished moment

 

Political cartoon of the day

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Smith for 3/4/2026

 

 

John Darkow Columbia Missourian

 

Dick Wright PoliticalCartoons.com

 

Mike Smith for 3/18/2026

 

 

 

Lee Judge for 3/10/2026

Dignified transfer of fallen

 

 

 

 

 

Margolis & Cox PoliticalCartoons.com

 

 

 

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Two people sit on a park bench as frogs fall from the sky.

 

A person watches TV while it is snowing outside. The TV shows a shining sun and a banner on the image reads “Fake News.”

 

A kid in a back yard attempts a cannonball into a puddle caused by a melting snowman.

Lee Judge for 3/16/2026

 

 

 

For Randy who is not feeling well right now.

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 3-13-20206

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wearing a Trump hat from his promotional merchandise line that he sells to MAGAts for $55.

 

 

 

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Trump told his Republican henchmen when he was going to attack Iran. The day before the war started they all invested in defense stocks and made a fortune.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 3-12-2026

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I really thought twice about making a strip about the recent events at the University of Wisconsin, where this fascist encouraged his crowd to harass a trans student, since I know it will inevitably bring me a lot of hate - and you know that I...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“The Goal Is Torture”

This caller is a well know immegration lawyer who calls in often.  There has been a long running joke about the buttons on Sam’s shirts so ignore that part.  The lawyer talks about what ICE is doing to help the detained people and he describes how horrific the conditions are.  The goal is to make it so horrific these people will self-deport willingly.  But the government is doing everything possible to hurt and harm the immigrants and detained people because of hate and bigotry of ICE and the white supremacists in the US government.  Hugs

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 3-10-2026

 

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#politics from Cartoon Politics

 

 

Michael Ramirez for 3/9/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Department of Defense announced that Barron Trump was exempt from military service because at 6’9” he’s too tall. Curiously there are several 7’ plus tall people serving.

 

 

The progressive comic about Israel and Saudi Arabia encouraging Trump to attack Iran.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Manchurian Cantaloupe and his Sugar Vladdy