For a work-at-home MT? I'd say a couple of days max.

I've always been one to work when I'm sick. When you're working at home, you can take frequent breaks and lie down if you need to.  I had a staph infection in my ankle, had to have it debrided, was in the hospital for a week and worked on my laptop from the hospital bed.  Came home from the hospital, and didn't miss a beat.  Of course, I was doing strictly QA then, so not a lot of pedal work, just list4ening to blanks and stuff.

With lap procedures, the point is less recovery time.  Plus you consider the sedentary nature of our work, really there's no reason why we can't go right back to work.  It's not like we're doing any heavy lifting.

The only thing that would require we take time off from work would be some sort of hand or arm ailment.

• Anybody know how much "down time" after lap BSO?nm - anon
  • For a work-at-home MT? I'd say a couple of days max. - SM

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You have to go through a little evaluation with your animal, but they have cat days and dog days and you can bring your pets.  Walter is a huge patient sweetie - 120 pounds of shiny black fur and muscle - he is quite young and very solid and built.  Some of the residents love him so much.  He will just slowly walk up to someone he feels might be receptive to him, and when they put their hand out he gets under it and next thing you know he has his big head in their lab and they are slowly petting him, over and over and over.  It is so heartwarming when you are watching.... I mean literally your heart is so full you can feel it in your throat.  I've had to hide my tears every time. 

Sometimes a resident, usually a gentleman, will talk about a dog he used to have with the clearest memory. 

A funny thing happened when Walter was getting some attention from a women in a wheelchair and he leaned against her and I saw her wheelchair was slowly being pushed across the lawn. 

feelings have nothing to do with your husband and marriage, but everything to do with your job.  Being at home so many hours, every day being mostly the same can really make a person feel nutty.  

Just a thought. 

make sure they know you are "at work" even though you are right there?  I have worked at home in the past but had issues with this.  Mine are old enough now to be home while I work (10 & 7), but I would love any ideas of how to make sure they respect my work hours.  Any ideas?

He is cleaning our furnace and muttering, muttering, hollering where is this, I bet I have got up and went in there 4 times this morning to just have him mutter never mind I found it. 

You gotta love them, but he of all people should know my money comes from my butt being in that chair. 

I am constantly being asked to watch people's kids because I work from home.  The latest is a friend of my son attending the same camp in another town.  The friend I will call Scotty.  Scotty has two parents.  His father works from home as a computer consultant.  My friends and I have called Scotty's dad to work on our computers and he never even returns the call or shows up.  Scotty's mom recently asked me if I could drive her son home from them because the dad gets busy and doesn't like to leave clients.  I told her that I too am working from home and have to minimize my time in the car.  Scotty does not live close to us.  I feel like a big meanie but they have pushed me before.  Last year our kids were not even in the same camp but the mom called and asked if I would drive and pick up her son every day because i live in the same town as the camp.  I was like ??? no way.

They used to drop Scotty off at my house on school holidays.  They would drop him off at 7 AM and then once the mom called me at 5 PM and said she wanted to get an oil change and asked me if I could keep scotty until 7:30 PM.  I said NO and then she came to pick him up earlier but stayed at my house uninvited until 9:30 when I just said I HAVE TO GO TAKE A SHOWER.

Anyone have clever ways to handle these situations?

the old sayin' goes: Raisin' kids is like being pecked to death by chickens.

Just having one of those days. My 3 year old received a Diego toy that he loves! Unfortunately, his 5 year old brother loves it too!  I am off today, thank God. Thinking of taking them to see Mr. Bean's Holiday...Oh the joys of homeschooling...

I LOVE it! On most days..

I own and live in a house in a midwest city in a bad neighborhood (wasn't that bad 11 years ago).  I spent the day waiting for the plumber to come and jackhammer the foundation (slab house, no basement) to find a leaky pipe that is flooding my DD's bedroom. Last week, it was the electrician with quotes for costly repairs.

In the meantime, I've really been thinking about selling out and moving into a mobile home.  Has anyone done this before?  Is a mobile home in a decent park less of a hassle than a regular house?  I'm so tired of cutting the grass and spending $$ to fix things and tired of old flooring and cabinets, etc., that are just too costly to replace.  I'm single with no man to do these things for me and I can't afford a mortgage on a newer house in a good neighborhood.  Some of the pictures I've seen of the mobile homes look really nice and modern on the inside. 

Any advice and comments appreciated.  Thanks!

where the beer and the cantaloupe play . . . where seldom is heard . . . .

brothers who wet the bed until they were about 13!  There was no abuse and it was a model household.  Bedwetting is very common in boys.  My brother also wet the bed until he was about 7 or 8.  He quit when he got a brand new bed.  My step-dad (ignoramus!) thought that proved he was being lazy, but this is a phenomenon that happens a lot, that a new bed stops the bedwetting.  Michael Landon even made a movie about it. 

My daughter wet the bed until she was about 4.  (My two boys never did.) The solution for her was simply waking her up at about 12:30 every night and walking her to the bathroom.  After about 3 or 4 days (I am not exaggerating) she never wet the bed again.  That is all it took to train her body to wake up when her bladder was full.  I'm not saying that it would necessarily work for this child, but I am saying that his mother, winner that she is, probably never thought about how she could help him solve this problem.  It might be easier than you think.