Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[AngelDisney]

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Hugs Mel

Thanks Mel! Just walked my dog around 10 am, and it was brutally hot outside!!

 

[damo]

Well gang….
The journey has begun. DD is in surgery and boy oh boy has this morning been something. She nervous like a cat up a tree and the very first nurse is a total B hach. Wouldn’t you think that they would try to do their best in a surgical dept where, I’m sure, the vast majority of patients are nervous? DH and I had to stay in the waiting area for over 90 minutes before they let us come and be with DD. I understand that she’s an adult but she had to sit there alone in a cubicle all the time just waiting. When we were finally allowed in was when they were actually doing things to her. Made no sense. I was on the verge of just going in.

Now, I wait. It’s a 2 hour surgery and DD told me to leave but I’m not going any further than taking a walk around the property.

How is it going today?

 

[dancin Disney style]

How is it going today?

This has been a very tough couple of days. She hasn’t been able to do anything for herself…absolutely nothing. The pain is pretty bad. She had a total reconstruction of the ACL and a partial something ectomy of the lateral meniscus. Fortunately, she is only wrapped from foot to hip in a tensor that we can remove tomorrow and she can weight bear as tolerated. At the moment all she can do it let her foot touch the floor. That has only been in the last 4-5 hours. Even that is painful. If she had needed work on the medial meniscus she would be in a splint and totally non weight bearing for six weeks.

A lot happened after surgery. She had some issues waking up and later excruciating pain even after they gave her the meds. So her stay was extended by 3+ hours. After miss nasty nurse in the morning everyone was incredibly nice. The post op nurses were constantly checking on her and did so much.

 

[bababear_50]

While I do appreciate the hard working staff in hospitals I am having a hard time with operations being done and people being sent home hrs. after surgery.

My brother has been re hospitalized twice in the past two weeks (via ambulance),,massive blood loss and loss of consciousness. New Oakville Hospital.

He was sent home just a few hrs. following a tumor the size if a large apple removal.
Somehow I feel a few days in Hospital care following surgery might have prevented some of this.

Just My Honest Opinion.

You and your daughter are in my thoughts Hon.
I hope she heals well and becomes strong.
Some Pixie Dust for you


Hugs Mel

 

[damo]

While I do appreciate the hard working staff in hospitals I am having a hard time with operations being done and people being sent home hrs. after surgery.

My brother has been re hospitalized twice in the past two weeks (via ambulance),,massive blood loss and loss of consciousness. New Oakville Hospital.

He was sent home just a few hrs. following a tumor the size if a large apple removal.
Somehow I feel a few days in Hospital care following surgery might have prevented some of this.

Just My Honest Opinion.

You and your daughter are in my thoughts Hon.
I hope she heals well and becomes strong.
Some Pixie Dust for you
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Hugs Mel

That seems to be the way it is these days. My husband had a quadruple bypass and was home in 3 days. It is craziness. I don't know how they expect the family to suddenly turn into acute care nurses!

 

[dancin Disney style]

While I do appreciate the hard working staff in hospitals I am having a hard time with operations being done and people being sent home hrs. after surgery.

My brother has been re hospitalized twice in the past two weeks (via ambulance),,massive blood loss and loss of consciousness. New Oakville Hospital.

He was sent home just a few hrs. following a tumor the size if a large apple removal.
Somehow I feel a few days in Hospital care following surgery might have prevented some of this.

Just My Honest Opinion.

You and your daughter are in my thoughts Hon.
I hope she heals well and becomes strong.
Some Pixie Dust for you
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Hugs Mel

Yes, that's a tough subject. A ton of research has been done on hospital recovery VS home recovery. In general, people do significantly better at home. Lower infection or additional complication risks, better mental health which improves healing and final outcome. Obviously there are going to be people that this just doesn't apply to. Age, living conditions and general health are all significant factors. Take my mother for example...she's 85, lives alone, two story house, very poor diet, over weight, has multiple diagnosis, starting to not walk well and she's been dying tomorrow for 4 years. Both her hospital stays last year were for relatively minor things but the hospital (Oakville) was in no hurry to send her home. Partially, because I was very vocal about her not going home quickly. The second stay last year she was kept an additional 1.5 days just for follow up blood work. That honestly made zero sense.

In DD's case, she wanted to go home very badly. When her departure was put on hold while they got the doctor back I told DD that she better prepare herself to maybe stay over night. She started to cry. I spoke with the nurse about it and she said, it's possible but not likely. The nurse then went on to say everything was normal and that this surgery is a very painful one so what was happening was not that surprising. They would keep her in post op as long as needed to get her comfortable enough to make the move home. That took an additional 3 hours and even then they were not rushing us out the door. The nurse asked DD is she was ready to try getting up again.

Also, a hospitals infection rate stats play a part in who gets to go home early. OTMH has excellent stats.

 

[dancin Disney style]

That seems to be the way it is these days. My husband had a quadruple bypass and was home in 3 days. It is craziness. I don't know how they expect the family to suddenly turn into acute care nurses!

I agree that true problem is in having help at home.

 

[damo]

Yes, that's a tough subject. A ton of research has been done on hospital recovery VS home recovery. In general, people do significantly better at home. Lower infection or additional complication risks, better mental health which improves healing and final outcome. Obviously there are going to be people that this just doesn't apply to. Age, living conditions and general health are all significant factors. Take my mother for example...she's 85, lives alone, two story house, very poor diet, over weight, has multiple diagnosis, starting to not walk well and she's been dying tomorrow for 4 years. Both her hospital stays last year were for relatively minor things but the hospital (Oakville) was in no hurry to send her home. Partially, because I was very vocal about her not going home quickly. The second stay last year she was kept an additional 1.5 days just for follow up blood work. That honestly made zero sense.

In DD's case, she wanted to go home very badly. When her departure was put on hold while they got the doctor back I told DD that she better prepare herself to maybe stay over night. She started to cry. I spoke with the nurse about it and she said, it's possible but not likely. The nurse then went on to say everything was normal and that this surgery is a very painful one so what was happening was not that surprising. They would keep her in post op as long as needed to get her comfortable enough to make the move home. That took an additional 3 hours and even then they were not rushing us out the door. The nurse asked DD is she was ready to try getting up again.

Also, a hospitals infection rate stats play a part in who gets to go home early. OTMH has excellent stats.

My mom was in OTMH for 2 months after her strokes. She wanted to leave the hospital so badly because she had no patience for the amount of time it took to get attention. This was during covid and it was pretty rough. The Dr. said that she would live longer if she stayed in the hospital since she was on a feed tube and needed complete care. She hated it there so much, though, that I brought her home. She ended up back there a few months later and did pass away (that's a whole other story about palliative care).

 

[dancin Disney style]

My mom was in OTMH for 2 months after her strokes. She wanted to leave the hospital so badly because she had no patience for the amount of time it took to get attention. This was during covid and it was pretty rough. The Dr. said that she would live longer if she stayed in the hospital since she was on a feed tube and needed complete care. She hated it there so much, though, that I brought her home. She ended up back there a few months later and did pass away (that's a whole other story about palliative care).

I’ve dealt with several people on feeds over the years at work. Your DR was correct, they do much better in hospital. I can only imagine how bad it was having to be in hospital during the first couple of Covid years. When my mom went in the first time last year the bed she was sent to was in the Covid overflow area. They were in the process of dismantling that area the week she was there. It was set up in some unused space at the north end on the 4th or 5th floor. Concrete floor, a couple of small windows and temporary partitions to divide the beds. At night the only light was from the nurses table (yes, it was a table) and from the emergency exit signs. It gave me Dexter vibes when he was doing his ‘work’ in an empty warehouse. The nurses could not have been better. Maybe they felt a need to be better due to the environment, IDK. My mom has an irrational fear of hospitals and doctors but oddly she had no complaints about her stay and even admitted that everything was fine.

 

[bababear_50]

Hugs Mel

 

[bababear_50]

I missed out ordering a new cat tower today instead of waiting until tomorrow ,,but in all fairness Pets were not included for July when I looked.

Please note: Included categories have changed as of July 8, 2025.

You will get AIR MILES® Reward Miles on purchases made in the following categories. All other categories, Gift Cards and Amazon Subscriptions are excluded. You will NOT get AIR MILES® Reward Miles on purchases made via the Amazon app.

Included limited-time categories*:

Pet Food & Supplies

Power & Hand Tool

Patio, Lawn & Garden

Home Improvement

Sports and fitness

Arts & Crafts Supplies

Electronic Components & Home Audio

Furniture

Home

Kitchen & Dining

Baby & Nursery (Diapers, Wipes, Formula are excluded)

Cell Phones & Accessories

Home Entertainment

Health & Household

Beauty & Grooming

Toys & Games

Office & School Supplies (Excludes Computers, Computer Accessories, Home Theater Projectors, Laptops, Tablets)

Included always-on categories for the calendar year 2025*:

Clothing & Accessories

Amazon Fashion Private Brands

Jewelry

Luggage

Luxury Beauty

Shoes, Handbags & Accessories

Musical Instruments

Business & Industrial Supplies

Outdoor Recreation

Major Appliances

Camera, Photo & Video

Echo Devices

Fire TV Devices

Fire Tablets

Handmade

Kindle E-readers

Ring Video Doorbells and Cameras

Software

Watches

Eero Devices

Automotive

Tires & Wheels

Blink Devices

*categories are subject to change at any time

 

[Donald - my hero]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for including the updated list of included categories Mel! Off to do some serious shopping now!!!
a lot of my wishlist items fall under kitchen

*ETA --- ooooh there are SOOOOO many more categories that I shop from today! Toys (Arthur turns 3 in 2 weeks)
Cell phones & accessories (need a charger block & cables for my new watch), Arts & crafts (always need new needles for my sewing machine)

I see many hours of "shopping" today so I can maximize my miles while lowering my costs.

 

[damo]

I still haven't received my base airmiles from last weekend's Amazon shopping. Category was good too.

 

[bababear_50]

I picked up a couple of things for Cocoa (kitty) today on Amazo
Advantage 2 and some Temptation lickables.
total Airmiles 3 x 20 = 60 Airmiles.
I'll take it

 

[Donald - my hero]

Thought any of you living thru the surface of the sun weather would appreciate a little levity

Had a video chat with Arthur on Sunday and I'm forever gonna use his wording "oh Mimi, it's so stinking hot" with a huge eye roll and pushing his hair off his face

he's not 3 yet but had the vibes of an 80 year old woman in a rocking chair on her porch in a house dress

 

[bababear_50]

Gift Cards At Shell
They have changed
Please allow up to 2 weeks after your transaction for Bonus Miles to be posted to your collector account.
Maximum of 30 Bonus Miles per transaction. One transaction per 12-hour period. Offer may be combined with other bonus offers.


Mostly restaurants.
now get 30 Bonus Airmiles instead of 20.
Good till Aug 31st.

Question? Can I use Pre paid Mastercard /Visa to buy gas?

Hugs Mel

 

[mort1331]

Gift Cards At Shell
They have changed
Please allow up to 2 weeks after your transaction for Bonus Miles to be posted to your collector account.
Maximum of 30 Bonus Miles per transaction. One transaction per 12-hour period. Offer may be combined with other bonus offers.
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Mostly restaurants.
now get 30 Bonus Airmiles instead of 20.
Good till Aug 31st.

Question? Can I use Pre paid Mastercard /Visa to buy gas?

Hugs Mel

Should be able to buy gas with it...but i would caution..those cards have 2 negatives...1 fees beteew 6 and 8 dollars..so less than the poi ts you will get..and 2 biggy,,,the most fraud cards out there.

 

[bababear_50]

Should be able to buy gas with it...but i would caution..those cards have 2 negatives...1 fees beteew 6 and 8 dollars..so less than the poi ts you will get..and 2 biggy,,,the most fraud cards out there.

Thanks for the heads up
Yeah I've dealt with Petro Canada Gift card fraud so no thanks ,,I'll stick with my own Mastercard or cash.

Thanks
Hugs Mel

 

[dancin Disney style]

Gift Cards At Shell
They have changed
Please allow up to 2 weeks after your transaction for Bonus Miles to be posted to your collector account.
Maximum of 30 Bonus Miles per transaction. One transaction per 12-hour period. Offer may be combined with other bonus offers.
View attachment 981823

Mostly restaurants.
now get 30 Bonus Airmiles instead of 20.
Good till Aug 31st.

Question? Can I use Pre paid Mastercard /Visa to buy gas?

Hugs Mel

As mentioned there is a fee for using those cards but the main thing is that you have to know, to the penny, what the balance is. If your purchase amount is more than what's on the card you have to say that there is only $X.XX left on the card because the cashier has to enter it as if you were paying partially in cash. If you don't know the balance and your purchase is higher than what remains, the card will just be declined.

 

[dancin Disney style]

and so she is making progress....
We unwrapped the leg yesterday. It doesn't look as bad as I was expecting. She is putting a little weight on it and getting herself around. Got up stairs and took a shower. Today she is going to have to fend for herself for a few hours while I go to work. I will get the Game Ready set up before I go and make her some breakfast.