Carcass' $150 Low Budget Grow 2019

[Carcass]

My mother said the same thing when I started telling her all the crap I did

My mom has dementia, she doesn't remember much, but she remembers me telling her (45 years ago) that a pot plant I had growing was a tomato plant...

Mornin carcass! Congrats on notm!

Good morning,HH
It's a good thing I got that pic when I did- in the jar,that stuff is getting darker
everyday-almost black now....

Your Gelat.OG is looking good! I wish I had one growing...

You tried !..like I tried to sprout another CBD Pink Kush...just wasn't meant to be right now, I guess...

By the time I harvested her, she was in flower/not flower for about19 weeks!

Yeah,it's going to be a long haul on this one too...probably...She's got a lot of amber trichomes now,
so I need to decide if i'm going to harvest her now, for a medoicre harvest, or wait 3 more months and hope for more....I may just chop her now, and move that Chem Dawg into her pot...gotta think on it a little.....
She'll be an easy harvest- 100% of that one is going to oil, so very little trimming is needed....

Gardens looking beautiful Carcass. Just came by to say high .

Great to see you,Stone- Thanks for the kind words!

 

[Backlipslide]

My mom has dementia, she doesn't remember much, but she remembers me telling her (45 years ago) that a pot plant I had growing was a tomato plant...

I’m sorry for the laughing reaction. It’s definitely not funny having dementia. I’m sorry that she’s going through that. Tough on you, Tough on everybody around her really. When my grandma started to decline in health. It hit her hard and fast. At the time, the dementia ward in town didn’t have room for her here, as the group home she was in, refused her tenancy. (She was one stubborn woman!)
(Side story) I remember going to her group home and bringing her a donut and a early grey tea atleast twice a week if not more. She’d get me to walk her out for her supper, and I’d pull her chair out and push her in, she’d always brag about me to the other ladies at her table. It’s funny because she hated everybody except her sister, my mother and me. Anyways back to the other story. They shipped her three hours south of us, where she had no family and didn’t know anyone. They kept her there for three months, then they shipped her back. Within two months of being in the dementia ward back in town. She was clearly very depressed and going down hill. She passed away on my mother’s birthday. We miss her dearly!!

 

[oldsmokey]

I lost my mom a little of a year ago to dementia it's a terrible disease.
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[Backlipslide]

it's a terrible disease.

It, really, really is!! I’m so sorry for your loss Smokey!

a year ago? Damn man! That could feel like it was last week still from something like that! Hope your doing okay about it!!

 

[oldsmokey]

Thanks you move on but never forget.

 

[Carcass]

It’s definitely not funny having dementia.

Definitely not funny- I've been watching her decline for the last 17 years (since she was 80), so I'm pretty used to dealing with it -just during this pandemic, I've seen her short term memory go from 10 seconds to zero.
She still recognizes me, but barely...

it's a terrible disease.

It is -the person you knew is just gone...

I’m so sorry for your loss Smokey!

Death is part of life- we all know that, but it doesn't make losing someone any easier...
Sorry for your loss, Smokey

Thanks you move on but never forget.

Never.

 

[Backlipslide]

Definitely not funny- I've been watching her decline for the last 17 years (since she was 80), so I'm pretty used to dealing with it -just during this pandemic, I've seen her short term memory go from 10 seconds to zero.
She still recognizes me, but barely...

That’s sad! Hope your doing okay with it!! It’s a crippling disease that seems to be setting in, in too many people’s loved ones.

 

[West Hippie]

Hope all is good .
My wife decided four years ago the nursing home was neglecting her dad so we took him in and has been here since. He came out with one thing on his mind and couldn’t remember all his kids because my wife was the only one to go see him the two years he was there . Her brother put him there and is the poa, money is probably all gone ! I complained to the doctor and asked if there is anything that could help he said this helps some but not all . It did work he calmed down big time and can take on conversation. It’s Donepezil hcl 10 mg. He turned 90 back in December and Christmas my kids couldn’t believe he has conversations for three years before the pill he would just look at you when you asked him a question.

 

[Carcass]

Hope your doing okay with it!!

I'm pretty used to it- I got the sadness and worry out of the way years ago.
The hardest part is visiting her in the nursing home- everyone there either has Alzheimers or dementia...
All nice folks, and one of them dies almost every week -there was a nice old guy there I used to talk to every time I visited my mom, and one day he just wasn't there-he was "only" 80, which is young for that place...
That is sad...I could never work in a place like that- I get too attached too easily...

my wife was the only one to go see him the two years he was there

I've got a useless sister who hasn't visited my mom for 20 years- the last time I spoke to her on the phone (10 years ago) she started the conversation with "Well,is she dead yet?" yeah,she's a real peach...
Thanks,West - I'll ask the Dr. about that med the next time I take her in for a checkup!

 

[West Hippie]

I'm pretty used to it- I got the sadness and worry out of the way years ago.
The hardest part is visiting her in the nursing home- everyone there either has Alzheimers or dementia...
All nice folks, and one of them dies almost every week -there was a nice old guy there I used to talk to every time I visited my mom, and one day he just wasn't there-he was "only" 80, which is young for that place...
That is sad...I could never work in a place like that- I get too attached too easily...

I've got a useless sister who hasn't visited my mom for 20 years- the last time I spoke to her on the phone (10 years ago) she started the conversation with "Well,is she dead yet?" yeah,she's a real peach...
Thanks,West - I'll ask the Dr. about that med the next time I take her in for a checkup!

Brother-in-law told my wife the same thing with me standing there . I promised him when his dad passes I’m going to _____
It’s worth the try .

 

[oldsmokey]

I have been there Carcass. I was the sole caregiver for my mother trying to run my business at the same time. She had a type of dementia called primary progressive aphasia. With that they lose the ability to communicate early on. Once while I was at work she locked herself out of the house luckily I had filled the neighbors in what was going on with her and they took care of her till I got home Fed her lunch. At that point I realized I couldn't care for her anymore and I had to put her in a home. One of the hardest thing I've ever had to do. She was in four different homes before she ended up Ina good one. It brings a tear to my eye when I say this but in one of the homes she was sexually assaulted by a caregiver. It's a terrible disease slowly watching the one you love wither away in front of you becoming a shell of the person they once were. Then there's my brother sister who wouldn't do anything I took care of everything. Until she passed my brother actually had the nerve to ask me to bring the will to the funeral so he can have a look at it. Needless to say we're not on good terms anymore. I could go on all night but I just want to let you know I know what you going through carcass. Be strong brother.

 

[West Hippie]

I have been there Carcass. I was the sole caregiver for my mother trying to run my business at the same time. She had a type of dementia called primary progressive aphasia. With that they lose the ability to communicate early on. Once while I was at work she locked herself out of the house luckily I had filled the neighbors in what was going on with her and they took care of her till I got home Fed her lunch. At that point I realized I couldn't care for her anymore and I had to put her in a home. One of the hardest thing I've ever had to do. She was in four different homes before she ended up Ina good one. It brings a tear to my eye when I say this but in one of the homes she was sexually assaulted by a caregiver. It's a terrible disease slowly watching the one you love wither away in front of you becoming a shell of the person they once were. Then there's my brother sister who wouldn't do anything I took care of everything. Until she passed my brother actually had the nerve to ask me to bring the will to the funeral so he can have a look at it. Needless to say we're not on good terms anymore. I could go on all night but I just want to let you know I know what you going through carcass. Be strong brother.

I have an older sister and five younger brothers and we all were there to the end with mom and dad . We have family a reunion every year we are spread out all over . I’ve lost two younger brothers talk about hurt still does .
Didn’t have a problem with dad’s nursing home he built it. Nursing home Got blown up in the blast . So it and the original workers are gone or we would have put the father-in-law there .

 

[Carcass]

At that point I realized I couldn't care for her anymore and I had to put her in a home.

Thank you for the kind words and thoughts, Smokey-
My mom forgot how to use the microwave, so she wasn't eating (I turned the gas to the oven off so she wouldn't burn the house down). Then she started flushing her underwear down the toilet, which involved calling a plumber 3 times in two days...Then she accidentally took 7 Norcos (pain pills) in one night (not a suicide attempt,just a real bad memory) so that's when I decided she just couldn't live alone anymore- that was about 7 years ago.
She actually seemed relieved when she moved to the nursing home- she still had enough sense then to realize it was the best thing for her, so that made the transition a little easier on both of us.
Luckily, the first home I picked was a good one, and it's about 5 minutes from my house.

Nursing home Got blown up in the blast .

Holy shit! When and where did that happen??

I’ve lost two younger brothers talk about hurt still does .

I lost my sister 40 years ago, but she's not dead, she's 70 now- and, actually, more of a bitch than ever!

 

[oldsmokey]

All I know is I get it I am going out on my own terms while I am still able to make that choice.

 

[oldsmokey]

West Hippie whats with the explosion?

 

[Carcass]

I am going out on my own terms while I am still able to make that choice.

I've thought about that too- even the best nursing homes are just warehouses, and everyone in there is just waiting to die...not the way I want to go out.

 

[InTheShed]

It’s Donepezil hcl 10 mg.

My dad was on that for many years, more than it was useful for. He began taking it when he started becoming forgetful (in his late 80s) and lived on his own until he was 90. He and I decided it was time for him to go to assisted living when he was 90, and lived on the assisted living side for about 18 months, at which point it was time to move him to the memory care wing. I finally told them to stop giving him the pills about a year ago when the runny nose side-effect was the only thing he got from it. He probably could have gone off them two years before that, but you never know so you keep going.

He just passed last month at 95.

 

[West Hippie]

My dad was on that for many years, more than it was useful for. He began taking it when he started becoming forgetful (in his late 80s) and lived on his own until he was 90. He and I decided it was time for him to go to assisted living when he was 90, and lived on the assisted living side for about 18 months, at which point it was time to move him to the memory care wing. I finally told them to stop giving him the pills about a year ago when the runny nose side-effect was the only thing he got from it. He probably could have gone off them two years before that, but you never know so you keep going.

He just passed last month at 95.

95 I can imagine the stories you’ve heard . My mom died at 52 still had a baby brother 16 at home ,dad made it to 74 alcohol poisoning.
Yes I knew watching your thread daily Bless you to have enjoyed him that long .

 

[InTheShed]

I'm so sorry your family went through that with your mom so young WH.

 

[West Hippie]

I'm so sorry your family went through that with your mom so young WH.

He stayed with us for 7 months but said I was too strict but he had no problem stealing my weed . Went lived with the sister till on his own .