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Re: What's on your mind?
This is heartbreaking. Iβm sorry you both had to experience this.
litha_
Re: What do your meals look like (show me pictures)....
By the beginning of week 3, I had considerably less post-op pain compared to the amount of pre-op knee pain from having worn out my cartilage. Pretty amazing given how brutal the surgery is. My surgeon says there is a lot of sawing and hammering involved in a total knee replacement.
acpgee
Re: WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2025
π For years we grew pumpkins, baked them, and froze the pumpkin in single meal size bags for veggies for the winter. A few years ago Jake found an interesting bluish green pumpkin at QFC and we saved the seeds to plant the next year. Last year none of the seeds that I planted directly into the ground sprouted probably because the birds ate them so I planted more in pots in the yard and transplanted them into the pumpkin patch. Unfortunately they were planted so late that even though the vines produced a bunch of pumpkins they were so late that none of them ripened enough to eat. I enjoy watching them grow so if I don't get pumpkin to eat, it's ok with me.
π Washed another half panel of the fence. I'll finish the last panel when the iris next to it finish blooming.
π Had to go to the bank today so Annie got a treat when we went through the drive through.
β€οΈ Barbie in NW WA
Re: JUNE 2025 Monthly Running Challenge
My condolences @Mari33a.
Enjoy the Alps @Teresa502! I'm jealous!
I went out on a street run today then decided to hop onto the trail that I took previously (back when I wiped out on a mud slide last month (or month before? I wipe out a lot π it's hard to remember timelines).
It was a hot one today, & that trail goes through some ravine paths, makes it feel about 10β° C cooler. Bonus to me.
Didn't see any mudslides, but did see a deer eating some grass, which really surprised me as it was around 11a.m. & normally I only see deer on those trails in the wee hours of the morning. I could just make out the baby's back in the tall grass but couldn't get a good look and didn't want to get too close and spook Mama, so I let them have lunch. (no pic, I don't usually bring my phone on my runsπ€·ββοΈ)
Btw - for those that don't know my city, Toronto, is about 3 million people proper, the GTA (Greater Toronto Area- surrounding cities that are all connected) is about 6.5 million - seeing a deer, though it happens quite often to me on trails, still awesome.
June:
01/06 & 02/06 - 0km / 0 miles
03/06 - 12.30km / 7.64 miles
04/06 - 8.19km / 5.09 miles
05/06 - 0km
06/06 - 6.53km / 4.06 miles
07/06 - 10.16km / 6.31 miles
08/06 - 5.44km / 3.38 miles
09/06 - 0km
10/06 - 10.09km / 6.27 miles
11/06 - 10.04km / 6.24 miles
Total = 62.75km / 38.99 miles (Goal - 175Km / 108.74 miles)
@kgirlhart, Motivation β I always say I'm not motivated, just stubborn.
I am stubborn, but a bit more to it than that I guess, as I never knew if I could run at all. I run because it brings me joy.
I actually had lost all my weight (110lbs! & yes I'm still proud) and had been maintaining for almost 2 years before I even tried running. I hadn't run before other than when I was a kid.
Now, though, it definitely helps to maintain my weight.
More detail for anyone interested in the spoiler.
One my best friends asked me awhile ago, 'Why do you force yourself to do that?' After a night of celebrating, he asked me that as I was lacing up the shoes to head out the door and he was heading back to my guest room to go back to sleep after getting up to find out what I was doing awake.
My response at that time is probably the same as here, 'Forced?, I get to'.
I want to run, because I get to run. Not motivation.
Background - There was a bit of fear around running for me, I wasn't cleared to do any activities other than walking for 7 months prior to spinal surgery & then for what ended up being 8 months after.
I was originally cleared for strength training after a month but had a setback and all of that was stopped immediately.
So, 8 months after surgery, I was told walking/cycling would be okay, but still no strength training upper body & no running (or any activity that would have similar impacts).
I wasn't cleared to *do whatever I want for quite some time after that.
* that means, I kept asking 'can I do X?' and added to the list at every appointment with my neurosurgeon, until my he said, 'Do whatever you want but stop if it hurts.'
I first ran a 5K at the end of 2019. My first 5K ever.
At any rate, found out much after my surgery in 2016, my neurosurgeon was worried if I'd be able to walk at all, let alone anything else, as my surgery ended up being much more complicated than expected. I knew at the time that my surgery that was supposed to take 90 mins, took just less than 5 hours, obviously not a cake-walk.
Now, though, not every time I run, I think of 'I was worried if you'd be able to walk', but some times I do.
I'm not motivated β I run because I'm honestly amazed, that I can run.
Re: Just for Today.... ONE DAY AT A TIME... Daily commitment for 2025
Sorry y'all. Stress levels have been over the top lately. Eating is sporadic but unhealthy, and exercise consists mainly of pacing. Weight was the same this week as last,, which is a miracle!
Trying to get my mom set up in assisted living. Can't find a decent place that will allow both pets and smoking. Looking at another facility today but it's close to $6K/month. Mom is not well off and I can supplement some but dang! Of course, it doesn't help that although she told me 2 years ago when the dementia set in that she wanted to go to a home, not she is fighting it.
Yesterday I took mom to 3 appointments (dentist, blood work, doctor) and breakfast. Then I rushed to work to try to get some paperwork for litigation prepared. Hubby called, he was supposed to take his dad to the doctor, but was stuck at work. I quickly got some financials out and left. I took FIL to doctor, but when we got there he nearly collapsed. His heart was in A fib and his BP was crazy low so they sent us to the hospital. There they admitted him. My SIL met me in the ER, and I stayed until 3:00pm I had a meeting at 4:00pm I couldn't miss. Meeting until 5:30pm then dog duty and such. I was exhausted. Hospital called at 4:00am said he took a turn for the worst. Hubby went to hospital. FIL stable now. Phew! The cardiologist says it was all due to dehydration, well and the fact that his heart is only at 20% function.
Strange as it sounds yesterday was a better day than Sunday or Mondayβ¦
As far as I can figure today is Wednesday. The day started with an environmental incident in my area. I'm just putting my head down and trudging forward.
JFT Goals
- Not get overwhelmed at work
- Work by 8:00
- Disciplinary action for employees who f'd up
- Visit assisted living home at lunch
- Back to work
- I have no idea what the evening holds
Re: What's on your mind?
I am speechless that no one in his family reached out in 5 days. Hugs to you for following that nudge. π
cmsienk
