Early Risers - Eastern Time Zone
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Good Morning Ed,
Sunday morning, and full of plans.
We'll see what I 'really' get done!
Overcast skies, wish we'd get at least a peek at the sun today..but I don't think that will happen.
Not much to talk about today so I'll save your eyesight for another busier day..
Hope all is well at your house.
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Waving from my hospital room. See FaceBook post for details0
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Ed!!! What the heck man? I did accidentally did find that post...too late to respond.
Hope this morning finds you feeling much better, and the results from your stress test and echocardiogram are all excellent. You're the second person I've known with this infection. I hope you had the good sense to have J drive you to emergency....or better yet you got a ride in an ambulance. (those peeps don't have to wait in the waiting room, they get a pass straight to doc's, tests, etc!)
I hope that you get your release papers today so you can go home, and get some rest! Hospitals don't believe in 'sleep'. LOL!! (and their beds aren't that comfy either as I'm sure you know by now!)
Be well my friend.
Sending hugs,
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I'm BACK! I have been back for several hours, but we had to get dinner, get our weekend guest to the train station so she could go to the airport and fly home, and then I had to get my hands back from the cats. J had to entertain our guest without me. I don't think she found it too entertaining spending most of Saturday night at the hospital, where I got the last available bed at the last minute.
J drove me to the hospital, and came to get me.
I have never felt anything like this before and was sure it was a heart attack. Needless to say, I was glad to find out it wasn't one!
All the tests showed my heart is fine. I will be treating my case of pericarditis for at least a week and doing some follow up with my regular doctor.
Days 5 and 6 in the sparkling wine new year calendar, one of which may be consumed tomorrow, are below.
Day 5
Day 6
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Hello Ed!
Welcome back. I am so happy to see you, and to know that your heart is in great shape. Rather 'unusual' for us (ahem) older folks to have healthy hearts! Could you see the monitor screen during your echocardiogram? I could just barely see it. Took a few seconds for me to realize what I was seeing....my heart valves opening and closing, and the atria and ventricles contracting, etc. I thought it was neat!
Just curious, had you had any recent dental work, cleanings, etc. Sometimes that precedes peritonitis. Not sure why. And after brother Bud had his heart 'rebuild' he had to take antibiotics before dental work.
Glad as heck that J came to pick you up from the hospital!!!
SO, on with the future. After your disastrous meals in the hospital, I cant wait to hear what you ate once you were home and in you kitchen. Do you have your black eyed peas, collards, and corn bread ready for tomorrow? I need the corn bread and collards! I bought fresh black eyed peas at Publix when I was there 2 days ago. I hope they are good. Not fond of the canned ones. Frozen is Ok... So, have my sights set on Fresh being really good. We'll see.
I have my lottery tickets for tonite and tomorrow...thought I'd like to start the new year with some cash for a change. Also the Players Club has been doing a drawing for 'free dinners' on us...I think its $100 a month for a year....hungry??
As I said...WELCOME HOME! You were missed!!
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! 44 and sunny with an expected high of 51 and no chance of precipitation. I still have just a bit of trouble trying to sleep on a flat mattress, but managed it last night. Lying flat really intensifies the discomfort (that's a gentle, friendly word for PAIN FROM HELL) of pericarditis and the coincident breathing difficulty, since breathing in puts pressure on the pericardium.
I am taking a terrifying dosage of prescription ibuprofen, four times a day, along with a tiny pill of colchicine, twice a day, every day for a week to, hopefully, eliminate the remaining inflammation. The colchicine may help to keep it from recurring, though it's not totally understood how that works without continued prophylactic administration. I'll take that theory with a grain of salt.
And I have strict orders to take it easy for a couple of weeks. That part chafes a bit, but I understand. I may have been overdoing it a bit...and that may have contributed to the onset of pericarditis. I certainly didn't do anything else to bring it on or have any medical or dental procedures done recently.
At any rate, it's good to be home. I may need to lie down shortly.
The final bottle in the new year countdown calendar is from Spain.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! Happy New Year!
I stayed up to toast the new year in. I need to get my New Year food started in a couple of hours. I will let most of it simmer all day in slow cookers, saving the cornbread for last minute. I have several cheesy casseroles ready to bake for J and will make some deviled eggs as well. I will start all that about an hour before the rest is done. J doesn't care for black eyed peas or collard greens, so I will not bother to make vegetarian versions of either, and they will both be loaded up with pork.
And I still have laundry to fold, from the last load dried before I went into the hospital! I will get on that shortly. Maybe...
Dinah say's Happy New Year too! (The cats were interested in the loud POP from the kitchen, and my glass, but no Champagne for them!)
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfIi0gpyVFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsGtJ83rx5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0m4_KORjQE
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Good Morning Ed, and Happy New Year to you and J as well. Hope its a decade of health, happiness, and some extra cash in our bank accounts for all of us.
I bought fresh black eyed peas, why? because I saw them! Thought they might be interesting.
And I have to scrub the sink, so I can wash the collards and give them a good chopping. Corn bread is made. (Thank you Kroger.), I should get all of that 'going' and I can have it for lunch AND dinner...and tomorrow too! I'd never eaten black eyed peas until I moved to ATL..and some guys who lived in the apartment below mine came up to wish me Happy New Year...and said they were going to be gone for the day...soon as their blackeyed peas, and collards were done...and were mine already cooking? ?????? huh?? So, when I said I'd never had any of that...well they brought me some. It was delicious! And thus began my New Years cooking and learning. (which I had to start almost from scratch with the learning part when I became vegan)...
Other than that, I have no plans for the day. I'm sure there will be football and European soccer, and hockey to watch..but I will need to find a movie or something. My mother told me, long ago, never do any work on New Years Day or you will have to do it all year long!. Soooooo....with that in mind, its a loafing day!
I need to get up now, and move around...my mind is beginning to get the 'I wants'...like I'd love to have some donuts, or bagels, or _____, and _____, even_____!! Yeah, gotta move!
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Dinner for New Year's Day was ham and black eyed pea soup, heavy on the ham, over buttermilk cornbread, with collard greens on the side.
J had cheesy shredded potato casserole, baked macaroni and cheese, and broccoli gratin, with deviled eggs on the side (not pictured) for a tasty vegetarian dinner.
I did taste all the casseroles by licking the spoons while putting away. They were all tasty.
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! I got the AC filters changed yesterday, as it's a new month, year, and decade!
I, too, need to get out today, to PetSmart and, a grocery store or two.
Other than that, not a lot on the agenda, because I am supposed to be taking it easy and IT...CAN...WAIT! I will probably try to work in a nap this afternoon.
Breakfast was some of the leftover soup, collards, and cornbread. Lunch will probably be the same.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT0zFbR7JDI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqoWqn4h3tw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XfA46zTqEk
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Good Morning Ed,
Can't wait to see what Emmy has gotten herself into on today's video!
Since you can't exercise, I'll do some extra when I'm at the gym, for you. Now, how that works in reality??? ummm??? Some nights when I was working 3rd shift at the hospital, and I was leaving for work, already exhaused from lack of sleep, my boys would tell the they were closing one of their eyes as they slept for me Not sure that worked so well either. But it was a nice gesture on their part.
Rainy here. I suspect at your house also.
I have enough collards, corn bread, and rice for at least 4 meals. Can't say that its expensive...the collards from Kroger was marked down, so my bag of washed and sliced collards was only $0.85. I had also gotten some 'brats' from the minuscule 'veg/vegan' space at Kroger. didn't particularly like them. But, I will eat them.
Neighbor has Paper Whites, blooming at the mail box. That's it. I am officially green-eyed jealous.
Can you and J raise the head of your bed so you're not so flat and can get some better sleep? Or will that not help?
Time to move my laundry...yep that old friend is STILL hanging around!
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Howdy all y'all. It's fabulous Friday! Another miserable, rainy day here in Peachtree Corners. I don't think I have to go anywhere today and won't, if that remains the case.
So definitely a "take it easy" kind of day. A little light laundry might creep into the picture sometime during the weekend.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7OoIFo9qbM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ET-Paf0Lnc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AD-2qxAGqs
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Hey Ed,
Just discovered I had not posted. I was on the web site, and my fix-it guy called. We were investigating a new toilet for my bathroom...a tall one, so I don't totally blow up my knees...well, it was a lost cause...checked Home D, and Lowes...I was advised to check out handicap sales places. Now, right there, you can add $2-300 to the price! So, maybe I will continue with the old arrangement..we'll see. Will do some more poking around.
After that, and drying out...(rained this morning, right?) I hit the gym, came home and fixed a quick apple & Cheese sandwich and it was nap time! Just finished dinner, and have laundry in both appliances, but it should all come together by bed time...est. time..9:30! So much for a lazy Saturday! Will try for a lazy Sunday!
Hope you were able to stay indoors, and let the running around in the rain to us ducks!
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Hey Ed,
Just discovered I had not posted. I was on the web site, and my fix-it guy called. We were investigating a new toilet for my bathroom...a tall one, so I don't totally blow up my knees...well, it was a lost cause...checked Home D, and Lowes...I was advised to check out handicap sales places. Now, right there, you can add $2-300 to the price! So, maybe I will continue with the old arrangement..we'll see. Will do some more poking around.
After that, and drying out...(rained this morning, right?) I hit the gym, came home and fixed a quick apple & Cheese sandwich and it was nap time! Just finished dinner, and have laundry in both appliances, but it should all come together by bed time...est. time..9:30! So much for a lazy Saturday! Will try for a lazy Sunday!
Hope you were able to stay indoors, and let the running around in the rain to us ducks!
Later...
I think you can buy a thing that will sit on the toilet seat that raises the seat, and I am sure it would be cheaper than a new toilet. I don't know what they are called though.
Ah, here it is. I am sure there are other models and variations on it.
https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/essential-medical-elongated-toilet-seat-riser/ID=prod6095622-product?ext=gooKBM_PLA_-_Home_Health_Care_Solutions_(2019_Update)&pla&adtype=pla&kpid=sku6085958&sst=_k_CjwKCAiA6bvwBRBbEiwAUER6JXmnL3ZTPVBGDoYT5C3icD_uNc4M5mpAX9IsRmCHyLX0pXKgz_z5ABoCtU8QAvD_BwE_k_&gclid=CjwKCAiA6bvwBRBbEiwAUER6JXmnL3ZTPVBGDoYT5C3icD_uNc4M5mpAX9IsRmCHyLX0pXKgz_z5ABoCtU8QAvD_BwE0 -
Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday! I have been up for hours, but distracted by this and that. I am about to be distracted by a nap.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8_jETxawvw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIUc2FAbMdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5llImxCBU_4
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Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday! Cold out there but supposed to warm up to about 50 with sunny skies. Not a lot on the agenda for today. Might do some laundry, and might get out to a grocery, but there isn't anything critical.
And if it's not critical and it's very much physical activity...IT CAN WAIT.
What littly I need from the grocery isn't that heavy and I am sure I could manage easily. Likewise, the laundry. But neither is critical, so they may wait anyway.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMqWkmVKKTo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqoEyPw_vQ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLIDM_UXvKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQOCbyzzt6Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBRznA6FJfs
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Hi Ed!
Home from the gym, just finished my lunch of Udon noodles with teriyaki sauce, and I tossed in some veg. I'd cooked yesterday..(mostly very small florets of broccoli and some baby carrots. Filled me up, that's what mattered at the moment.
Other than a nap, there isn't much on my 'list'.. And that's a happy thing!!!
Hope your day goes well...it may be sunny and 50 degrees, but the wind is killer. and its cold... hope you can stay indoors.
Will see what Emmy is up to after my nap.
Later...
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »
Hope your day goes well...it may be sunny and 50 degrees, but the wind is killer. and its cold... hope you can stay indoors.
Well I did get out to change the headlamp bulbs on my van, but that was right out in front of the garage, in bright sunlight. It didn't seem cold to me, but there wasn't much wind.
We had noticed one was out, and I bought the bulbs to replace both, just before I ended up in the hospital. I finally felt like doing the replacement this afternoon. It's not too difficult on my van, so that didn't take long.
Other than that, I don't think I will do much today, other than figure out something to cook for dinner for both of us.
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Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! It should be sunny and warm today, though it's pretty frigid right now. Schools should be ramping back up, so traffic on our road will be back to normal, since there is an elementary school just up the street.
I have given Lilo her fluid treatment for today, and have to take her to the vet for a urinalysis. In a week or so, it's back for a re-check on her blood work.
Meanwhile I have my "wellness check-up" at 9:30, and I'll be discussing my recent hospital visit with the doctor, and I am sure he will bring up the need for a colonoscopy, since I am 60 years old. Joy.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYu5SSFQzsQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfGl6rmDoO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QJSMg6QL9w
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Nothing surprising at the doctor. I am to finish my prescriptions and then monitor to make sure the pericarditis is not trying to make a comeback.
I got Lilo to the vet and her urinalysis looked good as far as her UTI being cleared up. In about another week we need to check her bloodwork again to see if the we need to increase the fluid treatments or take any other action.
Today I get to take Kiara and Orion for their annual stuff. Whee!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqxqnWDdjFw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL8cY54u7KE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP1BHrvYopI
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