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Of course we will have you @RunsOnEspresso ! I'm glad you were released from PT. Sounds like you have a good plan as far as food and exercise go. You can do it.
I hope the new shoes help and that you get some answers from the neuro @swenson19d .
I'm glad your mom is being released from the hospital, but so sorry she has been having issues for a while now @rheddmobile . I'm not surprised your weight is down with all of the stress you have been under. When my husband was in the hospital, the ICU nurse told me to be sure and eat a lot because I would need it with all of the stress I was under. I ate like a horse at the hospital cafeteria and didn't gain anything. I did manage to stay around the same, which was what I needed to do. I hope she gets back to normal soon and you won't have to go through the process of finding someone to stay with her or find a good assisted living facility for her. It's so hard. I will be praying for you and her and your DH.
I did have a nice surprise in the mailbox today. Remember when I was having so much trouble with my heat pump last year? Well, I had found a letter that I had received a couple of years earlier that said there was a class action lawsuit against the makers of the heat pump coils for poor workmanship, or something. Anyway, the letter stated if you had to replace the coils, you could file a claim. I had totally forgotten about it until the second coil was replaced and I was looking though my file. When I found it, I filed an on-line claim. I hadn't heard anything from it, and had basically forgotten about it. Today, I got a check for $480 in the mail!
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@RunsOnEspresso - come on back in! We would never turn you away!
@swenson19d - Is the vertebral hemangioma (I had to go back and find what it was called) still a possible cause of the issues? I hope the shoes come soon and that they help some. Also glad you are feeling better/happier with the structured class and something to focus on.
@rheddmobile - We had friends whose mom lived near us and they are about 2 hours away. We volunteered to help but they ended up having family come to check her every few days. She was diabetic and also a heavy smoker. They would leave her shots all drawn and ready for her and come back and they would still be sitting there and she would swear she had taken them along with all her other medications that hadn't been touched and that they were trying to trick her. Ended up she had sundowners(?) dementia and they eventually had to put her in an assisted living home. They were terrified she would burn her house down. Interestingly she also charmed all the medical professionals and her doctor refused to say she couldn't drive. They finally just took the car away. I hope you can figure something out for your mom that won't cause you so much stress and pain. @swneson19d's suggestion of nursing students or even residency or medical students could be a solution. My dd suggested as much for Hilde - dd's residents would have loved to help and they can always use some extra money.
Please let us know what we can do to help you and keep you sane? A gift certificate for dinner for you and dh? Something in particular from CA? A bottle of wine?
I am doing ok. Had a decent but too hot run yesterday and it was still hot at agility last night - 91F at 8pm! Dh made it safely home and the dressing table has been successfully installed in its new home.
I listened to this podcast yesterday and it has SO much good information I would encourage all of you to listen to it. It is about the research that Dr. Sims has done and found on women athletes and the impact of hormones and how it changes our nutritional and rest needs and how they differ from men's. Mostly about pre-menopausal but I still found some good nuggets of information on protein requirements, etc.. This is a YouTube link but I found it in Spotify.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgWIf5HoJII 3 -
Someone else mentioned that podcast and sent me the link to her Ted talk. Last summer I listened to Roar (borrowed the audiobook from library). I think I'd like to pick up an actual copy of the book someday.1
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She and Selene Yeager are supposed to come out with a book soon on menopause as it relates to active women. I thought about getting Roar but it doesn't have much that is applicable to me any longer. She also has a class but I don't think I need that much information either or want to spend that much money... She also has some podcasts with NUUN that look pretty good too.1
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@RunsOnEspresso They haven't kicked me out yet and I go awol often these days. Glad you are back and have a good plan.
@rheddmobile Sounds like your mom checks many of the boxes for need for assistance. You are smart to recgonize your limitations. Some people can take that on and others can't. My sisters took it on for my mom because they both lived in the same area.....far away from the rest of us. But it semi-ruined their relationship after my died. It's a lot. I hope you can find a workable solution.
@quilteryoyo Nice mail surprise! That's fantastic. I agree about the meat thing too.....I can eat vegeterian now and again but not all the time.
@shanaber that podcast sounds interesting. Thanks for the share....
@swenson19d interesting info re the leg length. I had my evaluation today from the PT. He definitely sees a different in strength and movement between my right and left side. Wants to try to pinpoint the actual cause or causes...instead of a medical code du jour.....right now, osteoarthritis. He is not in my insurance plan and is pricey. Hope he finds an answer fast....2 -
Still here and reading.
@rheddmobile my heart goes out to you and your mum. Its so incredibly hard seeing them like that and not knowing what the right thing is. Make sure you look after yourself as well. It's absolutely OK to say you can't do it and get help. You can't help if you need help yourself. It sounds selfish, but put your needs first, and you will be in a much better position to help your mum. Kia kaha.
@quilteryoyo yay for a win! Especially after the crap you put up with!
@swenson19 you are always in my thoughts. Hope you are having a good day.
Yesterday was bad for eating. But I've been excellent the rest of the week. Ive been lazy and not cycling lately. It's so easy to get up and go for a run when it's cold, but I just can't be bothered cycling when it's cold. So no cross training lately. Oops.
Things at home have improved. We had a massive heart to heart. And that seems to have helped. There was a lot of emotions aired. We are both making an effort so that's all you can really ask for. We've been together for 20 years so blow ups like this are always hard.2 -
So yesterday my win was I had a few calories left at the end of the day. I was slightly hungry so I wanted something. Instead of having a serving or more of ice cream, I grabbed a small bowl and mentally calculated I could have around half a serving. So I measured out a little more than half (hard to scoop exact measurements LOL). It looked sad, even in the small dish but I savored it and enjoyed it and felt satisfied after.
I've got all food pre-logged for today. I'll adjust dinner when it's actually time for it. Currently, I have my best guess so I can see where I am calorie-wise. Looks like I will have almost 400 calories to play with. I probably have another afternoon snack and something after dinner.2 -
I'm glad you and your DH had a heart to heart @Avidkeo and are BOTH putting in the effort to make things better. You can't do it by yourself.
@RunsOnEspresso Great job on the food. I'm horrible at only having a serving of ice cream. D
Did I tell you all that my neighbor bought me a huge box of Oreos? He knows I love them. An open box of Oreos usually don't last long around me. Fortunately, this box has 10 sleeves with 13 cookies each - is supposed to be 14, but each one is short a cookie. LOL Anyway, I kept them for about 4 days before opening the box, then, I opened one sleeve, took out a 3 cookie serving, put the rest in a zip lock bag, and put them in the cupboard where they are out of sight. I had one more serving tonight. Not really tempted to eat any more. I'm pretty proud of myself.3 -
@quilteryoyo Ugh, oreos are so hard to resist! Great job!1
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@quilteryoyo - I completely missed your post. That is pretty exciting to get the settlement fro your heat pump! Now if only the IRS would get their act together too!
I honestly think I may be one of the very few people who doesn't care for Oreos. I never had them growing up, not until college and I guess I just never developed a taste for them. I recently (pre-fumigation) threw away a package of peanut butter Oreos dh bought me thinking I would enjoy them instead of regular ones that he loves... Nope! I think the use by date was 2018 and only a couple had been eaten.
@bearly63 - I hope the PT helps (quickly!)! Mine have always been covered but I do have to have a referral to go though.
@avidkeo - glad things are going smoother now and that everyone is putting in the effort. Like @quilteryoyo said, you can't do it on your own! It's a partnership and both partners have to do their part.1 -
Re: Oreos - when I was a child my best friend and I were having a sleep over. We snuck down to the kitchen after lights out and absconded with a whole box of Oreos and a whole tub of cool whip, and ate the cool whip by dipping Oreos in it. We ate it all and hid the evidence. All went well until a couple of days later when my mom was going to put Cool Whip on whatever she bought it for and couldn’t find it. She asked me if I knew what happened to it and I denied everything. I remember her saying, “Just tell me the truth! I won’t be angry, I just need to know I’m not losing my mind, I know I bought some!”
I did eventually confess. My mom didn’t completely tell the truth, though - she was plenty angry!
Anyway that is my Oreos story. So you can see back in the day I could down a whole box of Oreos by basically inhaling them. And I was so skinny! Nowadays the last time I tasted an Oreo it tasted like not much, maybe vaguely burnt? And the filling tastes kinda like Crisco and sugar? Hard to remember why I used to like them.2 -
Still hanging in there. Day 3 with my mom back from the hospital and if I could live without sleeping I’d be doing okay. She is honestly better than expected mentally - yesterday she was sharper than she’s been in months - but unfortunately worse than expected physically. Her hematocrit is super low and her blood pressure is all over the map, so she keeps trying to pass out whenever she’s on her feet for longer than a few seconds. She can get herself back and forth to the bathroom at least, but isn’t really safe to leave unsupervised.
We did park her in bed yesterday and get in a short trail run at the closest park, and I got in my lifting today by getting up early.
As an introvert this is just about killing me. I like my alone time and she is lonely and wants someone with her all the time, including at night. I did put my foot down on that and insisted on sleeping in my own room with a door that shut. She has her phone and she’s in her right mind, so no excuse for doing anything dangerous. This is not sustainable even short term, but I’m hoping she will continue to improve.3 -
@rheddmobile good to hear things are looking up a bit for your mother!
Oreos
I'm not partial. I can't even remember the last time I ate one, 20+ years perhaps. My ex would eat the whole package in one sitting though.
@shanaber
I think some of the symptoms could be related to the hemangioma. I have terrible back pain off and on. I will specifically ask about it.
DH is mad Bob is cleaning around him. LOL. I don't think Bob cares if he hurts his feeling or is inconvenienced. The floor needs cleaned, Bob must be unleashed. I set Babs to do a dry sweep the other day not expecting it to make much of a difference. I didn't see a difference but the pad of cat fur told a different story.
I am not well today...
I slept in, as is now normal since DH moved his office out of the bedroom. Come 10 AM Bear wasn't having me sleep any longer, he was lonely... and persistent. Any way, I am dizzy today. IDK why. And I have a bit more rhotacism than usual. Perhaps it's a migraine of sorts. I will take some med in a min. I bet I slept too long. Which is weird cuz I am so tired but my mind thinks I've slept too much.3 -
Re Oreos. They are relatively new here. We've kinda had them in some specialist US food stores (yes we have those in the big cities, never actually been in one lol) but over the last couple of years they've been available in mainstream supermarkets. I bought a packet over Christmas - one of the big sharing ones. I ate that whole pack over 3 days. They are so damned addictive. So I don't buy them. That said I got another pack the other day because they were cheap and half there. pack is still sitting there and the kids ate most of them.
Then biscuits (cookies) aren't my thing. Now chocolate on the other hand....
Ended up a little under calories last night, yay. Was so tempted to stuff my face but realised that's because I was really hungry.
Had a challenging start to the day yesterday. I was on an admin day and started at 10am. A few minutes after I arrived I got a call from that days co-ordinator asking if I could cover tea breaks (15 mins) . Because we are so short staffed, I agreed. When I got to the workroom there were 4 staff members there - basically the ideal number and more than enough to cover tea breaks. So I got very frustrated. There was only a couple of patients waiting, but one was what we call a shopping list - multiple body parts to image. So I grabbed that one because it was next. Only took me 15min to image him. When the co-ordinator came back, I calmly stated to her I waw frustrated at being called away from admin time (I never get admin so I was pumped for it) to cover tea breaks when they had more than enough staff to cover them. Well she got really bitchy at me, said made comments about how we are a team and other staff come in when they are doing admin. I pointed out that staff member is actually rostered to the floor and does admin when it's quiet. She then said don't worry, I won't ever call you again, you clearly aren't a team player.
Well that really pissed me off because I pride myself on being a team player. I bend over backwards for this team, and I told her what she said was unfair for that reason. We went back and forth a bit and eventually I said we would have to agree to disagree, and I left. I was so angry. I calmed for a moment and then went and talked to my boss about it. She agreed with me, that the co-ordinator was in the wrong, though perhaps I could have aired my frustration in a less public forum.
Well i suspect that the co-ordinator talked with the boss after me because about 20 mins later she came and apologised to me! Though she left with a "so we agree to disagree" 🙄
I'm making a point on standing up for myself and taking less bull. Last year I'd have just grumbled and complained and not actually done anything. This year I'm not taking it any more. The reason the admin time is so important is its time for my students. I'm supposed to have 6hrs per week but I'm not getting it. And the students are missing out. So this is me standing up so the students get what they need to qualify.
Wow long winded way of me saying I'm finding myself! Yay!7 -
@rheddmobile Hahaha on your Oreo story. Glad your mom is improving. Hope she continues to do so and gets to the point where you feel safe to leave her by herself again. Also hope you can find some help so you don't run yourself down and get sick. After my husband's brain biopsy went South, I maybe slept 2 hours a day for 3 months. Looking back, I have no idea how I did it, but I did. Not sure I could now that I am 16 years older.
@swenson19d Sorry you aren't feeling well today. Hope tomorrow is better for you.
@Avidkeo Oreos are addictive. If there's an open package where I can see it, I won't eat the whole thing at once, but will grab on every time I walk by. That's why is seems to work to keep them in the cupboard. Yay for sticking up for yourself. I'm not the best at doing that.2 -
How’s the holiday weekend going for the US folks?
Just another weekend here.
Dh wrapped up his porch project, I cleaned the cat boxes, yesterday dd and I walked 1.5 miles, bob has been busy, I’ve got a jump on class work that begins Tuesday, repotted a bonsai, had Dh help me put the antique desk up from where it sat in plastic in the garage, dh is off to the city to “look” at a bike (Harley) which I expect him to come home with.
My neighbors have been driving a car in their back yard in circles for about 3 hours now… whoopin’ and yee hawing.
I seriously shudder over it. I’m Gladys from Bewitched peering out the window and updating Dh as he Harley shopped… 0 -
@swenson19d - Just another weekend here too, although we do have plans to BBQ. Burgers tonight and brats on Monday. I am not a huge fan of brats, they just seem to have so much salt but dh made it over to the German deli where they make their own and are fresh. They are typically so much better than the store bought Johnsonville or whichever brand.
We have a church parking lot behind our house and kids like to go really fast and spin out in circles there, usually at 10 or 11 at night or later. We can hear the tires squealing and I am sure one of these days someone will lose control and they will go through our block wall. For a while they were blocking off streets and doing it in the street until the police shut them down.
Sounds like you are busy getting things done and I was happy to see you were able to get out for a walk. How did it feel?
@avidkeo - good for you learning to stand up for yourself! I didn't learn it well until a few years before I retired and I wished I had been better at it years before.1 -
@swenson19d Nothing special here either. Trying to clean house really good in preparation for my step-daughter's family coming for a visit the first full week of June. I'm glad to see you got out for a walk too. Do you have your elevated shoe yet?
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The walk went fine. I’m not sore today at all and would have gotten out again today but Dh ran off. I haven’t gotten my shoes back yet… I am eager for the possibility of “better”. The hip is kinda itchy pain. I expect that just a circulation thing? The neighbors are back at it again after a 2 hour break. There is a line of trees between us and I fully expect someone to hit them or veer off into the ravine.
The backyard project. Idk if this link will work. ETA. Seems too. It is narrated and pardon the mess, someone spilt paint and the dog (Jack) tracked it everywhere.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0xYg9HSbVo-i5ENuG9T0sCU1w1 -
@swenson19d Glad you aren't sore from your walk. I could see your video, but the volume was so low, probably my computer, I couldn't hear what was being said. LOL Looks like a big project going there.0
