WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2017

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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,361 Member
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  • DamitJanit
    DamitJanit Posts: 1,315 Member
    Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

    Good Evening Friends,

    Joyce, I’ll be thinking about you while you are on your restrictive diet.

    Dana, darling grand kids. They could both be models.

    Toni, I’m so proud of you. I know it wasn’t easy but glad it’s behind you. Now to move forward. ((((Hugs))))

    Janetr, Just Beautiful. There is nothing else to say.

    Chris, welcome. This is a great place for support and information so come often.

    Michele, I would ask those people who they are and how they know you. I have done that when I get a random request.

    Gloria, sorry for your bummer of a day. I hear you about “kids” and waiting until the last minute for things. I hope you enjoy your day tomorrow.

    Wendy, I hope you don’t get that bug that’s going around. *fingers crossed*

    NYKaren, do you mean that pickles on my cheeseburger aren’t a vegetable???? free-laughing-smiley-emoticon.gif

    Mary, Ouwie! so sorry about that pole jumping out in front of you. Who was driving??? LOL Glad you made it there so relax and enjoy.

    Felecia, congrats on your loss! Keep up the good work.

    Heather, your lunch with your friend sounds lovely. I’m sorry to hear you are still coughing. You just need to go ahead and get over that.

    pretty-pink-welcome-smiley-emoticon.gifto all the Newbies. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

    I went to the dentist this morning. On the way home I went to Aldi to pick up a few things. While I was out I filled the car with gas as I only had half a tank. Then I decided if we did have to evacuate I should go by the bank and get some cash. Now I shouldn’t have to make any other trips out before the storm hits, if it does. It is such a big one that we don’t plan to stay here if it comes this way. At this point no one knows exactly what route it will take so we don’t know what we will end up doing. Thanks for all the well wishes and I am praying for everyone in its path. My thoughts and prayers are also with everyone out west affected by the fires and the people in Texas still suffering the effects of Harvey. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

    Sending love, good thoughts and cool sunshine to all of you.

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    DJ
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    edited September 2017
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    OMG I just read 177 posts and had replied to a bunch of you and then lost my whole post. AAAARRGGGHHHHHHH!

    LOVE YOU ALL

    Karen in Virginia

    As my oldest daughter is fond of saying, Poop!!!

    Thank you so much on the ornaments <3


    Janetr okc
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Terry in Vt that is too much snow!!!

    Thanks for what you said about "losing who you were" when you lost weight. I lost 125#, when I tried on a beautiful coat my husband had bought me for Christmas that I had never worn, I looked like a little girl playing dress up in my Mom's clothes. I broke down and sobbed. When I have tried to explain to anyone how I felt like I had lost a good friend (me) no one understands. You are the only other person I have ever heard say this. Some how you made me feel better.

    Thank you.

    Janetr okc
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    I got a request from Vincesep1, the little troll. But DON'T tell Heather' s hubby, he'll say "I told you so" Lol

    Janetr okc
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Janet #1Thank you, so much.

    Janetr okc
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    Did an hour of deep water today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Body Pump DVD

    Toni - I'm so sorry you had to go thru that, but it doesn't sound like it was nasty. Our condo is in Titusville. I know Vince is worried about it. He was up this morning (as his usual when he's worried about something) checking the Weather Channel. You are being so understanding and helpful to your husband.

    Chris in Salt Lake City - welcome! The only strategy that I've come up with for me when I "fall off the wagon", is that I tell myself that I really don't need what ever it is and then find something to do with my hands. My hardest thing is when I come home hungry, I tend to grab the first thing I see which is usually cake or something not so great. I try to have healthy snacks available, but sometimes I just can't get to it to prepare them.

    M in Oz - I don't think I'm even going to be bothered to ask these people how they know me. If they truly want to be a "friend", they'll contact me again.

    Heather and Lisa - at least you HAVE an IP. I'm not even that far.

    Mary - glad you made it safely. Rude pole, that's all I can say

    katla - I don't like to accept friend invitations from people except those on here. However, I'm always afraid that I don't recognize a name but they are really on here. It might be someone new who needs a helping hand, who knows? I have my old crock pot down at the condo. It's so old that the crock doesn't come out even. But for how often it gets used down there, it'll do.

    Carol - I'm so sorry. I know how hard it is to be looking on the outside wishing you could help.

    Wendy - I will be wearing my MIL's ring. That will help remind me of how strong she was and that I can be, too. Hope your tummy bug moved on to greener pastures -- not in you.

    It has gotten so cold lately. Went to ceramics tonight then stopped at Lowes Foods, needed to get the icing. I hope it's enough.

    Di - I was at Jess' place a few weeks ago and bought some of the Yasso bars, mainly because I wanted to try them. I figured if they weren't good, then I'd just throw them out. If they were, then I'd leave them for Jess. Boy, were they ever good!

    Rye - how does your husband feel about BIL's request to "help"? Sounds like he'll be going once a month for three months too

    DJ - I'm not even going to spend my time asking those people how they know me. I don't know them. I'm betting they're trolls, especially since Beth and Janet got an invites.

    Exercised and then got the oil in my car changed. The Aldi near me finally reopened (they were closed for remodeling). They have bananas on sale -- 29cents a pound. You can bet I stocked up. Put quite a few in the freezer. Came home, we got a new heat pump so Vince stayed home while they installed it, I went to ceramics since I needed to go to the food store.

    Michele in NC
  • grogers511
    grogers511 Posts: 477 Member
    edited September 2017
    We had a thunderstorm blow in last night. Big, loud, windy... thunder and lightening. A little frightening. More so than Hurricane Harvey, The thunderstorm moved thru quickly. But - we lost power at 1am. Tree fell on the lines down the road. Fired up the generator. Power lasted until 4am when the generator quit. Then - we couldn't get it started again. Hubby says he thinks the gas might have been too old. Power restored at 10:45am this morning. It was a long, hot night. I went back to bed and slept until 4pm!

    Then... Tried resetting the clock on our Kenmore electric range - but it converted to Judaism. It's stuck in "Sabbath mode" (Yes, that's a thing on appliances.) - until I figure out the right combination of buttons to push to disarm it.
    ...I think it's a sign...

    The Sabbath feature - shuts down all features except for baking - and sets the oven so that it remains on continuously - over-riding the 12-hour safety cut-off time. The oven temperature may be set higher or lower after setting the Sabbath feature. (The oven temperature adjustment feature should be used only during Jewish holidays.)

    As I understand it - during the Sabbath - one must refrain from turning on or off anything which uses electricity, including lights, radios, television, computer, air-conditioners and alarm clocks - and refrain from cooking, baking or kindling a fire. So one does the prep work before the Sabbath... including turning in the oven and leaving it on in continuos cooking mode - through the Sabbath. Very interesting.

    Anyway... the instructions in our product manual - press and hold the set/timer button until it beeps and shows --Hrs - didn't work. Unplugging it - didn't work. Other button combos to disengage the Sabbath function in similar models... didn't work. Standing on one foot while patting my head and rubbing my tummy... didn't work,

    So... my options as I see them.... convert to Judaism or call Sears and tell them I need the Catholic range. Guess we'll be happy to have power and have salads!

    The good news is: the floor under the oven and the walls around it - are clean now. That was on my list for Friday.

    My day was totally screwed up as far as my plans for the day. I was in squirrel mode.

    My squirrel brain.... cleaning the side of the oven... my cleaner wasn't cutting it. Went to my box o'cleaners and saw Murphy's oil soap... thought about the white water ring on the table in the living room and went to clean it... saw the dust on the other table and cleaned that table. Maybe these things must be done on the Sabbath?!? (Just kidding.) Went back to the side of the oven... and used my initial cleaner with my thumb nail. It worked!

    --Ginger in Texas
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,693 Member
    edited September 2017
    wildhorsewendy wrote: »
    Machka, you have been through a lot of Stress! Good on you for staying so active and quite understand if you're not in the mood!

    I have heart issues (have had since I was 4 years old), and always thought that would be my biggest concern as I grew older. I didn't expect 3 cancer situations in 2 years as I approached and turned 50. It has been rather stressful, and in addition to being a mood killer, I've gone through times, over the past couple years, when I've been physically unable to do much in that regard ... not allowed! It also puts a damper on exercise. I feel like I just get going building up my cycling and walking and weights etc. ... and then all of a sudden I'm forced to rest for a few weeks.


    M in Oz
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    ydailey wrote: »
    Y’all, I did it! I started back on my strength training program tonight. Right now I’m feeling pleasantly tired all over. I’m hoping to see some real progress with general strength and stability, especially in the knee I smashed last July. Just had to share this little victory!

    -Yvonne in TX

    Hooray for you!!!! It just feels good, right? <3

    Janetr okc
  • grogers511
    grogers511 Posts: 477 Member
    Yvonne in TX You go! I'm just trying to get up and move. I need to do some strength training though. Are you using weights? What are you doing?

    --Ginger in Texas
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    ginger ( insert laughing emoji here) you are too funny!

    Can't sleep! busy brain thinking of student needs. And DH can't sleep cause DD is flying to Charlotte
    NC for some kind of conference this weekend and he wants her to cancel because of Hurricane Irma. He has not said it to her- just to me and I think it should stay that way. We don't know where this is turning yet and I believe it will be cancelled if it does look bad. But these are the kind of decisions we want her to start making for herself. I don't believe she's flying into harms way.....
    NYKAREN
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,153 Member
    Morning Ladies~
    woke up at 2:30 am geesh... my mind is racing.. trying to get things done so that I can move. going to try and pack alot of my clothes that I wont be using, and get my bedroom basically packed up...
    I have to go to court again Monday, going to speak to the lawyer about losing time from work, and getting paid for it.My attorney hasn't heard from his yet, so who knows if they show up.. but the 3 months are up so hopefully we can move forward..I have asked my DD to ask her fiance and his brothers to help me move... I will rent a uhaul truck, but don't want to and cant do it on my own..will be busy today..
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Off to get hair colour done before we go to Rhodes next week. Will check in later

    Kate UK <3
  • ljdw99
    ljdw99 Posts: 360 Member
    <3
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
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    Northwesterners Wow, I have been reading about the wildfire you all have been talking about. Heartbreaking and scary. Dangerous for the firefighters. Sounds as if the teenagers playing with fireworks were a bit cavalier from a couple of the first hand reports. You would think a teen living in the Pacific Northwest would have Smokey the Bear sitting on his/her shoulder whispering in his ear! Hard to believe they didn't understand the danger. oqmkhg81f0ah.jpg


    Rye My mom was my best friend, too. I still miss her so much my heart hurts.

    DJ and others along the Southeast coast: Hurricane Irma. May the Hurricane Fairy protect all of you, whether you evacuate or shelter in place. t112006.gif

    Karen in Virginia

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,792 Member
    Machka - I was out for a long while before and after my total hysterectomy for dismenorrhagia . I lived alone then and had no sex of any kind for three and a half years. I found my vibrator a life saver. I still use it occasionally and it keeps that sense of myself as a sexual being going. <3

    Feeling quite down today, even though I'm looking forward to seeing my friend. I am so fed up with my cough. :s Even though I am two rooms away I woke DH up.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited September 2017
    Lenora - words can't express how deeply I sympathize. You need to let yourself grieve too, for yourself and for your son and your daughter-in-law.

    Heather - after you see your friend, get an appointment with the doctor for that cough! It's gone on far too long. The last time I had one hang on that long, I had a case of lingular pneumonia. It was very mild symptoms otherwise, but needed antibiotics to clear it up.

    Allie - you're nearly there, just keep trucking kiddo. Your condo awaits!

    Michele     - Don't have an Instant Pot either... hard to commit to around a hundred bucks (with an extra pot), for a cooking implement. I know everyone raves about it, but it's a big decision for me. Took me two years to decide to get a big enough stand mixer to be able to knead bread for me.

    Heather, Machka - Had a total hysterectomy way back in 2001. Was literally anemic from having 50-60 day long periods. I laughed 'til I nearly got sick, as I weighed 300 pounds when the doc told me I was anemic, and then threw my arms around his neck when he recommended taking it all out. They were pumping me full of iron and I was losing it as fast as they could get it in me. Never regretted it for a moment--I was 41, had never had a child of my body, so it took away that faint hope. But it also took away massive mood swings, hemorraging for days and weeks at a time, the chance for uterine cancer, cervical cancer, and on and on and on. Well worth it. Took hormones only for one year, and never again since.

    ______________________

    I am restless, self-sabotagy, itchy, twitchy, cranky, and all around just ready to throw in the towel on pretty much everything. Not complaining about it, or looking for a solution, it just is what it is, and it's a signal of SOMEthing. I have to get the "squirrel!" mind to stop yanking at me long enough to figure out the root causes, and I will. Once I do, I can resolve whatever it is, or learn to accept it. It's like mini-me is running around inside my head, yelling "shut up, shut up, shut up!" and little voices keep coming back saying "No, YOU shut up!" Not useful, but entertaining.

    Love y'all,
    Lisa
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,693 Member
    lhannon062709 wrote: »
    Heather, Machka - Had a total hysterectomy way back in 2001. Was literally anemic from having 50-60 day long periods. I laughed 'til I nearly got sick, as I weighed 300 pounds when the doc told me I was anemic, and then threw my arms around his neck when he recommended taking it all out. They were pumping me full of iron and I was losing it as fast as they could get it in me. Never regretted it for a moment--I was 41, had never had a child of my body, so it took away that faint hope. But it also took away massive mood swings, hemorraging for days and weeks at a time, the chance for uterine cancer, cervical cancer, and on and on and on. Well worth it. Took hormones only for one year, and never again since.

    Unfortunately my gynaecologic oncologist won't do a hysterectomy unless it becomes absolutely necessary (life or death) because having a long surgery like that puts me at risk. With my existing predisposition toward developing blood clots, being still in a long surgery like that and then resting during the recovery significantly increases my chances of developing blood clots. (I also didn't have a child because of that 'existing predisposition' ... a genetic thing).

    However, I've had two large polyps (one took up 1/3 of my uterus and was precancerous) removed, a D&C, and numerous bits of my vagina and cervix snipped out as biopsies and also treatment of precancer. They now recommend I limit my use of tampons (also diva cups or anything like that).

    The polyps, hemorrhagic ovarian cysts, and perimenopause were what triggered all the bleeding ... I never knew one day to the next whether my period would start or stop.

    Fortunately, in a way, I have borderline hemochromatosis (high iron), so all the bleeding actually helped that. I'm not quite sure what's going to happen with that now that I'm finally at last (hallelujah) skipping periods!!! But I'll deal with it if it becomes a problem.

    M in Oz
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,153 Member
    I went back to sleep at 5:30 this morning and just woke back up.but some how need a bit more..might go back to sleep and then get up a do more packing.
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,257 Member
    :)Allie,be kind to yourself. Moving is stressful even under the best circumstances. Just do one thing at a time.
  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    Karen in VA - more babies to come? Yay! We love babies... o:)

    Beth - so cool for your son! My brother-in-law, who has Down's, worked in local restaurants quite happily for many years. Love companies that are truly open to those with disabilities that don't prevent their doing a great job.

    Off to get some work done, while trying not to worry about my son-in-law, who's a soldier at Fort Bragg, NC, and my daughter who's married to him--she (also a soldier) and their kids are due to head that way 11 days from now, from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where she's stationed now. She's been looking forward to this transfer for months, and only has 30 days with her DH before he's deployed again for six months.

    Love y'all,
    Back to work!
    Lisa in West Texas
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    Machka and Wendy: Liked the photos and loved getting to see you both! ( Wendy the hair looked fine to me, but I often dyed my hair in the red tones so I may be biased).
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