60 yrs and up
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@Evamutt
Since you unfrozen your gym account, try the Elliptical. Supposedly runners can use one to stay in shape when they have an injury. I had a Tibial Plateau Fracture in 10/2015. I have 3 plates and 18-20 screws near my knee. I can do it because there is no pounding pressure created like a treadmill. I had bought one before the injury. Hadn't been on it since then until a thunderstorm about 6 weeks ago, cancelled my walk. I thought well, I'll try it. Just a thought.0 -
@swimmom_1 That is interesting about your knee. I had a tibial plateau fracture in 2009. We were able to heal it without surgery…only 12 weeks of immobilization & absolutely no weight bearing.0
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@RetiredAndLovingIt
I fell from 3 feet in my basement and landed on my L leg and collapsed. It does have a pad and carpet but its still concrete. My weight of 255 lbs at the time, I'm sure was part of the problem. My leg was so swollen I had to wait 22 days for surgery (till some of the swelling went down. They were afraid that if they cut they wouldn't get the skin closed) and then 12 weeks non-weight bearing. Took over 3 months for me to learn how to walk again without a horrendous limp. PT eventually put me in a pooI with a treadmill in it to lose some of the limp. I was off work for 7 months. I'm a RN and thought I would be walking in a month. Ha!!!
Dr was surprised my leg shattered so bad from a 3 foot fall. Found out when they drew blood my Vitamin D level was 13. Its supposed to be 30-100. The problem with nurses. We go to work when its dark out and leave when its dark out! I also knew I had Osteopenia which I'm sure didn't help.
Losing over 65 lbs so far has helped a lot. Until about 3 weeks I had to go up 1 step at a time and meet the other foot. Now I can alternate again.About 68 lbs more to go.
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@RetiredAndLovingIt
I fell from 3 feet in my basement and landed on my L leg and collapsed. It does have a pad and carpet but its still concrete. My weight of 255 lbs at the time, I'm sure was part of the problem. My leg was so swollen I had to wait 22 days for surgery (till some of the swelling went down. They were afraid that if they cut they wouldn't get the skin closed) and then 12 weeks non-weight bearing. Took over 3 months for me to learn how to walk again without a horrendous limp. PT eventually put me in a pooI with a treadmill in it to lose some of the limp. I was off work for 7 months. I'm a RN and thought I would be walking in a month. Ha!!!
Dr was surprised my leg shattered so bad from a 3 foot fall. Found out when they drew blood my Vitamin D level was 13. Its supposed to be 30-100. The problem with nurses. We go to work when its dark out and leave when its dark out! I also knew I had Osteopenia which I'm sure didn't help.
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Losing over 65 lbs so far has helped a lot. Until about 3 weeks I had to go up 1 step at a time and meet the other foot. Now I can alternate again.About 68 lbs more to go.
Oh, man: What an awful experience! I admire you for working to overcome it. With that level of determination, I'm betting on really positive long term outcomes. Virtual hugs!1 -
@RetiredAndLovingIt
Thank you. I can be pretty determined, also known as Bull Headed. I'm also a Taurus!!! LOL!0 -
Hello, been MIA for quite some time. Been a MFP user since 2016 but only utilized this group for a few months back in 2020. The pandemic was not kind to my weight loss journey, so I am starting anew. Glad to see the over 60's still going strong. Have a good evening, everyone!3
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Hi all, @swimmom_1 , sorry to hear about your bad injury from a fall. I hope you get better soon. In 2019, I fell of a roof of a building the same height as a shed. I landed on a brick wall then half on the side of a ladder and half on the ground. I had 2 broken ribs and a punctured lung .I was in a hospital for 3 weeks. Silly me ,I went up to patch holes on the roof of a room I was staying while visiting my mum. I weighted in a healthy range then. Now, I take it easy, walking my dogs and watching what I eat.I have 9 lbs to lose a least. Take care of yourself, everyone. 🙂8
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MargaretYakoda wrote: »alteredsteve175 wrote: »
Mariners are hanging in there. Which pleases my husband. ❤️
Meanwhile, I was at my first MLB game which the worst team in MLB baseball (AZ Diamondbacks) won, making their record this season an abysmal 52-110. Sigh. But I had a good time. My daughter was one of about 10 teachers that were being honored as "Most Valuable Teachers" during STEM Sunday. She was awarded a $1000 grant for the purchase of classroom supplies. (To clarify, this wasn't my first baseball game. It was my first in years, and it was my first major league game. As a kid, my friends and I were daily attendees of the AAA games.)4 -
New week, New start for me. Had two off weeks where I didn't log and managed to gain 2 lbs ugh I know better. So back to plan. Just tired of the constant battle. So enough of my whining and moving on. You are all such an inspiration. I'm looking forward to a trip to Carmel in a couple of weeks. Getting out of town and to the ocean is a good recharge for me. Have a great week!5
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Just a picture of where I spent the last three days. Nothing food or exercise related. Just peacefulness and a zillion mosquitoes, gnats, ants, chiggers, palmetto bugs.....5
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tnh2o: What a beautiful photo! You'd never know the tiny pests were there to disturb the calm and serene setting.
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@swimmom_1 Wow..our accidents sound similar, even same leg, lol, but such a different injury! I have always been thankful for no surgery, but your post opened my eyes to how bad the injury could’ve been! In PT after healing, we worked on 30, 60, & 90 degree bends. I was like you, thinking no problem…but it took at least 2 weeks between each degree step. 90 degrees is considered healed, but that’s not that great, so I kept walking & exercising it & my knee is pretty normal now. I hope you get to that point, too.
@tnh2o that is a gorgeous photo! There is an eagle nest close to our house, so I am always watching for them.2 -
@swimmom_1 wow, that's awful, I'm glad you are on the mend. It's remarkable how a "small" fall can cause so much damage & sometimes bigger ones don't I once fell while walking my dogs flat on my face, it was a piece of blacktop coming out of the street I tripped on. I was using both my arms holding 4 leashes & went straight down. I still went to work at hospital that afternoon with a black & blue face but remarkably it barely hurt & I healed up well. I got a pinched nerve in 2020 that was so painful I had to quit a job & it took months to recover, that's how I gained 8lbs, you went through a very long recovery3
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The weight I've lost so far has been making everything easier!6
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MargaretYakoda wrote: »alteredsteve175 wrote: »
Mariners are hanging in there. Which pleases my husband. ❤️
And then the Mariners went all Mariners on us. So close. Just teasing us. There's always next year. Before 2004, I would tell my sons, "There's enough heartache in the world without being a a Red Sox fan." Now they have turned that around on me. HAHA! 😆
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Checking in on the cancer front.
Things are not going well here. My wife is resisting going for her treatment today. When I told her, "You need the treatment to get better", she said, "Let's get real. I'm not going to get better." 😢☹
I'm worried that she is just going to give up. I think she is just tired of the constant pain, the loads of medication and clinic visits and the whole regimen. At some point the treatment may seem worse than letting nature take its course. It's hard to watch someone in pain every day.
Thanks for letting me vent here. Needed to express this frustration. You all inspire me to press on regardless.
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alteredsteve175 wrote: »Checking in on the cancer front.
Things are not going well here. My wife is resisting going for her treatment today. When I told her, "You need the treatment to get better", she said, "Let's get real. I'm not going to get better." 😢☹
I'm worried that she is just going to give up. I think she is just tired of the constant pain, the loads of medication and clinic visits and the whole regimen. At some point the treatment may seem worse than letting nature take its course. It's hard to watch someone in pain every day.
Thanks for letting me vent here. Needed to express this frustration. You all inspire me to press on regardless.
I'm so sorry, Steve. I think there's really no happy answer, unfortunately. It's hard to let the person with the cancer decide when to end treatment, though it's clearly their decision, but of course caregivers wonder if they judgement is what it would be if not for the meds' side effects, plus stress and such. Virtual hugs!
At the risk of TMI, my experience with my husband was that there had been a (relatively) slow decline for some time, but the last stage was much faster. (I think that pattern may be common, whether continuing treatment or not, as I've seen that in friends with breast cancer who succumbed to late-stage disease.) I hope that doctors nowadays will be generous with pain meds en route.
Sending wishes for the best outcomes the situation will allow, for the both of you, whatever that may turn out to be.
Hang in there. You're doing great - IMO better than you maybe think you are. Vent here anytime!6 -
Glad to find this group! This year I have increased the amt of exercise I do but now need to focus more on quality food in reasonable portions.4
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Steve, so sorry to hear that things are not going smoothly for you and your wife. She is probably still so overwhelmed with what is happening to her, feels
that everyone is pressuring her, and struggling with her loss of independence and control of her life. And not feeling well and in pain on top of it. And as her caregiver, even with your best intentions to help her, it hits you too. I hope you are continuing to talk to a therapist, and yes, please vent to all of us here, we will listen, and we care!4 -
Hello all. I am 65 and just getting ready to roll. I've been using MFP for two decades/on and off. is nice. looking at getting to 80 kilos from 96. doing walking now. will start resistance bands for toning up. cheers to all!3
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alteredsteve175 wrote: »Checking in on the cancer front.
Things are not going well here. My wife is resisting going for her treatment today. When I told her, "You need the treatment to get better", she said, "Let's get real. I'm not going to get better." 😢☹
I'm worried that she is just going to give up. I think she is just tired of the constant pain, the loads of medication and clinic visits and the whole regimen. At some point the treatment may seem worse than letting nature take its course. It's hard to watch someone in pain every day.
Thanks for letting me vent here. Needed to express this frustration. You all inspire me to press on regardless.
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Steve, I know this journey with cancer is so very difficult. You are so strong. My prayers are with you and your wife.2
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Thanks, everyone, for your kind words.
The oncologist had a frank discussion with her yesterday and laid out her options. The crux of the matter, though, is that she has to put in some effort to get stronger. She did some minimal physical therapy back in May but did very little after she got home and is doing nothing now. And all the pain meds add to the lethargy. But if she won't fight, no one else can help her. 😟🙁
Some tough decisions dead ahead.
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@alteredsteve175
So sorry for what your wife and family are going through. You can't make anyone do anything. You can only be there to encourage and support her. As others have said, feel free to vent anytime.1 -
alteredsteve175 wrote: »MargaretYakoda wrote: »alteredsteve175 wrote: »
Mariners are hanging in there. Which pleases my husband. ❤️
And then the Mariners went all Mariners on us. So close. Just teasing us. There's always next year. Before 2004, I would tell my sons, "There's enough heartache in the world without being a a Red Sox fan." Now they have turned that around on me. HAHA! 😆
Yup. “All Mariners on us”
My son likes the team, though. He was very pleased with how well they performed this year, considering how young they are.
He does have high hopes for next year.
Now, the Seahawks…. Yeesh. The game started out so well. .
Russel Wilson’s injury is going to hurt for weeks.
It’s rough being a fan of Seattle teams.
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Being the 24/7 caregiver for a loved one is really rough.alteredsteve175 wrote: »Checking in on the cancer front.
Things are not going well here. My wife is resisting going for her treatment today. When I told her, "You need the treatment to get better", she said, "Let's get real. I'm not going to get better." 😢☹
I'm worried that she is just going to give up. I think she is just tired of the constant pain, the loads of medication and clinic visits and the whole regimen. At some point the treatment may seem worse than letting nature take its course. It's hard to watch someone in pain every day.
Thanks for letting me vent here. Needed to express this frustration. You all inspire me to press on regardless.
But you’re doing your best. It shows.
And really, your best is all you can do. After that what happens is not up to you.
I am sorry you’re going through it. I truly am.
💐💐💐
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I used MFP about a decade ago and was having success with it because I had a group that was very encouraging and I loved seeing what everyone else was eating and the exercise they were doing. It inspired me. BUT since then I have been through divorce, children both moved out and married, sold my house and moved, have a new job that is work-at-home/in a chair in front of a computer and stressful at times/fun at times. I have a great group of encouraging fellow teachers I work with. However, I am at my HEAVIEST ever and am now worried that at my age it is going to soon impact my health in some pretty bad ways. I can do this but I need encouragement.9
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