WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2019

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  • wizzywig
    wizzywig Posts: 1,246 Member
    :) Finished logging my food, but time has got away with me again. Need to get ready to go into town. Weather not looking too good, hope it doesn't rain on us.

    Love to all <3
    Viv UK
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Morning, afternoon and evening, all...

    Sharon     - Welcome back from your ten-day post-tax-season hibernation! I've been talking to my best friend about possibly doing taxes once I retire... She too gets incredibly burdened from mid-March to mid-April, and I'm not sure I want to go that route. We'll see. Lots of time to decide.

    Traveling again today, but won't leave until near noon--it's about three hours up to Harrison and three hours back, for a ten-minute presentation. Then again on Monday, but eight hours round-trip for another ten-minute presentation, and my April travel madness will finally subside. None planned for May yet. Still - one-day drives and occasional overnight stays are so much better than last year this time, when we did the two-day, all-day drive to Arkansas. Yep, been here a year now. :)

    Still dealing with my niggling little health problem, but some research has shown there are some possible prescription remedies, so I'm going to go ahead and send my care team at the VA an e-mail and see if I can get an appointment sometime soon. We'll see what they say.

    Off to the races, kids,
    Love y'all!
    Lisa in AR
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
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  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited April 2019
    Yvonne My cousin fosters momma dogs that are bred for service pups. The dog she has had for a few years was recently "retired" from whelping and went to her forever home. I think my cousin is taking a break from it now...it is a lot of work. She works as a massage therapist so all the dogs get massages, LOL!!! They are some happy doggies. Golden Labs. <3

    Karen in Virginia
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Good morning all! Happy Thursday! So fantastic to see old friends posting again (even if it is just a quick pop in to say HI)! Just want to let you know all of your voices are missed when you are not here.
    Lisa- So glad you just have a couple little jaunts here and there to do for work. Makes it a little easier, I bet, knowing that you will be home at night. Love hearing how the yard and house are shaping up as you get ready for your daughter and grandchildren's visit!
    Yvonne- Sorry to hear about your fall! Glad you are on the up and up!
    Sharon- Hello! How does it feel to feel the sun on your face and breathe the fresh air now that you have lifted your head out of all of the tax time paperwork? lol My hubby used to be an accountant and he always said that May was like walking out of dark room into the sunshine; a little bit painful, a little disorienting; but so glorious to be back in the "real" world.
    Evelyn- I have never had Borscht. As a child I was never fond of beets; and it is one of the vegetables that I have never bought to eat as an adult. I would probably like them now. And I haven't found a soup that I didn't like. Your borscht sounds like cabbage soup. I love that!
    Irish Terri- Your poem! I laughed out loud at that one! Very clever!
    Kay- lol Loved hearing about your kids/grandkids on the farm. I didn't grow up on a farm, but spent summers on my aunt's farm. Fields, woods, dirt roads, farm equipment, barns...lots of things learned at an early age in those settings. lol some good, some bad. But mostly good. (driving was one of them) Kudos on the three days of staying within your food limits.
    Ginger- I love how you post your stats; but the thing I find most inspirational about them, is how you post your overall feeling on that day! Brilliant! I never thought about tracking that, but it makes perfect sense because so much of what we do is based on how we feel.
    Tracey- I think you should get your mom the dot to dot. For years, we thought that my mil had lost the ability to read and write, because no one ever saw her do it ,and her hubby paid bills, wrote the birthday cards, etc.. One day, when she was in one of the rehab facilities after a stroke, she and I were sitting in one of the common areas and we were looking at a coffee table book of National Parks. She loved the photographs, having traveled and visited many of the parks. And she was reading the captions. After that, I made sure she had a few books to read (most of them were coffee table style with more pics and less words) AND she loved crossword puzzles and regular puzzles so we made sure she had some of those. I think the dot to dot books might trigger the memory of how to do them.
    Michele, Machka, Tracey- don't get me started about health care costs. We are drowning in medical bills right now, and we even have insurance! My d&c procedure is costing me $2,947. For a one and a half hour hospital visit (prep took a half hour, procedure took a half hour, recovery took a half hour). When I called my insurance company to verify the cost I was being billed I was told that they only covered a certain percentage because nothing was found! They did the same thing with my second mammogram that I had to have last year. If cancer or another complication had been found in either procedure, they would have covered more. SO EXASPERATING!
    Machka- Your beach photos are beautiful! The first one you posted made me think "Wow! That is some big sky!" Just awesome in every sense of the word!
    Heather- lol Calories/healthy choices aside; do you prefer the thin/crispy crust or the thick? I hear you on the discussion from the Belgian chocolatier. I have gone to a couple of them from a local artisian chocolatier and the subject, the smell and the samples were all wonderful. She has a shop locally and one piece of her chocolate runs about $3 (this is a one square inch piece). She has about 30 different and unique flavors and I buy a four piece box for my daughter for her birthday/Christmas. At Christmas I will treat myself to a four piece box. These are the only chocolates that I eat very slowly. I cut each square into four pieces and will have a piece a day for 16 days. My husband laughs at me, but it makes them last, it makes me treasure each taste, and it makes me feel altogether decadent. Silly what chocolate can do.

    Well, I better scoot and get breakfast going for the kiddos. Welcome to the new ladies! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,570 Member
    edited April 2019
    KJLaMore wrote: »
    Michele, Machka, Tracey- don't get me started about health care costs. We are drowning in medical bills right now, and we even have insurance! My d&c procedure is costing me $2,947. For a one and a half hour hospital visit (prep took a half hour, procedure took a half hour, recovery took a half hour). When I called my insurance company to verify the cost I was being billed I was told that they only covered a certain percentage because nothing was found! They did the same thing with my second mammogram that I had to have last year. If cancer or another complication had been found in either procedure, they would have covered more. SO EXASPERATING!
    Machka- Your beach photos are beautiful! The first one you posted made me think "Wow! That is some big sky!" Just awesome in every sense of the word!

    :astonished::astonished::astonished: Oh ... so sorry!! :astonished::astonished::astonished:

    I had a very large polyp removed from my uterus in Jan 2015 ... it was pre-pre-cancerous.
    Then in Nov 2017, I had a biopsy which revealed pre-cancer in the same vicinity.
    Then in May 2018, I had another large polyp removed from my uterus, a chemical wash of some sort for the precancer and a D&C.

    All free.

    However, I did have to pay something for the ultrasounds every 6 months. Which reminds me ... I may have to go for another one again at some point in the next few months just to check the status of everything.


    Yes, when you get out to the west coast of Tasmania, the next significant landmass to the west is South America (Argentina) ... thousands of km away. Thousands of km of ocean, and apparently the cleanest or some of the cleanest air in the world.

    And it's been blown at us at 70 km/h right now.


    M in Oz

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,507 Member
    edited April 2019
    Went to the water class. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Biggest Loser Boot Camp DVD

    Barbara – The tumor (slow growing, non-cancerous) tumor in my ear is prompting the MRI. I need to go to the MD about once every 2 years to just check on it unless I start to get vertigo or something else.

    Allison – whenever I have to have blood work, I usually take my breakfast with me in the car and have it in the parking lot right after the blood test. Vince usually goes to Waffle House (ouch!)

    Got gas and more salt for the pool last night. After exercise stopped at the Salvation Army then WalMart. Got the prescriptions and some frozen veges that Aldi doesn’t carry.

    Rori – You are one special gal (but I already knew that!)

    Made some chocolate bran muffins last night and then hard boiled some eggs (since they were older)

    One of the prescriptions I picked up was for my Actonel. I did find that I can get a 3 month supply (versus the one month at WalMart) for less money than WalMart would charge for 3 months. Plus…I can get it on automatic refill that I can’t at WalMart. So guess what I’m going to do?

    Thursday here: I woke up late this morning so just did a Les Mills strength DVD since it’s a bit shorter. The plan for tomorrow is to do Gilad’s Step Aerobics DVD

    Volunteer at the Green Room. But first I think I’ll stop by the soup kitchen and make a donation. See, sometimes people leave things at the church and I just take them with me. So I’ll donate those things

    Had to go to Lowes hardware yesterday and get a new thing for taking the leaves out of the pool. I finally convinced Vince that we need grass seed and weed and feed so we got that, too. After the Green Room I need to go to Aldi.

    Jess has a dentist appt. Not sure when she’s planning to go to VA.

    Yvonne – thanks for telling us about guide dog day. I still swear on a stack of bibles that the service dog was had was meant for the girl who got him. Not many people train a service dog by taking it to college, it lives in a dorm, is used to all the sounds of people in the halls, etc, is taken to concerts, and so on. Now the girl who got him is a college student, was in the band (she was concerned that the dog wouldn’t be used to the loud music. Hey, if he can go to a rock concert and just lay under the table not being phased by the music, he can stand being with her in the band)

    Evelyn – a friend made borsch and I had some last weekend. I hadn’t had it in years and years. I should have taken more of the soup it was SOO good

    Went to ceramics last night. I’m surprised at how fast the Peanuts characters are going. Well, part of that is because they are smaller, probably about 9”. Wish I could find larger things

    Tracey – almost all the time you can make a payment plan for a medical procedure. Like my MRI will be $600. They did say that if I couldn’t afford it, then I could make arrangments for a payment plan. To me, it’s just obscene how much they charge. They said (and this I don’t completely understand) that the reason it’s so expensive is because it’s of the head. Now what that has to do with it, I’m not sure at all. I’m so sorry about your BF. I many times buy things that I don’t like but Vince does. Like right now he has this chocolate truffle ice cream. To me, it’s just too much chocolate so I probably will just have a little bite and that’ll be it.


    Ginger – I do the same thing with my grocery list. I have an app where I just add things to and then when I’m at the store, I just get them. I can’t get over how many things I’d forget if I didn’t have it written down. Not because I’m forgetful (which I can be) but more because I realized I needed something and didn’t get to the store until a few days later

    Sharon near Seattle – congrats on those steps. Oh, that would be great if someone had a borscht recipe. I’d love to try it. Wonder how many calories (without the sour cream) it has?

    There’s this lady at ceramics who is BIG. Well, she just recently had WLS, yet she constantly still talks about where she’s going to go out for dinner after ceramics (and it isn’t at the healthiest of places). Needless to say, since the surgery she honestly doesn’t look like she’s lost anything.

    KJ – fortunately, our insurance covers a routine mammo once a year. So you’re hurt by not being sick? How convoluted is that? Last time I went for a mammo I was told that they were only covered every two years so we checked with our insurance and they cover one every year. They don’t cover a 3D one, or at least the last time I asked they didn’t

    Better post this before I forget again

    Welcome everyone new and those returning. You're going to love being here.

    Michele in NC
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,223 Member
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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Ginger: I am so impressed with your accountability accomplishments. WTG!!! :star:

    Yvonne: I have a dear friend who has had guide dogs for many years. They are such a blessing. She has had a series of Golden Retrievers. :heart:

    Allie: If your DFIL is still eating he is probably holding his own. I suspect your attention has made a huge difference for his happiness and continued survival. :flowerforyou:

    Machka: Lovely photo of the beach and clouds. I’m glad you were able to consolidate your days off into a good amount of rest and recreation. I’m looking at the Windy.com link and it appears you’re having quite a bit of wind. I hope it doesn’t cause damage to your home. :star:

    Lisa: I hope you are able to get in to see your health team and they give you the support you need. :smiley:


    I plan to go to yoga today. I look forward to it. I’m also planning to go to a local nursery to get some herbs that will replace things that died over the winter. I need chive plants and lemon thyme.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,223 Member
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,223 Member
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  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Pip that trip/cruise sounds 😎
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,942 Member
    Machka- - Beautiful picture. We are very fortunate in Canada with our healthcare system and I have had no issues with it at all, but I have been reading articles and such lately that prove it's certainly not a perfect system. I just love all of the pictures you are posting. It makes me a little homesick to go walking in the woods. I grew up in NB on close to 800 acres of forestland. I was never allowed to walk alone in the woods, but if I was back home now I surely would. I think Rodger and I need to plan a trip to Jasper soon. It always refreshes me being back in nature.

    Sharon - It is so nice to see you back.

    Barbara - I was happy to read Scooter did well with his dental. In another couple of weeks he should be all done his check ups for a bit.

    Lisa - It is hard for me to believe that it is a year for you at this organization. It seems to have flown by! I was just starting to reply and comment on this group at the time you were starting your new job.

    Kelly - Good idea on the book for my Mom, I think I will get it for her. If she doesn't use it, maybe another resident will. I love how you enjoy every bite of your chocolate. I am not a big chocolate fan, but when I decide to have some I too eat it slowly.

    Pip - Enjoy that cruise, it is my dream cruise. Rodger is not at all interested in it though.

    Today I am rearranging some furniture and having a twin bed delivered that I need to figure out how to fit in here somehow. I need the bed for when guests come from NB for Kaitlyn's wedding and really I should have it for when the grands are here too, but we really do not have room for it without losing some of my craftroom. I guess I'll see how it fits until after July and make a decision on it's permanency then.

    My Dad built me a hope chest when I was 16 for Christmas and I use that as my coffee table, have for years. I am moving it to our bedroom to try to make more room in the living room. I bought two little shelves yesterday for 7.00 each that I will use as end tables and use the storage foot stools I have been using as end tables as a coffee table. This should free up a few inches in there. For cleaning I love our little trailer, but I wish it was about 6 feet wider than it is.

    Well off to get some work done, I want time to go for a walk and to do some more studying today. I should also look at the job boards to see if there is anything else to apply for. I am so hopeful for this one job that I haven't been looking as hard.

    Tracey in Edmonton
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,223 Member
    klanders30 wrote: »
    Pip that trip/cruise sounds 😎

    my 1st! not counting an overnight one i was on when i was 17
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,223 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Machka- - Beautiful picture. We are very fortunate in Canada with our healthcare system and I have had no issues with it at all, but I have been reading articles and such lately that prove it's certainly not a perfect system. I just love all of the pictures you are posting. It makes me a little homesick to go walking in the woods. I grew up in NB on close to 800 acres of forestland. I was never allowed to walk alone in the woods, but if I was back home now I surely would. I think Rodger and I need to plan a trip to Jasper soon. It always refreshes me being back in nature.

    Sharon - It is so nice to see you back.

    Barbara - I was happy to read Scooter did well with his dental. In another couple of weeks he should be all done his check ups for a bit.

    Lisa - It is hard for me to believe that it is a year for you at this organization. It seems to have flown by! I was just starting to reply and comment on this group at the time you were starting your new job.

    Kelly - Good idea on the book for my Mom, I think I will get it for her. If she doesn't use it, maybe another resident will. I love how you enjoy every bite of your chocolate. I am not a big chocolate fan, but when I decide to have some I too eat it slowly.

    Pip - Enjoy that cruise, it is my dream cruise. Rodger is not at all interested in it though.

    Today I am rearranging some furniture and having a twin bed delivered that I need to figure out how to fit in here somehow. I need the bed for when guests come from NB for Kaitlyn's wedding and really I should have it for when the grands are here too, but we really do not have room for it without losing some of my craftroom. I guess I'll see how it fits until after July and make a decision on it's permanency then.

    My Dad built me a hope chest when I was 16 for Christmas and I use that as my coffee table, have for years. I am moving it to our bedroom to try to make more room in the living room. I bought two little shelves yesterday for 7.00 each that I will use as end tables and use the storage foot stools I have been using as end tables as a coffee table. This should free up a few inches in there. For cleaning I love our little trailer, but I wish it was about 6 feet wider than it is.

    Well off to get some work done, I want time to go for a walk and to do some more studying today. I should also look at the job boards to see if there is anything else to apply for. I am so hopeful for this one job that I haven't been looking as hard.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    he gave me a choice of vegas or alaska.. i took alaska cuz we both had never been
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    So sore today from driving 4+ hours in the car. Mind you, I wasn't the actual driver but I stress out enough! My body goes into tense mode, and I'm a bit white knuckled! We went to pick up son from Sea-Tac airport. He and a bunch of his airdales were down in San Diego, taking apart some helicopters. It was nice seeing his smiling face, but a bit chaotic as to where to meet at the airport. We had gotten there early, so we relaxed upstairs at the USO. Airports used to be such fun places. When you could meet someone as they exited the plane. Or sit with someone until they got on. 9-11 changed all that😔.

    So on the way home we stopped for lunch at this great Mexican restaurant. Too much food, and salt! I'm paying for it today, feeling awful. Rebecca doesn't travel well!
    I'm sitting in my workout clothes and already thinking to scrap all leg workouts because my knees are talking to me. Maybe just arms and sauna. Drink mega water.

    So sorry for the ladies that have fallen! TLC for you!
    💖Rebecca
  • cmsavells
    cmsavells Posts: 257 Member
    I feel like such a slacker. I've been away from the computer all week. This week is theater week for my daughter. I'm chaperoning again tonight. Haven't been to the gym for 3 days, but I've run all over a 100 year old theater with its steep steps. Some of our dressing rooms are on the 4th floor. It's crazy. I'm hoping my daughter can get some pictures tonight. I'll share if she does.

    Allie - prayers to you and the wonderful things you are doing. I just went through this with my uncle. So incredibly difficult especially since my aunt didn't really understand what hospice care would be. My uncle's daughter from his first marriage arranged everything and just didn't consider my aunt in any of it. Hang in there! You have tons of cybersupport here.

    Connie in KY
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,223 Member
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  • rubyslipperss1
    rubyslipperss1 Posts: 31 Member
    Guess I qualify since I am 71. LOL
  • ydailey
    ydailey Posts: 516 Member
    Happy National Zucchini Bread Day!

    Evelyn - Dad was too shaky to sign his name by the time the paperwork came around so my sister had to sign the hospice papers for him. (My sister had medical power of attorney and my brother had power over everything else since they were local to Dad, and I was the executor for his will.) Even though we knew it was what he wanted, something about being the one to sign really devastated her. You're right, though, it was a kind choice in our case too. Dad was done with this life and ready to go.

    Allie - Hey, that's a pretty good meal you got him to eat! If he's eating like that, he's not quite ready to go yet.

    ingridkenobi - Welcome! I'm looking forward to getting to know you.

    Tracey - Our system is really simple: If we don't have the money for medical bills here and we don't qualify for some kind of public assistance, we defer care until we die. Even if we do qualify for public assistance, if we don't have the money to pay for the part they won't cover, we die.

    Sharon - It sounds like you're working hard, and PT will take it out of you. No wonder you're tired!

    Kelly - Beets do have kind of an earthy flavor that isn't for everybody. You should definitely try them again if your only childhood experience with them was the canned variety, though. Starting with fresh beets makes a huge difference.

    Michele - Will you share the recipe for your chocolate bran muffins? Pretty please? Sounds like that could be a nice option for breakfast now and then. I've been eating mostly oatmeal, but with temperatures starting to rise I'll be adding hot-weather alternatives back into the rotation soon.


    I have to tell a story in honor of Zucchini Bread Day. On the day Philip and I moved from Austin, Texas to Tijeras, New Mexico, my best friend and her husband presented us with the largest zucchini I've ever seen. It had hidden away under the leaves and they hadn't found it until it was at least two feet long. They said we should take it with us and tell everybody, "See, everything really is bigger in Texas!" Anyhow, I turned it all into zucchini bread and we ate it for weeks. It's a nice memory of my friend.

    Philip and I are off to the Blanco River this afternoon. Our twenty-eighth wedding anniversary is Saturday and we're going to spend some relaxing time with another couple whose anniversary is close to the same day. Looking forward to some wine and hot tub time!

    -Yvonne in TX
  • rvfamilyfour
    rvfamilyfour Posts: 26 Member
    Hi Everyone,
    Just found this group. I'm Lisa and I am 52. I was just recently diagnosed with diabetes so I am back to FitnessPal to help me journal my food intake.
    Once I was diagnosed, I met with a dietitian to figure out a diet and exercise plan. I was shocked to learn that I can only have 1/2 cup of rice, noodles, quinoa, etc. I think that was the hardest thing to adjust too while figuring out my meal plan. Of course I am a carb addict- pizza, pasta and chips so not eating these anymore (or lowering my portions) has been difficult. Though I have noticed the longer I am on my diet the less cravings I seem to have.
    So to get things going my goal for April is to:
    • Continue to work on my meal plans to lower my carbs (though I an happy to say I have only made a few mistakes so far)
    • Start exercising again (I hurt my knee and broke two toes around the holidays so I was couch bound but in April I got off the couch).
      I am trying to exercise at least 5 times a week and just started a water aerobics class once a week.
    • My main goal is to focus on myself and concentrate on my well being. I have told the family that I will make dinner but otherwise they will have to fend for themselves. I will also not have my trigger foods in the house for awhile.
    • To accomplish my goal I will need to spend less time at work so that I can get my exercise in each day.

      I have also decided to work on my attitude about my food intake. In general I eat pretty healthy, I cook most of our meals (meaning I don't eat out that much) and I try to have at least 50% of our meals vegetarian. I have family who eat terribly and yet they don't have weight or health problems. It just infuriates me-IT'S NOT FAIR. In the past, I have to admit, this depressed me. But now I am focusing on the fact that it is what it is. My body was made this way. I have to stop looking at others, just concentrate on myself and what I need to do to become healthy. I have had weight issues, off and on, since I was in middle school. The only way this is going to change is if my attitude changes. It has taken all these years to figure this out.

      I look forward to reading everyone's stories. I offer my support and strength when I can and will take yours when I need them as well.

      We all know how difficult this journey will be but we can take comfort in knowing that we are not alone.

      For Fun: the weather has been getting nicer so I have been working on my garden. f724r9jat9zw.jpg

      Cheers for now,
      Lisa
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Heather ~ Poor Dolly! Are those the arms the doll hospital put on. They certainly don't go with the rest of the doll's body. :'(

    Yvonne ~ Do you not have any health insurance? It sounds really bad when you say you must die if you don't have the money to pay for treatment.

    Machka ~ Love the pic of the pathway through the rain forest. I would love to walk that path.

    Rebecca ~ So sorry you are sore from your car trip. My husband gets so mad at me when we are in traffic and I stick my arms out to "brake" because the car in front is braking. It's just a natural reflex for me.

    Megamom ~ Great progress! You look good.

    RV Lisa ~ Welcome! Tell us what we can call you as there is another Lisa in this chat group. She signs off as "Lisa in Arkansas."

    I have 70 calories left for today as we ate lunch at Burger King and I had a Whopper and Fries. Delicious!

    Talked to the BnL in ICU and finally found out what bank he uses to pay bills. My DH is now out trying to get the bank to authorize him to be able to write checks. At the moment, the BnL owes over $900 in utility bills, etc. There will be an upcoming hospital and rehab bill. The dr's say that he will not be able to return home, so we must find a suitable place in which he can be transferred to after the hospital releases him.

    Carol in GA

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