WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2019

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  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
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    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Lisa - are you still using the rower you bought? :)

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

    Heather - nope, and if I stay with the gym (which seems likely) will probably sell it. :smiley:
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,877 Member
    edited September 2019
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    Rho97070 wrote: »
    M in Oz Good article on TBI that you posted. I already use some of those compensatory strategies, lol! Have to :# lest I may have a "senior moment".

    I'm familiar with severe TBI due to my mother (auto accident age 38) and #2 son (bicycle accident a few days before turning18). My son also suffered paralysis nipple down. He pretty much had to learn everything all over again. Mom was never the same.

    I'm not in the medical profession, but differ about the author's claim, “brain training programs and memory drills don’t really help". I think it's possible that they can, and that recovery has a lot to do one's age, one's will, and the support the suffer receives. Bike riding was one of the things the rehab docs pushed my son to do because it helps neurons connect :-) Brain training was also on the agenda, but not via computer. Only paper and pencil and verbal repetition were used. He'll be 45 next month, very athletic (though sometimes in pain) and the smartest and most successful of my sons. He speaks four languages, but can't write or spell worth sh#t! Some things he chose not to re-learn. He figured learning how to talk to many different people would serve him better than learning how to write well in English or spell. Here's a link you might find interesting: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415868/ Lots and lots of patience, m'dear <3

    I think I've read that article before ... I've done a lot of research on brain injury in the last 18 months.

    My husband was in a coma for 2.5 weeks and in post-traumatic amnesia for 7 weeks putting him right on the edge of severe and extremely severe. I've read a recent report and he was a hair's breadth away from dying but they didn't tell me that at the time.

    Because he took so long to come out of post-traumatic amnesia, the OTs and doctors started to tell me that I would need to start looking into permanent care facilities. They told me they would eventually transfer him out of the neuro ward to rehab but he'd be in rehab for at least 6 months, possibly closer to a year, so I had a little time to arrange a facility to transfer him into.

    Finally, on the weekend of the worst storm of 2018, almost 2 months after his accident, he emerged from post-traumatic amnesia. And he took a little surge forward. He started walking and talking. He was walking with a walker and wasn't talking particularly coherently, but it was progress. About 10 days later he was transferred to rehab and was there for about 6 weeks then sent home and transferred to community rehab. That was a surprise for all of us!! No one expected him to be able to come home!! He was in hospital for 102 days, and then continued with community rehab and a carer for 9-10 hours a day for 4 more months (and me for the rest of the day). The carer hours gradually went down until Christmas when she stopped all together. Plus he's been going to physio regularly.

    He has left side damage which affects his language skills and memory, a bit of frontal damage which affects emotions, and was also diagnosed with diffuse axonal injury which could result in anything depending on what was damaged and it is virtually impossible to tell. The diffuse axonal injury is why they figured he would need permanent care. He has a large area of permanent scarring on the left side which has recently triggered seizures.

    I was aware of the possibility of neuroplasticity right from the beginning, so I talked to him, read my assignments to him, and played music to him. When the OT told me to keep things quiet and play only soft music, I played his favourite music. When the OT told me, no TV, I would put on gardening shows (he was an orchard manager).

    One day in rehab one of the OTs came to me and told me that my husband was probably ready for walks up to about half a kilometre. Right. OK. Well um ... we've already been walking a little over 1 km each time we go out!! We walked very, very slowly and rested a few times along the way of course.

    When he came home, I set up his bicycle on a trainer and we started riding indoors "together". He could only do a fraction of what I was doing, but it was something. We do some cycling outside as well, but only on quiet roads or paths.

    I tried to expose him to all sorts of things that would trigger memories and help rebuild. I also let him try things ... whatever he wants to try. While some parts of brain are damaged, others seem largely intact. His orientation skills are great! And his procedural memory seems mostly OK so he can do many of the things that he used to do whereas he can't remember names and details and his executive reasoning isn't what it was.

    I don't know if all I (and rehab) did helped, but as I say, the specialists say he has had a "remarkable" recovery. He'll never be fully recovered ... but this is better than him in a permanent care home!


    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,877 Member
    edited September 2019
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    LisaInAR wrote: »
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Lisa - are you still using the rower you bought? :)

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

    Heather - nope, and if I stay with the gym (which seems likely) will probably sell it. :smiley:

    That's too bad! I love my Concept2!! I feel like it gives me a good overall workout.
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    edited September 2019
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    okiewoman510 wrote: »
    janetr7476 wrote: »
    On the topic of bras, if they made training bras big enough to go around me, I'd be just fine.

    Janetr OKC

    P.S. Who ever heard of a fat old lady with no boobs? ;)

    Except you’re not fat!

    Okie

    Thank you, sweetie <3

    Janetr OKC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,877 Member
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    Very busy couple days finishing and submitting another assignment.

    In total, including the slides in the presentation, the assignment document and the product itself, I think I ended up with roughly 100 pages. It was a scramble tonight getting it all done. There was more to it than I was anticipating. Thank goodness for a fairly quick typing speed!!

    I submitted it at 11 pm ... and I can "rest" now and for the weekend.

    I need it!! My husband had a cold last weekend and guess who has it now. :neutral:


    But I use that term "rest" rather loosely. It means ... I can get some of the non-uni stuff done. I hope.


    Machka in Oz
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
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    Lisa in AR "Janetr - pretty much ditto on that comment... when my weight went away, my booberage raised its hand and jumped ship first. I'm somewhere between an A and a B. Unfortunately, when I lost down from a 38DD, I went to a 34 long. :)"

    I have always been small on top so one perk, no pun intended, there's nothing there to sag. :)

    Janetr OKC
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,212 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    LisaInAR wrote: »
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Lisa - are you still using the rower you bought? :)

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

    Heather - nope, and if I stay with the gym (which seems likely) will probably sell it. :smiley:

    That's too bad! I love my Concept2!! I feel like it gives me a good overall workout.

    I agree, Machka. It's my go to bonus exercise when it's too inclement to run. I like sitting down B) and I can watch my favourite rubbish TV on my tablet, which certainly passes the time happily. I normally do half an hour and then switch to the bike for 15 minutes. That sees the programme out!
    I don't think I could get myself to a gym regularly. Far too lazy.

    Did my 5k for bonus today. Too hot to go any further. Knackered. But I can eat tonight! :p

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,052 Member
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    I am choosing to stay home today after a busy week. Nice just to putter around the house.
    <3 Margaret
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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    Yvonne & Allie: The “girls” seemed to lose weight as I did. I went from a 38 to a 34 and a D to a C in cup size and have stabilized there. My back is happier with the lighter weight up front and I still feel curvy enough. I like underwire bras. :flowerforyou:

    Machka: I love the information on memory support strategies. Thank you!!! :star:

    Heather: I’m happy that your DH will be at home now that Hampshire has won the cricket match. I watched a cricket match on TV once. It seemed both similar to baseball and altogether different. I am not a big pro-baseball fan due to too much player's time spent standing around and scratching. I like football and basketball better. :ohwell:

    Lisa: I ride a recumbent stationary exercise “bike” at the gym simply to burn calories. I have an old permanent knee injury and this works well for me. Jogging is not a healthy option for my knee. The bike room has TVs that many seem to enjoy watching while they ride exercise bikes, work on treadmills and so forth. The TV sound is down to very low and the screens have closed caption at the bottom. :star: We have two terra-trykes at home that are on wheel blocks. DH is talking about using his for exercise. I hope he follows through. He definitely needs to move more. :flowerforyou:

    Michele: My son asked for my mother’s wedding set when he was getting married to DDIL. They sold the ring for its diamond value, and had a new ring made. That was an unpleasant surprise and I had to let it go. DD wanted that set for herself and was sad about it. I have two lovely antique rings that she will have “someday.” I’ve settled on the reality that I can’t control what my adult children decide to do with things I’ve given them. :ohwell:

    Karen in VA: You are absolutely right about communication with doctors. DH is medically complicated. He has Diabetes, MS, and suffered a stroke a few years ago and has some disability from it. He was stubborn about getting to the hospital quickly and some of the stroke damage was irreversible. We currently have a primary care doctor who is a fabulous communicator. DH’s MS doctor is also an excellent communicator. They are in two separate hospital systems and we’re working on getting a good communications door opened between them. :star:

    Wizzybeth aka Karen: Weclome! :flowerforyou:



    Yoga is at 10 am today!!!! YAY!!!! I had to miss my Tuesday morning class because DH had medical appointments about 20 miles away from here over seriously cr*ppy roads.


    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

  • csofled
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  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,046 Member
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    I did four minutes on an elliptical today at PT. Slowly getting stronger! I was happy that my limiting factor was leg strength - I can work on that.
  • cityjaneLondon
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    The Brighton Triathlon is this Sunday. We will wander down after our exercises to see the participants on Hove Lawns. My son was meant to be participating, but his dislocated ankle in May put paid to his training. He is getting back to it, but too late.
    Weather is going to be rather warm, so that will make it harder. There is sprint, super sprint and Olympic.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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    I would like to join. How do I do that. Thanks!
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    Welcome, Cathy! Yes, just jump in. That’s all you have to do.

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