WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2020

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  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,615 Member
    edited November 2020
    "Get to do"s and "chose well"s
    Chose well: chiro, Freddie’s, post office, recycling, take BP.
    Bonus: one load laundry, stroll with T, paid off high interest roof loan with low interest IRA proceeds.
    Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, return stove guy’s call and FINISH cleaning Aunt Elsie’s stove, type hymns, email info to grantwriter, watch STAS Day 17, submit grant pics and receipts, test Bluetooth speaker so can do BB&B or T’ai Chi from voice recordings, make experimental almond paste, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (I ain’t never gonna love nobody but Cornell Crawford (Alley cat), A Little Less Broken, One margarita, I’m so used to being broke, All Night, Sleeping with the Devil, Nothing but You, Blame it on my beating heart, Homesick); finish mulching flowerbed; broadcast cover crop seed in veg garden areas, invest another 10 minutes in prepping living trust, Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine, find and configure a screen time popup, figure out where to plant naked lady bulbs. Reward: inventory seeds, plan next year’s garden, wishlist replenishments
    New Ways November
    19: Broaden your perspective, read a different paper, magazine or website: does BBC news count?

    Joe walked the dogs down the drive to the powerline today for the second time since his surgery ordeal began. Feeling thankful!

    The very happiest of birthdays, Annie! Thanks for the
    https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/11/12-minute-bursts-of-exercise-have-bigger-impact-than-thought/
    info. Just what I needed, but then I read “…The study further found that metabolic responses may be modulated by factors other than exercise, including a person’s sex and body mass index, with obesity possibly conferring partial resistance to the benefits of exercise. NOT what I wanted to hear, but I’ll try dancing in 12 minute chunks anyway.
    Allie :love: your positive attitude, keep it up girlfriend! Glad you’re past the first procedure and able to drink and eat, at least for awhile. Thank you for keeping us posted. Prayers continue.
    Lisa Halelujah for that nurse overnighting your meds.
    Welcome @mlivermore15 in VA!
    Heather, the very happiest of new boyfriend anniversaries to you and Johnny! That walk sounds divine!
    Barbie “the history of toilet paper???” :laugh: “I am grateful that I have so few people to talk to. It limits the annoying things I hear.” :laugh: I really admire your attitude of gratitude.
    Sheri in OH, con VERY gratulations for taking off those 10 lbs!
    Flea ((hugs)) hardest but lovingest :cry: ((hugs))
    Julie the stroll was fabulous. We have a little break from the winter rainstorms, it was 55F, blue skies and calm winds, felt like 70F! This strolling buddy and I always laugh a lot together, soothes the soul. Hope you can take much satisfaction for the progress the workers’ rights issue is making.
    Rita Fingers X’d your using Scan’n’Go avoided exposure at Sam’s. How’s the weather there? Can you get outside to work off some of the frustration?
    Sue in WA your labradoodle’s raincoat antics made me laugh.
    Vicki just reading about your work schedule exhausts me. Hope the interviews went well and workers are willing.
    Michele do you know what hurt your foot? How long will it take you to drive to Iowa? Please be safe, my peeps there tell me it’s a real C-19 hotspot.
    @charsuzy nice steps/profile pic. Well done!
    Tracey Brava for speaking truth. Hope that gave your cousin a different perspective. Fear can blind us. Looking forward to puppysitting stories and pics.
    Ginny “clear what I can at one time and go back to the stuff and decide on more” makes perfect sense. Alas, sometimes when I’m adding to the donate pile, my hand reaches out on its own and says “oh no, not THIS!” :laugh:
    Debbie 4 small avocados for $1? OH how I miss California produce and its prices!
    Beth “sad”? Horrific! Enraged!!! And yes ultimately very very very sad.
    Rori always happy to see your smiling face.
    Margaret :love: your immediate self care actions (retina repair, “beat the flu”). Does Drew have snow booties for those 4 walks a day?
    Katla what you said about “You should…” Truth that. I’m thinking it would take some kind of heat lamp/disco ball to brighten my mood, it’s so very very dark out there.
    Machka what you said about how things actually are and how things work. I believe we’re seeing first hand the effectiveness of propaganda/doublespeak. :devil:

    Just realized I forgot zoom Bible study. Oops!

    You know you’re hungry when you start eyeing the pile of training kibble on the desk. :laugh: That's NOT popcorn!!!

    Off to bed.

    Lighter, lovelies!

    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    November: better than October.
    daily: sit with Joe: 18, weigh: 19, steps>5491=9087 vits=19 log=19 CI<CO=16 CI<250<CO=8 Tumble & Shadow 5=19 mfp=19 outside=16 up hill=15
    wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3=0 rx=3 dance=1 clean 30 mins=6.5
    mnthly: board mtg=1 grant=1 20for20=0
    bonus: AF=12 play=0 sew=0
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,628 Member
    Adding photos from our couple weeks away almost a month ago now!
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/

    On Oct 28, we took a trip into the northern town of Deloraine and had a look at the little shops in town, then went just out of town to a place called Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm where we had pancakes with raspberries. The farm has a little path around a pond to the edge of where the raspberries are grown.

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    One of the towns we stayed in celebrates aspects of the town and the people who lived there. At least a couple of our ladies here should be able to identify what those big white things are ... only they aren't usually that big!

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    M in Oz
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    edited November 2020
    Ah, Flea, I'm so very sorry. One of my favorite authors said: "Joy shared is doubled; pain shared is halved. Thus we refute entropy." Sharing our love with others, whether with two legs or four, is part of how we anchor ourselves to this planet, I think. When they have loved us back, we truly become a part of something larger than ourselves. They deserve our tears. I'm glad you could lean on us, and that you were there for your son.

    Heather - Happy Anniversary to you and Johnny! Here's to many, many more.

    Beth - I am beyond words about the treatment of your son. To have someone who is paid to care for his well-being treat him in that fashion is not just cruel but criminal. Hopefully you can get them replaced with some who care.

    Allie     - Hope today's tests go well, my dear, and that they find a clear path forward to a resolution for you.

    Debbie - Hope the retinal tear is an easy fix...

    Slept well last night, and grateful for it. Lots of insomnia of late, and I think things are leveling out to the point where I can begin exercising once more, which should help with sleeping. Tried ten minutes on the elliptical a couple weeks back, before I knew about the afib, so it was pretty rough. Today is the third day on the meds for the afib. It's started to drop my resting heart rate already, but not necessarily my heart rate when I'm walking or otherwise active. The meds reach their top capacity within a week, and then, if needed, can adjust the dose with the doctor.

    TMI
    Weird tight rope I'm walking with two health things going on that may or may not have anything to do with each other. December 1, I'll start what is hopefully the last ten-day regiment of antibiotics for the bacterial overgrowth in my gut. But starting this week, I've been so gaseous that I feel like a hot air balloon in the afternoons and evenings. And honestly, the smell is enough to make a skunk blanch.

    None of the gas preparations help so far. To cheer me up, I've decided to believe that the odoriferous emissions from my nether regions are the final exhale of each bacteria as they expire. I need that assurance when I see my husband with his nose buried in his shirt, trying not to breathe once more, since he heard the pffft as I walked by. Bless him.

    Lab tests this morning for kidney function, as the diuretic action has finally slowed down to about a quarter pound loss a day. Unfortunately, the edema has not diminished AT ALL. Hopefully not a permanent state of affairs.

    Later, y'all,
    Lisa in AR
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    ((Flea)). So sorry about your doggie. :'(

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  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,318 Member
    Hugs Flea!

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Flea
    So glad you were with your beloved pup but understand that it was not an easy thing to go through. Karen in VA and I both lost our beloved pups since the beginning of the year and I still think of mine every day.

    Lisa
    I agree that maybe all the gas is a sign that those little devils in your system are being evicted. At least, I hope so.

    Beth
    Those workers with your son are just showing their lazy no-good sides. I am so sorry that this keeps happening and hope you can get some help getting it corrected for him.

    Heather
    Happy Anniversary!

    Allie
    So glad you are getting the care that you need.

    Good Wishes and Prayers to All who need them. (((Hugs)))

    Carol in GA


  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,294 Member
    (((Flea)))

    (((Beth)))

    (((Allie)))
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,261 Member
    edited November 2020
    Debbie the floaters I noticed were caused by the bleeding a torn retina causes. They did go away. I know I still have floaters but my eye has adjusted to them and I don't noticed them. Vision was just as good after repair. Your eye doctor should send you to a retinologist to do the repair. I am surprised he did not send you immediately. My mom had a detached retina so I knew how serious my eye problem was. If what looks like a black curtain comes down in that eye immediately go to an emergency room that means retiana detached and the outcome for that eye depends how quickly it becomes fixed. It is a medical emergency if this happens. I was told fixing the retina 1-20 chance still of detached retina without fix 1-3. Until this is fixed be careful with anything that adds pressure to your eye like bending over, do not lift anything heavy, and what isn't a problem right now flying. Your doctor should have told you these things. I think what caused mine was age, antibiotics, and a bad fall. I had not had cataract surgery, but that also is a risk factor in this.

    After reading the book Beating the Flu by J.E.Williams conclusion my best defense against this current outbreak is to get my immune system as strong as I can. COVID had not come out yet, but he did talk about SARS which in terms of how sick it makes you is similar. His advice against that is applicable to COVID. It is interesting he talked about what must be done to lessen an outbreak. One reason I think Asia is doing better than us is they learned the lessons from SARS and were better prepared. They knew what to do. Another reason this is so nasty is the incubation period being so long. and it can be passed on longer with people who are sick or do not show symptoms.

    He also talked about a vaccine. A vaccine will hopefully lessen the illness just like a flu shot lessens the flu. Again the best thing for people in out age group is to build a strong immune system.

    This group is great in helping me achieve my goal for a better immune system because we encourage and model to each other healthy ways of living.

    Barbara Drew at this point will have nothing to do with boots. I just want them on her when people start using salt to keep down the ice. Not a problem yet. I have put on a wool sweater and a harness jacket over to keep her warm. We are getting a bit of warmer weather so just the harness coat for now.
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,210 Member
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  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,955 Member
    Heather - Happy anniversary, that sounds like a perfect walk on the beach.

    Allie - Good luck! Although with the time difference you're probably done already.

    Machka- I love all of your photos of summer, I won't share what you are missing here in Alberta.

    Lisa - Your description makes me laugh, not the situation but your description. I hope you are right and the bacteria is finally leaving your body.

    I was up over an hour early this morning, I have swept and made sure nothing is within chewing reach for when Ember arrives while I'm at work today. I'm glad my daughter is getting this little visit in with her friend now because I'm pretty sure we'll be going into lockdown again soon.

    Have a great day ladies.
    Tracey in Edmonton
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,533 Member
    Did Amy Dixon’s Breathless Body DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do Jillian Michael’s Killer Cardio DVD

    Allie     – thanks for keeping us informed. So glad that you are getting such good care

    Flea     - <tears for you and your family>

    Beth – What was done to your son breaks my heart. Is it possible to find another home for him?

    M     – Last year we didn’t travel to Denise’s. Vince is very much into decorating. We can’t leave the computers on for extended periods in case something happens. We can’t leave the controllers outside for extended periods. Oh, we can go out around here for a few hours and leave the decorations on, but not for days on end. I honestly can’t see why Denise can’t come down here once/year, but if she doesn’t…she doesn’t. Plus…we’re going to Iowa for Thanksgiving. Plus….to be honest, Denise’s place isn’t all that big, especially now that PJ is needing more and more. I don’t think there’s that much contact driving somewhere. The most will be from the person whom you are ordering your food from. We know that if we want to eat indoors, we have to go to a truckstop. All the fast food places are pick-up only. I don’t think we want to eat in the car when the weather is very cold outside. I’ll (as I always have done) will probably bring my own food with me.

    Katla – one of my concerns is that the child in the daycare who tested positive, even tho he/she didn’t have much in the way of symptoms, could have passed it on to the teacher who passed it on to someone else who passed it on to Denise even without her knowing it.

    Rori     – I think of you often. Please let us know how you are.

    Barbara – I have no idea how I hurt my foot. Vince thinks it’s my exercising. He would think something like that! It will take us 2 days to drive to Iowa. Trust me, I’m going to be extra careful. What do your peeps have to say about Idaho (in other words, how worried should I be?) Terrible to say, but in one way I’m glad Denise isn’t going to come down. If she’s been exposed, I have no desire to possibly also be exposed. Yes, I would love to see PJ, but my life is worth a lot more. Like I said, I was surprised Jess’ school is starting back up 1/19. But she said that her school is exempt from a lot of the restrictions in Iowa because they have had so few cases of C-19. I’m wondering if people being home for the holidays might bring it back with them and then will the school have to go back to only on-line learning? Well, we shall see. I guess the only people we’ll come into contact with are the people who serve food (only Vince will be with them, I’ll bring my own food), the people at the hotels(s), people at Menard’s (I definitely want to go there), that’s all I can think of.

    While exercising tried not to bend the top of the foot. Didn’t do lunges, didn’t do any jumping. Now have the boot back on. I’m thinking that whenever I have to drive somewhere, I’ll take the boot off and put on a sandal I have. When I get to where I’m going, I’ll put the boot back on. I figure until I can get to the MD, I’ll wear it. That’s probably what he’d recommend anyway.

    Cleaned the microwave and decorated the small tree in the kitchen. Off to the soup kitchen, then Vince asked me to pick up a prescription for him and then I go to the hosp for my prolia.

    Michele NC
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,285 Member
    Oregonmother I’m so sorry to hear about the loss of your poacher. I have been through that experience 5 times with my kids, I feel your pain
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,058 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,723 Member
    Ever since we went on our walk in glorious sunshine, it has been raining! Good call this morning!

    Lisa - I think i have the smelliest f...s of anyone. Some nights, if I've had a lot of lentils, I have to sleep alone. ;)

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited November 2020
    Michele: We’re in Covid round two. I don’t know how many rounds there may be. We are staying home. The gym is closed, and we’re not going to fly anywhere in the foreseeable future. :ohwell:

    Allie: It appears that you’re being well cared for. I am sending good thoughts for a safe trip to Yale and an excellent outcome from the surgery there. :heart:

    Beth: The CoVID pandemic has impacted us all. Our state recently had to close gyms and limit restaurants to curbside pick-up. I feel that mask wearing is one of the ways I can protect myself and others. It has been made mandatory again. Thank goodness that allows me to shop in the stores if I want, and confidence that everyone is following safety rules. :flowerforyou:

    Heather: Happy Anniversary!!!

    Barbara: I am noticing the shorter days and crave more light. We replaced most of the lights in our house with daylight temperature lights. Two good things about them are the quality of light and reduced energy requirements. If we crank it all up at once we could probably perfrom surgery in here. That won’t happen. We have adequate light-but no surgical skills. :noway: :wink:

    Machka: The spring/summer photos are a delight! :star:

    Lisa: I hope the lab tests for kidney function show an improvement and you feel better day by day. :heart:

    Michele: Your observations about the risks for children in daycare are valid. Many families must work outside the home, and their children need care. It is a difficult time for them. Good providers are out there and doing their best to keep the daycare children and their own families safe. Their service is a vital help to us all. :heart:


    Michele’s comments about child care remind me of Kelly. I haven’t seen her posting lately. Has anyone heard from her? :huh: Elder care is also vital. I think of Tracey in Alberta. Both women are heroes in my opinion. :heart: :star::heart:

    Regarding the upcoming holiday season: Our tradition is to start putting up Christmas decorations while Macy’s has its Thanksgiving Parade. We put things up a bit at a time. Lots of tiny artificial trees and shelf ornaments can come out during the parade. Our primary Christmas tree is a living Alberta Spruce and will spend a limited amount of time indoors. It will be brought in to the garage for a week to transition to warmer house temperatures. It will come indoors for a couple of weeks, and then taken out in to the garage to gradually transition back outside.


    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    bwcetc wrote: »
    Allie ... so glad to see you posting. You have good heart; praying that it is made better.

    The quarantine my son was placed under on Saturday was lifted. Turned out his exposure was not really exposure and was not something he should have been quarantined for. Not sure what that was all about. However, his house ... all the houses under his agency's care ... are going back on lockdown tomorrow due to the outbreak in Western New York. He can come home for Thanksgiving if he stays home for a minimum of 6 days and is tested for covid on the 4th day. That's assuming of course the we take him back.

    Rant.
    We did not get to see my son on Sunday due to the imposed quarantine mentioned above that was then lifted. He asked to FaceTime with me in the evening. What he shared with his dad and I left us very disturbed. Long story short. The weekend staff is below sub-par. The weekend before, I may have shared that he went to the ER for acute urinary retention due, in part, because he had been left lying in bed for over 12-13 hours without an opportunity to urinate and developed painful spasms. He shared that he had been left in bed again this weekend, even after we had gone over all the problems of doing so the weekend before. In fact the woman who took him to the ER was the one who left him lay in bed again, 14 hours this time. After his choking incident in August, and a subsequent investigation, protocols were put in place to prevent him from choking again. On Sunday, every protocol was ignored by this aide along with another person. When he asked the aide to feed him dinner because it was late and his muscle control was poor, something everyone agreed to and he has been encouraged by the agency to request ... he was told "no, I'm busy, feed yourself." A second aide sat on the couch, overheard the conversation, and also refused him. Because he had not been fed all day and was hungry, he fed himself and then called me. Refusing to feed someone when asked, essentially humiliating him, and repeatedly leave a person laying in bed is abusive in nature. We made this very clear to the agency and those in charge. Consequently, two new investigations are being conducted by the Justice Center and "emergency protocols" are in place while those investigations are occurring. The two aides in question are still working there, and by the way, take their masks off and have told my son they are useless. I told him to call the police the next time they remove their masks. The simple thing would be to bring him home and forget the whole idea of a group home. But this wouldn't solve the long-term problem of finding care for him. We have made it clear that their response to this mistreatment will determine our next steps. Which, as you can guess, will be legal action. I suspect that it will take a lawsuit to finally convince the agency and the state to make needed changes. Sad. Just very sad.

    Covid Crap
    Our community is now in the "orange zone," Gov. Cuomo's micro cluster designations ...so church services can only be 33% capacity or 25 people, whichever is less. We will be back to online services only. The church staff is considering how we'll celebrate Christmas if we can't have church services. It is only a matter of days until I am furloughed again when we hit "red zone" and I expect that after Thanksgiving. Schools are closed as of tomorrow and only delivery/curbside for restaurants unless they do outdoor dining... which is sort of difficult in the northeast in the late fall and winter. I did the last of my in-person shopping on Tuesday. Until this peaks in our area, I'll only do delivery or curbside pick-up. Too many people in the stores and they're getting crazy. There are metrics, of course, that would allow activities to begin again, but no one seems to think that is going to happen anytime soon.

    Beth near Buffalo.

    This is horrible, Beth. I am so sorry you and your son are going through this. I hope he gets justice and adequate treatment.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,200 Member
    margaretturk wrote: »
    Debbie the floaters I noticed were caused by the bleeding a torn retina causes. They did go away. I know I still have floaters but my eye has adjusted to them and I don't noticed them. Vision was just as good after repair. Your eye doctor should send you to a retinologist to do the repair. I am surprised he did not send you immediately. My mom had a detached retina so I knew how serious my eye problem was. If what looks like a black curtain comes down in that eye immediately go to an emergency room that means retiana detached and the outcome for that eye depends how quickly it becomes fixed. It is a medical emergency if this happens. I was told fixing the retina 1-20 chance still of detached retina without fix 1-3. Until this is fixed be careful with anything that adds pressure to your eye like bending over, do not lift anything heavy, and what isn't a problem right now flying. Your doctor should have told you these things. I think what caused mine was age, antibiotics, and a bad fall. I had not had cataract surgery, but that also is a risk factor in this.

    Thank you for all that information- I will be making my appointment to have them check it. She said it is very small but she wants me to go get it checked. She has the new scan machine which found it- didn't dialate my eyes this time which was nice- mine stay dialated for so long after. We think it happened at least 6 months ago(can't remember how long it has been since I started seeing the floaters- maybe a year ago. The tear is very small and not affecting my vision where it is, other than the floaters.

    Thanks again
    Debbie
    Napa Valley,CA
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,331 Member
    Catch up later. Finished of 60

    RvRita
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,261 Member
    Debbie I noticed I said he for the doctors who helped me were men. Having a women is great too!
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,666 Member
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  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Blessings, Vicki GI NE <3
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Regarding Doctors: Our primary care doctor is the best doctor either of us have had. We’re lucky to have found her. I had a different female doctor that wasn’t a good match. I tagged along with DH when he met Doctor D. She was so good at that first meeting that I asked to transfer to her and I have not regretted it. Medical expertise and communication skills do not always coexist in one doctor. Dr D does very well in both. We are lucky to have found her. 🌹
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    Happy Anniversary Heather and J. <3!
    Beth (((((hugs)))))
    Allie (((((hugs))))
    Flea ((((hugs))))

    group hugs!!! (((((((( <3)))))))
    Its a tough time for all of us, but we are so strong. I admire each and every one of you <3!
    Rebecca
    (ate the rest of my Hollandaise sauce heavenly meal, and some grapefruit.)
    yummo!
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    (((Allie:))) Good news that you’ve arrived at Yale and are tucked in and comfortable. :flowerforyou:

    Rebecca: Thank for your good thoughts for all of us. We are strong, & you are a strong woman, yourself. :star:

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

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