WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2020

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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,202 Member
    edited November 2020
    TerriRichardson112 wrote: »
    auntiebk wrote: »
    Michele, in cases per 1,000,000 people, Iowa is number 3-nearly twice the US average. Idaho is number 7. More populated states like NY, CA and TX are lower on the scale. Oregon is not a heavily populated state, we are 47th in cases per million, thanks to our Governor’s taking tough actions early and often, despite pushback from rural politicos. Will you travel through Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois? All 3 have more than the average cases per million. In this link, scroll down to the table by state, and sort by the Tot cases/1 M pop column. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
    Both Iowa and Illinois have statewide mask mandates as well other restrictions, e.g. grocery store capacity, outdoor dining. If it were me, I’d stay home and FaceTime or Zoom Thanksgiving. Hope your foot feels better fast and your trip is safe.
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

    Michelle, is your journey really necessary? And I think Denise is being very sensible by not wanting to put her family at risk.

    :)Michele, The CDC (Center for Disease Control) has recommended staying home for Thanksgiving, not even going to someone's house in the same town.
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member


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    :)Michele, The CDC (Center for Disease Control) has recommended staying home for Thanksgiving, not even going to someone's house in the same town.[/quote

    Here are CDC guidelines for the holidays. Also, note that these are GUIDELINES ONLY, and Local, County, and State emergency order mandates (NOT LAWS) apply and may be enforced with arrest, fines, and/or jail time.

    https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html

  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Morning ladies
    I was rudely awakened for a blood draw at 5:25 this morning so now I am awake..
    I know there is a risk of death in most anything but open heart surgery is a biggie.
    I have texted everything to Tracy,where everything is etc...
    Tom and Elena have Alfie..
    And bless my dear friends they cleaned my place yesterday...So all is set if the unfortunate happens it does
    There is always a little apprehension .but I got this.. and ill be better before I know it..😃

    It's normal and understandable to be nervous, but you are in the very best place you can be, and your doctors and care providers are not going to let anything happen to you. My dad's first open heart surgery was very early on in the process -- 1960, before I was born. He didn't have a great chance of survival (and my mom pregnant with me), but he survived. His second was in 1973 -- still a brutal time for such procedures -- and while his recovery was weeks, he came through and thrived. He lived to be 70, when at 22, my mom was told he might not live to be 30.

    All that to say -- if my dad can come through it under such brutal circumstances, you will do great! I predict that you are going to feel like a new woman once your recovery is over. I am very happy for you.

    But I will also continue praying, peace for you, and for stable hands and wise decisions for your medical staff.

    Take care. We are here with you.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    Thank you, everyone, for your kind thoughts and virtual hugs during this difficult time for my family. We are moving quickly through the stages of grief, I think because we knew it was coming. Thursday was rough, yesterday was better, and today, I feel ready for a puppy. We have a cat, and I am a cat person, but we are also very much dog people, and we really want to have a dog. My husband and I have never been without a dog. The house doesn't feel right.

    Hubby has already begun searching, but because of the freeze, most shelters are closed to adoptions. So we will try to be patient and hope for a new addition to our incomplete family soon.

    Take care.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    We have several strawberry plants and I've been pulling off one or two each day, but today, I picked a bowl of them!

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    M in Oz

    I know you have had your winter, but it's really tough to see those beautiful days and those strawberries when we are so cold and gloomy. We didn't see the sun at all yesterday jn the PNW, and I am not sure we are going to see it today either.

    I am so happy for you, Machka, and your new more relaxed way of living. Enjoy!!

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    Anniesquats100 wrote: »
    Thanks for the birthday wishes! I had a great day. My mom made me a birthday cake. I'm getting a new phone but I'm waiting to see if the price drops next week.

    The sad thing is that once again my daughter ignored me. I haven't seen her since 2016, and she stopped returning my texts. Nothing for Mother's Day, so I stopped texting her after that. So I guess we are estranged now.

    Annie in Delaware

    I'm sorry about your daughter, Annie. But it was nice of your mother to make a cake. Happy belated birthday.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
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  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited November 2020
    Sars2/Cov19 Virus for Oregon by counties

    County Population Cases Deaths

    Multnomah County 812,855 14,060 211

    Washington County 601,592 8,466 95

    Marion County 347,818 8,025 127

    Clackamas County 418,187 5,025 77

    Umatilla County 77,950 4,013 48

    Lane County 382,067 3,672 37

    Jackson County 220,944 3,240 19

    Malheur County 30,571 2,266 39

    Deschutes County 197,692 1,841 14

    Yamhill County 107,100 1,468 16

    Linn County 129,749 1,188 18

    Polk County 86,085 983 15

    Douglas County 110,980 756 14

    Jefferson County 24,658 749 11

    Benton County 93,053 679 7

    Union County 26,835 655 2

    Klamath County 68,238 612 4

    Morrow County 11.603 602 7

    Lincoln County 49,962 559 13

    Wasco County 26.862 447 18

    Columbia County 52,354 405 2

    Josephine County 87,487 401 4

    Coos County 64,487 368 1

    Hood River County 23,382 349 1

    Clatsop County 40,224 321 0

    Baker County 16,124 248 3

    Crook County 24,404 183 6

    Tillamook County 27,036 111 0

    Curry County 22.925 101 2

    Grant County 7.199 101 1

    Lake County 7,869 85 0

    Harney County 7,393 82 1

    Wallowa County 7,208 70 2

    Sherman County 1,780 23 0

    Gilliam County 1,912 21 0

    Wheeler County 1,332 1 0








  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,321 Member
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  • sh0tzz99
    sh0tzz99 Posts: 971 Member
    Good Day, Ladies.

    Allie-thinking good thoughts for you!
    Beth-Wow. I really have no words; certainly no good ones for that home. Hugs and positive thoughts to you and your family.
    Heather-sending good thoughts re your meeting with the doc. My mister has high iron levels and is borderline hemochromatosis. His mother had the same. He would not have know to watch for it if he didn't peruse her medical records after her passing. He takes turmeric supplements every day, which is supposed to help block iron absorption. He also has to request they check his iron periodically. They won't do it, unless he asks. If your levels are low, you can take a supplement. Easy fix.

    I recommend everyone get results and watch for patterns. I think in the U.S. they have to give you the records if you ask for them. They can charge you something for the administrative effort, but they have to provide them. We watch for our own patterns and ask our doctors a lot of questions and do our own research. Most doctors are not Dr. House and don't go to great investigative lengths to figure out what's wrong with us.

    To that, I have a question for you all. I periodically get these terrible migraine-like headaches. There is no "routine" as to when they appear. Sometimes I get them twice in a month and sometimes I will go 3-4 months and have none. I haven't been able to link them to anything in particular, like a food or alcohol.

    They are always right behind my right eye. I can't do much by lay in a dark room. Usually it goes on for 48 hours. I can almost set a timer by it. Do any of you have these, have had these, or have any insight to what this may be or what to do about it?

    Thanks.

    Tina in CA
  • sh0tzz99
    sh0tzz99 Posts: 971 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »

    I tried to take Ember for a walk last night, she lives in a very quiet beach community. She will hear other dogs bark, a rooster crow, probably a snowblower from time to time. She may smell smoke from a fire pit or wood stove.
    She didn’t know what to think of our neighbourhood, we live quite close to the highway so that traffic noise was concerning her, every time a vehicle drove by, she could hear it but not see it. We made it 3 houses from ours when a dog inside their house was barking and poor little Ember started whimpering, turned around and literally ran back to our place. We will try again today during daylight, but if she doesn’t like it we’ll come back.
    Rodger said she did enjoy watching the planes take off yesterday before I got home from work.
    She has been sleeping since around 9 last evening except for a couple pee breaks.

    So far all test results at the manor are still negative except the one. Not all results are in yet, but it’s looking good.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    I visit my family about once a year (would love to go more-just hasn't worked out). One of my sisters has a black lab. She mostly just hangs out in the yard, but she is overweight, even though it's a big yard. They just don't have time to run her. One time, I was watching the house and feeding her when I was visiting and decided to take her for a run. Well, she was ecstatic to go with me. However, at the time, I didn't know she hadn't been leash trained. I got her to where she would actually run with me with without yanking my arm out of it's socket, but not before I was in some pain. Anyway, it was worth it. She loved it and now whenever I go back, I try to take her out. She gets better every time. I'm just not back there enough to get her completely trained.

    Tina in CA
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,952 Member
    Tina - I have those headaches and was just diagnosed with them being migraines. My doctor said that trying to find the trigger is one one the most difficult things. She recommended apps that will track, I downloaded Migraine Buddy but haven’t found it useful yet. I think I need to find another.

    Ember walks twice a day at home with my daughter and son in law, she (the dog) doesn’t love them but they make her. They are up to about 2kms each time. Here I don’t think we made it 250 metres. At home she also has a huge fenced back yard that she runs around in at free will. We don’t have that here. She is getting some energy burned off here chasing the ball for my husband.
    My daughter says she takes her for walks to they the “zoomies” out, otherwise she just zooms here, there and everywhere. She has never had a dog before and is doing a very good job training her, her husband is in school and works out of town so she is mostly my daughters responsibility.

    Tracey
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
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  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited November 2020
    [quote

    To that, I have a question for you all. I periodically get these terrible migraine-like headaches. There is no "routine" as to when they appear. Sometimes I get them twice in a month and sometimes I will go 3-4 months and have none. I haven't been able to link them to anything in particular, like a food or alcohol.

    They are always right behind my right eye. I can't do much by lay in a dark room. Usually it goes on for 48 hours. I can almost set a timer by it. Do any of you have these, have had these, or have any insight to what this may be or what to do about it?

    Thanks.

    Tina in CA[/quote]

    Get checked for glaucoma pronto! That is how my glaucoma started and was written off as migraines for years.
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,291 Member
    Tina yes it sounds like a migraine. It may be brought on by weather patterns or by swings in the amount of fat you eat, as well as individual foods chocolate cheese alcohol and caffeine. Strangely enough a cup of strong coffee at the first sign can dilate the blood vessels and prevent some of the pain. But I always feel like I need to lie down anyway. OTC migraine pills often have caffeine. I had migraines right before my period so I finally got onto hormone pills that stopped my period. Years ago now. Good luck finding your triggers, it's a tricky business.

    Thank you all for the birthday wishes! Made me smile 😊
    Annie in Delaware
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,712 Member
    My cleaner rang me at the last-minute today to say that her car had developed a flat tire on the way to me. She was at the tire place. I said, leave it till next Saturday. She normally comes once a fortnight. To be honest, the house isn't that dirty! With just the two of us, no visitors, children, or animals, it doesn't get very untidy or messy. We are both fairly tidy and DH keeps the kitchen under control. The hoovering and dusting can wait another week! Plus we save her fee until next week. :) No one's going to see it anyway!

    Bit fed up with my Gluteal Tendinopathy, but it was a tiny bit better today. Ibuprofen works well. I'm doing all the right things to help it settle.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,047 Member
    Sitting in dentist's office waiting for DD. She is having a filling replaced that she had done a month ago and it has caused her pain ever since. She gets very anxious and is given a sedative so has to have a driver. Hope they get it right this time.

    Annie - Happy birthday. Hope you enjoyed the cake.

    Heather - Happy anniversary.

    Everyone take care Sue in WA
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,530 Member
    No exercise today. I’m giving my foot time to heal. I didn’t wear the boot while at work and after a while I could feel that without thinking I’d bend the top of my foot while walking. So as soon as I got out of there on went the boot. I’m planning to wear it in Iowa. I know Jess will freak when she sees it, but I just want it to heal quicker. Really not planning any exercise for tomorrow, either

    WooHoo…I have a 10 day streak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Barbara – thank you very much for that link. I bookmarked it so I can refer back to it later on

    Terri – I know Jess really wants to see us. She’s hosted Thanksgiving for years. The school has had very few cases (which is why they’re starting earlier) and we won’t be in contact with many people at all. I also think we need it. I don’t know if I would call Denise being sensible…it might be her excuse. But whatever…… She’s the kind who cares about herself, not other people

    Lisa – you’re doing great!

    I usually have to ask for a copy of the results, but I never have a problem getting them

    Allie – I KNOW that you’re going to be fine. There are enough good people in heaven, God doesn’t need any more.

    Flea – any puppy (dog) you get will be lucky to have you

    Beth – I would be scared, too. Good for you bringing your son home!

    I guess in one sense Christmas this year will be OK. Usually I have a fairly large crowd and have to do lots of preparing/cooking (well, Jess usually does most of it). I have to plan for there to be room for everything in the freezer, etc. This year it’ll be much smaller, I’ll need to cook much less. Trying to look at the positive……

    Michele NC
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,817 Member
    finished with my Christmas cards, so ya'll might be getting one from me, no need to send one back if you aren't into sending cards. Just know you are thought of by me. <3

    I have 4 cards I have to send internationally, one pal in Ireland, one in Australia, a cousin in Montenagro, and a friend in Denmark. I need to get a head start sending those. I have a pal I am sending a cute mug in a shape of a photographers lens. I hope she likes it! I'm her auntie Rebecca!

    I need to buy specialty cards for the family, and a cute one for Athena. Husband said I could decorate early and then eldest son here would have some holiday cheer before he heads to another air base until Jan. SWEEEET! I need to take the turkey out Monday and find a place for it in the fridge until Thursday. It's only a 10 lb'er so it should be thawed by then right? One day for every 5 lbs?

    I bought a JELLO brand pumpkin pie mix, so that should be easy to make. I bought apples to put in the turkey cavity so it keeps it moist, plus some chicken stock to pour in so the drippings don't burn on the bottom. I want to have lots of broth after this turkey meal! It's a turkey breast with some brown meat, but its not a whole turkey. I might not actually have a "cavity" to put the apples but I will use them to keep the turkey level. Can ya tell I am a planner:-)

    I have sweet memories of my mother bonding with our huge toddler sized turkey. She would get up periodically throughout the night before Thanksgiving, changing its water, in the sink. Then in the morning, she'd take it out of the bag, rinse it, and gently rub oil over its body. It was our job to make the "bed" that would be the fancy dining room table. First layer the pad, second layer the color, which we had a nice orange huge cloth. Next came the lace tablecloths. We normally had an add on card table that the kids sat at. That one got the plain sheet with the lace tablecloth with the stain on the corner. We would find the glass pickle containers and the containers for the black olives. While people came, then dined on celery filled with cream cheese, or peanut butter. I got to fill the milk glass pepper mills, and the salt shakers. Such a production, but it was exciting. Now I open boxes, add butter, or milk or water. But I still pay attention to details, and realize, I will never come close to the production I grew up with, (as it should be). <3

    Hugs!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Washington
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @Ginny that must be scary having so many colleagues with COVID.

    @Beth     I am so sorry about the care for your son

    (((Flea)))) all my condolences for your loss.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @Terri @Heather thanks for the thoughts of hugs!
    (((Lisa)))
    (((Allie)))
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    I finally went to specialist due to chronic low WBC count. He thought that since it's long been low, and at present less low than previously it's probably not a major issue but he scheduled a bone marrow puncture for Tuesday morning. I was very surprised that it was so soon as it has taken ages to have an appointment due to the apparent non-urgent nature. He wanted it Tuesday rather than Friday so as to not have delay in testing blood on weekend.

    Lovely weather today.

    It is said that 1/3 of young people were depressed during strict lockdown. At present students in higher ed have strictest lockdown. People in primary and 2ndary school still have full presential classes here, and many people are still able to go to work sometimes, but most higher ed people have no presence whatsoever... And this is very very probably going to last all this school year.
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,952 Member
    Okie - Beautiful Tree.

    Rebecca - your description reminds me of Christmas at my Grandmother’s. I only remember Mom making one Christmas dinner. My Grandmother always did it and one year I did it.

    I have cut and laid out the felt for stockings for Rodger and I. I will probably stitch the pieces on tonight and start adding sequins tomorrow. This week I need to inventory the ornaments we have left from last year to take for the craft sale next weekend.

    Tracey in Edmonton

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