WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2020

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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    :flowerforyou:
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    So the mitral valve prolapse was masking cardio micardia so thats what we are workingbwith now.. but at least we know what we are working with..
    Heather- ya knowbI love ya all xoxo
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
    Updated stats for the day-

    Walk w/family and to store- 1hr 28min 29sec, 3.0ap, 78ahr, 102mhr, 4.78mi= 480c
    Strava app = 579c
    Zwift bike trainer- 41.18min, 21.9amph, 394elev, 138ahr, 161mhr, 15.07mi= 426c
    Strava app = 432c
    Walk to pickup running packets- 23.18min, 3.23ap, 99ahr, 114mhr, 1.34mi= 128c
    Strava app = 162c

    Total cal 1034
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,813 Member
    Michele NC, Hey there friend! Just got your Christmas card, hugs, just too cute! Loved the plaid heart magnet too. So sweet of you! It's on my frig, reminding me of our friendship! <3
    Hugs,
    Rebecca
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,976 Member
    Faetta wrote: »
    DrKatie I don't see a link.

    Fae, just type ngumc.org into your address bar and it will pop up. For some reason, I thought it was against forum rules to provide a direct link so I didn’t.

    Heather, thanks for checking it out. I’ll bet I did sound completely southern to you. I live in Northeast Georgia, so come by my southern accent quite naturally.
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,034 Member
    Just popped in before I crash for thee night.

    “I’ll be back!” 😂
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    Vaccine --
    Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine rollout in United Kingdom sees countries around the world up preparations
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-12/whats-the-worldwide-state-of-play-with-covid-19-vaccines/12975800

    Here in Australia ...
    "The Federal Government has deals with Pfizer, Novavax and Oxford University/AstraZeneca, but has stood firm on its original plan to deliver vaccines in March 2021."


    But I will likely be one of the last people to get a vaccine, despite the fact that I would have been happy to be in the second or third wave of vaccines. I would not want to be one of the first people to get the vaccine because of things like this, below! They'll need to sort things out first. It's like when Microsoft goes to another version of Windows. I wait a year or so before I get it so that some of the bugs are worked out.

    However, in the last few years, I have had allergic reactions to so many things, especially antibiotics and other more powerful drugs than just panadol ... and I'm relatively young. I may not end up with a vaccine until 2022.

    UK warns patients with severe allergies to avoid Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after two patients have reactions
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-10/uk-regulator-investigating-reactions-to-covid-19-vaccine/12968604

    "The Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has said people should not receive the shot if they have had a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine, medicine or food ... "


    Meanwhile, it's relatively safe here and it's not like we're going anywhere anyway ... the Australian overseas travel ban has been extended until March 17, 2021. Plus my husband and I continue to be stuck in Tasmania.

    I also quite like ...
    - the fact that people are standing back and giving each other some distance.
    - the emphasis on hygiene.
    - the hand sanitiser at the doors.
    - the focus on cleaning.
    - the option to Zoom rather than go to in-person meetings, events, and things.
    - staying home more.


    M in Oz
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,528 Member
    Did a body pump-type video. With Colby working downstairs, I really don’t want to be exercising in case he needs to work. And I don’t know when I’ll be able to do my strength training next week.

    Helped make chocolate covered peanut butter balls for the soup kitchen’s candy fundraiser. Wasn’t too impressed. I tried a bit of their fudge and wasn't impressed with that, either. Then came home and helped put out decorations, then made dinner, ravioli for Jess, Colby and Vince, a stuffed clam for me (since I want to use it up)

    Allie – glad you are being discharged and things sort-of worked out for you

    Flea – why wouldn’t you be able to get the vaccine?

    M – I agree with all your advantages to this current situation

    Need to take a shower. Work tomorrow. It seems that I’m working more right now but I guess that’s because people want off for the holiday.

    Michele NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    This is an interesting study and I would be even more interested if there were another study done as a comparison between how well a country handled the pandemic and their preferred interpersonal distances.

    Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison
    https://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/873645.sorokowska_et_al_2017.pdf

    I found the results for Canada amusing ... we Canadians don't like to stand close to people, not even the people we know well!

    Australia isn't there, but I'd put Australia at about the USA level, and I find that a bit uncomfortable.


    M in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,200 Member
    <3
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,826 Member
    Allie ... so glad to hear that you have been discharged. Let others take care of you for a change. Rest and let your body heal itself.

    KarenVA ... good news about our little ballerina!

    Flea ... your rant is one I've been wondering about as well.

    Reading along and thinking of you all.
    Beth near Buffalo
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,709 Member
    I'm so glad I'm not a natural hugger. I've been delighted not to have to hug all and sundry and give double cheek kisses when I meet people, as has become the norm in recent years over here! :# I don't even like hugging my family, although I do it. I miss very,very much spending time with my grandchildren, just huddled together on a sofa watching TV, or doing some art together at a table. Edie is a great hugger, which is fine by me, but Max and Bea are not.
    I am very uncomfortable with physical contact, though I do touch good friends' arms from time to time under normal circumstances.
    None of the above applies to DH, of course. :D We touch quite a lot and all the usual ....... <3
    Because I am an incest survivor, physical touch is not comfortable for me, unless circumstances are very clear indeed. I prefer a good distance and inadvertent touch makes me recoil. I have learnt to do the social norm hug for friends, but I don't like it. I never did it at all until I was in my 20s.
    I hate to touch while I am trying to sleep. We have a super king bed, two singles put together, and I like an acre of space between us. I always book twins on a cruise, or hotel.
    So, apart from the grandchildren, :'( this has been very relaxing for me!

    I read the article Machka.

    Dr Katie- Were you brought up in Georgia? I often find people's images and their voices are completely different. Barbara has a very different voice to my image. :D
    Sometimes, when I like a voice, or a persona on the radio, I look them up on Google, and I am usually surprised by what they look like.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Hello ladies
    Im awake and dont know if ill be back to sleep.only think thats kind of uncomfortable is the defibrillator vest and pack but if it keeps me going a minor inconvenience..have both PT and visiting nurse coming today to check me out..do an eval..
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    I'm so glad I'm not a natural hugger. I've been delighted not to have to hug all and sundry and give double cheek kisses when I meet people, as has become the norm in recent years over here! :# I don't even like hugging my family, although I do it. I miss very,very much spending time with my grandchildren, just huddled together on a sofa watching TV, or doing some art together at a table. Edie is a great hugger, which is fine by me, but Max and Bea are not.
    I am very uncomfortable with physical contact, though I do touch good friends' arms from time to time under normal circumstances.
    None of the above applies to DH, of course. :D We touch quite a lot and all the usual ....... <3
    Because I am an incest survivor, physical touch is not comfortable for me, unless circumstances are very clear indeed. I prefer a good distance and inadvertent touch makes me recoil. I have learnt to do the social norm hug for friends, but I don't like it. I never did it at all until I was in my 20s.
    I hate to touch while I am trying to sleep. We have a super king bed, two singles put together, and I like an acre of space between us. I always book twins on a cruise, or hotel.
    So, apart from the grandchildren, :'( this has been very relaxing for me!

    I read the article Machka.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    I also do not like physical contact. I will hug my husband but I'm not keen on hugging, shaking hands with, touching someone's arm, etc. etc. The 1.5 metre distance we have to stay away from each other is quite comfortable, and as you say, relaxing.

    You stay over there, I'll stay over here, we can talk and laugh and socialise ... just don't touch me.

    In Canada, that atmosphere is fairly common ... especially in comparison with Australia. Here, I find that people insist in being inside my personal space. They like to hug and give a kiss on the cheek, they love to touch each others arms, elderly women love to touch my hair, and even just standing in line or something, they like to be right up against the people around. I've had people lean on my backpack in check-out lines which is really disconcerting!

    So I love those dots on the floors now indicating where to stand ... NOT leaning on the backpack of the person in front, but rather a huge step behind! I love that only 2 people are allowed in an aisle. And I love that it is no longer socially acceptable to be all huggy-kissy with each other. Oh, and no one has touched my hair since last March except for a hairdresser yesterday. <3:)


    M in Oz
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,614 Member
    "Get to do"s and "chose well"s
    Chose well: email population and area info to grant writer, holiday nut balls batter, board meeting minutes.
    Bonus: two loads laundry, roster progress, texted CD.
    Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, call CD, call R, Copy CPFA folder and deliver to Chief, Analyze CPFA folder, corrected roster to Cal-Or, watch STAS Day 18 (go sniff), 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, 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, and soon as it warms up above 50 and dries out below 60% humidity I’ll tape and spray paint those rusted areas of Aunt Elsie’s stove. Reconcile Joe’s EOB’s Thrivent shows only 2263.48 so far, Monday call State Fire Marshall’s office re: reporting, next Thursday at BGBS ask Terry about GB’s FD firetruck tax levy – contacts, media, advocate???
    Reward: inventory seeds, plan next year’s garden, wishlist replenishments, ask faucet question, if answer ok order.
    Do Good December
    11: Be generous, feed someone with food, love or kindness today: checked in with CD, call her tomorrow am, prep goodie bags this weekend for firehall Monday.

    Halelujah! Joe announced he was taking Shadow for a hike at Harris Beach campground. Double Halelujah when he returned he announced he needed to get up out form the chair and do more. Doing my happy dance.

    Allie, like Machka said, wish your carers spared you half the attention you’ve so generously given them and theirs. Is grocery delivery available at yours? You’re gonna need lots of new fruits and veggies.
    Fae haven’t dared taste the fudge yet. It’s based on KJ’s adult fudge but with caramel vodka instead of Jack Daniel’s :D
    Karen in VA, chills. Just the uplift we need. Thank you and thank Dan Rather.
    Kay was able to hear but not see, was there a different link for video than podcast?
    Pip, Yogi in hat, omg too cute!
    Katla I watched on my laptop:https://akc.tv/ but heard there’s an iphone app. Rejoicing your DH is now willing to RV to the grands post-vaccine.
    Rita fingers X’d for clear results and forward path.
    Betsy the fudge isn’t baked but prepared stovetop in a double boiler, with the adult element added after taken off the heat. Wouldn’t want it to boil off!
    Flea rant:
    I agree with you about the rich and powerful’s ability to negotiate better health care including the vaccine and imho it’s a national disgrace.
    Like Machka, neither of us are in a rush to be vaccinated, a position shared by most everyone I ask. There may be more vaccines available for you and your DH than you expect. When one of my new buddies was saying good bye (she’s moving closer to medical services), we too, threw caution to the wind and hugged, and it sure felt good. Sad but good.
    Heather, yeah, my voice, sounds like a beery Shirley Temple. Go figure. :laugh:
    Machka unlike you I am a hugger, but like you I’m startled, grossed out, disconcerted when some stranger crawls up my back in line. Need to develop a ninjaFae-like leap/twist around/yell move to get people to BACK OFF!

    Goodie production interrupted again, this time to knuckle down and minute Wednesday night’s board meeting and do some of the followup. There, it’s done! Now, if I could just find those two important pieces of paper… ;{

    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    December: better than November.
    daily: sit with Joe: 9, weigh: 11, steps>5505=2185 neither goodie production nor board meeting minutes good for step count. Average dangerously down towards goal. ;{ vits=11 log=11 CI<CO=11 CI<250<CO=10 Tumble & Shadow 5=10 mfp=11 outside=8 up hill=8
    wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3 =0 rx= dance= clean 30 mins=1.5
    mnthly: board mtg=1 grant=1 20for20=0
    bonus: AF=7 play=0 sew=0
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,709 Member
    edited December 2020
    Luckily my friend has decided a cold, walk and talk lunch is not very alluring either. It's quite a long journey for her. I am going to ring her this afternoon for a chat :D

    Another benefit for me this year is not having to visit or be visited. What a relief! No long journeys to see people. No having to get the house ready and cook dinners. No washing of extra towels and linen. No obligations at all really. :D
    Plus no FOMO, which is a big problem for me. I suffer hugely from envy, and that has been largely absent this year. >:)
    I do miss my singing and dancing and my French club. The singing most of all, I think.

    I know the world and our country is suffering hugely under this virus and my heart goes out to people. We are yet to experience the true economic consequences( and now we have Brexit as well in the UK). I worry for people's jobs. Our children's jobs are very precarious.

    For my personal life I have relished the chance to get on with my memoir and have enjoyed my personal space. It seems strange to say it, but this has been a good year for me. ;):*

    Having said all that, I will be running up the road for the vaccine as soon as I can. My arm will be out before I get through the door. I want to see my grandkids and sit around a table with my family in the warm with take-away fish and chips! Standing in the garden doesn't really cut it. I'm hoping for January. The other grandparents have already got a date. :|

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    For my personal life I have relished the chance to get on with my memoir and have enjoyed my personal space. It seems strange to say it, but this has been a good year for me. ;):*

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    It has been my best year, of the past 3 years, by far!!

    I don't know what 2021 will bring. I'm not getting my hopes up because I think we may be in for a bumpy decade. But it has been nice to have a year like 2020 in which I could relax, take a bit of a break, and finish important things.

    M in Oz

  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    edited December 2020
    Arg, lost a post.
    I am not good at quoting many people in one mail.

    @Auntie BK I am glad things are looking better health-wise for JO-oe.. Glad you had a spirit-lifting drive.

    @LisainAR I'm sorry I didn't get what health issues you are dealing with. I saw many references to it but I missed the details. It sounds like things are getting more manageable?

    @SuziQ113 That's great that your department is doing ok apparently. Good for you for getting back on track.


    INSIDIOUS SEXISM FROM "AWARE" PEOPLE. I guess I can't expect all sexism to just go away, through a conversation, right? I've spoken with one of the guys several times. I thought that since he has 2 grown daughters and a high school teacher wife, that he would be rather teachable. He understands intellectually, and may deny or concede a bit, but basically nothing has changed, after many months. He's definitely way less considerate to me, the only very active woman in the collective. He often calls and exchanges with the guys and leaves me out. The other seems much more open and respectful. I think the former is about 65 years old and the latter is in late 50s or very early 60s. When I was dating in my 30s I DID notice that, as intelligent as guys may be, for the few I met, a guy about 8 years older would tend to be a bit more old-fashioned, and than a guy just my age, and a guy 8 years younger (dated one time) even more modern than the guys my age (in regards to things like spontaneously sharing household shores, etc.) HAVE you found a difference in acting in a gender equal way in regards to age/generation IN GENERAL? (of course it may well depend on region, etc, and there is no over-arching generalisation, this is just my experience).

    HEALTH, in fact the results, received a week later were more nuanced. It says possible early MDS (which is in fact a sort of cancer, but which, according to those speaking, can remain in a state sometimes called "pre-cancerous" and be non-evolving), and possibly not. That he needs the results of a Karyotype. The haematologist says that he needs to do further tests, which will be due in January. I hope I will get the results, without making great efforts. They are doing a medullary Karyotype. From a quick online look that means that they are checking the chromosomes. So it could be nothing, or it could be a longish term slow ailment with no immediate effects or it could be a bit more important with possibility of faster evolution, (in 6 months or in 5 years or in 10 years). Like is not rarely the case, I just have to wait and see. I got the latest reading by my GP on Thursday. I haven't told anyone yet. I am not close at all to family at present, and it seems questionable to tell them before I have a better result in January. I HAD told a couple of colleagues a few weeks ago, I wasn't available cause I was getting a bone marrow aspiration. I spoke to one (the kind one) yesterday at end of day, and he asked a couple of times if I had any news. I didn't think to make the connection, but he was very likely talking about that but being polite, as he doesn't usually ask if I have news like that. I'm gonna meet him on Tuesday so maybe I will tell him. I hesitate because people around me are not very close at present. :'( Confinement does not help. Once you tell people something you can't UNTELL it. I was looking online and I saw some people did not tell people about health issues right away, and others had and regretted it as people kept endlessly asking how they were and they didn't like that. I don't know that that would bother me if some people did. I did finally see a sort of therapist yesterday. Here there are some that are free (covered by health care) and may be impossible to get an appointment with, and others who are very expensive, which I really can't afford. This one was between the two: about 30 euros out of pocket per meeting. She seemed fine. I don't really know how she works. She asked me questions and didn't really explain her approach, but seems ok. She also very kindly gave me the name of a guy therapist near me who is English -speaking in case I feel more at ease in English.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @bwcetc I'm so sorry about the losses of people you knew. Thanks for the hugs. right back to you.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @ginnytez thanks for your understanding. Some people are managing better than others with the confinement. The shopping sounds festive.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    I have never been a major major fan of the holidays/xmas, but I have enjoyed : nice meals, get-togethers, singing, two weeks school vacation.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    edited December 2020
    When I miss some days (weeks) I read the few pages after my last post, hoping to catch any personal message and the last few pages. A lot of what is read is responses to other posts so it takes a while to get it. Now it's 29 pages, and I don't know how some of you manage to catch up when you've missed many days..;

    I had hardy bought anything but food in the last year. I went to an inexpensive shop and bought some inexpensive wool sweaters, a pair of jeans, and a down jacket. Because you couldn't try them on. You have to buy, try at home and bring back if not suitable. I'm not thrilled with the down jacket. (it was not cheap either). I wanted to freshen up as th old one is getting a bit old, and I'm constantly wearing it now, since we are always only outside. I like to get a really solid winter coat, which this is, but I'm just not crazy about it. I'm terrible about bringing things back (I hate the lines) but 'ill have to. I have till jan 15. TODAY I bought many things online for the appartment. I have been thinking about this for a good while as my apartment just doesn't look cozy. I have a 2 room place at a very reasonable place, and I sometimes convert the living area into art studio/office with dining area. not ideal for having friends over.

    So I finally ordered a trundle bed as sofa https://www.ikea.com/fr/fr/p/hemnes-lit-banquette-2-places-structure-gris-60372276/?cid=fr|ps|go|--&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA8dH-BRD_ARIsAC24umakKHYtEGqk68le02LQ9SFemxaqbTm1lvwyRTn1SAG21uX9F8MztFcaAjl1EALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds with 2 firm mattresses, mattress covers and sheets; a small round wooden table and 2 chairs https://www.ikea.com/fr/fr/p/gamlared-stefan-table-et-2-chaises-teinte-antique-clair-brun-noir-s59221165/ (my wooden birchwood Ikea table is worn out as I keep it on the balcony sometimes and it's not in it's days of youth, I have another rectangular one I use as an office) and a bookshelf as my papers are more abundant than the space to put them in. https://www.ikea.com/fr/fr/p/hemnes-bibliotheque-teinte-blanc-40371763/ I wanted to get a considerably cheaper bookshelf but is has not been available for a long time. This was all planned, but my credit card got swallowed by the ATM and took a week together back. Then, also considered at length (months) but bought more quickly: a hallway shoe storage cupboard https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B077GYD2TW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I have had a pretty shoe shelf for several years, but the shoes are apparent, and really is not so pretty for an entrance way. Looks messy. So I'm trying this replacement method. I'll see how it goes. Not really planned, violet replacement blackout curtains . I have turquoise in the bedroom area and white in the living area. The white gets too dirty. It's like a change of comforter: can give a fresh look with change of cloth. I used to keep as much white as possible to make the space feel bigger, but I prefer the turquoise to the white, and purple is really more my color than turquoise. Since one can see both curtains at the same time I'm going for the same color again, but a more lively color than white or off white. What I love is that they have a vast selection of lengths so I won't have to hem them at all. :) NOT REALLY PLANNED: stationary bike. stationary bike doesn't look like gyms will be open or that I will be going to work any time soon. Today I'm not cheerful, and feeling lonely and it's cold and drizzly. Going for a walk seems hard to do at present. It's 4pm and I've barely left bed, though I've worked from bed on bed-table that I already have had. Similar to this, correcting student's work and sending it to them online. https://www.amazon.fr/SONGMICS-Ordinateur-Portable-Tablette-LLD004/dp/B00CM3W8NA/ref=pd_sbs_201_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00CM3W8NA&pd_rd_r=6b98eb6a-7785-44c3-ae4e-abd39d363b48&pd_rd_w=wpq0k&pd_rd_wg=TcVSh&pf_rd_p=f830fd1b-0a0e-45df-92ea-82301efe01f8&pf_rd_r=VQJZAP79JZG7EA4CQ6XF&psc=1&refRID=VQJZAP79JZG7EA4CQ6XF I have never bought home gym stuff other then tiny dumbbells cause I've so often seen people who never/rarely used their gym equipment, after a few months. But I'm giving it a try. It seems some of you are using yours and... I don't think we will be able to go to work regularly (higher ed) till at least September.... gyms, cafés and restaurants are not going to open any time soon here. They were talking about Dec 15, but now certainly not before early January, and then we'll see... Some of us feel like we are in prison. I was talking to a mother of 2 teens, and (closed) restaurant owner, married to a husband with a solid job. She also says she feels like she is in prison. After 3 years of very hard work, her slightly upscale cozy reasonably-priced gastronomic restaurant was finally doing well. (it often takes 3 years hear for a new business to be profitable). Now the only option is take-away. Selling 15 takeaway lunches (for about 10 euros a meal) is not even necessarily viable : the cost of heat, packaging, ingredients, not even talking about paying herself a salary, would possibly be more expensive than the cost of the meal. And she took out major loans to get the place going, from bank and from friends and family. And selling these days would be at a major loss, so she can't sell without going bankrupt (and having friends and family lose money).
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @grandmallie Nice to hear from you.

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