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Sounds delicious!
I'm going to try and eat fairly lightly, yogurt, smoothies, applesauce. I need to try and get my tummy back on track.
I've seen these tests you can order from home and am thinking about doing the hormone one and the food sensitivity one just to get a new baseline since it's been five or six years since I've had either tested.
I hope that y'all are able to have a very good Friday.
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Cindy -I hope that you continue with your recovery.
Bill didn't want to get out for the luncheon on Thursday, but I sure didn't push since I am not crazy about the restaurant. Yesterday we had to go have his 6 month blood tests. I always worry about the tests on his kidneys.
I read something the other day about Alexa reading your kindles
book for you. I actually pulled out an Echo that I had stored in a drawer and it worked great. It has a better voice, too. I then decided to download Alexa to my phone and it reads my kindle books so much better than text-to-voice on the android phones. This is a great way to not have to carry my tablet around when wanting to listen to a kindle book. I really don't like Alexa listening to me, but I do like the volume and the fact that it isn't using my battery power. I have my phone set for me to type my requests. I don't know if I will keep the Echo out or not. We will see, but this is a great option...especially for people that have regular kindle devices without speakers.0 -
Wow, I hadn't heard that. I may have to look into that, although when I listen I am usually in bed, so having my tablet there isn't a problem - but if the voice is better...
Gained another pound, but I am really swelled up today. I'm going to try and drink more liquids and see if that helps.
Hope Bill's numbers are good this time. I keep y'all in my prayers.0 -
Aarg! I just got a birthday card/gift back that I sent to my Grandson's "significant other". I send one to both of them a week before her birthday (July 3) because they were leaving on a cruise on her birthday. Spencer's birthday was while they were on the cruise as well. I haven't gotten his back. I sent them to the address that his mom gave me, since they had just moved. What happened was that she didn't give me the apartment number.
Yesterday, Bill didn't do anything and just sat and was off in never-never land. He didn't even want to watch TV until I was going to bed last night. At least it was quiet. Today, he has had TV on all day (which is unusual, too). I don't like him just doing nothing, so TV is better than nothing.0 -
Wow, he got his and she didn't - thank you Postal Workers! I love our little post office. If someone sends something to our street address she puts it in our PO Box knowing we don't get mail at our house, just packages.
I ordered a few things during Prime Days. There weren't a lot of things that I wanted or needed. I did get another pair of jeans and a tunic top since the ones I have are getting too small or tight. My arms are getting bigger and quite a few of the tunics I had gotten about four or five years ago are too tight in the arms now. It's hard finding pants that fit on top and in my calves as well. I have to get the boot cut jeans for them to fit. I've gotten legging capris and they are so tight around my calf, even though they are stretch, I don't like to wear them. Bummer! Nothing I can do about it either. I have my compression wraps on this morning, so we will see if that helps with the swelling I am having. The heat doesn't help with that. I'm back up to 238 with all of this water retention.
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I only ordered one thing from Amazon and not because of Prime Days. I just couldn't find what I wanted anywhere else. I've actually been actively avoiding buying from 'China central' these days.
I'm at my home airport - waiting to board my flight to Austin, TX. The temperatures are pretty extreme there right now - looks like between 102-104 for the highs through Tuesday. I guarantee I won't be spending much time outside.0 -
My hubby has a lot of family in East TX and in Houston. I was talking to his sister today and she said that is was 104. Of course it was 100 here.
I did buy several items on Amazon during Prime, but didn't spend much at all. The priciest was a fire stick for my step-daughter for her birthday...and it was about $16. A few were grocery type items that fit our diets.0 -
I have noticed that about Amazon, a lot of their stuff comes directly from China. I try to avoid those products. I did recently purchase some bras that were specifically for older women, but I haven't found them to be as comfortable as I had hoped - sigh.
Here is a link to Christian Book and a list of Christian Biblical Fiction authors: https://christianbookfinds.com/blog/christian-biblical-fiction-authors
Here's another list that I found. I can't say they are all clean though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_fiction_authors
We've been having a lot of thunderstorms over the past week. I've had a few headaches because of those fronts coming through - sigh. I need to order some more Emgality! We've had a lot of heat and humidity as well. I've been spending a lot of time indoors.
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My youngest granddaughter (9 months old) went to the hospital last night after having a fever-induced seizure. It sounds like this is fairly common and she's doing better today. They want to keep her for another day and run more tests - possibly a spinal tap. I'm praying she won't have to have that though. Would appreciate your prayers for Carter.0
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Cindy - I know that this is hard, especially with you away. We are definitely praying!0
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Cindy, so sorry to hear about your granddaughter, please let us know how she is doing. Prayers for her.
Lots of heat still, but I think that that is a problem all over the country! They showed a UPS guy collapsing at someone's doorway on the news this morning. He got up and walked away after he sat there for a minute or so, but, wow! I've had a couple of episodes where I've had to jump into a cold shower and let it just beat down on my head to get cool. The top of my head felt like it was on fire - and I wasn't even outside for that long. I think it had to do with a medication I was taking at the time. I overdid, then went outside in the heat and that did it. Praise the Lord it's been two or three years since it's happened. Stay inside if you can!
Not much else going on with me. Wade's been having trouble with one of his legs, not sure if it's muscle related or his knee (which has been bad for a long time). He saw the doctor today and he's going to have him on prednisone for a little while to see how that helps.
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My granddaughter was discharged from the hospital yesterday and is doing much better. If her fever had spiked again they were going to do the spinal tap to check for meningitis. Praise the Lord they didn't have to do that. She seems more like her feisty self. Thank you for your prayers.0
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Praise the Lord, Cindy! So glad she is alright.
I was listening to a doctor on YouTube about Tinnitus. If I don't take the Lipo Flavanoids I can't stand the sound, it's just too loud to shut out. Even with the lipo flavanoids I can still hear it but it's at a level I can tolerate. He said that people who do high protein/low carb diets have less problems with severe tinnitus. My doctor suggested lower carbs as well since my triglycerides are quite a bit above normal. My previous doctor also suggested a high protein/low carb diet. Sigh! LOL! I love me some carbs! I tracked my food today with that in mind and was able to keep my calories just below 1200 calories, I was a little low on the number of proteins I should have, but my carbs were 1 below the 100 I set for myself. I need to find higher protein, lower carb fillers. It's difficult to find stuff when you can't have wheat or dairy or chocolate or strawberry or almonds! Let alone all the other stuff I can't eat in the veggie and fruit realm. I am taking a product called Passion for Life liquid vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidents, amino acids, fruits and veggies. It's got more than the daily doses of many of the vitamins and minerals that we need. I use 1 oz. in my lunch smoothie. This should help me keep my carbs down since I don't have to have that many fruits and veggies (which are carbs). I set up my foods for 40% protein, 30% carbs and 30% fats. I'm going to try this for a bit and see if it helps, but I may have to go lower on the carbs. I know that you were able to do a ridiculously low carb number, Connie, but I don't think I could do with that few - I may just have to live with the ringing in my ears. I wish this diet helped with the swelling in my feet too!!!
Well, I sure hope you ladies have an awesome weekend. Love ya
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You didn't say anything about fats. Do you like avocados? They're fairly low in carbs (8.5g in half an avocado), have a little protein (2g) and are pretty high in healthy for you fats (14.7). They also have some fiber (6.7), so might help make you feel full for a longer period of time. Some refer to it as a super food.0
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Unfortunately, I do not like avocados. I think that it's both a taste and a texture thing, I don't like mushy. I love the flavor of bananas but won't eat them on their own because of the mushy texture. I liked them on peanut butter sandwiches, but can't eat those now, so I rarely get banana either.
I talked to my NP today about my swollen feet and hands, wondering if I had gotten used to the triamterene. As it turns out, I had forgotten to put it in my pill keepers and hadn't taken it for two weeks - (the swelling has been there for nearly a year any way). As soon as I started taking it again my weight started to go back down, so in some way it is still working, just not on my feet and hands. She suggested that salt may be something I've become very sensitive to, since I tend to be sensitive to a lot of things, this may be a new one. I'm going to work on lower my sodium. She also suggested walking and doing more of an exercise program to get my muscles moving and squeezing out the fluid that way. We're going to try that for a while (probably until I see her in November) and if that doesn't work we can change my diuretic to something stronger. I'll probably have to add more potassium though. Gobs of fun! heeheehee. I don't eat a lot of sodium rich foods and rarely add salt to my food, using only pink salt when I do - so I will have to track for a bit and see my levels.
Phew, the heat is brutal this year. We stay in as much as we can. I know when I go out to the garden I have trouble breathing from the heat and humidity. I've set my watch to tell me to get up and move every hour and have set out my gym chair so I can do some upper body work. Lord willing this will help to lower the weight and lower the swelling!
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Well that's too bad about the avocados. I like them on a sandwich, with eggs or on a salad.
My husband is out of town this week, which is a switch for us - usually I'm the one working out of town. It feels weird without him here. Also, I discovered a mystery bug with a long stinger building some kind of nest under our deck - which spoiled the time I was enjoying out there this morning. I miss my bug killer... lol.Click the spoiler if you dare...
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Yikes, that "stinger" looks like it could do some damage! I came out to the living room last night and saw something on the floor - it was a tiny frog (we have tons of them). Oh joy, Wade was working and I don't like to pick up squirmy stuff! I put a kleenex over it, took my meds and then picked him up with the Kleenex - shiver, he started to squirm. I let him go on the deck and he hopped away! Phew! I have a friend who is terribly afraid of frogs. I'm not afraid of them, just don't like to handle them if I don't have to. I talk to our lizards too, greet them when they are sunning on the deck - yep, a bit crazy! We had one in TN that would lie on its back on the bottom step, then flip and run off when we came outside. That happened several times. Nutty things.
The weight that I gained over the past two weeks is gone - realized that I hadn't been taking my Triamterene! Duh! Feet are still swollen, but we will try the things the NP suggested before taking a stronger diuretic. I had a headache most of yesterday so didn't do much, but have my watch set to tell me to get up and move every hour and will do a workout on the Gym Chair this afternoon. Watching my sodium as well.
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I feel the same way about picking up jumping bugs - like crickets. The jumping freaks me out!0
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It's been quiet in here. My husband and I are both off this week, and it's been nice not doing much together. I did take my car in to get the tires rotated the other day and had them check for a slow leak on one of them. They found a nail and fixed it. Sure glad I got that taken care of before the next time I went out of town.
It's been feeling more like Fall around here in the mornings (current temperature is 55°). Enjoy your Saturday!0 -
Boy - I almost got lost. I had to go back several posts to catch up.
We had a great trip to Mom's for the 150th birthday party. My cousin's daughter had the party for her Dad (70 years old) and her mother-in-law (80 years old). There were over 100 people there to celebrate the two of them. They took a "cousins" picture and I was the only woman in it. At one time there were 23 cousins, now there are 12, but not all of them were able to come. The MIL is one of my mom's closest friends and they both go to the same church as Mom. They had the party on the anniversary of the day my Dad passed (3 years ago), and it was hard to get her excited about going, and I told her that I wasn't going to force it. At the last minute, she said, "Well, I guess we need to get over to the party," and was raring to go. She was go glad she went.0 -
How cute! 150 years between them - wow! Mom passed in February and we learned her sister, three years older than her, passed away about three weeks ago. Of the seven siblings there are two left. Getting old includes losing more and more loved ones - on top of all the other tough stuff about getting old! I wish that more young folks would appreciate the wisdom gleaned from all of those years, but there aren't too many out there who care. We have a good bunch of young people in our Church who treat us older folks with tender love and respect, but I have family who pretty much have written off the older folks in the family! Way sad!
Still hot here, Cindy. Bad storms were predicted for last night and when I went outside it felt like I was breathing under water, the air was so heavy and thick! We didn't get the storms, just some rain and we heard the thunder and saw the lightening from farther off. Praise the Lord it passed North of us.
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We're having temps in the mid 80s to low 90s during the day; high 60s to low 70s at night - so pretty reasonable for this time of year. The mornings have actually felt pretty cool.
I'm drying my hair and finishing my second cup of coffee. Heading off to view in our primary. As you may remember from our lockdown nonsense from 2020 (my favorite - in late spring. we could buy paint, but not seeds), we desperately need a new governor.0 -
He wants everything to look pretty while you starve! Hope you get a good person in there.
It's about time for us to start getting ready for our Fall/Winter crops. Have to figure out what those are. Since the spinach didn't do well at all during the early summer, I may try some of it again in the early Fall. We get good weather her until the end of October to mid-November. Often we don't have much of a Fall, it just goes from hot to cold! LOL!
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Actually - it's a she. She was in the news quite a bit during lockdown.
We had quite the thunderstorm last night - it lasted for a while. Finally the brown stripes in our lawn are mostly green now. I'm enjoying a fairly quiet August. I have a couple of days booked next week, nothing the week after, and one day the fourth week, before I start getting really busy. (I'm booked the entire last week of August and most of September.)
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Cindy - looks like you need to rest and enjoy some time off while you can!
We have had a little better weather this week, but yesterday topped 100 again. At least we have had rain without storms. In this heat, that is rare.
I am just tired. Things with Bill have been very tiring and discouraging. Sunday our worship leader lead the old hymn, Victory in Jesus and stopped and re-read the following verse...then the Pastor spoke to the "broken spirit" before his sermon. I felt like it was for me.I heard about His healing,
Of His cleansing pow'r revealing.
How He made the lame to walk again
And caused the blind to seeAnd then I cried, "Dear Jesus,
Come and heal my broken spirit,"
And somehow Jesus came and bro't
To me the victory.
All week this week, I have been referencing this song and crying out to Jesus when I feel overwhelmed. Thank God for giving us what we need just when we need it.1 -
Oh Connie. My prayers go out to you and Bill... and for your healing spirit. You are not alone. We lift you up in prayer and He holds you in his arms.
If anyone is interested in knowing what that wasp was, I discovered it's a solitary Grass-Carrying Wasp. Yes, that's a thing. That 'stinger' wasn't a stinger at all, but an individual piece of dried grass. They make their nests in window tracks (or apparently between deck boards - see close up picture of beginner nest below), sting crickets and wrap them in a cocoon, then lay eggs with the cocooned crickets in the dried grass for the baby wasps when they hatch. Except - I'm sorry - you can't make a nest of 'who knows how many wasps' in the middle of the deck that my grandchildren walk on. No sir.
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Yes - GET RID OF THE WASP nest!0
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Oh wow, that is interesting, Cindy! Definitely get rid of that nest! We have wood boring bees, big ol' lumbering bees that seem to think that wherever I am walking is exactly where they want to be flying! LOL!
Connie, you and Bill are in my thoughts and prayers. Like Cindy said, you aren't alone. We are standing with you in prayer and Jesus is right there. He will never leave you nor forsake you.
I can not believe the heat that we are having - phew! I just stay in the house, it's just too hard to breathe when I go outside. I do need to go out to the garden though and pick some okra. There is probably a very big one out there right now since it was ready two days ago and I wasn't up to doing anything about it! LOL! There are also a couple more zucchini, but everything else has quit. We are going to pull everything out as soon as the zucchini are done, clean up the beds and probably just wait 'til Spring to do anything else. Wade just retired and he has a long list of things he wants to do around the house.
Oh, I was reading about lipedema the other day. The AMA has been saying that it is an obesity problem, but this article said they found a missing stem cell, or an extra stem cell (I can't remember which) and DNA that affects how the body stores fat. With lipedema, this stem cell/DNA keeps our bodies from getting rid of fat. So, it is a medical problem. Maybe doctors will get the message and finally put on my list of problems lipedema rather than fibromyalgia! LOL! It doesn't get treated either way! Sigh.
Y'all have an awesome day in Jesus. Love you
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The wasp is gone (my bug killer came home). Thankfully, the nest never got farther than a few pieces of grass. When he gets a spare minute, he'll push those boards together from either end. Hopefully that will deter any other critters from trying to nest there.0
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This is an interesting article. I didn't read it all, but it removes the fearmongering that the media is putting out:
https://suzycohen.com/articles/monkeypox-explained-10-fascinating-facts/
Getting ready to head to town. Y'all have an awesome day.0
