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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,554 Member
    Hope you ladies are doing well. Praying for you. Love you.
  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 875 Member
    Ditto, Kim.
    The back pain has had me hobbled the past 4-5 days so I've not accomplished much at all. Hoping for more today.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,554 Member
    Hate that for you, Bren. You are in my prayers!

    Doing pretty good today. I am isolating until my antibiotics are done, so will miss our first Wednesday of the month supper with the Church family. This will be just our second one! I miss not being with the body, but I don't want to get anyone sick if what I do have can be caught! Better safe than sorry, especially when there are people in the body who can't afford to add to the lung issues they already have.

    love y'all.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,554 Member
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    Have a very blessed day, ladies.
  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 875 Member
    That's beautiful.
    I hope you are feeling much better as the days go by and soon back with the others for fellowship. We are headed to the end of another year in short order.

    I just got up so am not perky yet....I had another of my restless nights and once I got back to sleep, it was deep.

    Be blessed and at rest, ladies. Love and prayers...for us all.
  • Marilynsretired
    Marilynsretired Posts: 5,588 Member
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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,554 Member
    I slept like a log last night. I didn't even get up to use the bathroom! Wow! For an old lady that is an accomplishment!

    Marilyn, that is my prayer for you, that you will be faithful in your new diet and that you will find your numbers improving and never need that new port that they put in! You too, Bren! You do so much better when you are eating well.

    Oh my, we made a beef stew yesterday that was sooooo good! Can't wait to have some more for dinner!

    Not good today. I just checked when all of this started and it was Oct 13th. By the time I see the NP on the 11th it will have been two months! I'm going to ask for a Covid test. I did a home one that was negative about a month ago, so will have to see if it was accurate. If I'm not better by the 11th she will refer me to a pulmonologist. Please continue to keep me in your prayers because I really don't want to have to go that route! Thank you for your prayers already.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,554 Member
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    Doing a bit better today than yesterday. Coughed quite a bit this morning, but that's quieted down and my throat feels fine this morning. I'm able to catch my breath more easily this morning than yesterday. God is very good!
  • Marilynsretired
    Marilynsretired Posts: 5,588 Member
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  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 875 Member
    edited December 2023
    LOL...that's me, Marilyn. My Mama used to warn me off knives and putting them in the sink with other things. I got a bad cut that way when working at Winn Dixie, in the deli...

    Kim I thought of you today when looking at what passes for news on the internet and saw an article on 100 day cough. I didn't read it...but remember my round years back when I was sick for 47 days, thinking it's just allergies! Continued prayers for healing...Glad you got some good rest! I'm still on repeat...up at 11 PM until 4 AM...then back down until 9-10 AM...no balance or stability. I can only juggle 2 of 5 things it seems...h7cqiwioi0hs.jpg
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,554 Member
    Oh, what great medicine you ladies are this morning. Marilyn, that meme reminded me of when I would go to Mom's house. She used to keep her knives really sharp, and she wouldn't let me use the really sharp ones because I seemed to cut myself often when I did! LOL! I bought Wade a nice knife several years ago, but he won't use it because it's too sharp and he's afraid he will cut himself. He does the cutting and chopping and most of the cooking!

    Bren, what a cute meme. Boy, unless I am taking my magnesium threonate, I can hardly juggle two things at once. It can break the brain barrier and strengthen memory, and it works. When I take it regulary I lose fewer words than I do when I miss taking it.

    Today is my last day of antibiotics but the symptoms persist. I'll see the NP on Monday and we will go from there. I'll check out that 100-day cough, Bren, and see if I have the same symptoms. I had quite a bit of coughing this morning, but it's quieted since I seem to have cleared out whatever had collected in my throat and chest overnight! We are using a humidifier near my chair in the living room and an air purifier in the bedroom at night. We'll probably move the humidifier in there at night as well. I'm hoping since I will have finished two rounds of antibiotics that I will be able to go to Church tomorrow, but as the symptoms are still there, we may decide it is safer for everyone if I stay isolated until we know for sure what is going on.

    Love y'all. You are in my prayers!
  • Marilynsretired
    Marilynsretired Posts: 5,588 Member
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  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 875 Member
    Kim, have you seen Bob and Brad lately? I checked in yesterday because my back pain was crippling and I was almost crying.
    I barely get 5 minutes standing now before I am hunched over in pain and going numb....anyway....Bob has had to leave his roll due to a condition that affects mobility, speech and balance. (Ataxia) It breaks my heart! The replacement, Mike...has the personality of a rock....meanie, aren't I?
    I love those guys and am so appreciative of your tip to go see them years back...

    Today's stats: 233.8, 122/67 62 and my FBS is 137...and I had a 97 after lunch yesterday for the first time in over 3 weeks. Hooya. With the pain levels of yesterday, I barely cobbled together 2 Bistro bowls (salads) with added cucumber, onion and grape tomato and an egg with the one for dinner. and breakfast was a ham sandwich with onion and baby romaine.
    I did have my birthday cake early tho....I got one piece of carrot cake in my WM order. The girl who delivered my order was well prepared, with a rolling cart and 2 cold/hot bags! I set my cart outside the door for them to load up then pull it in. I could not have handled a pick up at all yesterday....I am so thankful for the delivery option and that too, was a great tip, from you and our Connie. It's been such a blessing. It is well worth my tip for the service.

    Continued prayers for us all and our assorted needs, in this new day...God is aware of us and with us all in any struggles we face.
    This girl needs coffee and an infusion of strength for my chores today. I got maybe 5 things done yesterday...trash out, unload/reload dishwasher (biggies) and put away some laundry...semi sorting of the fridge and tucking away my order when it came.
    I got a new bag of avocados and a bag of kale to play with...hooya...and the fresh salad goods. I am a happy camper.
  • Marilynsretired
    Marilynsretired Posts: 5,588 Member
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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,554 Member
    Thank you, friend Marilyn. That brought a smile!

    Bren, I'm so sorry the pain is so bad. Can you tolerate your back brace until the pain recedes a bit? It will help you and do the work that your spine just can't do right now!

    Going to the NP this afternoon. I'm doing about 75% better, so hoping she won't want me to go to a specialist and we can just ride the rest of this out. As long as the pneumonia is gone I can handle the occasional trouble catching my breath. I'm hoping that is from the inflammation in my lymph nodes, which can take time to dissipate.

    Praying for y'all. Love you bunches.
  • Marilynsretired
    Marilynsretired Posts: 5,588 Member
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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,554 Member
    edited December 2023
    Good morning everyone! Hope you are doing better today, Bren. You continue in my prayers, as do all of you.

    Here is a little bit from the e-mail I got about the book Jake is going to be in:

    Meet JAKE, one of my readers' beloved doggies, who makes an appearance in SHADE GROWN!
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    My reader Kim told me about her family's dog Jake, who was with them for 11.5 years. She said, "He was about five months old and a terror, literally, I was scared of him - but then I figured out his training method and was able to work with him and he ended up the sweetest dog. Give him a 'Good Boy Treat' and he would do just about anything you asked of him." Jake was a Chinook, or Chinook/husky mix. You can meet him in SHADE GROWN!

    I left out the excerpt from the story. I'm so excited! He may just have a mention on a page or two, but he's still in there! I started the book last night and am not very far in so I haven't run across him yet. There are cats in these stories too, Bren! LOL!

    Love y'all.

    Oh my, I forgot to mention. The pneumonia is resolved, but she referred me to a pulmonologist because I continue to have trouble catching my breath. Some days it's better and then the next day it could be bad again - I have no idea and hope that he can give me some information that will be helpful. Thanks for your prayers.
  • Marilynsretired
    Marilynsretired Posts: 5,588 Member
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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,554 Member
    Woohoo, I get to go to Bible Study tonight. Praise the Lord! Hope you ladies are doing alright. I miss you, Bren! and Missy! Hope you are feeling alright.
  • Marilynsretired
    Marilynsretired Posts: 5,588 Member
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