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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    I ordered some new bras this morning. I found, at the bottom of my box, one of the bras that is the most comfortable. I found some similar on Amazon and they ended up being around $6 a bra, so I was happy with that. I think the washer and dryer are eating them!

    Oh wow, I woke up this morning after a terrible night sleep (I think the muscle relaxant is the culprit) and thought I saw a big black fuzzy spider crawling on Wade's blanket. He was already up. By the time he got in the bedroom, maybe 15 seconds later, the spider was no where in site! Hmmm, a super big floater maybe? I'm wearing my shoes today, just in case it wasn't a floater.

    I tried to look up that Dollar Tree DIY, but didn't see that specific one. There are several though that use a single frame, add a picture from a gift back and add a big bow on top or bottom. They hung these on the doors. I probably won't do anything like that because I have enough decorations right now and I don't use them all.

    Well, I'm going to get in the living room where it's cooler. Love you

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Bras: Back when I had injured both shoulders in the two falls on the ice, I found pull over, sports type worked well and that's all I use now. I got the last batch from Amazon. My first ones came from Walmart.

    Oh, I see things daily, on waking! The spiders are the most terrifying as I saw one, palm size once, crawling up my closet door, actually grabbed the raid and sprayed before I "came to" … I really hate bugs, spiders and snakes….any creepy crawlers! Thank God most of them are not real.

    Decorations: I only have my stove burner covers and maybe one Christmas mug left. I love the covers…with a cat, wound up in Christmas lights. Only Jesus and I see them, except Bug Man 1. I will be done with Bug Man 2 on the 11th. My third follow up. He found none this week. Hooya.

    I felt pretty decent last night, pain level was down and this morning I feel really beat up. I was awakened by the neighbor's radio racket…really loud. I'm thinking the lady now beside me, was the one above me the past few years, as it was super loudand like right next to my bed. I saw her coming out of the apt. next door on Sunday and she used to be upstairs. Oh well…What's bad is the fact i am near deaf and yet this is so loud it bothers me a good bit. Who knows…maybe my fan bothers her. I can't hear it but she might. She's probably one who needs sleeping noise?

    I did new thing last night. Sour dough toast with an egg in the center. I didn't get a picture but it looked like this. I sprinkled some pepper jack cheese on the bread before putting the egg in the hole tho. I'll do it again…but with one piece of toast and avocado.

    Have a good day today…prayers for comfort, healing, good rest…protection, provision and peace. Love you lots!

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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    I thought you had baked a loaf of bread in the air fryer rather than pieces of toast with egg. I think there is a name of that - wow, AI gave me a bunch of names for that, but the one that tickles me most is "toad in a hole"! I've heard that one before. Adding cheese to it - oh my, cheese makes everything taste better! I would have to do scrambled eggs inside the whole, although that might be really good, it would be like making an omelet in a hole! I don't eat bread any more (except for Rye once in awhile for a Reuben), but I might have to try this one.

    I had gotten the front-close bras when I had a frozen shoulder, and now that my shoulders are hurting again, the sport-type ones are a little hard to get on and off without pain, but I still like them best, and the ones that don't rub and make me sore are the best! I hope the new ones I bought are like that! LOL!

    Well, that was a fascinating romp through the inanities of life! LOL! Love you, sisters!

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    LOL….That's what I've heard it called as well…Toad in a hole. It wasn't a true hole, but an indentation with a glass. This is my first time to buy sour dough bread. I like it. And yes to the cheese!

    Here's my inane contributions…in pics: One….I got more wet, floppy, wilted salad…from HEB….I did a review…very disappointed. The use by date is August 8. Such things are a store problem (rotty produce) and a picker problem. Makes me want to do a walk in for my own!

    Two: The ticket vehicle…and mine with the same tag number except my state is clearly shown.

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    That's my PM contribution. Now, I'll go camp in my recliner and watch some news related stuff. Have a good evening!

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    That is so typical of life today, no one really cares about making things right or getting things right the first time. The person who packed your order should have set that wilty package aside and found you a good one - but no, they just grab and toss! The same with the license plate, just pick one and don't do any checking! DO YOUR JOB, PEOPLE! Wade's been retired for almost four years and if we start to talk about his former job he still gets bothered by how people just didn't do their jobs or the simplest things first before they called him to fix it! And the sad thing is, he wasn't allowed to call them out on what they didn't do - "Did you check the manual first and see what you should be doing?" "Did you ask your supervisor to help you? Oh, my supervisor told me to call you! Why didn't your supervisor do her/his job?" It's crazy. Oh, what gets him every time is check out people who don't pay the customers any mind, but they are on their phone or chatting with a fellow worker! And what ever happened to the smiling, glad you came in! people working in stores. No, the customer is a bother now! Okay, that's me getting off of my soap box!

    Praise the Lord my weight went back down and is 229.6 today. I think I will be yo-yoing around this and 232 for awhile now. My body just realized that the weight was gone and stopped it cold! LOL!

    You know, I thought about this just now. Can you eat less at each meal rather than cutting out things that you enjoy? I cut out bread with my hamburgers or hot dogs, but at first I would do a bun for one and not for the other, and then cut it out all together. Oftentimes I eat just meat and fruit and cut out the starch. Yeah, I'm saying "cut out", but it means I can eat more of what is good for me and less of what is empty calories. I still eat what I like, just less of it. I quit when I am comfortably satisfied rather than when I am full. I think that has helped me to not gain weight over all this time. Phew, I need to cut back to one of Wade's pancakes with our homemade blueberry compote instead of having two. Eek! I had that for lunch yesterday. Just a thought.

    Love you my ladies. Have a great weekend. Rest when you need to - it's okay!

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Oh I hear you! (and Wade)…you can sense if not see…the eyerolls of such customer service types. I had an ATT tech hang up on me once after a near argument about my need for service after a car wrecked the pole and took out my phone and internet…and I struggled to understand him on my cell phone. Told me I should get someone else to call for me. 95% of so called tech help these days are foreigners which makes it even harder for me to understand. And self serve at Walmart etc….where there is someone at the end of the aisle, but not really to cheerfully assist.

    Reminds me of the time I asked James (maintenance man at work) what it would take for him to do his job….he said "more money"! And our boss told Sharon and I "if you can't get him to do his job, I'll get someone on this office who will!" Threatening OUR jobs because James would drag his feet on his.

    I once reported rotted produce in HEB…many years ago. They do need to stay on top of that…daily! They did reimburse me, as did Walmart. That was a help….but didn't fill my salad bowl. LOL….I will do a walk in at Cash Savers this weekend for some.

    Oh yes! I can and do…normally I use the low calorie bread, lower carb tortillas, in much less in amounts than my old days. Some things are Kryptonite to me tho….give me all the taters, mac and cheese, catfish, smoked sausage, pancakes, ice cream…cookies and apple fritters. LOL…oh and Church's chicken. Most of those things are few and far between, thankfully! Now, ice….I can have all of that my self could ever want! See the need for proper produce here? I often have two meals a day and enjoy most of what I cobble together.

    Am feeling better today, pain wise and am very thankful. God is great and I am so blessed! Enjoy your evening and first weekend of August! Love and prayers…

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    Hmm, two meals a day might be causing your metabolism to slow down. I have three small meals and at least one snack. Oh, I got some Chomps (small) beef sticks for a snack food, they have a longer one too. They are bigger than the Slim Jim's and have a lot more flavor! We also got the stick pretzels rather than the twists, and they too taste so much better and I eat far few of the sticks than the twists. Just sometime else to think about! heeheehee!

    Some extra pain today from this crazy stormy weather. My right leg is hurting in places that it hasn't hurt before, along the side of my thigh and deeper into my inner thigh; both shoulders and my hands all hurt today. Not super bad, just aches. Praise the Lord for that! God has been so very good to me.

    Love you! Have a blessed rest of your weekend.

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  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Yes indeed! May many be drawn to Him and saved in these last days.

    I had a rough night Friday…was awake all night so slept too much yesterday and was really achy. Hoping to get on track today. I rested better last night…and even tho the pain is still bad….it's to a lesser degree than it was so I praise God for that!

    I eat when I'm hungry…don't normally snack because to me a snack is Cheetos and the like. And if I have Cheetos, I am in trouble! But then, your meals are snack size in my book. If I could retrain me to that affect….well, I'd be doing great!

    Lately, a lot of things are tasteless to me…like my Gala apples. Ick….I'm thinking of baking some. I have a 4 section muffin pan that fits my little toaster oven…I was thinking I could do a mini meatloaf, an onion, a potato and an apple at the same time….with a salad or green beans on the side. I'll see if I follow thru before my apples rot. A lot of times, I open the fridge or freezer and inspiration fails me….tho I have lots to choose from.

    I finally got my trash to the dumpster yesterday and drove around for 15 minutes to make my car feel useful. I think she appreciated it. I didn't, but maybe she did! The less I drive, the less I want to!

    I got a letter from my son yesterday….they didn't let him have the hearing aid I sent, or the perfume and divided plates, or glasses….so they may have been disposed of. It's a shame they couldn't be returned to Amazon for a refund. Oh well. He is doing well, physically and spiritually and I am so thankful.

    I missed my coffee this morning so will have some tea with lunch. I'll get my cores started shortly. I hope we all feel less pain today than yesterday and maintain a light and joyful spirit! Love and prayers….in this new day.

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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    Wade's birthday was yesterday and he wanted to go to Sam's today (if I was feeling up to it). I wasn't doing well yesterday, more pain than usual, but I didn't want to disappoint him. God really touched and I felt well enough to go. I walked 2,300+ steps and have 2,589 so far today. The way I am so tired I may not get very many more than that! We had a really good time. We ate breakfast at Cracker Barrel and I had the Sirloin tips with scrambled eggs, a few fried apples and one bite of hash browns. I drank water!

    I'm glad your pain was less. I'm sorry to hear that you and your car are having some issues - I hope that that relationship can find even ground! OOO, your meatloaf meal sounds yummy! I hope you find some good uses for the apples - maybe you can make apple sauce! Nah, you'd have to peel the apples to do that, and buying a jar of unsweetened is so much easier! Hope you get it figured out.

    Well, it's my supper time so am going to get some grapes, yogurt and granola! Love you

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member
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    Your faith may be as a mustard seed, but trust that God can take that kernel of faith and do great things!

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    What a nice outing for Wade's birthday! I'm glad you were able to go and enjoyed a nice breakfast out.

    I put my car on the list of things to do…like Dr.'s appointments….as far out as I can get. She needs a bath and clean out, oil change and fuel additive. We aren't required to do do the annual inspections any more so she's near two years with no attention….other than 2 calls for a jump start.

    Oh, I agree…applesauce is much easier to buy in the jar! I like it too. I have a couple of SF caramel dip cups and some lovely peanut butter that will perk an apple or two up. I have the brown sugar Truvia in case the baked ones get done.

    It's dinner time for me now…but it won't be as light as yours! Have a good evening and rest well at your spot! Love you….

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    Oh yum! A baked apple with Truvia Brown sugar sounds delicious! We don't use Truvia in things Wade is going to eat, he doesn't like the aftertaste! He does use the protein powder I get that is sweetened with a wee bit of Stevia, but he also adds quite a few other things that hide the flavor. I haven't done a smoothie in awhile. Lunch today will be meat and cherries (probably ham) and yogurt, grapes and granola for dinner. I'm hoping my snack will be a Chomps and some stick pretzels with dip (not a lot tonight, I did that last night 😔

    Doing fairly good today, just the same old same old. I have my appointment with the pulmonologist tomorrow. Praying he has some for sure answers for me so I don't have to say, I might have… I'm also hoping that the blood work will show what is going on with my joints. It may be run-away arthritis and hopefully he will have some pain meds that won't cut up my stomach but will help more than the Tramadol is doing. Ugh, I just called to find out if my new refill has been called in, and right now I am back to just a 7 day refill on the Tramadol. I hope that the Arthritis doc will have a different med that isn't such a hassle.

    I hope that you have a very good day today. Love you my ladies.

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Prayers for a positive outcome on the Dr.'s visit and meds needs. I still do either Tylenol arthritis strength or the mix, 250 mg with 125 mg Ibuprofen added. I've been taking them only once a day of late which is an improvement. I am very happy for the relief I am having with the sit bone pain. Pain is about half of what it was and that's a huge help.

    My PCP gave me the Tylenol 4 but was only doing a 7 day supply and I had to go pick it up as it can't be delivered so we know how long that lasted. LOL…

    I got fresh produce today so I can do up salads I've been wanting and was so happy to actually GET fresh stuff today! This will tide me over for about a week. I got my cantaloupe cut up and bagged and was reminded why I so seldom but one! I love them but that was hard labor! I'll have some tonight with my salad for dinner and grill a hamburger patty on my GF grill.

    I managed to get a new sheet on my bed, deal with the dishwasher, sort the fridge (have more to do there) and declutter some. Will go down for a rest and read time in a bit.

    I love this picture! I'll set it for my PC wallpaper….I had an aquarium many years ago…loved my fish. I gave it/them away when I moved to Alabama in 1992.

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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    So pretty! We had several fish tanks when I was growing up. We had a couple for guppies (my dad went to guppy shows and won some prizes), then we had some angel fish, kissing fish, neon tetras - just a lot of fun watching them as a kid. When we added on to the house my dad had a special room just for the fish tanks! Nothing like the ones you see today though. Wade and I talk about getting a fish tank since neither of us are capable right now of chasing after a dog!

    The appt went well. He believes that the spots on my lungs are from aspiration rather than lung disease. I need to wait at least three hours after I eat my snack before I go and lay down. I am also using a thickener in my water to make sure that I don't choke when I am drinking it. Hopefully in six months when we do another CT scan it will show the spots gone! Oh, the aspiration is likely happening when I am asleep and the acid is floating up my esophagus and possibly into my lungs. He asked if I cough when I get up from lying down - not always, but frequently I do and that may be from having had the acid come up into my throat. So, that is very good news - no likely lung disease. He wants to see the information from the rheumatologist because that does play a factor.

    Well, I'm tired and hurting a bit, so I'm going to hop in my chair, play games while I try to find something on TV. I'll eat around 3:30 and then have my snack at 6 - that means I can't lay down to read until 9 - sigh. I can listen to my missionary bio until then though!

    Love you!

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Wow! How neat is that? I had neon and black skirt Tetras, pearl and gold Mollies and two Corydoras I named Sam and Oscar after guys I knew. I knew little about aquariums other than the fact I loved them.

    Well, that is good news. We much prefer simpler answers to our assorted issues.

    I'm up at 1:30…got up at midnight. I want to load some more books on my Kindle. I got the two my son requested and made sure I chose the right address….ack!

    I hope you are resting well and have a blessed new day ahead. Hoping I don't sleep until 10:30 when I get back down! Love and prayers…

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Good morning! I did manage to get a nap and get up at 6 AM…so am good to go. Our days have seemed to zip by of late! We are a week closer to Heaven.

    I thought of you when I saw this…

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    One of my favorite verses and one I go to in my times of turmoil…now days, not working…I can lay down and rest, knowing His mercy carries me.

    I have my to do list ready and will tackle my chores shortly….Have a lovely day at your house!

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    Love that picture! I saved it!

    I'm wearing my lymphedema wraps today. It's been too hot to stand them before now. I hope they suck lots of fluid out of my calves! LOL! I need them for my arms too, but I think that most of that is from the lipedema.

    Yesterday, at the doctor's office I was 231.6. I asked if I could take off 2 lbs for my jeans! Wade weighed one time and I told him that his jeans weighed about one lb. He weighed without them and sure enough, they weighed 2 lbs! I will be happy taking off 1.6 and being 230! I'm holding steady here right now and am happy about that. Not sure I'll stay there though, Wade made some pumpkin muffins - mmm! It is the weekend! Well, pretty close anyway. We usually count Friday in our days we can eat treats. But in moderation!!!

    Well, I need to finish up here. I hope that you are able to get a good stretch of sleep this evening!

    Oh, here are some sites to go to for free or cheap books:

    These two are ones I go to quite a bit. You can also go to Amazon and look for Christian Fiction or nonfiction (I like to look for free classics) and in the search box on the far right, click that and choose low to high and it will give you from the freebies up. Love you

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    I was back at 249 this morning. Sigh….I'm going to try a snack sized dinner….and see how I fare. Jeans…I don't think I've even had any since about 2001.

    I got the reminder text for my Optimum payment, due the 10th and they have jacked the price up another $34….Insanity! They give you pretend discounts then add more. They tax the air we breathe it seems. We are so limited in our choices and the 3 service "package" I have is necessary. Cable, internet and land line. Cost has doubled in 3 years. Oh well…

    I get my books on Amazon…I go for the free Christian, mystery/suspense, etc. Thanks for two more sources to look at. Reading and napping are my only two hobbies at the moment. I've been getting the book sets too….detective type mostly at low cost.

    I haven't heard back from the ticket episode so am hoping they got their sights on the person in Washington, driving that truck. LOL…

    I didn't get far on my chore list today. Will pick up the pace a bit on the weekend. I fell asleep in my recliner after lunch so gave it up and went down for a nice nap.

    Have a good evening. And rest well! I rest enough for three.

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    That's terrible about the price hikes. We have our internet and cell phones at Spectrum and right now pay $95 for both. It will be $125 when our special deal runs out, but our cell phone service will only be $30 for each phone and the internet is $65. When we used Spectrum and Verizon we were paying almost $200 a month. Changing was a no-brainer! I hate that you can't make your own choice!

    Doing alright today. Still pain on the right side, but breathing is fine. Fatigue is ever present! I'm going to rest up today so that I will be fine for Worship tomorrow! I hope you have a very good weekend! Love you

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    I agree…It's now $243 a month! Nobody else offers the land line phone (that I can hear), no one else offers cable…only streaming services of which I am still less than comfy with…there are other internet services but they are stand alone or offer the streaming? They push the envelope for sure. I still have Vexus dunning me and I had it disconnected in June.

    Me too, with the fatigue…this is day 5 of the napping and no night time solid rest. Makes my day more painful and way less productive. I hope to knock some chores off the list today before my bug man #2 comes at 1. Last visit…hoorah! # 1 comes Thursday so I will attempt to stay tidy…I do entertain the idea sometimes of giving away 3 empty tubs and letting them go thru my apartment and fill them up…LOL That would cull the clutter.

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    I am thankful for the gift of a new day…God's provision and peace, the strength, comfort and mercy we can be assured of in each day. Love and prayers….for us all as we head towards fall….the way time is zipping by, it will be here in 4 days.

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    Oh, I hope Fall will come that soon! The picture is so true!

    I go to see the Arthritis doctor tomorrow and am hoping that it is simply that and not an autoimmune disease. I hope that they have come out with a new pain killer that doesn't bother the stomach! I'm afraid he is going to say there is nothing wrong with me so we will give it a new name, because it is obvious you are in pain! That happened with my heart rate and with my breathing issues when I lived in Hickory. We can't find anything wrong, but you do have something going on, so we'll give it a name! Ugh. At least the meds they gave for my IST (inappropriate sinus tachycardia, which no other doctor has heard of - of course not, it's just me!) and Allergy Induced Asthma (which is also a made up name because I don't have asthma but exhibit signs of having it, so we gotta call it something.) I think that I had pneumonia at that time which wasn't checked for, but all the symptoms were the same! I'm hoping he will give me good news, but answers too. They aren't giving me the results of my tests at LabCorp, so I guess they don't want me seeing them before I see the doctor! Just one more day, I can be patient for that long!

    Hope all goes well with the bug man!

    Miss you Missy and Marilyn! Y'all stay in my prayers. Love you

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Oh wow! That's so frustrating. Give it a name and go on your merry way? Hope you get proper answers and good care….

    I was in such sad shape today! Very fatigued, in a lot of pain, getting the trash out was a repeat of last week where I was so weak and struggling to breathe, that the 120 or so steps to the car and back had me wiped out and crying out to God. The bare minimum was accomplished and I was embarrassed to see him go in my kitchen that did not get dealt with today! I wasn't sure he was going in there but I am usually waiting outside and didn't see him.

    The bug guy was done in 20 minutes, I didn't have to go out again in the heat. It was 97 by then. No sign of bugs for 4 weeks and I am done, praise God! I went to bed as soon as he was gone and got a good nap so am feeling better. I am so thankful. I will work on the sleep patterns again….it's exhausting! Perhaps if I can stay awake until 10 PM, I can sleep thru the night?

    I am so thankful to feel better and will do a light dinner…watch some TV…pray for a restful night (for us all) and trust Jesus with all the details.

    I love you lots! Blessings to you and yours….

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    Wow, praise the Lord that the bug issue is done and you are feeling better! Hope that today has been better for you as well.

    I saw the Arthritis PA this morning. All the tests were negative for RA and for auto-immune diseases! I do have osteoarthritis and there is a minute chance that there may be RA because of having arthritis on both sides, but right now we are going to get the inflammation down and, Lord willing, the pain! I am going to start taking a medication that should help with the inflammation. I can't take any of the normal anti-inflammatories so there are few choices for me. He said if this doesn't work then we will go to the first step drug for RA. I take my first pill tonight. I'm just so grateful to the Lord that there really isn't anything bad wrong with me, aspirating at night and arthritis! Praise the Lord!

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Oh yes! Praising God for this report, Kim! Hoping this line of defense improves the pain as well as the inflammation. Quickly and with no tummy troubles.

    Yes to my stuff as well! God is SO good! I feel much better today, rested better last night and tho I was awake from 1-3 AM, I got up for real at 6 so was much better than sleeping until 11:00. I did get a nap after lunch so am ready to roll some more.

    I got the sheet back on the bed, dishwasher dealt with and for lunch, did the egg roll in a bowl thing, minus rice or noodles, with the last of this round of ground pork. I enjoyed the veggies! I'm not sure yet about dinner. I'll poke around in there shortly.

    I sent my endo Doc a note this morning about my Tresiba no longer being covered by my insurance and he got right on it. His nurse normally contacts me but this was from him. The sub is currently out of stock so I'll be watching for it. I have 3 pens left so am not going to run out soon. My other scrip is ready for pick up so will wait for this one and pick up both. I have 6 days left to pick up the other one before they put it back in stock. I actually still have 3.5 boxes of the fast acting left…during switch ups, back awhile, my refill dates got crossed and have me with new orders mid cycle. Oh well…Next time…I will delay it and order when I am nearer to needing it!

    I'm going to go see what I can scare up for dinner….Have a good evening at your spot! Love and prayers.

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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    What a great picture and thought.

    Some of my meds have done that, over-lapped. I've had to dump some that went out of date. I hate doing that! I pour them out in the garbage rather than throwing them out in the bottle! None of my meds are ones dealers would like to get, and only the Tramadol is called an opiate (the mildest on the market) so I bring that one to the pharmacy to do away with, but I haven't done that in years! I took my two pills for help with pain and sleep as well as my new one and I am dragging terribly this morning - won't do that again!

    Otherwise things are as usual here. I'm so glad you've had a good day and pray for even more! Love you

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    Good morning ladies. I hope that you had a good Wednesday. I was sleepy all day and lay down to take a nap, but didn't really sleep - I did feel better after that though. I took away one of the meds last night and did fine without it and am less sleepy this morning. I think I'll save that med for days when I need some pain relief. Praise the Lord, that was a fairly easy fix.

    My other site wouldn't let me post my reply and it had a link to a book site which had 9 free books - they were western romance. Sorry, I deleted the information for it.

    These aren't necessarily my genre, but I got them anyway for down the road for when my KU runs out and I can't get the free reads from that source! Quite a few authors that I really like are part of KU - boohoo! It's just too expensive and I'm not sure that it's paying for itself. I pull a book out of KU, let it sit in my Kindle without reading it and then give it back. I think I actually read two or three KU books a month, and to pay for itself I'd have to read five or six. Hoopla has been helpful and I can get e-books free from them. They are a library site so they go back in three weeks, but I can get both audio and e-books that way as well, all I need is my library card.

    Well, I'll let y'all go. If you are able, let me know how you are doing. Continued thoughts and prayers and love.

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member
    edited August 14

    Oh my…I have had a really rough day…pain wise and otherwise…awake all night and no caffeine involved. Awake from 11 PM to 7 AM….

    Having great pain but I did sit too long….have an insurance issue…my Dr. and Walgreens are on it. The sub for the Tresiba is 2069.79 w/o insurance so we know that's not happening. Sent messages to my Dr. and spoke with Walgreens, both on track to get me set up.

    Then, I snagged more books for my Kindle, realized they weren't loading…Ack! It's a WI-FI issue since my Kindle had hooked into Vexus….which is now disconnected and I will have to find the password for my Optimum to connect to that. Waah!

    I had breakfast this morning and have been down since. So….I will hope for solutions, pray for instruction and trust God in all things….

    OH Praise God! With a flashlight and magnifying glass…I got the password am finally reconnected after initially missing the little das…and getting no results. Now….I can rest easier and my books are loaded!

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 3,495 Member

    Oh, I'm so glad that you were able to find that password. If I can't find mine, or didn't put it on my password list (on a memory stick and not the computer, although I do keep the stick plugged in - 🤨) I just reset the password.

    Recently Amazon has been unhappy with my address so I keep trying to find one that will get my stuff to me! For awhile everything was coming bits and pieces through the post office; I took off our PO Box, but then they started leaving our stuff at a guy's house in the next village who as the same street address (he brings it to us when that happens); so I kept off the PO Box and put our town at the bottom (which doesn't have a post office, that's why we use the name of the town next door, they do all our mail). Since it's not coming through the PO it should work, and so far it has! Phew. They must have a new driver at UPS for our area, because we got all our packages with our previous address for three years without fail! It's just so strange. The guy with the same street address is less than a mile down the road from us! We live very close to the line between our two towns and he lives not far from the line of his town! Lots of fun!

    I hope you get to feeling better and are able to get a good night's sleep! I'm glad they are going to get the cost of the Tresiba down for you! Wow, that would have to be a "NO" for me if I got a drug that cost that much. I'm glad my prescription service covers my drugs so well.

    Well sister, I am going to go and put on my leg wraps. Love you

  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Oh my! You have way more irritants than I do with mail! I've only had 2 episodes with deliveries…one a load of groceries and another, the night stand…both showed up as delivered but they weren't delivered to me! Both were resolved by replacement.

    I hope the insulin thing is resolved soon. Normally I only pay $105 each script for a 3 month supply so will be fine once they get the right thing ordered that my insurance covers. This is about the 4th time for coverage to change.

    Thank you! I did rest better last night. Other than the pain, I feel better today. Managed to stay down until 2:30 this morning. Will go down for rest/reading time shortly.

    While poking thru my binders of notes, charts, recipes etc. this morning (that was fun)…I found this! I will post it in the kitchen as a reminder. I am still wasting way too much produce!

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  • bren5535
    bren5535 Posts: 1,148 Member

    Ack…my post is missing!

    I had to google where to look for the password. It's on the bottom of my modem which is highly wired and hard to get to, hard to see…hence the magnifying glass and flashlight. LOL…

    I can't remember what all I said…mostly repeats of the rest VS pain thing yet I am feeling better with a lesser degree of pain most days. For that, I am so thankful.

    I need to wrestle up the energy today to go to Walgreens, haven't heard back on the second order yet so that's still being worked on but I'll get the Fiasp type stuff and run the car for 15 minutes.

    I found this while poking thru my many binders…at charts, notes, devotionals and recipes. (That was fun!) I will post it on my bulletin board in the kitchen. I am still wasting SO much produce!

    Lookie

    here!

    We can

    do charts

    now!

    Hooya!

    Let's

    list

    happy

    things!

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