WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2023

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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,368 Member
    Stats for the day -

    Walk w/family- 1hr 59min 7sec, 85elev, 3.03ap, 83ahr, 100mhr, 6.11mi= 550c
    Strava app = 749c
    Walk home to gym- 11.21min, .52mi= 51c
    Strava app = 65c
    Rowing machine- 20min, 54aw, 121ahr, 168mhr, 3238meters= 166c
    Walk gym to home- 11.08min, 2.85ap, .53mi= 61c
    Strava app= 66c


    Total cal 828
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,277 Member
    Rosemarie2972 wrote: »
    Lanette: My DH liked See's candies and would sometimes order them.


    Debbie: I hope you enjoyed the visit with your Mom and cousin.



    Now heading towards 2024!

    Best,
    Rosemarie from Georgia

    See's chocolates are the best. I have a hard time but when I do get a box, I limit it it to 2 a day. I am great until I open the box....

    Cousin didn't come by. Said he was planning on stopping to see mom today(and I came home yesterday)
    With mom such a short time so no real time to visit. I will go back up in a few weeks when things calm down and have a nice visit with her.

  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,277 Member
    skuehn48 wrote: »
    DD and I had a good Christmas. It was quiet, we texted with family and gave all the critters Christmas treats. Started a new Christmas jigsaw puzzle.

    Lanette - we tried turkey slices in the air fryer yesterday. They were delicous. We also did seasoned green beans in the fryer. We are still learning as we go but so far are quite happy with it. We have a built in oven that is possessed. Part of the reason for the air fryer. The oven suddenly decides it is too hot and then turns itself off in the middle of cooking something or the timer goes off partway through the cooking time. We had it checked out and the computer needs replaced which costs nearly as much as a new oven.

    Beth - so sorry about your mom. Remember to take care of you too.

    Everyone take care, Sue in WA

    The problem with my oven is can't see the temp when I am trying to set it unless it is just the perfect lighting in the room and even that is getting worse. I have a little thermometer that I put in there now but then have to wait for it to preheat, see how close I am, and then adjust it.
    DH said the part isn't available or other times he says it is too expensive for the age of the stove-makes comments about just spending the $1800 and replacing the whole thing. It is a specific size so only a few options from what he said. I will deal with it a bit longer but not too much more. The light went out inside too- that isn't that big of a deal.
    LOVE our air fryer and use it almost daily. Best purchase ever. The first one was a gift from dh- sat in the box for months after I got it(Got a pressure cooker same time, that was in the box a year before I tried it-LOVE it too). We have since replaced/upgraded the air fryer several times. The only appliance dh actually will use, other than warming up something very rarely in the microwave.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,157 Member
    Thanks Sue,yes you have to have high BP which I do and a VMI over 30 mine is 35 I think .. next time I go to the Dr I'll ask about this..
    My dopey neighbor keeps his door open to the hallway and plays his stereo loud,I can hear it from my bedroom.. he is really creepy,so i just stay in my place.
    Gosh Debbie I don't know how you put up with all you do daily..the stress level for you and your husband is unbearable, and the way he treats you is just rotten..I mean Tom was bad,but lordy your husband is just wicked.
    Please do what you can to take care of you. We only go around this ol world once ..make it count !!
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,277 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Ginny, the UTIs always just took me down physically, with fatigue being the worst of all. Hope the antibiotic helps soon.

    Machka, I'm with Ginny - the inability to draw a deep breath is indeed worrying when covid is the diagnosis.

    Thanks for all the photos of home and families, it's been wonderful to get that look into everyone's life. Here's the latest picture of all the work Corey's done covering the walls with the knotty cedar planks. Tomorrow, he'll be putting up the ceiling...
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    Later, y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR

    Lisa- your sun room looks amazing- I know you will enjoy MANY hours in there when it is done!
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,157 Member
    Bah humbug on the men at the store..bumch of grumps.
    Have Alfie tucked in behind me ,as I hear a plane fly overhead.always enjoy that..must have been born in me lol
    Our bote return will be going up to 10 cents starting Jan 1st ,so will stop at Sams or Vostco and buy bottled water before the prices go up.
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,078 Member
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  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,738 Member
    Good morning!
    Right now I have the right amount of Christmas left out. The tree and inside lights. 😍 Those will come down New Year's Eve. Heather Thank you for the cleaning solution. My DH isn't a fan of the smell, but it did a wonderful job. Yesterday I took the Bronco to body shop, then started take down, and cleaning. It really wasn't as "dirty" as I thought, but feels much better in dining room, living room, hallway, and part of kitchen. I ran out of time and energy. Rearranged some surfaces so feels less cluttered. At least surfaces and walls are clean and carpet vacuumed. I will tackle interior surfaces slower. While I hate the idea, I may need to include DH in cleaning out the under cabinets of two hutches. 🙃 Most of that is his stuffs. They are full with stuffs we haven't used in years. I don't really want to just pack and put in attic. I want it gone. He just overthinks everything and wants to keep everything. This will take some delicate negotiations. Lol!
    So for now I am happy with work done. Interior surfaces will wait for little bits at a time. It was difficult mentally yesterday doing this as I had to balance what I wanted done with helping DH in his clean up projects, cooking dinner, spending time with DH.....I tend to buckle down and become single minded when the urge hits. This is why I usually did this when he was gone on weekends. Changes are difficult.

    Today I enjoyed walking into the clean and decluttered front rooms with the lights of the tree.

    Back to work for a short week. Need to get laundry sorted and plants watered before hand.

    Love all the pictures!
    Healing thoughts for those with medical challenges.
    Hugs because we all need them.

    <3
    Kylia in Ohio
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,699 Member
    edited December 2023
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    My friend G isn't calling in after all. Her itching was so bad last night that she felt she had to see a doctor again this morning. She has an appointment at 11.20. The poor woman feels she is being tortured. I have a photo I will put in a spoiler. Please don't look if medical things upset you. She said it's even worse on her arms - big blisters. It's all over her body.
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    She is still intending to drive to Eastbourne, because she wants to see a very old friend of her long deceased sister. Personally, I couldn't even consider an expedition!

    Oh well.

    I managed my exercises this morning and an editing session, so I'm quite pleased with myself. o:) Plus, before I knew G wasn't coming, at 7 am I hoovered the rug in the living room, and the kitchen floor, and polished the worktops. :p Then I put the turkey carcase on for stock, in an old weak chicken stock that has been neglected in the freezer. The smell is amazing! Soup for lunch, plus a smoked mackerel bagel.

    Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    Looks like when I had measles in 2016 ... except it looks like she has done some scratching.

    I was experiencing such painful itching that I couldn't wear clothes and I couldn't sit or lie down. I spent the worst night walking up and down in the living room all night long, with the temperature as cold as I could stand it. It was the only way I felt even slightly comfortable.

    The next morning, I put on the smoothest clothes I could find, and not much of them (a skirt and some sort of top but no underwear) and my husband took me to an urgent care facility.

    Fortunately, the doctor took one look at me and put me on a very strong antihistamine and a very strong painkiller which together knocked me out completely for about 2 days. By then, the worst was past so I was able to start cutting back a bit and spending a bit of time awake. It took several weeks for it all to fade.

    Since then I haven't been able to wear anything with texture.

    I feel for her and hope they can knock her out until it starts to leave her system. I hope they can find the source as well.

    I seem to react to a lot more things in recent years than I used to. Penicillin is one that left me with a head to toe rash (but not like that). Just a couple months ago, I reacted badly to some sort of essential oils.


    M in Oz
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,157 Member
    Morning ladies
    Watching the Today show..
    Going to have some Christmas tea i ordered it from Amazon.
    Alfie is under the covers..
    My friends are up visiting from N..C.and the stomach bug is running through the family so staying away.
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,982 Member
    Beth, hugs and more hugs and prayers as well. I’m glad your mother seems a little better.

    Allie, I know a few people who have lost week successfully with an Ozempic type shot and at least one who could not tolerate the nausea. My nutritionist advises against it unless it is medically necessary, particularly because of the loss of muscle mass as someone else mentioned. He also said that the potential for gaining the weight back once the medication stops is extremely high. My take is that it is like any other medical intervention to help with weight loss: do your research and proceed with caution. Sometimes it is necessary, but don’t think it is an easy fix or without it’s issues.

    Lanette , your research was interesting to read and reminded me of an incident that happened in the grocery store parking lot a few months back. As I was getting out of my car to go into the store, I witnessed a man go down beside his truck. He was obviously disabled in some way with mobility issues, anyway. I rushed to help him as did a young man. We helped him get his groceries into the truck and to get himself back on his feet. At that point the young man left. I stayed until this man was safely in his truck and ready to drive away.

    Debbie, I especially like Machka’s idea for your Christmas next year. And don’t tell anybody where you’re going!

    Michelle, I have similar benign moles all over my back. Your one is bleeding because your bra has irritated it and worked it loose from your body in a spot. Just put a bandaid over it to cushion it from your bra, and you will be fine until February. It’s a nuisance more than anything. I had one at my waistline that did that back in the fall.

    Heather, your friend’s skin looks very painful. Did you say what her diagnosis is? I’m with Machka on that one, too. Give me something to knock me out until it gets better.

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