August - JUST DO IT!
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So sorry about the finger Snooozie
Happy belated birthday Carol-glad it was fun!
Gail- LOVE seeing your blood sugar numbers numbers and hearing about your progress-always!
OWR- great to hear little Harry improving-ouch on the incision!
Speaking of incisions, my husband is going under the knife on Monday for a hip replacement. Just returned from Michigan from my adorable niece's wedding, and trying to get resettled from that while also preparing for Bob's surgery, so things are a little crazy for now and suspect will stay that way for awhile. On the positive side, once he is home, and they send him home the NEXT DAY, I'll be making healthy meals for us at home instead of eating out all the time! He's supposed to get up every 10-15 minutes and cruise around the house in his walker, so our JUST DO IT mantra is going be coming out of my mouth a lot these next six weeks since I am his designated "surgery Buddy " lol. But I am going to be repeating it to myself as well as saying it to Bob, because Heavens to Betsy it is time for me to JUST DO IT and quite making excuses!!!!
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Morning Hatters
Sorry haven't been typing much; ripped a tendon off the bone in the middle finger of my left hand; finger now useless.. had to see a surgeon Monday but he said surgery only way to fix and even with it, not much mobility will be gained so may not be worth it.. go back next week to see him after swelling down but not happy camper; finger sticks out (yep looks like i'm giving everyone the finger but actually is quite debilitating since I cant bend it at all just sticks straight out.. and as I need a lot of precision typing in my job... yesterday was a bit of a challenge. however it is what it is; just a little bummed at the thought of it being left that way forever...
owR - hope harry continues to pig out and gain that weight; pls keep up updated on him and you.. know the wedding looms closer; hows the sanity level holding?
Susan.. omg... major caregiver duties coming up!! Released the next day; wowsa I new it was quick now they've come so far. I have some friends who have had the replacement; from what I've heard the biggest thing after is making sure u do the walking and physio and he'll be rocking it soon... apparently women do better than men but ONLY because women more often tend to actually keep up the physio and moving.. men apparently tend to "brush it off" a bit LOL... so you might have to push him a little but it'll be worth it!! Keep us posted! glad u enjoyed the trip home nd the wedding!
Im still trying to get to my current weight from last check in.... still 1.5 lbs to go to get there.. its absolutely horrible how quickly the weight comes back on a bit at a tme and how hard it is to get rid of again LOL.. but still sticking with the jdi AND its working.. moving every day some way and asking myself with everything I put in me is it good for me and will it help me get to my goal. Slow but sure... consistency is what I have to continue to focus on!
Gail - how's it going with the numbers?? so proud of you btw... know its a daily journey and you're doing an amazing job learning and implementing all the stuff about the T2... and that's a huge life change so congrats on all your progress!
Carol - glad u enjoyed the b/day... !0 -
Snooozie- so so so sorry to hear you you ripped the tendon off the bone - OUCH!!! And what a discouraging prognosis
Doctors don't know everything, though, and I'm hoping this is one of those cases where they are incorrect and with time your finger gets better than expected and then you can give your doc the middle finger as it is normally used for a gesture ! Major ((((((hugs)))))) sent your way . 0 -
Snoozie. ...hopefully not your primary hand. ...don't even want to go down that road. ..hoping you heal quick like me.....
Susan. ..hoping that your husband heals quick like I do.....
OWR....glad that Harry is doing great
Gail. ..glad that your numbers are going down
Check my page ladies. ....danced my tail off last night at the Zumbathon....
Carol
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Mother nature was having a little fun this morning.... making us wait while she slowly moved the clouds outta the way... honestly it was the weirdest thing at first... remember in the movie Independence Day when the alien world moves over the whole city and covers it like a ceiling.. that's what it felt like at first LOL!
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Thanks for the commiserations ladies... if I am stuck with it at least it's just a finger out of commission, big picture could have been way worse so whatever happens, it is what it is... can't even blame wine or invent some good story for it... just leaned back against a 1/2 wall to take a pic and didn't realize it was a gate; so when I leaned back there was a push bar on that section of the wall and it opened and I fell backwards out the gate and down a few stairs; I guess I grabbed onto some of the people in front of me when I felt myself falling backwards to try to stop my fall, and severed the tendon in my finger "on" someone LOL.. sheer inattention and my own fault. And since there were witnesses I can't even come up with a fabulous story, like I was climbing Mt Everest...? lol
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Snoozie Suzanne!! That sounds like you were one lucky girl!! I am so glad (and I know you are too! ) that YOU DIDN'T BREAKE YOUR NECK!! but that finger must hurt something awful. Now on the bright side you can always send the ones that "deserve it" a message with that finger and they will never know....lol Seriously though , I hope they will be able to get your mobility back in it. {{{{Hugs}}}} & prayers0
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Thanks Gail .... when I have both hands on the wheel while driving, I DO give everyone the "finger" cause it just sticks up... i'm sure someone will take offence at some point LOL.
There's a really good article on the MFP Blog today.. worth the 2 min to read IMO.. but #2 on the list was most interesting to me at this stage so I'll copy it here.. but the link is
https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/3-ways-to-use-tracked-data-to-meet-your-goals/
2. Fitness Is not Health
My mentor Dan John likes to remind just about anyone who’ll listen that, “fitness and health are not the same thing.” Fitness is the ability to do a task. Health is fuzzier. I ran a sub-3hr marathon, but I almost severed both my achilles tendons, kept getting infections, and had exactly zero libido for almost 3 months leading up to it. I was unhealthy. The World Health Organization calls health, “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Put another way, health is waking up with pretty much the same chance of dropping dead as yesterday.
The reason I bring this up is that many people get hung up on metrics thinking they’re health. But most metrics measure “fitness” for tasks. And being fit for many tasks could require a temporary sacrifice of your health. Like marathon running. And that’s not bad, it just is. So ask yourself, “Do I have health goals … or fitness goals?”
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Your injury sounds awful, Snoozie! I really hope it can be fixed and functional.
Good point about fitness v health. I used to be very fit when I was younger, but looking back I probably did a bit of damage - plus, it took up so much of my life (not that fitness was my goal, and I enjoyed doing what I was doing, but I didn't leave much time for stuff like dating and socialising). I mean, there's the mental and social wellbeing part as well. I do know some people spend loads of their spare time at the gym and I'm not criticsing at all if that's what they enjoy, but I think you do sometimes hit a point of diminishing returns, where it's more productive to focus on other aspects of health, including just enjoying life! I'm certainly not there yet at the level of exercise I do, but thanks for the reminder!0 -
Oh my Snooozie!!! Although I have to admit to a giggle; a small giggle - at the vision of your falling through that gate - I feel so bad for your poor finger. What a bummer!! And if anyone takes offense at your inadvertent flipping them off - they were probably doing something worth the flipping.... hahahahaha. I hope the doctors can give you some mobility. Your pictures of the clouds receding is really cool. Looks like waves.
What a gorgeous picture of the wedding couple. Looks like it was a beautiful day and an awesome venue.
Our daughter's wedding grows ever closer. Now, I'm actually at the place of looking forward to just being done with it. All these family members coming in from all over the states seems like it should be such a fun thing - um, Not! A few at a time would be okay - but all of them at once....arghhhhh.
Really enjoyed the read about fitness vs health. Wow! That hit home! Just as being "skinny" does not necessarily mean healthy. In my younger days of weight lifting I hurt myself trying to be "healthy". And now, I have found I tend to overdo trying to run too much and actually end of in pain and not moving because of it.... which is worse? Not moving at all - or moving a lot slower....0 -
Vail - I agree totally with you; what I liked about the little article (or what hit home more for me I guess).. was that I thought when I started MFP my goals were to lose weight and get "fit"... unlike you however, I've never been fit.. I sadly shunned any and all exercise because of all the excess weight I was carrying for the last 30 years, and the stupidity of that is coming home to roost at my age now.. I saw a show on yoga for arthritis at 2am this morning on PBS.. I don't have arthritis (yet lol).. but it really showed the importance of stretching and moving all our joints and muscles to keep them from stiffening up as we age; from hands and feet and balance to all over mobility and flexibility.. that combined with the question as to what I aiming for: healthy or fit.. has made me re-evaluate what I want for myself.. I really like their definition of healthy as well; the overall (physical, mental and social well being). I find I am sometimes in danger of isolating myself socially outside of work, so for the past year or so I have been working on accepting all invitations, and putting out invitations to friends as well.. and joined a site called "meet ups" where you get together with other people who share a particular interest... I joined a walking group, but found it was too slow paced, and that I actually DO prefer to do my walking solo in the mornings at the lake.. and that that's ok... but I also joined a group for social events; trivia nights, day trips, a night of line dancing, etc.. haven't had a chance to go to many yet with shift conflicts, but I have recognized it takes a conscious effort for me to not fall into the habit of just saying "no thanks"...
So right now I'm continuing my focus on eating well and eating less for my weight loss goal, and leaning towards a "healthy" goal implementation for September; a few ideas simmering so by the time it arrives, I hope to have a clear view of my plan moving forward..
See the surgeon today at noon then heading into work so we'll see what he has to say... by some weird coincidence tho.. I went to my family doc as well because I don't know this surgeon from a hole in the ground - he saw me in the emergency room at the hosp so I thought i'd see if my own doc could look into his credentials; turns out HE operated on MY doctor's hand LOLOL... so at least I feel reassured that my own doc trusts him enough to work on her...and her recommend to go with whatever the surgeon says about whether any surgery will be worth it..
Susan - I know today is hubby's hip replacement; thinking of both of you this morning and will sneak in at work to see if there's any update from the surgery... hugs!!0 -
That's so funny, Snoozie, I joined a meetup site too (possibly the same one!), as I am terrible at neglecting the social aspect of my health. Unlike you, I didn't actually get as far as meeting up with any of the groups! I really do like other people, but I have a very social job, and it feels like I don't need that level of sociability in my free time. I love quiet nights in! I'm going to retire eventually, though, and I know it won't be good to spending day after day on my own. I need to build up those networks now.
I hope your appointment went well - great that he's treated your own doctor!0 -
LOL.. i'm in exactly the same spot Vail - it is too funny! My job has a lot of social components and i work with a LOT of people, so i quite enjoy my ME time too... but looking forward to retirement within the next 2 years too so that's exactly what I'm "practising" now ... what I like about the MU is that a lot of the activities are physical, hiking, badminton, yoga, etc... and if ya don't like the group or the activity you can just try another one! Especially over the winter here im hoping it will help keep me movin my parts LOL.
Turns out the injury is a "bad" one (his words not mine lol)... it would require 2 separate surgeries and a graft of a piece of tendon from somewhere else on me, and in truth would probably end up with LESS use of the finger than I have now.. (in a best case scenario - worse case well don't wanna go there lol).. so honestly... considering its one finger and after accommodating around it for a week, its really just more of an inconvenience now... after just a few days at work i'm already just working "around" it.. so the amount of surgery needed with little hope of a good outcome is just not worth it.. so big picture, i can absolutely go on with my life without it causing me any grief so it's all good!
later.. gotta fly to an early morning eyeball apt lol!
Susan - hoping to hear how hubby is doing??0 -
Snooozie, sorry to hear about the 'bad' injury. Too bad surgery won't be worth the effort. But if you've been able to work around it, I guess it's the best you can hope for. I'm glad it isn't affecting your work abilities too much.
I have a social job too as a Realtor so I love to come home to my nice quiet house. Being an introvert, it takes a real effort for me in the workplace arena so coming home is such sweet relief. However, having two kids and one of their friends staying at our house this summer while working in the vineyard is a challenge. Two of them are sleeping in the living room and the house isn't the oasis I once enjoyed. I love those kids, but it is a challenge having extras here all the time! Once college starts again in a month or so things will settle down. My husband and I have been enjoying our time as empty nesters. We will see it again soon...0 -
Patrice I have friends in the same position with the grown kids.. home for the summer... love em to death, but.... apparently will be HAPPILY waving em back to college in a few weeks LOL... 0
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Well, I think I am the odd ball. Wait - I Know I'm the odd ball. I'm practicing the art of hermit. Like most of you, my job entails dealing with people - way too many people. Most of them cranky at me. They all love me when payday hits - and hate when I have to do my job and follow the law. Whaaaa Whaaaa -- (that was for me) This summer has been odd in that we have been running to and fro and frantically trying to fit in everything for everyone -- normal stuff, right?! Other than this summer it is not unheard of for me to hit the garage door on a Friday afternoon and not leave to go anywhere or see anyone (other than MrOldMan) until I go to work on Monday a.m. I like to run by myself - lift weights by myself - watch TV with my dogs (&MrOldMan). Mr does the grocery shopping and errand running any more. I did it the first 35 years of marriage - he can pick up the next 35! I do have to wonder about my social fitness. We used to socialize every stinkin weekend with lots of people. We (& they) have all grown older and apart. They have their grandkids and stuff to do and we fly off to see ours whenever possible. I wonder what will happen when I do retire - several years down the road unfortunately. Will I dig a hole and never emerge? Will my health go to hell in a hand basket?
Snooozie - I hope for you that over time you gain more mobility in your finger and that it does not interfere with life or cause you much pain.
Susan -- How is the hip recovery going? Hope well for both of you!0 -
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I am a card carrying member!! haha0
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Ha ha! Love it!0
