WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2017

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Heather, consider that very good though.

I have so much to say and to me it is terrible that right now all I can say is that my sister is on my mind. She is still in ICU and at the hospital she is in ICU is the typical ICU, no phones in the room, small rooms that are surrounding a nurses station. The one I was in was like a regular nursing unit. But if I were able to call her I would be even more worried. She is still confused, will go to sleep while she is talking. All this started yesterday when her husband called, she didn't remember if she had eaten, taken any of her medicines or anything. The pneumonia is better so I guess that is good. I was so worried that her knee replacement revision was affected. She also has had MRSA so is a carrier and can raise it's ugly head anytime it wants to. But so far the knee is good. She is going to have an MRI today, not only for the confusion but she has had two kinds of cancer, the second one she chose to leave untreated. This is the sister that one day she went to pick up her car and ended up quite a bit away and was going to have to either retrace the back roads she got there or go on a highway which she has avoided in her 67 years of life. /after a lot of testing, they could find nothing wrong with her. So I am very worried about her.

Sorry I have not made any replys to anyone except Heather which was right before I wrote this.

Love you all, Joyce in very sunny Indiana

I'm sorry, my thoughts are with you and your family

Accountability Post Progress update of my Feb goals.
Yesterday's Results
✔1. Log/COMPLETE the entry daily.
2. No eating after 9pm.
3. Fiber 30g daily
✔4. Walk 30 active Fitbit min daily.
5. Declutter ✔️clothes, books, office supplies.
✔6. In bed by midnight

Had a better day. Tomorrow will be better yet.

-- Ginger in Texas

Sherry ... sorry to hear you're having health issues. Hang in there! We're thinking of you with or without the minions!

Beth

Stats for the day

bike ride hm 2 gym- 11.10min, 15.7amph, 146mhr, 2.9mi = 115c
apple watch- 112c
JOG- 19.17min, 6.1-7.0speed, 9.39ap, 135ahr, 149mhr, 2mi = 200c
apple watch- 217c
bike ride gym 2 dome train station- 7.26min, 137mhr, 12.2amph, 1.5mi = 89c
apple watch- 53c
bike ride puyallup train station to sumner train station- 16.32min, 11.5amph, 135ahr, 148mhr, 3.1mi = 173c
apple watch- 110c
jog station 2 wk- 5.06min, 9.39min mi, 145ahr, 176mhr?, .5mi = 83c
apple watch- 59c
jog wk 2 sta- 4.29min, 146mhr, 9.29ap, .4mi = 57c
apple watch- 59c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 21.17min, 8amph, 150mhr, 2.8mi = 206c
apple watch- 163c

Total cal 923

Michele, have fun!

Oconnell5483 you are EPIC?????? Yikes! You are what caused my husband to retire early since he couldn't take EPIC and decided to retire before they went live at our hospital. Yet when we are in the hospital or get our labs done, we love how it works. When it first came up live it was really hard for my nurse friends to do a patient admission and discharge but that was back in 2009. All of them are retired now, not because of EPIC but because they are as old as me and retirement age. As a patient utilizing it, I love it. I feel sorry for you in all the training sessions especially with the doctors. I think they would be the worst to teach because of their egos. My favorite operating system was MIPS. I'm not techie at all but that was real easy to understand. I worked as an RN back in the day when they had an ample amount of RNs on staff and if there was a day where a unit secretary called in I would step in and be that for the day. It is quite a change to go from an RN of 6 patients to a secretary for 44 patients for an 8 hour shift. I can't remember the name of the operating system we used between MIPS and EPIC but I never could get it. I did it enough to do my job but not enough to trust myself to put an order in to help the secretary out. That was always a big pet peeve of mine when I would train new nurses. I would tell them that they had 4-6 patients and the secretary had 44. If you want the labs done in a timely fashion that the doctor just ordered and that you are really concerned about, put them in the computer yourself and just make a notation to the US. Same for medicine. You are hurting your patient by not getting them started as soon as possible.

DJ, I saw a movie the other night on Hallmark about a chef. She made wonderful chili and her secret was putting in one of the hot pepper sticks that sold for 25 cents. I assume it was kind of like Big Red chewing gum.

Lenora, I don't think Norma is bad enough to start CaringBridge. We have a facebook message board that is very active. I started it when my Mom was diagnosed with cancer and died 6 weeks later. I don't know how many times I added notes when she was in hospice. I guess I just needed to talk to my family and that facebook message board was my way of talking. I had a brother that was a chaplain of a hospice over in Cincinnati, Ohio at the time and those messages were so important to him that he convinced his hospice to install 3 computers and private space for their families. We don't have anyone that is techie here in town. The techie people are a niece in Arkansas and my son in law in Kentucky. I have a dear friend that has used CaringBridge and it is a wonderful way of communicating.

Kim, thanks for contacting Sherry and being her friend. I'm sorry she feels that her only spot here is to keep us laughing. I will have to email her and give her some encouragement.

Pamela, when both my Mom and my MIL turned 85, they were the ones who told us that 85 was a special number and they doubted they would get to 90 and they expected a BIG party!!!! And they got it. I'm glad your Mom understand why you can't come and you will get some special time later. We have that policy in our family. My birthday is March 3rd, daughter who lives out of town April 8. We celebrate it together. Granddaughter's birthday is middle of August, DHs is July 24, they celebrate it together. Other granddaughters birthday in November, we celebrate it when they come up for Thanksgiving. Our family as a whole celebrate Christmas when we can all get together. It is usually in January but one year it was in February.

Well I jsut had to g up and visit Norma this evening. She was much better but she said she perked up as soon as her husband walked in the door. Due to no available scheduling time, the MRI will be done tomorrow. At 7 PM her doctor still had not been in so she was still in ICU. There are no chairs in there and her husband had one specially brought in for him and the room couldn't hold another one so I didn't stay long. When she asked why I came back I just told her that the way she was earlier I just couldn't rest not seeing her again. I guess that is why I am so talkative tonight. I felt much better about her. Am I still worried, YES!!!!!! What caused such confusion????? Why did she have such a very high white blood cell count yesterday???? Why is her leg that she had the knee replacement revision so very weak now???? I was really worried that that was the source of the infection and the revision would have to be removed. Also the MRSA really, really made me worried. She is on some heavy duty antibiotics. I think I have talked about this before. When Dad died, I still had Mom so my parents were still with me. When Mom then died, since I still had Norma here in town, I still had a part of my parents here. I know Norma's days are numbered. she has already had a very agressive form of breast cancer and recovered fully from that. Now she has malignant melanoma and has chosen not to do any treatment and let nature take it's course. She feels if God is ready to take her then she is ready. If He wants to cure her, then He will. Either way, her chemo was so bad for her breast cancer was so bad she doesn't want to go through it again.

WOW, that's a lot, good night

Joyce, Indiana

Shelisarin: Sorry. I don't know a thing about the keto group. Good luck finding them. :flowerforyou:

Toni in TN: You are not the only one who wishes her kids and grandkids were closer. Mine are far away geographically. Thanks to the internet and phone, I at least get to talk to them.

Lisa: I hope your DH is feeling better each day. :flowerforyou:

Joyce: I'm sorry your sister is having such a hard time. (((HUGS)))

Alison: I also love Sleepytime Tea and Celestial Seasonings Peppermint Tea, too.

Kim (& Sherry): I'm so glad you were able to let Sherry know we care more about her than just the Minions. She has a lot of challenges & I'm sending good thoughts her way. Thank you for sharing. :flowerforyou:

Marni AK: Your stationary biker is doing is exactly what I did this morning before yoga. Then I did more of it at home on our recumbent in the living room.


We had some sunshine today! It was WONDERFUL! The river is deep, but it is flowing by our place at a safe level. In other good news, DH is seeing better and feeling better. YAY! He has another eye surgery coming up in just a few weeks. It seems as though he is doing better and feeling more optimistic about life each day. This is a huge turn around and we both count it a great blessing.

Riding lesson tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, and at the same time wonder whether the stable will be ready to handle students. I hope they got their new well drilled and operational.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." - William James


February 2017 Resolutions:

1: Log every bite and swallow;
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on strength and stamina.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least 3 glasses of water a day.
5. Monitor sleep. Average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.

Beth – You’re right about ‘stress and exhaustion’ cause heart palpitations and dizziness … it is scary any way you look at it when you are going through it. Are there any type of school or home with younger people where you son could do whatever he is capable of doing somewhat like a job, maybe ‘teaching’ those things of his intellect and potential’? I have a HS classmate whose oldest child was a “Down’s Syndrome” child. She has an apartment in their attic, even her separate door. Specifically, made for her. She cooks whenever she wants to, she goes for 'special ed' so she has friends over as well, does her own cleaning, and has a job that she can do. She has limitations; but, we (friends) met her for the first time as an adult last month; and, surprisingly she was a ‘talker’ like her Dad and he made sure that she was included in the conversation by explaining what was being talked about and would ask her what she thought about it. He encouraged her to make conversation with us and she did. I know that he and his wife are preparing her for when they are no longer around. They have 4 more children; but, I don’t think any of them live in the area. I’m sure they have considered all this and plans for her, if she survives them. While she does not need round-the-clock care; she will have to be in some type of situation where someone else helps her. An Assisted Living Facility of sorts; where maybe she could do things such as helping with other patients and cooking (or helping in the kitchen) or cleaning. I don’t know what your son is capable of doing. What his psychical limitations or other things that mean he lives with you and your husband. I know that it is something that you do have to think about as you get older. My prayers are with all y’all.

I was sad when my children grew up and moved. One became a Dad at the age of 19; wasn’t really prepared for that, or his decision. My DOGD will be 21 this March. She was 14-years-old when she came to live with him and DDnL#1. She’s a spunky thing; but, at times very OCD and moody. Very driven to the point that making anything less than a "B" is unacceptable to her. I try to ‘be there’ for her. Someone who can give an ‘opinion’ that is not necessarily clouded by what is going on around me, having children still at home. My DH gave our oldest son some money to help buy a prom dress for DMGD and said that DOS was a ‘bit’ miffed, apparently he is of the opinion that we paid for the dresses that were bought for DOGD. Nope, waited for her to lay down the $$$ she had in her wallet; then paid the balance, up to matching it. I might have given a little more; but, I also ‘shopped’ with my DOGD when she picked out her gowns. If they were too expensive, we said, don't even try it on' because you are not spending that much on a dress. I would have never spent $500 for a gown to be worn once. My DOGD ‘knew’ how much I had to add to whatever they had saved up. Did not go over that. It wasn’t my responsibility; but, she is supposedly going to Panama City Beach, FL to go ‘look’ at the gown and try it on to see if it fits her. While I don’t agree that she and her Mother must go that far for a dress (used); as she could go to at least 2 places in town that sell ‘high-end gently used clothes’ and, I have been to both and they have prom dresses. One thing the ‘Bridal Shop’ in town will do is ‘make a note of which gown is sold and where they go to school so that they won’t sell the same gown to another girl going to that particular prom. DOGD was aware that she would not get an expensive gown. The one she chose from a picture in a magazine; and, found at the Bridal Shop had to be altered to fit her. It cost a little over $100 to have that done. It was a ‘fishtail’ dress and because she is so short; the ‘fishtail’ had to be removed so that the extra length could be taken off. Damn thing nearly came apart during the alterations as the ‘flowers’ on it were just ‘tacked’ on with one long thread. The tailor in town told her step-mom that he would not touch it as it was a ‘piece-o-$#*T-ly-made gown. So they had to take it to a woman who did all the alterations for the store. The alterations did make the gown a lot better; but, I think it let her know the things she needed to look for. I went and there were gowns that I liked better; but, when a girl has her mind set on something, it is almost impossible to ‘talk them out of it’. But, she also wore it to the Senior walk-out; and, her dress was by far the prettiest.

'Paula – I am sure your mom would not ‘expect’ for you to ‘drive’ over a 3-day period of time for her birthday. My DH and I had done that before; driving from Jacksonville, FL to Metairie, LA just to see his daughter in a dance recital. Three hours; and, by the time she danced her 3rd dance - everybody was tired, some left as soon as their child had danced her last dance. Totally awful! It was really an unpleasant trip for me. I had lost a baby during my 5th month; and his ‘ex’ and her husband had ‘adopted’ a baby via a ‘private adoption’ which was born in the same month that our baby would have been born. Baby, baby, baby, do you want to hold the baby? That is all I heard for 3 days. I really wanted to just ‘puke’. I did not want to hold ‘any’ baby at that point. Took me a couple of years before I could; and, that baby was my DOS and boy did I ever hold him. Every chance I got; but, he was never a “Mama’s boy”; but, like Cracker he heard him pull up and then that was all she wrote. As for DYS; he waved his arms. “Don’t get in my space!”

Michele – The cats probably ‘know’ something is happening when you pack the car. “OH $#*T; we’re going to FL!” Thankfully Tux does pretty well in the car; but, this time he would not settle down so the vet gave me a ‘cat box’ to put him in. The first day I got him, he butted his way out of the box; well, his head anyway. The box was too big for him to have enough room to get out, but he tried. Got home and there was a hole in the end of the box; Tux is a ‘big’ cat @ 20lbs. Even heavier when he has his winter coat. He is all well after his visit to the vet.
As for ‘dependent’ children – I try not to go there. I think that is best coming from his brother. I’ve decided that he has ‘lost his mind’ if he ‘thinks’ that she can home school the youngest; asking him if he thinks I would help out. UGH! I’m against the idea and I worry about them doing it for a year; then deciding she should go back to school, being tested (which they will do when she is going into middle school) this next school year and finding she’ll have to stay back in sixth grade because she can’t do the work. I wonder ‘if she is going to quit a job that provides the family with ‘much needed’ health insurance to do so. I don’t think they have thought the process out. I’m no ‘spring chicken’ to try to teach things that I have forgotten … it would be more like going back to school myself. Quite frankly, I don’t want that responsibility.

Me, too; nothing worse than coming home to piled up laundry, dirty dishes, and needing to vacuum and dust, and all those things I do during the week as it is. I want my vacation to be just that ‘vacate the house’.

Ginger – Thanks for the tips on procrastination. Since I have retired, I think I tend to sit a little more than cleaning up. Thankfully, when people come in, they are looking up, maybe they don’t notice the dust.

Lenora