WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2017

Husband took off bandage horn thingy. Maybe a 1 1/2 inch horizontal stitched wound on forehead, and 1 inch wound on edge of eye brow. Husband was abit startled to see it, but after I carefully cleaned it with soap and a washcloth, it looked better. I was careful not to scrub just used my clean fingers to dab and washcloth to pat, rinsing of often with clean water. I didn't know he was taking off the bandage until I heard a meek voice say, "Rebecca?". Poor guy.
Becca
Nurse Becca in
Oregon

Hello ladies: I finally have some time to do more than read. I had a wonderful time at the horse expo last weekend and it was a joy to meet Katla in person. Rori was right, it was like meeting an old friend. Her DH was a real sport hanging out with three horsecrazy women. He and my DD found they both like buckskin colored horses. My DH who is not a horseperson was willing to throw hay to our horses while we were gone so kudos to him too.

Ginger - What do you eat to get in 30 grams of fiber? I am supposed to be increasing my fiber but am finding it hard. I am currently working on getting 25 grams per day.

Lanette - I currently have a pair of waterproof hiking shoes made by Bear Paws. I really like them.

Loving all of the DGK pictures!!!

Charleen - Congratulations on making the semifinals! I love that quilt.

Katla - Glad DH got his surgery done and is doing well.

Healing angels to all who need them and congratulations to those with victories. Sue in WA

Heather I like your philosophy on eating well, I aspire to cooking and eating like that more and more. The fresher and less processed the better.

Today I sparked some joy by tackling a lot of decluttering, cleaning and paperwork today in my P.J.s. Also made a lovely lemon cake for DH. DD comes home at midnight and I am determined to set the alarm to be awake to give her a giant hug!

NYKAREN

Michele – Same number from Georgetown, GA called; I picked it up and said, “Fire Department, where’s your emergency – it went silent. So this next time I think I will answer ‘Bambi’s *kitten* House”. I’ve decided that I would answer it since it is a recording session. Maybe when they are informed to NOT call my number, they’ll be blocked.

Becca – Hair looks good – silky. All 4 of my granddaughters have longish, very thick hair. All but, one is very tender-headed, so I have rarely been able to comb their hair. I got Mother’s mirror and brush she got when she went off to college as a present. I took it to the glass shop and had the mirror replaced. They only glued the new mirror over the 1st one and did a crappy job; so I refused to pay for it, saying I had wanted it recessed and I knew it could be done; I made such a scene the owner asked me, not very politely ‘to leave and he wasn’t going to charge me’. So I took it to another glass company that I have used; they agreed it was a crappy job and they could sit it down into the frame. They said that the first people should have broken it out then place the mirror into the frame. Picked it up the next day and was done as I had told the 1st ones. I need to see if I can bleach the bristles and polish the silver. When she married, her last initial actually did not change. Mother used to have long auburn hair which she wore in a braided bun in the back; she cut it after having a bad wreck because she could not wash it herself because she could not take off the neck brace. Started spending the $$$ to go to a ‘beauty shop’ to get her hair done (washed). This was has what is supposedly ‘natural’ bristles. It feels so good to brush your hair with it.

DYS sent a picture to us where he busted his head open when he rose up and hit the “T” bar on the post when he and another man were putting up a pig trap. When he hit the other man turned around immediately and by that time he was totally covered with blood. A head injury looks a lot more serious from a small area. His was shaped like a “Y” … it looked awful. They had to do a MRI to make sure he had not ‘cracked his skull’ before they could sew it up. This is the same son, who in 4th grade fell on a tin can top that was sticking up at a 90° angle and sat up and watched them put in close to 15 stitches. The nurse wanted him to lay back; he was not going to. I told the nurse to ‘just let him watch’.

Margaret – When my BnL had his stroke; my sister heard him (felt him) get out of the bed to go to the restroom. She sleeps with a C-pap and dosed back off to sleep, then realized that he had not come back to bed. She went in and he had hit something and bleeding really bad from the head. She went out in the hall and screamed for help. I think they got him to the hospital under that 4 hour mark. The surgeon said that he was 4 hours away from being ‘dead’. They operated on him 3x in as many days; all lasting 6 – 10 hours. Other than some weakness in his arms, he has completely recuperated. Nothing short of a miracle. His testimony was awesome! One thing we had noticed back in early October when we all got together at the beach is that he seemed to get ‘angry’ quickly over the smallest things. Later in the month, but, before their trip, he spent 2 days in the hospital with some symptoms of a stroke; but, the MRI did not show anything. They put him on a seizure medication while he was in the hospital to keep him from having another seizure. They did not know if the seizure brought on the stroke or the other way around. They all told him that it was the worst, most extensive bleed that any of them had ever seen in their practices.

Thanks for the symptoms to look out for in a possible stroke patient.

DJ – Great view!

Lenora

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Heather: I am a book-a-holic. I've had no "dry" days. :noway: I also live in a town with a library that offers a program called library to go. I check out electronic books. It is managed through Amazon. Right now I'm reading a book by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, First Star I See Tonight. I've been on a waiting list for it. I am a happy reader, and saving a lot of money on paperbacks.

Becca: Your hair has a nice natural wave. Lovely. :flowerforyou:

Margaret: I'm so glad you shared the information with us about strokes. DH had one a few years ago & was stubborn about going to the doctor. We finally made him go, but he ended up with some permanent damage to his vision because he waited so long to get help. This is not related to the current eye surgeries. His visual damage from the stroke is the visual portion of his brain. He's been tested and is still legal to drive.

Sue in WA: I enjoyed our day so much. DH says "hi." :bigsmile:

DJ: What a glorious view you have from your room. Thank you for sharing it with us.


DH is doing better and I got to go to yoga today for the first time this week. Our teacher didn't come due to a conflict and one of the students stepped in and did a great job. I have a riding lesson tomorrow and didn't get any time with Arrow during the week. I missed getting to work with him. DH's eye surgery and follow up appointment took all the available time. I'll make the best of my lesson tomorrow.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison