WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2017

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  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
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    Morning, first cup of coffee and little crustless quiches for breakfast today, yum. I had a lovely date with a work friend yesterday afternoon with a glass of wine, we split an appetizer--fun and not over my cico limits. This is my preferred eating out experience, savor the food, emphasis on taste, not quantity by splitting small plate. I will hit the gym early today so I don't procrastinate too much! Lots of paperwork, laundry, cleaning to do on these days off. I hope to get a lot done at home so I can enjoy the weekend with DH, though we don't have anything planned.

    Allie Sounds like you're on your way.....just remember there are a lot of women behind you today, cheering you on :)<3

    NYKAREN
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,217 Member
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    Go Allie! :drinker:

    Texted my friend who is having her oral chemo today for the first time. She had just had all the blood tests done and was waiting for results. She has been through the normal chemo and this is the last holding one available just to ease her symptoms.

    Did my roots today. Natural blonde again! :D

    DH was delayed going off to cricket. Bad light. He is not optimistic as rain is forecast.
    I've got the cake out of the freezer.
    Michele - I just do a normal butter icing. Butter and icing sugar. I am adding melted chocolate as it's a chocolate fudge cake. It's only for the inside filling as the top and sides are blue and white fondant for the FROZEN theme.

    My friend is arriving in an hour. Just a short toddle down the road for some salmon and big plate of veggies. The hollandaise comes on the side. One small spritzer. :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,890 Member
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    lhannon062709 wrote: »
    Morning, afternoon and evening, my chickens...

    Ah... on the subject of wanderlust. Not sure I've ever put this out where anyone could see it. Facebook thought someone was trying to hack me when I started putting in ALL the places I've lived. But here's the list:

    That is quite the list!!

    I think I've lived in 24 places in Canada (4 provinces) and Australia (2 states), counting the 8 months we spent travelling the world with no real fixed address as 1 "place".

    My husband and I have been married for 9 years, and the place we're currently in now is the longest we've lived anywhere together. We've just hit 3 years here! :) Since we've been married, I've lived in 9 places and he has lived in 8 (we spent our first 9 months as a married couple on the opposite side of the world, so our count is slightly different).

    M ... currently in a place in Oz. :grin:
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,890 Member
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    Feeling frustrated about a dental issue.

    -- About 18 months ago, I went to the dentist with a broken tooth. He filled it.
    -- 6 months later it broke again, quite badly, and the next dentist at the same practice did a root canal.
    -- But over the past year, it has never felt quite right.
    -- Then about a month or so ago, the tooth broke again.

    Went back to the practice today, and got in to see a third dentist (seems to be a revolving door at this practice) who did not even look in my mouth, and before I could say anything, basically told me that a broken tooth was to be expected if I waited so long between stages of the root canal, and that I should have at least finished the root canal in a timely manner. I had to interrupt him to tell him the entire root canal was finished **a year ago**. It took him a while to hear me and "get it".

    Now he's talking about drilling out the root canal and inserting pins (wasn't that already done during the root canal?) and doing all sorts of thing to the tune of over $2000.

    Somehow, I'm just not feeling happy about this.

    I have two other teeth with root canals which have lasted 18 years and about 10 years, and they're still going. Why did this one only last 1 year and why are we talking about redoing the root canal?

    Maybe time for a second opinion at a different practice?

    M in Oz
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,056 Member
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    M in Oz Sorry about the tooth. Inserting a pin is different than a root canal and that procedure is very expensive. I do think you need a second opinion. When the root canal did not feel right it was a good time to go back into dentist to find out why. Unfortunately too late for that. Why did the root canal fail? Is a good question to start. Is the tooth breaking because of your bite? another good question. Is it the materials they are using? Are you careful not to chew ice? Hard foods like nuts? Popcorn? It is so frustrating when you think something is fixed and you have to go back to get it fixed again. Especially your teeth. (((M))) Good Luck!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,890 Member
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    margaretturk wrote: »
    M in Oz Sorry about the tooth. Inserting a pin is different than a root canal and that procedure is very expensive. I do think you need a second opinion. When the root canal did not feel right it was a good time to go back into dentist to find out why. Unfortunately too late for that. Why did the root canal fail? Is a good question to start. Is the tooth breaking because of your bite? another good question. Is it the materials they are using? Are you careful not to chew ice? Hard foods like nuts? Popcorn? It is so frustrating when you think something is fixed and you have to go back to get it fixed again. Especially your teeth. (((M)))

    Thanks! :)

    I didn't go back to the dentist after the root canal because I was going through about 2 months of measles, a pile of long distance cycling events, and finishing another course ... going back to the dentist was the last thing on my mind. (Things were chaos a year ago!!) And she said that it might take a little while to settle. It did kind of ease up a bit and I just figured that might be as good as it got.

    I do grind my teeth at night, and suspect that might be part of the problem ... but oddly none of the dentists I've seen here have asked me about that.

    I also have a theory that doing long distance cycling drains calcium out of the body and is hard on teeth. But that's just my theory and I've never heard a dentist talk about it.

    I don't remember why it broke the first time ... suspect maybe a granola bar? The second time it was a chocolate covered coffee bean in the middle of a 400 km bicycle ride. Made for a rough last 200 km! And this third time ... I knew it had started to develop a crack 2 or 3 months ago. It just felt different. I try not to eat anything on that side at all, and don't recall eating anything particularly hard (I rarely eat nuts, don't crunch ice, and haven't touched popcorn in years ... I don't even eat carrots because of that tooth), but all of a sudden, it just fell apart.

    This most recent dentist tried to tell me that this often happens with root canals ... and yet I've had two other teeth done which have lasted much longer.

    Anyway, I'm planning to go to my husband's dentist to see what they have to say.

    It just annoys me because I've already dropped well over $1000 on several appointments, X-rays, a filling and a root canal ... only to have the tooth fall apart a year later.

    M in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,554 Member
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    yesterdays stats

    bike ride hm 2 new gym- 5.25min, 130mhr, 9.9amph. .8mi = 52c
    apple watch- 32c
    jog treadmill - 9.40min, 9.40min mi, 6.4-6.6sp, 150mhr, 1mi = 112c
    apple watch- 104c
    other- Trampoline ball toss- 8.48min, 3sets 15 w/12#ball, 4 diff throws, 115mhr, 42c
    apple watch- 50c
    other- Floor exercises- 14min, 3sets of 10ea, reverse bicycles, leg lifts, pelvic lifts, crunches, sit-ups w/6# ball, on butt-knees to chest, on side, leg lifts, 99mhr, = 49c
    apple watch- 66c
    bike ride gym 2 dome- 13.34min, 13.6amph, 142mhr, 3mi = 147c
    appple watch- 96c
    ride bike puy 2 sumn sta- 16.20min, 150mhr, 11.1amph, 3mi= 174c
    apple watch- 109c
    jog sta 2 wk- 5.06min, 146mhr, 9.59min mi, .5mi = 69c
    apple watch- 57c
    jog wk 2 sta- 5.25min, 10.42min mi, 145mhr, .5mi = 68c
    apple watch- 58c
    ride dome 2 hm up Mst- 18.19min, 157mhr, 2.4mi = 184c
    apple watch- 134c

    total cal 992
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
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    Kate UK <3
  • ydailey
    ydailey Posts: 516 Member
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    Today is World Gratitude Day.

    "The hope of the founders of Gratitude Day is that by taking time, one day a year, to reflect on the many amazing things we have in our lives, it would positively impact our well-being and make us happier, more contented people." I struggle to make gratitude a daily practice - that is, to consciously make time to sit and think about all the things I have to be grateful for. It's good to have a reminder now and then.

    Lanette - Loop 610 in Houston was completed when I was a very young child. (Dad used to take me to fly kites there when it was under construction.) Anyhow, we lived about a half mile from the freeway - not far enough for the noise to be disturbing, but just enough to make a constant, steady hum. It sounded almost like surf, and I still find the sound soothing.

    Becca - Ooh, how great to have gardening neighbors to barter with!

    Michele - The display font on my screen made your note to Carol look like "I hope Porn is OK." ! It made me do a double-take and think, "Well, I guess it's none of my business!"

    Drkatiebug - LOL! Loved your mother of the bride joke!

    Dana - About the flu shots, Philip says he dosn't think it makes any difference in whether or not he gets the flu. But I say he sees people all day long and he needs the dang shot!

    Joyce - Wow, I can't imagine them recommending surgery without knowing for sure that the gall bladder is the problem. It's not like it's difficult to check! Whatever they do, I hope it's a good solution to the problem.


    My former choir is having a flash mob at one of the Austin farmer's markets this weekend to celebrate the choir's 30th anniversary. It makes me miss singing with them, and I'll be out of town so I won't even get to hear them sing! It's just too far for me to make the weekly Monday night drive there and back, though.

    I was arguing with myself this morning because I really want to go get a manicure before I leave tomorrow, but I need to work out. Finally I told myself that if I work out during my lunch break, I can have the mani as a reward. So that's today's plan.

    I'm grateful for all of you!

    -Yvonne in TX
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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    Becca: Congratulations and hugs. I'm sorry you missed the call from Owain. :heart:

    Janetr: I must have misread your post. :embarassed:

    Yvonne: I got my flu shot at the pharmacy yesterday. My shoulder is a little bit sore today, but not bad. :flowerforyou:

    Lanette: Our vet prescribed Pepcid AC for our dog, too. He gets half a tablet when needed. I can tell when he needs it because his poo gets runny. :star:

    Dana: My DH did not get a flu shot, either. He's hoping to get the serum and give it to himself. We used to have a pharmacist that would do that for him, but he moved to Montana. I don't think DH's chances are good. :noway:

    Allie: Three cheers! I hope the next chapter of your life is full of peace and happiness. :star:

    Lisa: You have lived in so many places! :flowerforyou:

    M in Oz: I hope you're able to get some perspective from your visit to your DH's dentist. :star:


    I'm getting a bone scan this morning. I've had one before and it is not unpleasant. I hope to find out that I'm holding my own. I'm taking the medicine given me, and doing weight bearing exercises 3 to 5 times a week in addition to the walks and other things in daily life.

    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

  • miakoda40
    miakoda40 Posts: 467 Member
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    Janet - That cabinet is GORGEOUS!!!

    Mia in MI
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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  • miakoda40
    miakoda40 Posts: 467 Member
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    Wendy - Major is adorable. I love the brindled coat.

    Mia in MI
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
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    Ate lunch at a Chinese buffet today and overloaded on salt. Will have to drink lots of water and hope to flush it out.

    Carol in GA
  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,790 Member
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    Meg--thinking of you today. Sending prayers and hugs.

    Pat--Sure hope your fur baby is ok.

    Mary--looks like you are all settled in.

    Becca--Fantastic for DS. Happy dance!! I bet those kids were surprised at the ringer on the phone. Kids now days have no idea about things we grew up with.

    Kate--I have this vision of you and DH climbing the wall. Glad you are having fun.

    It is warm today and tomorrow, then rain and 70's for the weekend. If everyone shows up I am off the weekend. Saturday planning to go to surprise 40th birthday for my niece and church on Sunday. Take care ladies.
    Blessings, Vicki Grand Island,NE

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