WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2020

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  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    Barbie- Think I saw one of those food mills at a antique store once in a small town called Fredericksburg Tx. I just used an old fashioned potato masher y a tiny food processor for Daughter. For JR potatoes are with the food masher but he refusing to eat them now. I wish he wasn’t so picky! He refused new foods yesterday then refused anything made so Hubby bought pizza. He doesn’t like change. Daughter ate anything but meat she was my easy eater! She would drink carrot juices to eat tapioca! Offer her beets yum yum to tomatoes whole. Who knew she was the easy one lol 😂. Everyone said she was hard .Sibling rivalry always got to 1 up each other lol.

    Amber Tx
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,614 Member
    Heather Dr gives hard copies of blood work on request, will ask about the other tests.
    Welcome Brenda in VA and Happy Birthday!
    Barbara t s o c a h m o d
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    Vaccinations Soap Box

    Just putting this out there for information. Vaccinations recommended for seniors 65 & over and the rationale for each:
    Flu High-Dose Vaccine: Annually. It contained four times as much flu virus antigen as the "regular" flu vaccine. It prevents flu or ameliorates the severity & helps protect others by way of the "herd effect". If 80% of the population is vaccinated, the other 20% are mostly protected.

    Tetanus Vaccine: Every 10 years on general principles; within 5 years if you get cut or step on a nail. Since tetanus (lockjaw) has a very high mortality rate even when treated, this one is a no-brainer. Most seniors can just get the Td, but if you have regular child-care duties, get the Tdap at least once. The "p" stands for Pertussis, or Whooping Cough, and senior citizens are a significant vector in its spread.

    Pneumonia Vaccines: Prevnar 13 (the "new" pneumonia shot) and Pneumovax (the "old" pneumonia shot). Once-in-a-lifetime shots for most people. It's often recommended that you get Prevnar 13 first & maybe a year later get the Pneumovax. Prevents Pneumococcal (or Lobar) Pneumonia, a killer in debilitated or predisposed senior citizens. It does not prevent pneumonia caused by anything other than Streptococcus pneumoniae. In other words, it doesn't prevent ordinary community-acquired pneumonia.

    Shingles Vaccine Series: The new 2-part series for shingles (Herpes zoster) is recommended as a once-in-a-lifetime vaccine to prevent or ameliorate shingles, and especially post-herpetic neuralgia which can cause a lifetime of pain. It can be given to people who have had shingles, or have had the "old" shingles shot. It can be given regardless of whether a person has had chickenpox. Since it is a live vaccine, if a person is taking immunosuppressant drugs for conditions like Rheumatoid Arthritis or Crohn's, they should talk to their specialists first.

    If you travel you may want to get additional immunizations/boosters for diseases like hepatitis A; hepatitis B; measles, mumps, and rubella; meningococcal disease; and varicella (chickenpox), as well as others specific to the region you visit. Immunity wanes as we age, and we may think we are immune to something because we had the childhood disease or have been previously immunized. That isn't always the case. I have had rubella boosters twice as an adult (required because I am in a medical field) because my immunity wanes rather quickly for that particular disease.

    Adults have to make up their own minds about whether they want to be immunized or not. If you choose not to get immunizations as an adult, you do have some added responsibility to be very vigilant for the signs & symptoms of communicable disease so you can quarantine yourself if you think you have one. Also, even if you are only a little bit under the weather, avoid contact with immunocompromised individuals and very young babies who have not already had all of their immunizations, because you may be in the prodrome stage of a more serious communicable disease & be contagious without realizing it. Whooping Cough is not as severe in adults as it is in children and may go unrecognized. Influenza is highly communicable & kills people every year; the very old & the very young are the most vulnerable. And although Tetanus (Lockjaw) is not communicable, it is deadly, & diagnosis may be delayed because the doctor might not think of it right away since it is uncommon these days due to a large portion of the population being immunized.

    Karen in Virginia

    Karen - Thank you for the great information. And, totally agree with the added responsibility and being vigilant for any signs and symptoms. I am very in-tune with my body and very healthy. Health will decline over time and I will consider all when the time comes (I still have a little bit more time before I hit that magic number of 65). And, have already noted that during my next annual physical I must get the MMR booster because I was one of those in the "unsure" years so want to play it safe there and also need a Tetanus booster.

    My friend's long-term partner recently passed. He was rushed to hospital, was basically dead, and revived. We all knew it was congestive heart failure along with many other health issues (long term). The hospital insisted they needed to run test after test even after he was pronounced brain dead and the family wanted life support removed. Finally the family put their feet (collective foot?) down and said enough. This was after 7 days of tests. The family ask, why more tests. Response - we have to make sure he did not have the flu. We are all still wondering if the industry just wants to continue pushing the flu vaccine to the entire population and not just those at risk. Why would we need to make sure it wasn't the flu when medical issues could have probably filled an entire filing cabinet.

    Although I want to believe all things medical because there are many minds greater than mine and there are so many great breakthroughs I still error on the side of caution and do not jump on every train. It's important to be informed and take action when applicable. For example traveling to remote areas and/or other countries.

    I do believe, as you have stated, we need to make informed decisions and do what is best for each of us. Better to be informed than not.

    Again, many thanks. I have copied your great overview for future reference. :smile:

  • stltrimom1015
    stltrimom1015 Posts: 56 Member
    NYKAREN – Yep, that’s what I’m trying to do although some nights it goes better than others. The plan is always to retreat to the back rooms (without the TV) and read a book, do a jigsaw puzzle or a couple of sudokus, pay bills, anything to keep me busy for about an hour before I head down to the basement for my workout. It’s getting a little easier each week so hopefully it’s working to form a good habit.

    One good thing – I have *almost* broken my habit of having a snack every night around 7:30 or so. Used to be ice cream every night and while my DH and DD still sometimes have it (I don’t buy it every week), I just don’t do it. It got to be where I was eating even if I wasn’t hungry – I think it was more out of habit and boredom. Setting my workout time to 7-8pm has helped. So now, on the occasions when I do want something, I’ll have a couple of pretzels or a fruit cup. Satisfies me just enough.

    Regarding organic/whole foods – I would love to eat fewer processed foods and I’m trying to switch over to more natural stuff but it’s a slow process. Besides the expense, it’s a matter of time – something I’m sure those of you still working can understand. I’m trying to get better about meal planning and prep on the weekends so I can still throw together a quick meal during the week without using all the boxed/bagged stuff.

    Work calls – trying to get tax forms out before the end of the month and the system is not wanting to cooperate.

    JanetO in eastern MO
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,709 Member
    edited January 2020
    From what I have read and seen on science tv programmes commercial prebiotics are a waste of money. The stomach acid destroys them. The only thing that survived was whole milk yoghurt.
    More important than probiotics are prebiotics, such as vegetables, beans, bananas etc. This creates a healthy gut environment with lots of bacteria. Trillions. Antibiotics destroy these wonderful things.
    Of course, sometimes antibiotics are necessary, but only in extremis.
    Eat lots of green stuff! And lots of lentils! :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • knitski2002
    knitski2002 Posts: 64 Member
    Got an email from Garmin stating that they have received my Vivofit and will notify me when the replacement is sent. I discovered the calorie problem with Map My Walk. I had created my account when I was 30 pounds heavier and that was still in my info so it was saying I burned more calories. I changed my weight entry and voila closer to correct calorie burn. :)

    Shirley from Northern NY
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
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  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,034 Member
    edited January 2020
    Michele: I do love pure honey, have it occasionally. We have a friend who has her own hives. She keeps us supplied. I have it in herbal teas.

  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    Yes!!! My box of pre-pregnancy pants that I kept hoped would fit into again fits me!!! The rest that hadn’t fit me in 5years before JR gave to Daughter she has them at base to wear. Excited! So fatty patty clothes into a Tupperware container as I get older in case of a slip up in weight temporarily ...well we always hope it’s temporary. Still organizing it . Figure T-shirt like tops I wear the most so their in front y Dressy Attite athe best ones only in very front for quick grabbing.

    Amber Tx
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,034 Member
    Kelly: I mostly puréed what we were eating for my kids when they were tiny. Gradually moved to mashed then finally proper solids. Much cheaper, and I knew what they were getting.
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    :) I would be chicken pot pie.

    Every so often (every 5 months or so), I buy a Marie Calender turkey pot pie with peas and carrots. It makes me remember as a kid getting the hot pot pie, putting a plate on top and then flipping it. The pie was upside down, its sauce all around it. It was really special.💖
    Rebecca
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Amber: Congratulations on getting into your pre-pregnancy clothes. WTG!!!!! :star:

    Rebecca: We also had store-bought pot pie when I was a kid. Good memories! :smiley: Regarding singing—music is a gift and you are gifted in that area. When you share your songs they become a gift to the people who are lucky enough to hear you. :star: I envy you. I sing almost as well as a tom cat getting ready for a fight in the back alley. :ohwell:


    I just got back from running some errands. I was listening to the car radio and heard The Sinking of the Bismark. Fun song. I know it was from the 50’s but not just when.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • carolmelton147
    carolmelton147 Posts: 5 Member
    Hello all! I have been reading your posts and just love the feel in this thread. I am ALMOST 50! Will turn the big 50 this May and have made a commitment to self for better health and flexibility. (Yoga)

    Over the past few days you discussed sweeteners. I was wondering if anyone had a feeling about Swerve? I really like it and use it in my coffee. I didn't see anyone discuss that particular type? Thoughts?
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Amber: Congratulations on getting into your pre-pregnancy clothes. WTG!!!!! :star:

    Rebecca: We also had store-bought pot pie when I was a kid. Good memories! :smiley: Regarding singing—music is a gift and you are gifted in that area. When you share your songs they become a gift to the people who are lucky enough to hear you. :star: I envy you. I sing almost as well as a tom cat getting ready for a fight in the back alley. :ohwell:


    I just got back from running some errands. I was listening to the car radio and heard The Sinking of the Bismark. Fun song. I know it was from the 50’s but not just when.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    Awe, that is sweet thank you.💖. I think of my voice as a friend I don't speak to that often. I do need to find an outlet.👍. Lee thinks opera is generally just swinging cats by their tails😂.
    💖Rebecca
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    :p
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    carolmelton: If you can pretend you're 50+, we can too. Welcome! :bigsmile:
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,200 Member
    :) I don't use my food mill much anymore because I like things lumpy--mashed potatoes, applesauce, pumpkin
  • carolmelton147
    carolmelton147 Posts: 5 Member
    Katla! Thanks! I am embracing it!
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    CarolMelton- Never heard of it is why! Swerve
    Swerve comes in packets,granules, y confection sugar it showed in my search. Non-GMO! 0 calories Erythritol,Natural Flavors, Oligosaccharides is the ingredients for each Swerve product.

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Swerve-Sweetener-Confectioner-Sugar-Replacment-12-Oz/107091934

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Swerve-Sweetener-Granular-Sugar-Replacment-12-Oz/227335563

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Swerve-Sweetener-Sugar-Packets-Replacment-40-Packets/145089447

    Serving Sizes young people try to guess you can too.You’ll be surprised the answers.
    https://youtu.be/b_NB9vTqYlU

    One issue is as Kids we were usually taught clean your plate which promotes over eating yelling the child to ignore their instincts that tell them they are full to stop eating! So of course that will carry into Adulthood! Or A parent who decides for the child their portion based on child dieting or lack of foods in the home causes a kid to crave food more due to hunger pains so even when full they feel hungry. JR is on a eat till he says he’s done diet (Dietician approves of this method) if he wants more he gets it if less he can stop.If craving a different nutrient such as a peanut butter sandwich instead of a grilled cheese also allowed. The Doctor said he will get over his pickiness with time y age ,but keeping this learning to know when his body is truely hungry or not is an important step to a future of healthy choices. Daughter was also taught this way y got counseling for food issues from the abuser early age so she has no food issues. Now the rest of us has to learn to push a plate away ignore the guilt for that (Hubby fighting this still).

    Amber Tx

    Barbie- Yes mash potatoes 🥔 should be lumpy! JR likes smooth tho I love lumpy!

    Closet organizing is spilling into clothes drawer organizing too sigh* starting to hate clothes maybe I should go nude just play some music behind me so they think I’m in a comedy skit!
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited January 2020
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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,258 Member
    edited January 2020

    Rebecca love the light switch.
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Margaret: How did those great performers lose their voices? Was it simply old age, or was it cigarettes or other substance abuse? Willie Nelson had a live performance near here a few years ago. He seemed as good as ever from what I heard. We didn’t go because we don’t like crowds. :noway:

    Heather: You are lucky to have such good food choices. Our choices have dropped due to DH’s digestive system. FODMAP rules our shopping and cooking. Gluten free baked goods have more calories than wheat based baked goods. I still have my commercially baked sourdough bread. I haven’t baked bread in ages. :ohwell:

    SuziQ: Oregon passed a bottle bill many years ago, at about the same time as British Columbia & CA did the same thing. I believe many other states have followed that system since then. Washington DC was in that early group, but not VA. I wonder whether VA eventually did the same. I don’t know. People pay a 10 cent deposit on every beverage can and bottle now. It started out at 5 cents. You can take beverage cans and bottles back to the store and get your bottle deposit back. We choose to donate ours to the local food bank. They return the cans and bottles to the store for money so that they can offer their clients more quality food. :star:

    Machka: Congrats on getting your abstract done! :star:

    Margaret: Antibiotics are valuable to fight infections, but too often are over prescribed. Then the germs seem to become more or less immune to them. I caught something infectious when I visited my grandchildren and was on antibiotics for a few weeks when I got home. I hope I don’t have to take antibiotics again any time soon. :noway:

    Lanette: I take all the flu and measles vaccinations that come along because DH can’t take them at all. It is an effort on my part to keep him a little bit safer. :ohwell:

    Barbie: We have a food mill just like the one in your photo. It makes awesome applesauce. :star: It makes good mashed potatoes, too, but I rarely use it for either purpose. Color me LZ. :embarassed:



    Time to head for my yoga class. Have a great day, everyone.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    Frank Sinatra was smoking, drinking, and age...Whitney Houston drugs and alcohol...Julie Andrew she had surgery I think for polyops, and it destroyed her singing voice. Polyops in singers can occur from over singing and tention when you are singing or speaking. Julie Andrews was a broadway performer.
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
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    Bernie watches TV

    This is adorable. <3 Bernie
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,528 Member
    Went to the water class today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Skinny Yoga DVD

    Amber – thanks for the recommendation about Pandora’s Lunchbox. I have it ready to download when we go to FL (it’s only available from our library in audiobook and many times I listen to audiobooks while I’m laying at the pool). Probiotic and cranberry? Are you talking cranberry sauce? Yeeeaaaa for fitting pants. Maybe don’t keep all of your fatty patty pants. I have about 2 or 3 pairs of pants that are a size larger to wear outside when the pair I have now get ripped or whatever

    SuziQ – I have done that (taken a picture). I just find it better to have the recipe itself. It’s big enough. Hhhh…wonder if the type would be big enough if I took the picture with my tablet? I do know that I’ll have to keep scrolling upwards to see how much of a certain ingredient is needed. If I just have the recipe there, I can just look up. To me, it’s just easier.

    After exercise stopped at the Salvation Army (didn’t get anything) then WalMart then home to put away the refrigerated items, then the soup kitchen. Miss Sourpuss was there. They had grilled cheese and taco soup with brownie or Danish for dessert. And they wonder why I never eat there? I do take a bottle of water, tho.

    Margaret – lovely paintings. Wish I could do that.

    Baby food – it really is more nutritious to make it in the IP

    Karen VA – I’ve always wondered if someone has whooping cough and then gets the vaccine, will it help them get over whooping cough faster? I kept after Vince to get the new shingles vaccine, he procrastinated. By the time he finally got it, the second shot was backordered. In the meantime he went on Medicare and hadn’t met his deductible so it wound up costing us $168. For me, I was still on the health insurance from his company so it was free for me.

    I don’t have a problem getting preventive immunizations, even taking a medicine (maybe an antibiotic) if I really need it. But I prefer to eat healthily and exercise. To me, that is the best medicine. Like you, SuziQ, I’m fairly healthy. There were many years when I didn’t even meet my medical deductible.

    Organic foods - I certainly would go that route if they weren’t so expensive.

    Shirley NY – I hope you get your VivoFit back real soon. Glad you found the reason for the calorie discrepancy.

    I’m trying making a pork tenderloin in the IP. Sometimes pork tenderloin can be a bit dry because it’s so lean. I’ll see how it comes out in the IP. Update: did it ever come out juicy!

    Marolmelton – welcome

    Barbie – you know the mashed potatoes are homemade when they have lumps

    Going to watch some TV and then maybe crochet some more

    Michele NC

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