WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2021

Worked today so no formal exercise. Did get in over 10,000 steps. The plan for tomorrow is to do Cathe Drill Max DVD. Then I go to the church to pick up donations for the Corner Table from them then the soup kitchen.

At work today there is a sign now that the water they have is for all the employees and that you should only have 1 or 2 bottles each so there is enough for everyone. Well, ever since we’ve had to wear these masks, many many times my throat feels like it’s going to close up. I just take a drink of water and I’m fine. I do bring my 40oz bubba mug to work with me and fill it with water. Honestly, I can usually go thru 4 bottles of water any one day. I have gotten to the point where I bring water with me because many times there isn’t any water and I need it. When I saw that sign, the first thing I thought of was “how petty can you get, now we’re rationing water?” I don’t know. I guess some people do take advantage of it, but really I need it for my heath (well, that’s probably a pretty strong word). Sometimes I’ll take a bottle with me because I don’t know if I’ll need more than 4 bottles. Then I usually take it home with me because for one thing I don’t want to leave my stuff for someone else to clean up (I many times have to clean up after the night crew) and because even tho I live like only ½ mile from the store, I need to drink as soon as I take that mask off. I feel like the sign is targeting me, but I need this and I even bring my own.

Heather – so happy for you getting that trip and look forward to living vicariously thru you

Viv UK – tell me how stressful animals can be! See below about Bonnie (one of the cats)

katla – yea for working furnaces!

Shana – I had a hard time with Easter, fell off the wagon, too. But getting right back up, and you will too

Hope it doesn’t rain in the afternoon tomorrow, I want to finish washing the windows

Rori – (((HUG)))) I’m so sad to read about Mary. You deserve someone as great as she is.

Vince took Bonnie to the vet because she appeared to be favoring her right rear leg. As it turns out, she has a mass, so the vet recommended we take her to Carolina Veterinary Services for a CT scan. As it turns out, she has 3 masses. We figure that once our vet found the first one, he stopped looking. Anyway, it looks from the CT scan that it’s cancer, probably carcinoma but they aspirated it today and we’ll know definitely tomorrow or Monday. There’s something on her liver and lungs, it looks like it’s spreading. We have some prednisalone to give her. This is a steriod. Lexi gets it to calm her digestive tract. Bonnie is going to be getting it to shrink the tumor enough so that she can eat. The vet did see it starting to eat away at her skull. Vince is really upset. I’m upset, but not like Vince is. So, Viv, I totally get where you are coming from. Of course, Jess wants copies of all the records, which we don’t have a problem with. This vet said that it’s a good learning experience for her, especially since she’s so close to the situation. We can give her radiation etc. But even Vince agreed that the quality of life is important. He didn’t feel that way when Sassy was diagnosed with cancer. I felt “let Mother Nature take its course, just let him be happy”. He wasn’t happy being sick from the chemo. But Vince wouldn’t give up. In the end we had to have Sassy put down. Well, now Vince feels like he held on too much. I actually (and he listened) suggested that if she were to get real bad, we might want to consider putting her down to put her out of her misery. What if she tried going down the stairs or something and fell and hurt herself? As it is now, one of the tumors is affecting her ear which in turn is affecting her balance. So we shall see how things go. The vet gives her 2 to 3 months.

Michele NC