WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2022
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Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2022: Be still and listen.
August: Move more, fuel better, live NOW.
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Evening Walk ...
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what a beautiful kitty!
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Who is paddleboarding on the lake?
Next door's garden room is enormous. The lorry was huge and the pallets took up all the parking spaces. DH is not amused.
They seem to be making good progress , but it will be a bit overwhelming from the upstairs windows. Major project. I must ask her how much it cost. Just nosey.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx7 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Machka - I love something to look forward to. I'm already looking forward to my cruise next June!
But I'm also tossing around ideas for October, when my husband and I both have birthdays. It might just be a night away in London, which i would love, but I'm also thinking of crashing my step-daughter's 50th in Jersey (if she doesn't get to Japan) We wouldn't actually crash the party, but it would be nice to meet up for a meal or a walk. Jersey is one of the Channel Islands and part of the British Isles, but not the UK. It's nearer to France. Thoughts are going around my head, but I'm waiting for her to get back to me with the dates. Of course, I hope for her that Japan lifts its restrictions, but, we have never been to the Channel Islands!
Is there any more news on the legal case?
Sorry about the dermatome problem. Soooo frustrating!
Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx
Regarding legal: A while back I read that cases like his (serious and complicated) can take 3-5 years to settle, with occasional ones going a bit longer. Then we were told by one of our lawyers to expect 5-8 years. We're almost at 4.5 years.
The whole thing can be described something like this ...For several weeks or months, I research, detect, compile, and write up massive documents. Hundreds of pages of writing now. I pass that on to our lawyers.
Over several weeks or months, our lawyers review it all, research, detect, and compile more information from what I've provided and from what they've discovered and it goes back to us and to the other side for review.
The other side does all their research and compiling etc. etc. over several weeks or months and sends it back to our lawyers who send it on to us for comment.
And around and around and around.
I'm on a bit of a break right now as everything is with other people.
Meanwhile, my poor husband has had so many assessments and things.
Funny thing ... when I was young, I wanted to be a detective sort of like Nancy Drew or Trixie Belden. Now I'm discovering that detective work is not particularly exciting. It's a whole lot of paperwork.
Yes that dermatome thing is frustrating. When I walk and especially when I attempt to run, my feet hurt for a while, then either go completely numb or partially numb ... kind of pins and needles at first, and then they're gone. Plus they swell. I do my shoes up normally in the morning and have to loosen them off along the way.
When I cycle, my feet don't hurt but they do go completely numb. Only I don't notice it until I'm standing on the ground at some point during the ride or at the end of the ride. I've had to walk around a little and kind of shake them out so I can feel them enough to drive home. Plus of course, my feet swell, so I've had to start the rides with loose shoes, which isn't a great way to cycle.
I've noticed my hands have start swelling too, so I'm suspecting that some of the swelling in my hands and feet might have to do with my kidneys.
And I do have arthritis in my feet as well, in a different location than the dermatome issues.
But there are days when I come home from work and I'm hobbling ... my feet are too painful and tingly to walk.
Fortunately, however, I have discovered that my feet aren't too badly affected when I row. So I've started rowing again.
15 minutes yesterday + 15 minutes today. Building up!
Machka in Oz
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The garden room under construction. They have done all this today! DH has gone out as he finds the noise (which isn't too bad) stressful. He wants his parking space back!
I'm expecting the cleaner any minute and I have a Zoom with my girlfriends later.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx
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Hello All.
I'm experiencing a phase of trying to figure out "who I am." I seem to have lost myself over the past few years and I don't feel like my life is my own. I need to get back there. I've been reading along with you all, but I didn't take notes. I can only remember some details from the last few posts.
Tina in CA
Tina (and Machka), as Heather noted, I feel like I'm in a chrysalis as well, and it feels like a prison right now. This autoimmune thing is really working on my head. I'm not really a crier, but ended up leaking a few tears last night. I do not want to be someone my husband has to worry about and take care of... I want to be his partner in all things. I understand "for better or worse," and that he loves me, and he wants to take care of me whether or not I'm struggling with my health.
But the tears were a product of him saying that he wants to be home with me to make sure I'm OK--which sounds an awful lot like a caretaker, and not a husband. Or possibly it only does to me, because my own filters are in tatters. I'm just so flipping tired of all of this. But, I'm seeing the gastroenterologist's NP this morning, and hoping there will be positive changes that can bump me out of this chrysalis.
Ack! It's 8:02 and I have to be out of the house by 8:30 for my appointment. I despise appointments. They make me feel pushed and rushed and hurried and I really hate that.
Thinking of you all, but hard to see out this morning. Ack, 8:05!
Love from the chrysalis,
Lisa in AR
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We spent last evening at our daughter’s place. A bat flew into the kitchen and out the back door to freedom. I’ve never seen a bat inside a house before this. I think the poor bat was terrified of all of us until it found its way outside into the dark. Yikes!2
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Parking space is reclaimed! Phew! DH looks somewhat pinker and less tight-lipped. :laugh:
I will post another photo when it's all completely finished, but it's nearly all done, in one day!
Just finished my Zoom . G still hasn't exchanged on her apartment, but it must be close. Tomorrow, hopefully.
My friend B's children and grandchildren have decided to move back to Australia, after moving back here last year, to Ireland. She is understandably sad as they have just been staying with her for their holidays. Her husband is in his 80s, so travelling that distance becomes more difficult.
It is her only son.
I managed to have an hour's nap this afternoon, which I desperately needed. I was feeling sick with tiredness. Much better now.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx4 -
grandmallie wrote: »Kim- i for can you tell me what the egg substitute was called again,Tracy made Miles pancakes this morning and he broke out so he definitely allergic
I use Just Eggs. Despite the name there are no eggs in it, the have a liquid version usually in the refrigerator section. There are powdered versions you can get too. Another option is the liquid from canned beans ( not baked beans) like cannellini beans. Other types can be used. I use all of these depending on what I’m making. The Just Eggs brand has frozen ‘egg folds’ that aren’t too bad. The liquid is good for imitation scrambled eggs.
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LisaInArkansas wrote: »Hello All.I'm experiencing a phase of trying to figure out "who I am." I seem to have lost myself over the past few years and I don't feel like my life is my own. I need to get back there. I've been reading along with you all, but I didn't take notes. I can only remember some details from the last few posts.
Tina in CA
Tina (and Machka), as Heather noted, I feel like I'm in a chrysalis as well, and it feels like a prison right now. This autoimmune thing is really working on my head. I'm not really a crier, but ended up leaking a few tears last night. I do not want to be someone my husband has to worry about and take care of... I want to be his partner in all things. I understand "for better or worse," and that he loves me, and he wants to take care of me whether or not I'm struggling with my health.
But the tears were a product of him saying that he wants to be home with me to make sure I'm OK--which sounds an awful lot like a caretaker, and not a husband. Or possibly it only does to me, because my own filters are in tatters. I'm just so flipping tired of all of this. But, I'm seeing the gastroenterologist's NP this morning, and hoping there will be positive changes that can bump me out of this chrysalis.
Ack! It's 8:02 and I have to be out of the house by 8:30 for my appointment. I despise appointments. They make me feel pushed and rushed and hurried and I really hate that.
Thinking of you all, but hard to see out this morning. Ack, 8:05!
Love from the chrysalis,
Lisa in AR
Lisa-I also hate appointments. I feel the same as you about them. That's why I try not to make them and when I do, it's later in the morning or before 2:30pm so I don't hit so much traffic. I'm also tired of being in pain (and hot) all the time! It is truly depressing.
I have issues with my feet too, like Machka. It started around the beginning of the year and all signs point to plantar fasciitis, but it's really odd to have that on both feet. I also have, what I believe is a torn calf muscle. I don't know which, or if both, but something is causing me to feel more crampy and when that happens, it's excruciating. And it keeps me from another thing I loved; running.
Heather-Thank you for the words. I'll look up the book. Yes, I have had my hormones tested and all the blood work done. I have some creams that are supposed to help with the hormone issues, but they don't seem to be working. I am hoping that because they are a natural solution, they just take a month to kick in. So far, I feel no different since I have started using them. The rest of my bloodwork is fine, so I have to think it's emotional/psychological. I know that at some point I stopped being me. I started living the mister's life. I need to go back to living mine and he can join if he wants to. In any case, I will keep an eye out for the glimmer or spark or anything to gravitate toward.
Funny enough, Machka, I do have something to look forward to, but it still doesn't excite me.
Weight...another thing making me all p*ssy. I'm off gluten and alcohol for a while. I also had to buy new clothes just so I can work at a conference next week. I don't have anything appropriate that fits me. That made me very sad.
Anyway, it's truly a sob story.
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I have the utmost empathy for people with foot pain. A few years back, I had severe bilateral plantar fasciitis, to the point it would bring me to tears at times. Once on my feet, I would avoid sitting down, because standing up was agonizing. I tried night splints, orthotics, special shoes...and finally, of all things, Crocs to the rescue. By this time, I had suffered for well over a year. I rarely wear anything other than Crocs. I don't care if they're fugly, as long as my feet don't hurt.
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Machka - I love something to look forward to. I'm already looking forward to my cruise next June! But I'm also tossing around ideas for October, when my husband and I both have birthdays. It might just be a night away in London, which i would love, but I'm also thinking of crashing my step-daughter's 50th in Jersey (if she doesn't get to Japan) We wouldn't actually crash the party, but it would be nice to meet up for a meal or a walk. Jersey is one of the Channel Islands and part of the British Isles, but not the UK. It's nearer to France. Thoughts are going around my head, but I'm waiting for her to get back to me with the dates. Of course, I hope for her that Japan lifts its restrictions, but, we have never been to the Channel Islands!
Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx
I feel like all of our "entertainment" is my responsibility. He will say "we should do xyz, at some point" and then just expects me to make it happen. He said recently, we should go somewhere for the holidays, then just dropped it. Does your DH help with planning? Is this just how it is? Why does he get to the be the "idea person," and I have to execute?
I actually do try to plan things, but he is non-committal and then the opportunity passes. When I plan things just for myself, he gets mad because he has terrible FOMO. I really don't feel like I can win.
Tina in CA
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