WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2022
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My mother at 18 years old, on the banks of the Sabine River.
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Machka9: Nice picture of the Hartz Mountains. Love the under the bed books!
Ginny: I hope you can get some rest!
Lisa: Yes, write blog. I would love to see it! Will we be able to see it? I love Egg!
1948CWB: Nice picture! Love your Halloween spirit!
SueBdew: Good to hear from you!
Debbie: Sounds like a lot of cats. I have a friend who has indoor cats and outdoor cats.
Heather: Such vocabulary at such a young age! Great poem!
Barbie Cat: Love the pictures of your dogs!
Will be caretaking the next two days. The upstairs is hot and the downstairs is cool. Uncomfortable to clean with the upstairs so hot. I need to focus on a couple of tasks and maybe watch some SeaSide Hotel.
Hopefully I will get some exercise in!
Rosemarie from GA
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Morning ladies
I am awake and put Alfies food out.. but feeling lazy this morning.. it usually takes alot of Saterday to recoup from a week of taking care of Miles..
But will do some laundry.. and do my pills for the next week and do small projects here..3 -
Allie-I agree with others-you need to take care of yourself. Family also needs to plan on what they do when you are called for transplant. I have heard it is the sort of thing that when the match is found-sometimes you just go without much notice.
Machka-for some reason when you mentioned van noise a wheel bearing going bad came to mind. Could just need repacked.
Karen-perhaps persistence is the lesson you are learning!
Heather-I think we can all get stuck in not listening like your husband-but I sometimes wonder if it is more of a male trait. Have the same problem with someone at work.
Slowly recovering. Very tired this week. Spent good time with brother from Georgia. Even though they postponed brother's surgery, it was nice for the four of us to be together. Think the running around such as it was was a bit much. Still just working part time for a couple of more weeks. Did make it to the store this morning for some basics.
Hoping to have more energy tomorrow. Going to heat up some soup for dinner and do a bit of needlepoint.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
Maybe, but I've always been pretty persistent.
I actually think I am figuring it out.
As this has unfolded, I keep recalling the time when my son was in a classroom with a bad 4th grade teacher. We had actually requested to be in this teacher's home room on the recommendation of his 3rd grade teacher, who he loved.
I didn't pull him out of the toxic situation, but instead kept encouraging him to hang in there and be resilient. At the end of the year, I found out that a few parents had insisted on changing teachers, and several complaints had been lodged against the teacher through the school year.
My son's attitude toward school was irreparably altered to the negative from then on. I completely let him down by not believing him about how bad it was, by not investigating thoroughly, by not talking to other parents, and by minimizing the magnitude of the problem. The lesson he learned was that Mom would not always have his back, and would not always believe him. Broke my heart then, and still does.
Fast forward to the present: my brother has been complaining about this situation for 4 months now. I should have gotten him out of there sooner. Both my brother and my son were/are vulnerables who need/needed an advocate, not a coach. I think that may be the karmic lesson I am supposed to be learning.
Karen in Virginia trying to be still and listen9 -
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Today is @janetr7476's birthday! I miss her posts! I hope she is doing well.3
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My Pom!5
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My Pom
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This was years ago!
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Lanette I take Glucosamine (1500mg) with Chondroitin (1200mg) every day. A pharmacist suggested I try it for shoulder pain when I was in my mid 30's. He said to give it three weeks and see if it gave some relief. I had more mobility and less pain after I started taking it. The directions are for taking two tablets daily. I take one tablet with my daily multivitamin but at the first sign of joint pain, I take two until pain and swelling subside. Over the years I've stopped taking the Glucosamine with Condroitin but within a week or two my joints swell and ache. I don't seem to have any negative effects from the supplement.
Betsy in NW WA7 -
Lanette, Glucosamine & chondroitin are for sure helpful to some people with joint pain, and probably worth a trial. The other supplements which might help some people are Vitamin D gelcap, Vitamin E gelcap, Vitamin C, zinc, turmeric, omega-3's, avocado oil, & soybean oil. There are probably others; I think if you look up the label on Osteo Bi-Flex, the ingredient list is probably pretty complete. Vitamin D made the biggest difference for me, especially knees and thumbs. I didn't have a Vit D level checked prior to taking it, but I had such a dramatic response within 2 weeks that I assume I must have been low.
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Thanks everyone for the glucosamine/chondroitin comments.
Hopefully I'll see a difference in my knees in a week or two. The joint pain there has become apparent since I've started using the sitting elliptical (I have it set on mild resistance) and my trick shoulder has been acting up. Any help with thumb and foot joints will be icing on the cake.
I saw something interesting on my latest DEXA bone density report. The physician commented I was at risk because of a osteopenia, but also mom's broken hip and my BMI of 24.4.
WHAT? That's bumping up against the "overweight" category. But apparently too slim for good bone health?
Debbie - I discovered I had my first bone scan in 2004. I was 53. I'm sure it was ordered because of my mom's broken hip and to get some type of baseline. Have you had a chance to pursue it further with your doctor?
Lanette
SW WA State
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my mom saved all my baby shoes....8 -
Lanette, I'll add my two-cents to the glucosamine & chondroitin comments. I was on steroid shots (both kinds) in both knees every 4 and 6 months for several years before I went to a surgeon to see if I was ready for a knee replacement. Did the whole MRI thing. (WHICH just about sent me thru the ROOF) He proceeded to tell me that I still had too much cartilage to do a knee replacement! WTHeck?!? Whatever. So, he suggested glucosamine & chondroitin and I've been taking it ever since. He did say that it works with some people and others don't seem to notice a lot of difference, but fortunately for me, I haven't gone back to the shots in over seven years and I have very little pain, unless there's a distinct change in the weather. (human barometer, here! LOL)
You should definitely try it for at least a month. There are no side effects. Turmeric is another, but I didn't like "the taste" I thought it left, but that could be me. Vitamin D is another good one. Karen had a really comprehensive list. Hope it helps.
We're home again. It was so wonderful to get a little, mini vaca. Almost all my leaves are off the trees though. Must have been plenty windy down here while we were gone. Still love my backyard, but it looks so empty and bare. Still a gorgeous, fall day today. Go figure. Another burst of warmth before MN fall heads into the cold. Supposed to get up to the 70s today. (that's 20sC)
Have a great weekend all!
Love and Blessings, Carla, in MN5 -
Thanks Carla for your glucosamine/chondroitin story. Sounds like so far, gals in this group have gotten results. I'm starting week 2 on it tomorrow.
I already take most of the supplements Karen mentioned and have been on a fairly high dose of D3 for years, recently added K2. I wonder what shape I'd be in if I never started on any of these.
I just ran across some articles which talk about taking activity breaks when we've been sitting for a while and how we often become more sedentary after we retire:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-moderate-snacks-muscle-mass.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-sharp-sedentary-newly-women-evident.html
NOTE - the related stories at the bottom of these pages have additional info.
Even though I had a sit-down job, I still managed to get nearly 8,000 steps a day running to the counter, copier, running documents to someone in back of the building, etc. After I retired I really had to work at getting equivalent steps in
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I think of Vitamin D3 as the sunshine vitamin. I take one every morning. It is particularly helpful for lifting my spirits, especially in fall and winter.
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Yesterday was a big exercise day. I did a 3 mile run/walk, a leg workout, an ab workout and we went kayaking for about 1.5 hours. On exit, a wave dumped me. The water was much warmer than it should be right now. Usually, it's far too cold to submerge without shivering by now.
Warning-RantSo, the mister is mad at me because I told him I would not tell the gardners how he wants the yard done. I told him a loooong time ago that if he wasn't doing the yard work, I would hire someone, but he cannot tell me to tell them what to do...he has to tell them himself. Well, he won't and I won't, so he's mad. I want it to look nice, but I don't care how it's done. I just want it tidy. He plants stuff and they don't take care of it how he likes, but he won't tell them how he likes it. So, he just complains and gets mad at me. I spent 30 years managing how work is done and I hated it all. I am not doing it anymore. If he doesn't like the way someone else does it, he needs to just do it himself. So he will just have to get over it or talk to them.
I'm planning a mini vacation, just for me, by myself. I've always wanted to go to Tombstone, AZ, so I am going to take a little side trip there next month. I don't know why it's intriguing to me, but I'll be "in the area," so why not.
Speaking of road trips, my new car does not have a spare tire. Apparently it's a thing now. So, if you are in the market for a new car, it's best to ask. Since my road trips often take place through long stretches of hot desert with a lot of nothing, I now have to buy one. I don't want to be stranded in the middle of nowhere at 120 degrees F for any length of time.
Tina in CA
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Tina, I understand - I always hated being in the middle too. I can't tell you the number of times my DH would ask me to call so and so and tell them such and such. Then he'd stand beside me while I was trying to get the story straight. Finally I figured out I could dial but then immediately hand the phone to him. Kind of the same thing.
Good job on the exercise yesterday!
That's something about no spare tire. Glad you realized it and can get one before you get going. Tombstone AZ sounds like an interesting spot.
Lanette2
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