WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2024
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I am home from bone density and blood tests. The worst part was having to wear clothes I don't normally wear (pants with no metal zipper for bone density and short sleeve shirt for blood draw) When I got there I saw the sign that said that due to an upswing of Covid locally masks were recommended. I was early for bone density and they took me right away but there was a long line at the lab so I had a bit of a wait. The whole adventure took a bit more than two hours which seemed longer while wearing a mask.
Some recent thoughts about decluttering based on what I did this morning. Everything I've saved in a folder was because of strong sentimental attachment or strong belief that I might be required to produce it to the IRS or some equally scary someone. No wonder my emotions are all over the place when I decide to discard it. Thus I can declutter for only a short time each day.
Now it's time to ride my exercise bike while Jake and Annie sleep and Bessie stares out the partly open door.
❤👩💻😻Barbie in NW WA
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Tracey-I like the single cabinet. It looks uncluttered. Your grades are excellent, but I understand the disappointment. At this point, I would be happy if I got Cs in a class, because getting As is stressful and once you’re done, no one cares about your grades.
April-You should see results, especially with sleep pretty quickly. Even when I don’t drink a single drink of alcohol, I sleep better that same night. Small changes can make a big difference.
Rosemarie-We are social creatures and if you will stick with it more in a class environment, by all means, it is what you should do. I do not like going to a gym, but I do like group yoga sessions. Probably because I get a good workout with other people, but don’t really have to socialize much.
Allie-Sending good vibes to Tracy and family.
Heather-I have found that I have to diagnose myself. Doctors here, generally, are not looking at my issues as related. For example, with my feet. They all immediately go to plantar fasciitis, because it’s common for runners. However, they didn’t bother to look at my spine alignment, hips, or any other thing that might actually cause issues with the feet. So, I’ve stopped talking to doctors about these things and am working them out on my own. Same with my pelvis. They don’t seem to have a clue, so I’m working on things myself to see what it could be. When I figure it out, if I can’t fix it myself, I’ll tell them what it is and they can help me fix it (surgery for example).
Kylia-Sorry to hear it’s been rough for you. Hope things are looking up today! I enjoyed The Book of Mormon. I hope you did too.
Vicki-Sorry for your loss.
Annie-I think you’re doing remarkably well with your father. You can’t make him do or not do something. All you can do is suggest and hope he stays safe. But AirTags in his clothes still might be a great idea.
Flea-Congrats for your husband’s new job!
Michelle NV-Yes, we sent more rain. I think more is on the way. It hasn’t been bad where I live, but a bit north got hammered again yesterday.
Kim-Loved that story. I agree. Sometimes the cute ones have to go.
My mister has an adorable elbow surgeon. I call him Dr. Cutie.
Betsy-Sending hugs to you!
Rita-Zyrtec daily. Astepro daily. Lots of tissues. Sometimes the OTC meds just aren’t strong enough. That’s when I suffer a bit.
Lisa-Some good news for you. That’s great to hear.
My yoga class kicked my backside today. I like when it’s just challenging enough to make me work, but not kill me.
Been struggling with the rotator cuff again. Pain is shooting down my arm to my elbow. That means several modifications at Yoga and when I workout. Feet still hurt a little, but MUCH improved. Pelvis is still an issue, but seems to be a bit better over the past month or so. Now to get my eyes in order. I can basically see blurs with my right eye. My eye doc said he had never seen someone’s eyesight deteriorate so much so quickly without a diabetes diagnosis. Worrisome, but it’s another of those things I complain about, but no one can seem to figure out what is causing it. I don’t think it’s “just my eyesight going.”
Have a great day, week, weekend....
Tina in CA9 -
While you're all decluttering, what do you all do with photos of your exes? Do you keep them for any reason? I have a bunch from WAAAYYYY back, but I'm wondering if there is a reason to keep them that I'm not considering.
Tina in CA2 -
Well like Lisa im spent
Im.more worried about the thyroid ultrasound than I am the Dexa bone scan I had today..
I got pictures of the ultrasounds but you can't really see anything and its still very early 7 weeks.. she has 1 more visit to IVF and the next one is closer to home.. I asked if she wanted me to go with.. but she is going straight from work.so I guess thats a no.4 -
A friend invited me to go with her to an open rehearsal for the Minnesota Orchestra. You still have to have a ticket, but they are free to the public. I really enjoyed two of the pieces they worked on. One was the Overture to the Barber of Seville. The third piece was a modern one with much dissidence. Overall I am glad I went. Fun to see how much preparation goes into getting ready for a performance. It was a good break for me.
I had nice chats with neighbors over my son's house. They were walking their dogs and we had conversations about dogs.
A good day. Off to choir in about an hour. After listening to a vitality talk I added fresh rosemary and basil to my dinner. Most herbs are super foods. He did make me think about being careful eating food high in oxalate. Better to eat Arugula over spinach for that reason. He was a former vegan who is now working to bring down his oxalate level. Oxalate is found in some plants. It is not in dairy, fish, eggs, or meat. Oxalate is behind kidney stones. I just learned almonds and almond flour are high in it. I did buy some to go gluten free. I also bought coconut flour which is low. I think for now I will mix the flours when I use the nut flours in baking. 2x coconut to almond. Chocolate and cinnamon are also high.
I will still eat foods with oxalate need to be aware so I don't overdo in eating oxalate rich foods. . I read up on it and it best not to go cold turkey on removing oxalate from my diet. Just reduce. I find it interesting in my quest to go gluten free I need to consider oxalate because it can cause problems in its own right.
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Lisa glad you found an answer!
Tina good luck with your vision! I don't even know where my pictures are, let alone if I have any of my ex. I'm just not a picture person.
Annie in Delaware2 -
@sh0tzz99
I let my hubby keep his in old photo albums and boxes. I don't keep mine, because I don't care to see them.
Michelle in NV3 -
Flea-glad DH landed job. It sounds like just he one he was waiting for!
Kylia-I must admit I do not miss my husband's needy days!
Pip-I'm a bit surprised your Subaru was having problems like that. They are typically very dependable.
Betsy-sorry for your sister's decline. I have worries of noticing mental decline with myself (no such signs, just the concern). It is good she has you for support. All you can do is cherish her while she is here.
Machka-Interesting about the double vision-I guess I always figured something like that would be more distinct. Also interesting that you and DH have some parallel conditions.
Lisa-your problem with the nether regions is not uncommon!
Well I have skimmed everything but discovered too tired to react much! I will say the interview went well-I hope the candidate is interested in the offer we are making.
Have only one meeting tomorrow during the day and then have a work dinner thing to go to. Will come home after 12:30 meeting to flex some time off of the evening-will get walk in then.
I'm really tired so I'm off to bed.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio4 -
The car at home, I love the shade of blue on this one much better. Pictures so far haven’t done it justice11 -
While you're all decluttering, what do you all do with photos of your exes? Do you keep them for any reason? I have a bunch from WAAAYYYY back, but I'm wondering if there is a reason to keep them that I'm not considering.
Tina in CA
I sent all the photos of my ex to his children. I may still have a few with him in groups with other people.4 -
Flea-glad DH landed job. It sounds like just he one he was waiting for!
Kylia-I must admit I do not miss my husband's needy days!
Pip-I'm a bit surprised your Subaru was having problems like that. They are typically very dependable.
Betsy-sorry for your sister's decline. I have worries of noticing mental decline with myself (no such signs, just the concern). It is good she has you for support. All you can do is cherish her while she is here.
Machka-Interesting about the double vision-I guess I always figured something like that would be more distinct. Also interesting that you and DH have some parallel conditions.
Lisa-your problem with the nether regions is not uncommon!
Well I have skimmed everything but discovered too tired to react much! I will say the interview went well-I hope the candidate is interested in the offer we are making.
Have only one meeting tomorrow during the day and then have a work dinner thing to go to. Will come home after 12:30 meeting to flex some time off of the evening-will get walk in then.
I'm really tired so I'm off to bed.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
Yeah, I know. We took it to get fixed before trading it in1 -
I have read through but have no energy for taking notes. A very big project this week and since Monday was a holiday one less day to do it. We had it assigned yesterday, along with another small homework assignment. I stayed at the computer until 930 last night, so about 12 hours. Today I put in about 11 before I said enough. It’s a project I’m enjoying so that’s a huge bonus.
Today we were given another fairly sizeable project. Everything is due Friday morning.
Hopefully tomorrow is a short lecture so thee is time for homework, I don’t want to miss ceramics tomorrow night.
Tracey in Edmonton
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They posted the results from the bone scan ..not to much change from last one.
Though i do have Ostiopina.
What im waiting on is the thyroid ultrasound
Pip- I did the same thing with my car.. I leased it.love the color..4 -
It is a calm, clear day indicative of the impending spring. I love these mornings after the drab days of winter. Blossom is appearing on the trees, my first daffodil opened yesterday, and the pond is filling up with frogspawn.
No formal commitments today. I will work on my Latin for tomorrow, do some writing for my next Creative Writing meeting, and work on my group’s accounts.
Annie: Coleslaw is very easy to do. I shred the cabbage very thinly, and add grated carrot. You can use plain yoghurt as a dressing, and experiment with flavouring. I use a sprinkling of Schwartz Italian garlic.
Betsy: ((( 🤗)))
🤗🤗🤗 and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.
🙋♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.
☘️ Terri9 -
Today’s gratitude: Joe sharing his Jeep diagnostics with me. He figured out the repair shop didn’t thread the serpentine belt according to the diagram that was right there on the engine cover. I loved how he showed me, asking be to look at the small wheel and belt, then at the diagram, letting me figure it out too. He was so proud, as was I.Could the phone appointment with the NP be a gateway to an in person consultation with an MD? My MRI is scheduled for March 19 and I found a PT who is accepting new patients, but is booked out ‘til mid-April.
NPs and GPs are usually just gateways to specialists. These days NPs and GPs don't diagnose or anything, they just do triage ... they listen to your symptoms, ask you if you want some tests or want to see a specialist, then produce referrals for you.
You go off and make the appointments with the specialists or labs or radiology or wherever, and make sure that you give them the all-important referrals. You follow up with the specialists if you haven't heard anything for a few weeks. You contact your GP and say, "I tried to get an appointment with this specialist but it is now 3 months on, and I haven't heard anything" and your GP might give the specialist a call or give you a referral to another specialist.
Eventually you see your specialist, who sends you for tests (with yet another referral) and then either calls you in for a follow-up or leaves a text message on your phone discharging you from their care. They also write a letter to your GP.
The next time you see your GP for something (several months later), your GP will read you the letter which will say what a wonderful patient you are but they found nothing wrong (except the large cyst on your brain). Whilst you are basking in the glow of the comforting letter. The GP will give you a referral or two for your new problem, and you'll go through the whole process again.
These days, most of this can be done over the phone. The NP or GP doesn't need to see you to send a referral to a radiology clinic of your choice or to a specialist of some sort. You say, "I've got a pain in my legs" and next thing you know there's a referral waiting for you at a place that will do an MRI and a referral at a local physiotherapist place.
Voice of experience.
M in Oz
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Heather-I have found that I have to diagnose myself. Doctors here, generally, are not looking at my issues as related. For example, with my feet. They all immediately go to plantar fasciitis, because it’s common for runners. However, they didn’t bother to look at my spine alignment, hips, or any other thing that might actually cause issues with the feet. So, I’ve stopped talking to doctors about these things and am working them out on my own. Same with my pelvis. They don’t seem to have a clue, so I’m working on things myself to see what it could be. When I figure it out, if I can’t fix it myself, I’ll tell them what it is and they can help me fix it (surgery for example).
Tina in CA
That's where the referral to a physiotherapist is great. The physiotherapist will help me figure out what the problem is ... even to the point of sending me for MRIs and things, and the physiotherapist will help me fix it (unless it requires surgery).
If it requires surgery, the physiotherapist will write to my GP and my GP will send a referral to a surgeon.
Even for my pelvic issues, I'm going to go see a physiotherapist ... not my GP.
M in Oz
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Machka-Interesting about the double vision-I guess I always figured something like that would be more distinct. Also interesting that you and DH have some parallel conditions.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
The brain compensates a lot.
But it isn't like I see two completely separate and distinct objects (usually).
It's more like this:
https://optometrists.org/staging/double-vision-test-treatment
Or this:
"Double vision does not always appear as two distinct objects to a person; instead, it can appear as shadows and sometimes visual blur."
My optometrist described it as "ghosting" ... for me, it's like a shadow of the word or image underneath and slightly to one side. I just figured the words (or images) were fuzzy ... blurry.
But relatively recently - maybe a month or two ago - I was looking at something and it was like the diagonal pencils on the right side of the image below. It kind of startled me, but then I closed my eyes and opened them again and my brain resolved it. However, that has happened a few times more recently. Even today, I looked up at the moon, and it did what those pencils on the right are doing. The two moons overlapped, but there were distinctly two.
M in Oz
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Today was a hot and windy day. It reached 34.8C (94.6) and winds were gusting in the high 60s km/h to low 70s km/h all afternoon.
Several fires were set causing bushfire alerts and closing a couple highways. The moon this evening was orange with the smoke.
Tomorrow is only supposed to reach 20C. That's how it goes down here.
It has been a busy week!
It's one of my 5 days of work weeks, although I will be working from home tomorrow. Thank goodness.
When I work in the office, I leave home about 8 am and get back home again about 6 pm.
When I work from home, I start about 8:45 am and finish about 5:15 pm. Much nicer.
I had long meetings at work on Monday.
My husband and I had a very long optometrist appointment on Wednesday.
Then we had a longer than usual ZOOM with our Beekeeping group in the evening.
Today we had our Annual AGM for our cycling group in the evening, and so I left home at about 8 am and didn't get home again until after 9 pm.
I've done quite a bit of walking but not as much stair climbing as planned. The meetings and appointments kind of got in the way.
Today I waited until the temperature hit 30C before I headed out on my walk. Love walking in the heat!!
Machka in Oz3 -
Good morning ladies!
My weight is back down to where it was before Monday's restaurant lunch where I really pigged out. Yay!
I set my calories back to 1200 to get the MFP to give me the new analysis thingies. I was better off aiming for 1100, but allowing for some margin for things I didn't measure carefully. Like not adding the oil for my eggs. Yesterday I logged closer to 1200 but probably ate closer to 1300. Or is that a mind game rabbit hole? One of these days I need to double check my recipes to see if I'm logging current ingredients.
I finally measured my steps for a pretty average day: 2347 is the baseline. That's without the six minutes of walking exercise, and not going anywhere outside the house. Pretty sedentary.
Today I have horseback riding. So a little exercise but not steps. Plus the bike.
I quit Noom after the free trial. Too much money for my poor little budget, and i like MFP logging better. It just needs a habit tracker in addition, and those can be free.
But I decided to try to buy a diet motivation book every month. Then I went ahead and bought one early because it was going out of stock. I'm going to spend more than I earn this month because of Teddy's upcoming vet visit. ☹️
Pip I love your new car! So many cars today are neutral colors. I love that blue!
Terri you gotta love the first colors of spring popping out. We have crocus blooming! But there is still frost on the grass.
Machka, we see more and more medical people who aren't quite MD doctors. But I prefer specialist experience to general education. Even at the triage stage, experience is so important.
Have a good day my friends!
Annie in Delaware
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