WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2024
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Heather - My thought would be, if you haven't already done so, talk to John about how much the finances are weighing on your mind. Not with the thought of his help, (I know finances aren't always simple between you) but so that he knows why this is so upsetting. My other would be to cancel the cruise for medical reasons the moment you can. Then you can start preparing to pay for necessary care privately. If you prepare and don't need to get surgery at this time, you will end up in good financial shape to take a different cruise. A cruise, especially with the kind of pain that you're in, would be traumatic! Your health and mobility are much, much more important than any trip. Also - cortisone shots directly into my knees gave enormous relief for years - there may be less radical solutions and much cheaper solutions than jumping straight to hip replacement. My two cents, and probably worth what you paid for it.
🐈⬛😸Egg is in front of the bedroom door crying, trying to get Corey up to play with her. She understands that he has to go away each morning, but doesn't quite understand that weekends are different, and it upsets her terribly when he sleeps in. Will go try to distract her.
Later,
Love,
Lisa in AR
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Heather I'm sorry you have so much pain and frustration. Hope you can find relief! Lisa's advice seems wise to me, but I have no experience with this sort of thing.
Annie in Delaware3 -
Heather-your symptoms do remind me of my hip issues. The protocol in England seems to be similar to the US. If it is your hips, they may first try cortisone injections and physical therapy. The injections are not painful and helped me greatly. They bought me some time for each hip. There are also other issues (like a torn labrum) that could be at play. I am thinking your cruise is in April? If it is then I hate to tell you I doubt you would be ready for that activity if you hadn't had surgery already. Stairs, etc. will take time. But-if they try injections you may be surprised. There s a website called Bonesmart https://bonesmart.org I was a member for several years but left it because of some personalities. BUT-it has some great information and it used to be based in the UK. I found it very helpful while waiting for surgery-just didn't want it to continue for social connections. Of course-that may have changed if I dropped in again. You may want to check it out for basic information.
I had a torn labrum in my right hip a few years ago. It was incredibly sore and I could hardly stand on my right leg. My physiotherapist sent me for X-rays because she thought I had fractured the hip. Then I went for an MRI and they discovered the torn labrum and early signs of OA.
Fortunately the tear wasn't very bad. I'd likely torn it when I twisted my hip on a run while training for my half marathon. I kept training and a few weeks later, I ran the half marathon (in a lot of pain). Then I tried to keep running with the intention of running another half marathon about a month later ... but my hip was screaming loudly and the leg was giving out on me.
I stopped running and cut way back on walking for months, and finally everything eased.
M in Oz4 -
BarbaraThank you and yes I am in MN.
Heather Do what you need to do to get into a calmer state. For your body to heal it needs to feel safe and loved. Food can heal or if it add to inflammation it can make whatever your issue worse. I know I am singing to the choir. Take care of you! It is one of the least selfish things you can do for you and your family.5 -
I did my fifteen minutes on my bike and ten minutes of walking! Yay!
Annie in Delaware5 -
I have two cruises this year. One at the end of April/May and one in October. My thought is to get the op at the beginning of June, if I went privately. We have committed to looking after the kids for a couple of nights at the very beginning of June while the parents go cycling in France.
I could cancel this next cruise, get my money back on medical grounds and book a private op as soon as possible. Or, I could go on the next cruise, but treat myself as a 90 Yr old, of which there are plenty on the ship. There are many walker assisted people and even wheelchair passengers. I would have to tell Saga what degree of assistance I needed. The excursions are graded according to your fitness. I would be sad not to go round the museum, but I could probably book a wheelchair.
I will make all these decisions when I have test results. My preference is to get it over with, but the cortisone injections might see me through the cruise. My friend L, who had both hips replaced, was surviving on Tramadol!
I would really like a diagnosis, so I know which way to go. There is no perfect decision.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx grateful for all your care and concern.6 -
Betsy in NW WA0 -
Based purely on the anecdotal evidence of this message board, I have diagnosed myself - not with Covid perm, but with old lady, hormonal perm. Either way, I am embracing my body as good, hair and all!
Happy Sunday, y’all!11 -
Good morning everyone! I read through all of the replies, but I don’t know y’all well yet, so I won’t reply individually here. I hope y’all have a wonderful Sunday. It’s going to be 70° here, and I’m looking forward to going for a walk with my husband and her dog. Going to put some time into cleaning the house today, because all of my kids will be home Friday evening, With two of their significant others.3
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We have a few new people joining the squats challenge! I’m excited! Anyone can join and do how many and whatever kind of squats you can/want to do. The idea is to do them! No pressure, just log when you do them. Some do a lot, some do them everyday but less a day. I’ve gotten to week 5 of the structured program and will probably start over on week one, but for more days a week instead of only 3. I will find the link and post again here.
Thank you for all who have/are joining! Bet you all feel stronger in the legs already! LOL 5 weeks done and going strong!!
RVRita
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10512368/50-plus-squats-challenge#latest6 -
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »I have two cruises this year. One at the end of April/May and one in October. My thought is to get the op at the beginning of June, if I went privately. We have committed to looking after the kids for a couple of nights at the very beginning of June while the parents go cycling in France.
I could cancel this next cruise, get my money back on medical grounds and book a private op as soon as possible. Or, I could go on the next cruise, but treat myself as a 90 Yr old, of which there are plenty on the ship. There are many walker assisted people and even wheelchair passengers. I would have to tell Saga what degree of assistance I needed. The excursions are graded according to your fitness. I would be sad not to go round the museum, but I could probably book a wheelchair.
I will make all these decisions when I have test results. My preference is to get it over with, but the cortisone injections might see me through the cruise. My friend L, who had both hips replaced, was surviving on Tramadol!
I would really like a diagnosis, so I know which way to go. There is no perfect decision.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx grateful for all your care and concern.
Just my 2 cents. It’s about your quality of your life, everyday. I would do what is needed to be healthy and pain free. So I could enjoy the rest of my life.3 -
Did a complete strength training DVD, the plan for tomorrow is to do a Body Attack DVD.
When I went to the Y there was a train stopped on the tracks so I, literally, sat there for 1 hour. I know one road by the Y that intersects another road further down, but I couldn’t remember if there were any train tracks before the intersection. And my phone was in my trunk.
My leg is still oozing, but even less than yesterday. I really cut it deep. Fortunately, we have gauze and tape down here
We have a meeting here at the condo about the seawall (that needs to be replaced which means a good sized assessment) Vince is worried about how much the assessment will be. Update: looks like we may be looking at $13,000
Annie – don’t they make a milkbone-type thing for cleaning dog’s teeth?
April – I didn’t realize that your son was being moved so quickly. How wonderful for you! I love yogurt in the IP, too. I tend to like it not as “bitter” and I can control that in the IP
kylia – cats are quite easy to care for. You don’t have to worry about the weather to take them out. And you can leave them home for hours at a time and not have to worry about being home to take them out. You can even leave them overnight alone
Welcome everyone new
Leg seems to have stopped oozing
They’re supposed to deliver the new mattress tomorrow and the SPCA thrift will be here to pick up the old couch, loveseat, an endtable, lamp, and other assorted things. Wednesday the guy about the bathroom is supposed to be here. He did call me back pretty soon after I called him so that’s a good sign
barbara – unfortunately, I don’t know of any alternatives to the Wii if it craps out. I do DVD’s, if that helps any’ Update: happy belated birthday
Working on the Christmas tree skirt for Jess. We’re supposed to go to lunch with a friend of mine so I’ll work on it some in the car
Lisa – when is your birthday? Wow the medical stuff
Annie – never got stitches. It was just deep. Not enough skin was broken to even leave room for a stitch. Nope, not on any blood thinner
Ginny – yea for the implant
Been exercising every day. DVD’s spinning, yoga, pilates
Skimming right now because we need to leave in about an hour and I want to get this posted. Been laying in the sun when I can. Yesterday was the first day I went in the pool since my leg had been stopped oozing for a few days Been playing cards here and pot lucks.
A neighbor and I went for a walk yesterday. I had walked downtown and she met me half way back. She did show me a new park that I have to take my time and check out. Will do that another day
Rebecca – loved all the pics. Everyone looks so happy
M – when we were looking for a house Vince made a spread sheet of things that we must have, things that we would like to have, and things that there is no way we’d want
barbara – I’ve thought of katla a lot. Please give her my best. Photo is fine
Annie – good job increasing times. That Pharmacy thing sounds fishy to me
Lisa – congrats on paying off the house
Allie – is someone getting ready for Easter? So sorry to hear about Trudy’s cat
Drkatie – a friend of mine had her hair grow in completely opposite from what it was
Why do these guys keep trying to friend me on here? And I keep deleting them
Tracey – so sad
Sue WA – glad you were able to get up
I like my electric stove. One feature that I really like is the convection oven feature. Like an air fryer. I use that a lot. It also cooks foods faster
Heather – take care of that hip. My vote would be to cancel the cruise. Hopefully, you will be able to enjoy the next one even more.
Oh, got an email from bryan. He's going to France for a month so that Leo can meet some of his relatives, especially the older ones. He said we could go to France. that would be nice, but France is a big country. Where? Where would we stay? How would we get around (neither of us drives a stick). No, he really doesn't want us. Maybe SOMEDAY he'll come to the US, but I'm not holding my breath.
Michele now in FL soon to be back in NC5 -
April - if you are reading, please know I think of you every day. Hope your son is settling into the new facility well.
Sue - ouch! Glad you weren't hurt. I remember when you met Katla - one of you posted a photo. I'm going to try to find it.
Annie - good job on your bike and walking. Smart thinking to recognize your dad's eventual health outcomes and the various scenarios you and your sis may encounter.
Rita - thanks for being our squats cheerleader!
Kelly - I meant to comment on the great job you are doing with the squats. Wow! Also your egg carton space ship turned out great, how neat that little gal came out of her shell.
Flea - hope your DH is having a good time diving into his new job.
Lisa - love it that Corey likes to keep busy. When my DH's health was good, he was the same way. I still look around here and I'm amazed at all of the neat things and positive changes he did "just to keep busy."
Michele - have a safe drive back to NC. Glad your leg has finally stopped oozing. Was that $13K assessment expected or did Vince think it would be more or less?
Heather - So glad you are in the medical pipeline now. Hope they can determine what's happening and treatment quickly. Lots of voices of experience in this group. Nice photo of Edie and Max - what gorgeous countryside.
I need to get started today on my foot problem "narrative" for Dr. D tomorrow. I've been through this drill so many times - where does it hurt, when did it start, what are you doing for it, etc. So I pre-answer those questions. Easy to walk in and hand the nurse a sheet of paper the doc can review before he even sees me.
We have a couple inches of wet snow here right now, temp 32F but it will turn to rain. Tree limbs sagging under the weight of snow but it doesn't look like any power outages. Still, glad I got my running around done yesterday.
**Reminder about tomorrow's weekly check-in, please get your info to me by noon tomorrow.
Lanette
SW WA State3 -
Heather-your symptoms do remind me of my hip issues. The protocol in England seems to be similar to the US. If it is your hips, they may first try cortisone injections and physical therapy. The injections are not painful and helped me greatly. They bought me some time for each hip. There are also other issues (like a torn labrum) that could be at play. I am thinking your cruise is in April? If it is then I hate to tell you I doubt you would be ready for that activity if you hadn't had surgery already. Stairs, etc. will take time. But-if they try injections you may be surprised. There s a website called Bonesmart https://bonesmart.org I was a member for several years but left it because of some personalities. BUT-it has some great information and it used to be based in the UK. I found it very helpful while waiting for surgery-just didn't want it to continue for social connections. Of course-that may have changed if I dropped in again. You may want to check it out for basic information.
Heather Have you ever considered Bursitis? I had that and it affected both my thighs from knees up to my hips. I kept thinking it was my hips and arthritis, but turned out to be Bursitis. Looked up exercises for that, which I did and took a while but finally went away. I do have arthritis in my hips, but this incident was so bad, I could hardly walk and stairs about killed me. Just a thought……
RVRita4 -
Lanette – we really didn’t have any idea how much the assessment would be. I guess I was thinking more on the lines of $5-6,000. But the engineer said the total would be around $2,000,000 so dividing that among all the condos comes to about $13,000 for each one. Of course, that's just an estimate. There will most likely be added expenses once they start to repair the seawall. It wouldn’t be so high if they’d done it right the first time. It just worries me that for some people here that is going to be a real big hit financially. Hope they can work out something with a no interest loan. We can probably scrape up the $13,000, not that we’d like to, but some people probably don’t have that ability.
That callous on the bottom of my foot is still hurting when I walk, although I do walk (yesterday got in 27000 steps. Been stretching my calves to beat the band. Can’t wait for this to go away. Also using a pumice stone.
Michele NC
who needs to leave to meet her friend for lunch3 -
Today is… Rita’s Birthday and she wants everyone to be happy today! Lots to celebrate today. Take a look!
RVRita, who is now 68 in Roswell, NM and going to Texas Roadhouse for steaks to celebrate! No logging today!!6 -
And now for a little change of pace. This has been my earworm for the past couple days. If Bradley Cooper wants to show up for a bit of lunch, I'm all for it.
Lady Gaga has some lung power! Turn up the volume!
Think I need to see "A Star is Born."
Lanette
SW WA State
PS - language warning, there are a few F-bombs in the dialogue before and after the song.3 -
Today’s gratitude: vimeo so can observe church services without venturing out onto the snowy, icy, windy road.
Tina, appliances seem to be “disposable” nowadays. Unlike Lisa’s, our Samsung gas range from Sears with an extended warranty was a VERY bad experience. 2 month lead time for warranty repair guy appointment so paid for local repair guy to come, but alas, wrong part sent at first. Many frustrating phone conversations to get right part. Long time to be without a functioning oven. Appliance repair guy cautioned against LG too, hard for independent repair people to get parts. Consumer Reports gives the GE Profile double fuel (gas cooktop, electric oven) single oven models PGS930YPFS and JGSS66EELES and double ovens PGS960YPFS and PGS965YPFS the best predicted reliability scores. Isn’t California in the process of banning gas stoves? IMHO the more bells and whistles, the more parts to break. Good luck!!!
Debbie your problem with the temperature display is the same as the one at our church’s youth building. Repair guy told them replacing the display “board” would cost $$$$ as much as a new range. :{
Sue added you to the Katla note.
Rebecca inspired by you just added some TJ’s sofrito to my pantry purge minestrone. Yum!
Tracey
your conversation with Lauryn. Brave of you to ask, brave of her to answer. ((hugs))
Heather shocking how quickly your pain has gotten worse. What Lisa said about your exercise making recovery faster/better. ((hugs)).32 Move mins- wii:0 PT:0 d:0 x&a:0 dogs:0 Jeopardy walking:91 Steps: 6813Lazy, pajama day today yet managed to Jeopardy walk a few more steps than yesterday.
Fuel: sugar in vs mfp=-2 CI<CO net=328 vits=1
Live: Joe, readings, BP, AF, ptT, ptS, 19 mins grooming Tumble, Wt:133.2
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
March: Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, live NOW.
Open heart and mind before mouth.
2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.
I looked up Sofrito. Interesting! I suppose if I added carrot, cilantro, celery , and olive oil to my beginning "go to" mixture of onion, garlic paste and mushroom it would be sofrito-ish. I have to admit I am not a fan of cilantro, then there's that pesky habit I like to do of picking out mushrooms that are cooking in the butter. 😁
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Rita Happy 68th!!! Have a nice meal a the Texas Roadhouse.
Michele - I'm afraid some of my neighbors on my little private road are going to take a hit when we have it re-paved. I'm guessing it will be between $5,000 and $10,000. Each. From $30 to $50 K total. A couple of them had trouble coming up with $500 last year to have the collapsed culvert replaced.
Lanette 4 -
Rita - Happy birthday! Enjoy your dinner...
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Happy birthday Rita!!!
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Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD x8zcp1ya37k1.gif1 -
Well managed my first day of eating like I like. Yesterday's fanfare was a small plate of cubed, roasted purple potatoes. They were in my little baggie of tri colored baby potatoes. My eldest loves when I make the sheet pan of roasted potatoes. Pretty much just cubed smaller, tossed in pepper, parmesn, and a glug of Annie's shiitake mushroom dressing. Then roasted at 350' for 30 minute intervals, turning until you get them golden. I then made his kielbasa sausage, onion, and zucchini mixture, waiting that in a pat of butter and glug of olive oil. I heaped the potatoes on a plate, added the sauted mixture over it and finished it with more parmesan. He literally shoveled. It makes me happy when he eats my meals, especially the healthy ones.
Anyways, I continued my kinda random eating with a small bowl of about 1/2 cup worth of yams and sauce. We had eating a Thanksgiving meal last week and I had fixed that. We had eaten all the marshmallows off the container I used in the oven to make it, so of course I put a new handful in. 🙄😂. Its not the same warming marshmallows in the microwave as they just puff up but still did the job. Then at 3 pm I had antpasted everything bagel with two slabs of fresh tomato, and garden medley cream cheese to anchor the suckers on the bagel. One slice of cheddar cheese but in half so when I hold each open faced creation, I don't get my finger stuck in the tomato. See here is a method to my madness...😂
I closed my eating window with another cup of black coffee at 5 pm. So my fasting isn't really about the times I don't eat, its just appreciating those 4 hours when I do. Also I look at fasting as not denying myself anythjng, but that the times that I fast as healing times. I also sleep better because by the time I hit the hay at 9 pm I have been "healing" for 4 hours already. Its nice to not be processing my food as much during the night. Less percolating, less Tums.😁.
Now ladies, I am definitely not trying to convince anyone of you to be intermittent fasters, its just my story. After years and years of measuring, of logging, of counting calories, for me I am just done. I know what 1/2 cup looks like, but I will cut up a zucchini or 1/4 of a huge onion and decide that is what I will put in a soup or whatever. I like the freedom of picking and choosing things like that. I have a container of Tillamook butter in the fridge cut up into tablespoons so its easy to grab a pat.
Hugs!
Rebecca
Whidbey
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So... first thing this morning, walked into the laundry room, opened the washer to move last night's load of whites over to the dryer... and there is a washer full of water looking back at me with clothes floating in it. Tried everything, including unplugging it, setting it to drain and spin, and turning it back on. It just made a bzzt noise like it was trying, and gave up.
So, I pulled each piece of laundry out, wrung it out as best I could, and got it into a laundry basket, in case there was something stuck in the agitator... got nothing except wet up to my shoulder. So I unplugged it and let it sit. Corey got up and walked in there and did EXACTLY THE SAME THING I'd just done three times. And the persnickety thing started draining and spinning.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not mad at him, or even the washer. This is karma. Back in my work days, this was how other people felt when I fixed their computers by doing the same thing they'd already done. I told them they weren't holding their lips right, and that I just expected it to work. Never had an explanation then, and still don't. But at least it's working!
So, now that everything's been rewashed, once it's dried, I can get those put away and be done with laundry for a couple days. It's already 70f (21c) and supposed to get up nearly to 80 (26). Time to put my flextape on and go outside and play again. The sun feels so wonderful at this time of year.
Hope it's a lovely peaceful Sunday for all.
Love,
Lisa in AR7 -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RITA!!! XOXO xxxxxxxx
Had a nice Zoom with my schoolfriends. We talked the whole time about our medical issues!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx4 -
Lisa, Debbie, Annie, Barbie, Michele - Thank you so much for the feedback on the ovens. It’s all very helpful information! If anyone else still wants to chime in, please do. More information is better!
Barbara-Thanks for that info on the stoves and Consumer Reports info. Yes, CA is in the process of banning the sale of gas stoves, which is exactly why I’m doing this now. Mine is getting to the point it’ll cost nearly as much to repair it as to buy a new stove. And if we stick with it for another couple of years, I might miss that window to get a gas model.
Allie-As Tracey mentioned, put the entire remote into a bag with dry rice for a couple of days. It should remove any moisture that is trapped in it. The mister put his new cell phone through an entire laundry wash cycle. We did that it worked fine afterward.
Rosemarie-I love the Economist. I used to buy it before I got on plans when I travelled a lot for work.
Heather-So sorry to hear you’re in so much pain. My heart goes out to you on this. I wish I had an answer for you. It is very strange that you went from running on the boardwalk to barely being able to walk so quickly. I hope you have some actionable information soon.
Sue-Sorry to hear about your fall! I hope you’re not too banged up!
Machka-You have been amazing with all you’ve dealt with regarding your DH’s accident. I’m not sure I could have handled it so well.
Annie-You do have a lot to think about. Unfortunately, your situations are not easy ones. You will do the right thing when the time comes.
Lanette-I enjoyed that version of A Star is Born. I thought it was well done. Yes, Lady Gaga has an amazing voice.
Michele-They have automatic rental cars in Europe too. They may cost a bit more, but they have them. France is pretty easy to drive in, so don’t let that stop you.
Happy birthday, Rita. Enjoy your dinner!
Tina in CA6 -
Rita: Happy Birthday!
Annie: Yes, you are very smart to be thinking about various scenarios about your Dad's future care. I know from my own experience this can cause me to ruminate over and over again and can be exhausting. At least you have church and the Buddhist group to help balance this. And of course us!
I have no idea of your Dad's assets and all and certainly don't mean to impose on your family privacy.
I am sure memory care and nursing care has been discussed on this Forum in prior years before I joined.
My understanding is that half the memory care/nursing home population utilizes Medicaid and the other half does not. So my understanding is that Pensions and social security payments and so forth are placed into a Miller Trust and this brings the patient to a point where he/she qualifies for Medicaid. Medicaid pays the nursing home and then reaches into the Trust for the funds placed there each month.
There is a Child Caregiver Exemption that can save the house from Medicaid and Medicaid Estate Recovery.
I don't know how to post links yet or I would post a link about this Medicaid Caregiver Exemption.
I think for many of us there might be a reason to look into this Child Caregiver Exemption. We have all heard that Medicaid will put a lien on the house. But apparently if a child lives with a parent and cares for a parent who would otherwise be in a nursing home Medicaid will not put a lien on the house.
I am no expert on these things. Just read Google a lot. Maybe a social worker or Elder attorney is the best way for us to find information.
Best,
Rosemarie from Georgia
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Today’s gratitude: the Katla project. Scrolling through all the profile pics, the love just shines out, warms my heart and lifts my spirits. Think I’ll keep a copy on my desktop for when I need a boost… or pip’s boot! Thank you ALL for participating.
Kim you’re in too!
Machka I get mad whenever you tell us about the back-to-work person. Please tell me she’s totally out of your lives now? Lord have mercy on her other “clielnts”.
Heather That much pain just doesn’t sound right. ((hugs)) While you know your own body best, hoping a prompt, real, professional examination elicits a helpful diagnosis. Do you have an appointment? Edie and Max really shot up quickly! Like your first and second steps, hope that helps you sleep.
Likewise Annie, good for you for preparing for the future, whatever it will bring.
Michele re: Katla will do. Glad the leg finally stopped oozing. Safe travels!
Lanette sometimes a song just catches me, brings a tear. That In the Shallows clip was one. Like you now I’ll keep an eye out for “A Star is Born”
Rebecca cilantro, ugh. Might as well grate up some Irish Spring. The Sorfrito I had tasted more of garlic, red pepper, dried tomato. Label says there’s also parsley, rosemary and sage. No cilantro :noway:
Just skimmin’ back later.
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
March: Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, live NOW.
Open heart and mind before mouth.
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Did a complete strength training DVD, the plan for tomorrow is to do a Body Attack DVD.
When I went to the Y there was a train stopped on the tracks so I, literally, sat there for 1 hour. I know one road by the Y that intersects another road further down, but I couldn’t remember if there were any train tracks before the intersection. And my phone was in my trunk.
My leg is still oozing, but even less than yesterday. I really cut it deep. Fortunately, we have gauze and tape down here
We have a meeting here at the condo about the seawall (that needs to be replaced which means a good sized assessment) Vince is worried about how much the assessment will be. Update: looks like we may be looking at $13,000
Annie – don’t they make a milkbone-type thing for cleaning dog’s teeth?
April – I didn’t realize that your son was being moved so quickly. How wonderful for you! I love yogurt in the IP, too. I tend to like it not as “bitter” and I can control that in the IP
kylia – cats are quite easy to care for. You don’t have to worry about the weather to take them out. And you can leave them home for hours at a time and not have to worry about being home to take them out. You can even leave them overnight alone
Welcome everyone new
Leg seems to have stopped oozing
They’re supposed to deliver the new mattress tomorrow and the SPCA thrift will be here to pick up the old couch, loveseat, an endtable, lamp, and other assorted things. Wednesday the guy about the bathroom is supposed to be here. He did call me back pretty soon after I called him so that’s a good sign
barbara – unfortunately, I don’t know of any alternatives to the Wii if it craps out. I do DVD’s, if that helps any’ Update: happy belated birthday
Working on the Christmas tree skirt for Jess. We’re supposed to go to lunch with a friend of mine so I’ll work on it some in the car
Lisa – when is your birthday? Wow the medical stuff
Annie – never got stitches. It was just deep. Not enough skin was broken to even leave room for a stitch. Nope, not on any blood thinner
Ginny – yea for the implant
Been exercising every day. DVD’s spinning, yoga, pilates
Skimming right now because we need to leave in about an hour and I want to get this posted. Been laying in the sun when I can. Yesterday was the first day I went in the pool since my leg had been stopped oozing for a few days Been playing cards here and pot lucks.
A neighbor and I went for a walk yesterday. I had walked downtown and she met me half way back. She did show me a new park that I have to take my time and check out. Will do that another day
Rebecca – loved all the pics. Everyone looks so happy
M – when we were looking for a house Vince made a spread sheet of things that we must have, things that we would like to have, and things that there is no way we’d want
barbara – I’ve thought of katla a lot. Please give her my best. Photo is fine
Annie – good job increasing times. That Pharmacy thing sounds fishy to me
Lisa – congrats on paying off the house
Allie – is someone getting ready for Easter? So sorry to hear about Trudy’s cat
Drkatie – a friend of mine had her hair grow in completely opposite from what it was
Why do these guys keep trying to friend me on here? And I keep deleting them
Tracey – so sad
Sue WA – glad you were able to get up
I like my electric stove. One feature that I really like is the convection oven feature. Like an air fryer. I use that a lot. It also cooks foods faster
Heather – take care of that hip. My vote would be to cancel the cruise. Hopefully, you will be able to enjoy the next one even more.
Oh, got an email from bryan. He's going to France for a month so that Leo can meet some of his relatives, especially the older ones. He said we could go to France. that would be nice, but France is a big country. Where? Where would we stay? How would we get around (neither of us drives a stick). No, he really doesn't want us. Maybe SOMEDAY he'll come to the US, but I'm not holding my breath.
Michele now in FL soon to be back in NC
Yes, it was really refreshing to see everyone all vibing off each other. My sons chatted all of last Sunday, very comfortable conversations. I just kind of lapped that scene up like an old puppy.💖😁. The pizza get together was fun because my boys and my middle sisters daughter had never really chatted as adults. I think the last time was probably 2007. Cousin love.💖👍. My middle sister didn't really engage much in conversations, and towards the end she was sitting and shaking a bit. She was in a walker seat, but I think her legs were dealing with the newness of that. Normally she sits in her wheelchair. Its tough seeing a relative suffering, but I tried my best to talk to everyone there and not be too invasive.
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa6 -
Heather, In 2016 and 2018 I had serious problems with my spine. One required surgery and more than a month of slow rehab, the other kept me in bed almost all day for 30 days followed by a slow return to regular activity. I was saved by my spiritual practices including meditation, focus on changing what I could (my attitude and my behaviour) and taking life one day at a time. I know you will find a way to get through this current pain and frustration. I paid special attention to not making up my own stories with a bad ending, Barbie in NW WA 6
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