WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2025
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Well tonight we head to bed early, to get up at 3 am, so we can drive into Seattle for husbands yearly liver transplant doctors appt. He has bloodwork early, an ultra sound then appointment in afternoon. It will be a long day but glad we only have to do it once a year!
Rebecca Whidbey Wa
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Rori-the trip with N sounds fun! Have a safe and fun journey!
Took the car in for regular maintenance yesterday and I am convinced it’s a total scam. $1500 and all they did was change oil and other fluids and do a check. What a racket. I’m just taking it to my local mechanic for oil changes and screw the warranty. That’s just nuts. I’m glad I only put 6000 miles a year on it.
In other maintenance news, our A/C unit broke and it was $2000 to fix and companies want $350 to spray for ants. I’m just going to crawl under the house and do it myself.
The cost of things these days is out of control.
The mister is not thrilled with working full time. It’s the commute and the fact that he is waking up at 3am and can’t put his brain to sleep that’s the worst. I’m hoping it’ll even out as he continues.
Getting rid of some more unneeded items today. Lots more organizing and decluttering to do. I’m struggling with what to do with paper photos and little things the kids have made me over the years.Tina in CA
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Rebecca - Hope his liver is doing very, very well. He certainly looks great in every picture of him.
Tina - Always good to see you, dear heart.
I kind of went back and forth about this, but figured I'd say it because, well, why not. First thing's first, my weight has dropped below 160 for the first time in months. Didn't think too much of it at 159, because of course it went right back, but this morning was at 158. Now comes the TMI bit - seriously, don't read if you don't want.
So… Literally nothing has actually made it through my digestive system in less than 48 hours for years. And I'm talking 20 years, pretty much ever since the gastric bypass - and oddly enough, today is the 20th anniversary of that surgical reconstruction of my digestive system. I think. It might be the 5th, and it might be the 15th. I've got it written down somewhere, but I'm not going to go look it up, because I'm lazy 👀😂. But it was definitely in September, and it was definitely 2005.
Anyway, the whole system slowing down is NOT one of the things they warn you about, by the way. I think this is because every person reacts to it differently. Anyway, just for grins and giggles, I added corn (which my husband refers to as "nature's little scrub brush") to the shepherd's pie that I created last night for dinner.
This morning, not to put too fine a point on it, some of it made a reappearance. In all honesty, it's one of the reasons I seldom eat corn, because it freaks me out just a teensy bit, how much your body does NOT want to digest all of it. But it did show up. And I did just eat it last night. Which means that my body's digestive system digested food and that digestion worked in 12 hours. Not 24-48-72, but 12 hours.
For the first time in two decades.
I think this might well have something to do with the pounds beginning to peel off, because I honestly haven't been doing too much about it dropping my calories. If I'm hungry, I eat. If I'm not, I don't. I've been doing that ever since I got really ill back in 2019/20/21, and ended up losing more than 80 pounds without even trying. I was eating everything I could at that point - and everything went through me in moments, not hours. 25 times on the toilet on any given day was no fun at all.
But, as soon as they got that slowed down, my body went back to my "old normal" of 48 to 72 hours.
Much like so many things, it could be the fact that the current thyroid medication dosage is working correctly to do what it do, or it could be the Skyrizi shot that I take every eight weeks for the Crohn's. I don't know!
In all honesty, I don't care, either.
I feel really good, and my body is actually working right.
But there's still that horrible part of my mind that says, "You didn't try to lose weight, but it's coming off. So that means nothing is working, and you're about to get really, really sick. Again." I call that part "The Wart," as in the worrywart, and I try to banish it. It always creeps back, though. Pardon me while I take it out back, put it in the wood chipper, and set the shreds out where the deer can get to it. 😂👀
I don't need reassurance - really, that's not why I wrote this. It's just me thinking through stuff again. Thanks for the thought, though.
And… I've got a pickup waiting for me at Walmart. Nothing big, mostly outlet covers and light switch covers to replace the old ones that are in such bad shape in the back rooms.
Later, y'all,
Lisa in AR6 -
Looking very forward to dinner and a movie tonight with the hubs. My birthday is Friday but Downton Abbey leaves our nearest Theater today so pushed my night out up a day. Loved the series. Watched it with my daughter. Now her rancher husband is addicted. Dinner at a nice restaurant that is family owned.
Volleyball game last night went ok. Only had six and one had never played a game before. I get frustrated because the skill level is so variable as is the commitment to do as I ask. It a learning experience for both of us. I definitely know that teaching would not have been a good career choice for me.We lost a 4 month old filly last night. My husband found her bloated and attempted to treat her as I was at volleyball but she passed quickly. Did a necropsy this morning and found a twist in her intestines that would have needed surgery to fix- but it happened too fast for even that. Sad to lose them but some things can’t be helped.
Lanette- Sheep are classified as small ruminants so still in the livestock realm. I was once hit by a ram named Rambo. He snuck up on me from the back. Wasn’t sure what had hit me when I went down. The owner just laughed and said, “You gotta watch out for Rambo”. As my kids would say… thanks tips.
Rebecca- Mmmmmmmmm… mini meatloaf. That would be a good take along to volleyball game nights. Love them cold.
Michelle- I spent a lot of time in the back end of a cow. Either rectally for pregnancy testing or vaginally delivering calves. I didn’t do much AI as the bulls got that done on pasture.
We are 45 minutes from take out so very rare unless someone is in town. I typically prepped the night before with what I had on hand as I try to get groceries every 2 weeks. The air fryer (now have 2 on my counter) is my best friend. I do a lot of favourites on repeat.
Carol- hope they get things figured out and treated soon.
Lisa- our hummingbirds left about 2 weeks ago. Miss them. Found them to be extra aggressive around the feeders this year. The geese are filling the skies heading south as a reminder of what’s to come 🥶
Take care everyone 🩷
Melanie, Alberta
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Lisa- our hummingbirds left about 2 weeks ago. Miss them. Found them to be extra aggressive around the feeders this year. The geese are filling the skies heading south as a reminder of what’s to come 🥶
Melanie - Our hummingbirds were really slugging it out this year too! Especially at one of the feeders - I moved it from the front of the house to the back, and for whatever reason, that calmed things down a bit. They were so busy guarding it in the front that none of them ever touched it - and they've pulled it halfway down in just a few days in the back. Funny little critters.
Lisa in Arkansas
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Flowers for the day. The lighter yellow marigold is called snowball. The larger marigolds are so nice for a bouquet. I did not get as many in my garden this year next year I hope to plant more.
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Yep, he's quite the transplant success story! Really proud of him. The doctors always say he's doing well. But really the doctors in University of Washington aren't too vested in him, they didn't do the transplant, OHSU did. So his appts are mostly just, "hey you're still alive, good job", kinda mindset. I mean they don't even pronounce his name correctly, sheesh! After 8 years they should at least phonetically spell it out on his file so when they call his name they get it right.🙄🙃
Rebecca Whidbey Wa
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I use that pan for lots of things, mini lasagnas, brownies, sushi bites, its endless!😂
Cold meatloaf sandwiches sound good too.
Varying degrees in skill levels can be frustrating with your volleyball team. I remember my coach firing balls at us from the net and we had to just fly, arms extended, sliding! I was in JV, but only one year. She was a tough coach, and coached my middle sister who was a volleyball prodigy! I was not.🙄🙃. I was more musically inclined.👍🏼
Rebecca Whidbey Wa
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Rori, will you be visiting Bottomless Lakes while in Albuquerque? It is 2.5 hours from there. You will be close to where I am!
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mcmillonmail- no, not from drug use. We never really knew and I never drilled him on it. The thing he thought was he may have gotten it from the lady he was with before me. She had ulcer colitis and she had a blood transfusion, they had sex and he may have gotten it from her. Who knows. He had to have been HIV positive for awhile and was a symptomatic when he met me, I dunno. We met 2/10/90, married 5/15/93, found out he was positive 1/5/95 and he died 10/10/95, the same year we found out. He was 34, I was 36. I was tested in February and was negative and got tested two more times 6 months apart, was always negative. Lost friends because of their ignorance. He got my mom and me back together (she had disowned me for 10 years) and she ended up not wanting to see me because I might give it to her. I could go on and on, yeah, I would make a good book,
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Hidee ho all
Well rainy yucky day out..but got to my appointment and the ultrasound done,Dr very nice came in ,they really didn't see the parathyroid glands,but will send findings to my endocrinologist and the thyroid surgeon .she asked if im tired ,I said all the time, she said better to have it out.
The way im going im just pieces and parts lol
Going out to dinner with Tom and Elena Saturday, we go early like 4pm,my appetite is small so I won't get much. I've had a banana and when I got home a small bag of quest chips.that will probably be it..
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Just a quick update and then I am off to bed. They determined this afternoon to go ahead with a c-section. Finn had cord around neck and her labor was not progressing as quickly as they wanted (broke her water at 8 am this morning. He was successfully delivered around 4 pm. Weighed in at 7lbs 4oz and looks like his dad did at birth. Everyone is doing well. They will be home Saturday afternoon. I have Luna duty until then. Saturday will be the only day with us together full-time (day care every day-kept her on her schedule).
Tomorrow at 1 I'm closing house and that will close that chapter. At doctor today (first meeting for possible new primary) decided to go on low level BP med. Have been inching higher so will see how that works. My blood work keeps coming in test by test and looks pretty decent. Lipids are almost completely corrected from the deviations after April lung surgery.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
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stats for the day-
Walk w/family- 1hr 29min 39sec, 10244steps, 71elev, 2.70ap, 78ahr, 95mhr, 4.17mi= 379c
Strava app= 506c
Walk home to gym- 11.43min, 1280steps, 2.70ap, .56mi= 51c
Strava app= 68c
Treadmill jog- 52.17min, 179spm, 9339steps, 146ahr, 168mhr, 2mi @6 .0sp, 2mi @6 .1sp, 1.20mi @6 .2sp, .10mi @8 .0sp, 9.52min mi, 5.30mi= 542c
Walk gym to home- 12.11min, 1328steps, 90ahr, 97mhr, .54mi= 62c
Strava app= 65c
Walk kids- 13.35min, 1292steps, 1.80ap, .50mi= 62c
Strava app= 61cTotal cal 1096
23483 steps
I really was not looking forward to running today so I decided to start a bit faster to get it over with and I ended up with under a 10 minute mile (9.52 minute mile pace) pretty happy with that.
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Ginny - Happy first birthday (literally) to Finn, glad all are doing well… and hope the closing goes very well! Fast moving year for you!
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Heather - it looks like a nice celebration all in all. I hope the trains run well on your trip.
Lisa - The be asked one of our RN’s if we could work on a quilt together this winter.I’m looking forward to it.
Melanie - I put off going to the dentist for years. It’s awful to be an adult and that scared of it.
Mo - no Rodger was with us on our little trip. It was an ok day with him.
Lisa - maybe because I am a worrywart myself, I would think it’s perfectly natural to worry about the loss.
Ginny - Congratulations on the new baby.
I have been reading but I’m so busy this week. I fly out Sunday morning and I was hoping to get some downtime before I go. Doesn’t look like that will occur.
Off to bed.
Tracey in Edmonton7 -
Blood test results showed exactly what I thought. Slight rise in chloresterol and higher triglycerides. Too much lying around, and not enough activity. It could be worse. I know they'll be wanting to start me on statins, but I would like to try getting my weight back down first. Recently I've been very inactive, and it shows. Not happy about it, so I will have to do something about it. Surprising how quickly it's happened. The more uncomfortable you feel physically, the less likely you are to exercise. So, bad habits quickly develop. The good thing is, because it's fairly recent, I hope I can undo it with a few changes in lifestyle.
I am grateful for the wake up call. I've been far too inactive recently, and I knew it.
Lots of love to all. Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Hi ladies,
Margaret, many diseases were caught through blood transfusions back then, and additionally, through the use of instruments that were not cleaned or sterilized sufficiently. Thanks, Margaret, for reminding me of the various ways diseases were transmitted. I just hated how patients with Aids were treated back then. Those days were so dark and painful. I have a teenager that I took care of last year who had Aids that she acquired from her mom. She stopped taking her meds and got sick. She wanted to be "normal". You see, the stigma remains. I told her to take her meds, for it is normal for us all to take medications. I also told her that she needs to tell her boyfriend that she has Aids. Sorry Pip, I didn't mean to offend. I know Lenny was wonderful because he loved you. I feel Lenny and Kirby were like guardian angels for you. I hate that AIDS, like cancer, took away many whom I loved. My favorite patient, who was one, I cried for days. Even the young men whom I cared for during my nursing school years. The difference is that you loved Lenny deeply, Pip. He was your husband who saw you and loved you. I love how Kirby loves you and treats you well. I love that both men were able to visualize the exquisite pearl that you are.
Lisa, I have been mixing things up on here lately. I have been tired, because I have been falling asleep on the chair without my machine. I have been working on the machine for 4-5 hours with only 5 hours of sleep. I decided to sleep during my time off this week to catch up on my rest. So, please forgive me. My friend, whom I precepted in Chicago, had bariatric surgery shortly after I moved. She was newly married and had the surgery. Her husband loved her as she was. She looked great, but she was depressed. She divorced her husband, who took it hard. Then she committed suicide by drowning in the ocean. That broke my heart. The weight loss journey is arduous. I often talk to DH about my downfall of eating the wrong thing. I don't want to regain my weight. I want to wear my large clothes, but I look crazy. I feel uncomfortable when people tell me how good I look. I think I don't deserve the compliment because I ate the wrong thing. Guilt is a big part of my life. I guess a therapist is key to one's weight loss journey. I hate to leave MS because I have a great team, and I hate losing my medical team. Now, I will travel to keep my team. I am still vulnerable.
Annie, I hope you get the help you need with your dad. My mom fights and hates baths. My mom wanted to fight me when I assisted her. I told her that she can wash her own private parts. I washed her hair, and she would panic. When my dad was in the hospital, I thought I would need to bathe him. These nursing assistants did it, and I was relieved. They did an excellent job as well. As for my mom, we hired this nursing service for her to care for her while I sleep in preparation for work, and it did not go well. They just watched TV on my dime. So, I paid them off and stopped using them. They left her alone to get food. My mom almost drove away, and the woman tried to stop her, and I had to convince her to get out of the car. I told that story to ensure you vet the company thoroughly.
I'd better go now. Take care, everyone.
XO,
Mo in Mississippi
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Melanie - Happy birthday! This was the picture that showed up on my computer background this morning, from Argentina - hard to think of Argentina as cold, but there it is! Made me think of your Stormi's picture, and my own trips to Glacier Park in Montana, pretty much ever since I was a child. I lived not too far from there for nearly 8 years, so I experienced a few of your very cold winters… but I think I'd have a harder time with it now! Also meant to say I was sorry about losing the foal. You hate to lose them that young. Hope it's a very enjoyable celebration, and enjoy Downton Abbey, too!
Cheers, Lisa in AR
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Here. Busy. Hugs! Love! Congrats! Welcomes!
One of my favorites from vacay.
Gotta get ready for work.
❤️
Kylia in OH
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Mo - Don't worry about it, sweetheart. It's really easy to get things mixed up, reading on here… and you're pressured from every direction these days. I worry about you.
Tracey - You're heading out on Sunday, my best friend's headed for Arizona on Monday, it's like everyone's traveling these days. I would say I envy you, but I talked to the voices, and we all agree that no, we'd just as soon stay home. 👀😂🥰 Hope it's a grand trip, I really do. Time to remember who you were and not just who you are now. Enjoy your time back home!
I think when it's light enough, I'll road the little tractor up to the gas station and get it filled up with diesel. While I'm at it, I'll throw the gas cans in the bucket and get them filled up too, instead of transferring them in and out of the trunk of my little Kicks. Will need to go right at sunrise, before the road gets too filled with cars… it's not dangerous exactly, and it's got headlights, taillights and reflectors. I just have to drive slow, and people do come whipping through here. I might wait and go tomorrow, because the school buses are out at right that time. Yeah, I think I'll wait. Less busy tomorrow.
There, that's decided.
Do need to pop up to the store, though, and get a can of Campbell's French Onion Soup for a chicken and rice casserole I want to try. We've got a few frozen, bone-in, skin-on thighs that will work well in this. (The link to the recipe) It's called "Stick of Butter Chicken" so it's not exactly low-calorie. Also very high sodium.
I'm modifying it a LOT. I plan on a) cutting the recipe in half (and putting maybe even less butter than half) and b) using low sodium broth. Will be using Parmesan, as well, as Pecorino Romano is terribly expensive here. Plus I'm adding some broccoli to it, at the request of my husband. So pay no attention to the recipe, I guess. But that's usually the way we do things.
Time to go find my coffee…
Later, y'all,
Lisa in AR5 -
LMAO!
Lisa- chicken, rice, a d broccoli casserole is what I made for dinner yesterday. My hair dresser was making it for her dinner last night. And now you!🤣🤣
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That time of year, I'm thinking! I love casserole time… Like hugs for dinner. 😂
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don’t worry about it, you didn’t offend at all. Back then people thought they you could get it by hugging or kissing someone. When I volunteered and called my family members to let them know that my husband was HIV positive (we were in WA, they were in CA) I asked them one by one if we went over there for a visit would he be welcomed in their home, one by one I got an answer. Some said no some said me yes him no, etc.) it was a different time back then. That didn’t help my grieving process and sank me more into depression.
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A moment of Zen!
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Ginny … congratulations on your new grandson, Finn!
Beth
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Missed National Daughter's Day (didn't know there was such a thing, honestly) but my daughter sent me this text that she posted yesterday to celebrate her daughter.
I miss them a lot.
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Lisa - How gorgeous they are! It must really tug at your heart strings.
Ginny - That was quite the marathon! My DDIL had the same sequence for Max. I was so relieved when they FINALLY decided to do the caesar. It always ends that way. Grrrr! Many congratulations on the birth of Finn! 🤩😍
I've bought some cod liver oil capsules which worked well for me in the past. When I went for bloods at my last house, they said, "Carry on doing whatever it is you're doing. " They also have vitamin D in them, so I will stop taking my normal ones. My ex's mother once longterm overdosed on vitamin D and it was extremely serious. I also did a bit of exercise biking and rowing. Not a lot, but a start. I bought flowers this morning and other bits of local shopping. Strength exercises first thing this morning.
Feeling better already! 🤣 Tandoori chicken tonight, with stir-fry spicy cabbage, onion, and tomato.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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