I think I was out of the apartment for an hour this am. Loaded up power chair and cruised in the forest on the asphalt roads with friend and her furry friend.
Have not gotten dressed yet. Put coat over pj's while i was out this am.
Cooler here this week but nice enough I can have the windows open. Did not wake up with the head stuff this am. Not sure why but glad.
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Lost my first post. Walked another 1 1/4 miles today and did 3 loads of laundry.
Glad everyone's out and about today.
Hiker, thanks for the reminder about spraying down for ticks.
Kam, wonderful to get and socialize.
Having baked cod and zucchini for dinner.
Must be a theme today.
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Im ok. Not great tho. Im having trouble getting energy back after that chiro detox thing. Kinda depressing to go to the same beach where i was able to walk so easily a week ago and hardly be able to walk at all. Im fighting using cane and walker. Hope im back soon
Im glad you guys are having good day. Eggs for supper for me. But etta and i drive to the farm stand i like and got my fav apple's and a bunch of veggies
I also got email estimate for siding labor. Very reasonable. But i have no idea how much materials will be. He gave me a list so i can shop around. I only care about doing one short wall right away..you cant see it from road so it wont matter if it takes awhile for me to save up.
I guess i will be busy checking out materials this week. Pt on thurs is the only appt. Still plenty to clean up in the house
Oh for cryingbout loud. They just said snow tuesday morning. Oh well...have a good week!
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Able to get some groceries this am. Short outing to dog park. Short outing across the field to toilet Rosie via power chair.
Cable guy got roku back working and said they may have the lost internet problem fixed. they are replacing cable on the next street over
want to do some things today but so far, it is best to just lie here and watch a movie or play games on iphone
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i did leave the referral person a message to follow up on neuro referral.
and i did leave a message to reschedule the cardio scans.
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Yes healthy...it counts. I had been sleeping in recliner for a year and finally saved enough to get an adjustable bed. Its mainly because if my shoulder that needs to be replaced but i cant face another surgery now. The bed also helps with refkux and it would be good if i got chronic bronchitis again but so far that has been under control
Insurance wont pay for adjustable bed unless breathing is the main problem
I still not right with gi in fact today i am scaring etta again making noises f rt om diver pain again...its been nit right since chiro appt last week...
Im using wc and putting stuff back into kitchen cabinets. Im also throwing away a lot and have two totes of yard sale stuff
Sure am glad you got wifi problem takwn care of rosie
Tutu...you could come over and organize my office while i finish kitchen
I hope to walk with walker at beach tomorrow after the snow melts. Sheesh.
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Monday-Woke up early and headed out to trim the bushes and pick up trash in the yard. Afterwards ran a few errands and hopefully that's it for the day.
Upper right side of abdomen has been bothering me and think it's my gallbladder and liver. Thinking about doing a oil/citrus flush but will run it by the chiro. Never did one but reading about it. You guys try anything similar?
Kayak-I had a problem with detoxing aluminum. Able to increase the homeopathic drops and not feeling so crappy. Feel for you with the shoulder, I was told the same thing about a replacement. I haven't had full use of my left arm since 2003 so waffling about another surgery.
TuTu-Hello!
Healthy-Yes, it counts!
RosieKam-I have Roku too and I love it!
See you all tomorrow!
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Busy day at work. Started with a parent meeting at 7 A.M.
This week the kids are designing experiments to clean up oil spills--either from water or oil from a bird's feather. So, I am on my feet a lot more than usual.
Saw the chiropractor after work--sore lower back and sore knee.
Then walked 20 minutes. Time for dinner and relaxing.
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I ended up going outside to pick up a few things in yard. Etta was bored and she was going nuts cuz a chipmunk was running around on patio hiding behind totes and other things so i went out to clean up a little, get ready for trash day and make it harder for the chipmunk to hang out so close. It was crazy how weak i was. I had to do most from the chair and sit and catch my breath. I had to wear a mask cuz wind was blowing the wrong way and i smelled moldy cars next door. That was two hours hard work.for me(exercise...out of breath exercise) and now i cantget out of the chair. But it looks better out there and im ready for tomorroews snow and pesky, tick carrying chipmunks. I think i should probably push for the stress echo...it will be 3 yrs in june
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Interesting experiments, hiker. Let us know what they discover.
I ran a few errands today and watched "my" cardinals and chickadees. The cardinals think they own my balcony now. Little boogers.....Kinda like your chipmunk, kayak!
I hope you feel better soon. Also hope you don't get much snow. I'll make you feel even worse... it was in the 80's here today.
We will have some storms tomorrow night. Not too worried.
Hubby has a big event on Thursday. They have a festival of sorts this week at one of the theaters. They run about 15 min each of about 10 different shows each day. Dash onstage, perform, dash off.
I hope to go on Thursday to see hubby's segment. I'm sure he will be nervous.
Hi, AK and Kam!
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Im still sitting in the chair. I realized ive been.taking more ibu lately cuz the other drug isnt taking enough pain awsy. Maybe thats whymy bellys messed up
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Tuesday-Took my Mom to the commissary and put up groceries then I went to the health food store. Cooking salmon and turkey burgers for a few days worth of meals.
Bought some brown rice pasta and black rice tortillas, also some organic kidney beans to add more protein to my salads.
Josh went to the bank again after work so no walking today. Will just do a bunch of cooking today.
Hiker-Roku is similar to Amazon's FireTV and Chromecast. Great for older flat screens so you can access the internet. Now I have Netflix, Amazon, Youtube, etc. We're a cable free house!
Kayak-I have days like that too. I figure they're just par for the course.
TuTu-Hope you have a good time this Thursday.
Well, back to the kitchen.....
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I know this isn't about exercise, but do any of you have Wi-Fi at home. I still use DSL and my internet contract is up this summer. Will cost a lot more. Need a cheap internet service but hate to go to Wi-Fi.
Too tired after work to exercise. On my feet all day with lab. Got evaluated today--went well. Don't know the results, yet, but the lesson went perfectly.
Rain moving this way. Hope everyone in the plains area is safe.
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7 pm laying here thinking i might be doing well enough to get up and do a few things.
Saw several things to do when i got up. Choose taking the sheet off of the bed and soaking it in a plastic bin to get the blood stains from the (can not recall the name of the infection) sores on my back.
got myself and the floors soaked while at it.
Cleaned that up kind of and changed into dry PJ's.
Resting now. That did me in. Sheets will not go back on bed until caregiver comes on friday.
Turned heater on too....have not slept thru the night for at least a week if not more even with all the sleep aids.
Had this thought that perhaps it is because it is cooler at night now...things like that make a difference.
Vision went. Processing went. So laying back down resting.
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hiker..roku is a box that a friend loaned me to try out roku. a small box. you hook it up to the TV.
I still have to have cable here to get wifi but roku can be cable only or wifi It is $10 more to have wifi here.
There are a lot of icons to choose from on the roku screen but so far I just watch netflix and roku movie/TV icons.
Commercials are less than the commercials on TV. I watch things like Grey's Anatomy the next night after it shows on TV.
Can not get NCIS on Roku. But, I can get Bones and some other TV shows.
Vision is really nice and easier on the eyes than trying to look at the laptop screen.
Have yet to see if I can figure out how to see things on the TV screen.
I hear you can.
There are three of us using the roku program. One person is paying for it. Not sure how much it costs.
But, I guess they do not care how many people are using it.
So, I can also see what the other people are watching kind of as whatever they watch comes up as favorites....one family must have young kids because a lot of kids programs comes up.
guess I better decide which I am going to use so I can give the roku box back
I heard one person say Amazon Fire Stick worked best for them.
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Kam .. you are way ahead of me. I don't understand any of those programs.
I did 22 min on the machine today and 18 laps. Sure makes a difference when I only exercise on Tues and Thurs now. By the time I get to Tues, I'm very rusty!
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sent email to new director of caregiver services.
She sent me an email telling me I had more hours than anyone else on the books and that I would no longer be getting those hours as they have a waiting list of seniors needing help.
I sent an email back saying you are talking about the 8 hours of help I receive a month. right?
I do not think she did a very good job of telling me they needed to cut back my hours so tried to re word things in an email but not so sure how well I did.
guessing she doesn't care. but, it would have been better to say we would like to continue providing 8 hours of service to you a month but since we have a waiting list of people needing service, we will need to cut back your hours.
I told her caregivers tell me they have clients that are able to do things for their selves so they basically just sit with the person and visit.
I also told her I have had caregivers tell me I needed more hours but I assumed those people that got more hours were not being paid by the county.
Scares me to have hours cut back as it is not enough now.
Still trying to balance the books as is the new supervisor.
Called and rescheduled the person I pay to come and help out with household chores too...maybe I said that all ready or maybe that is the other thing I forgot.
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it is a matter of funding tutu. thanks for the encouraging words. it is scary.
12:15 put sheets in washers. but, after I get them out, I am done. I was like a drunken sailor that had been in a fight while in the laundry room.
Time to stop trying to do things...I am at that point where I am putting myself in harms way.
But, rare i am able to do all i did this am.
found things that should have gone to long from getting washed. hope i can get the stains out...usually not...
learned it is best to just put them in the wash when it happens but usually not able to do that...miss not having my own washer and dryer
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have things on bedroom floor blocking rosie so she can not get on her cot
left closet door open so rosie most likely ate the cat food
cat is letting me know that she needs food in her bowl...usually have cat food in closet and leave door ajar so cat can get in but rosie can not
but darn if my body and brain want to get up...hoping after this i can lay here and watch a movie
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Hiker. I pay for wifi and it makes me really mad. Its from metrocast and is 60. A month. I pay DISH for tv and get way more than i need for 34. Amonth. I wish wifi wasnt so expensive but i really need it. I dont watch tv or streamshows on it tho. Just bills and communication
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I posted in medical because there is something different about the ticks this yea. Since at least 2000 permethrin has kept me and dogs safe from ticks but it isnt helping with ticks this year. I may need a new strategy. I ke err p changing more and more into one of those ppl who has to live in a bubble
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kayak...yes....had ticks on me while backpacking and never was concerned.
now, it is a big concern. hope you find something that works.
5:40 pm thinking of getting up again to see if i can do some things. but body is hurting, cold and scared just laying here.
i think i have the portable heater on and the windows open. so need to fix that. time to close the windows.
forgot i had the heater on since last night.
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I ended up walking back and forth across my lawn with a sheet to catch ticks. See how many there are. It was alarming how out of breath i got. I caught one female and five nyphs. It was the heat of the day not their fav time to be hitch hiking but i needed. To see how bad it was. I plan to do it again early tomorrow when grass is cool and damp. I need to get blood drawn early so wull be up. So walkung back and forth will be today and timorrows exercise
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I have had a couple of long days at work and am too tired to exercise. Feeling toxic again, too, after feeling well for several weeks.
JULIE--who locates wire etc underground marked my yard and the storm sewer runs ride through the middle of my side yard where I wanted to plant my redbud tree. I have a call into the town and into the nursery for them to come have a look to see if planting in this part of the yard is even possible. If not, I would like to get my money back on the tree.
What's weird is when they marked last year when I had 2 trees removed they did not mark this sewer line and the two trees were planted right above it. Go figure.
Am ready to cook up some dinner soon and relax.
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Hiker i hope things straighten out
Im ok but cautiou. As soon as i let my guard down i go backward. Yesterday i ate a cheese sandwich and two half cups od rice to fix the D. And it helped. We ll see how libg it lasts.
Later today the friend who used to work on my house and be my ER buddy is coming over to help me decide on siding color
I thought i already posted this. But sont see it. My vlood draws yesterday were hard. Im still recovering...very slowly. Not thinking rught and no energy. Thats probably normal with two weeks D.
The chiro was cute when i called and asked if this was normal. He said stop mag. I did that the first two days. Also stopped c. This is so different for me
Anyway...no rysh on yard sale styff now. I texted with grandson. He is packing up to moveto boston but doesnt have anapt til he gets here so im ganna wait to see
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Doesnt have apt til he gets here so im gonna wait and let him have his pick of things before i have yard sale. That takes some pressure off me
I also got a very short text from missing son so i know hes alive. Never saw this scenerio coming
I hope everyone is ok. I know the weather has been crazy south west of me
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That's good about your son being able to grab a few items for his apartment.
I was able to sell some shelving today. I belong to an online garage sale site on FB. It's nice to be able to unload an item here and there.
Went to a BIG show yesterday that hubby was in. They did a GREAT job. Was so proud of the star and of hubby. He sounded wonderful! I got to sit on the front row.
I also met some famous female musicians/singers from Nashville (they were in the show) and got my pic taken with them. They were so nice!! We chatted for quite awhile because they were so interesting. A breath of fresh air.
PS .. I did 22 min on the machine and 18 laps on Thursday.
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