Saturday, December 08

[karlinann]

Good morning Rounders and thank you all for the kind words. When I feel someone in need of encouragement it just kicks in and I have to write what is in my heart and help them.

On Thursday DH & I went to Walmart to do a bit of shopping and as soon as I went in I got a flea bite on my ankle. I killed it and washed the bite with sanitizer gel, but it hurt for a long time afterwards. That is not the worst thing that happened though. I saw a G Foreman grill for a mere $40 and grabbed it up. After we checked out I just happened to look at the receipt and saw that she had rung it up at $59. We marched over to CS and they did the price check and sure enough someone had stacked it under the wrong price tag. I hate that! We didn't buy it, but I bet they will straighten out that shelf.

Yesterday was so beautiful outside. I worked in the garden a bit straightening pavers and leveling them and my knees and hips killed me all afternoon. JoGee, I have been diagnosed with Degenerative Disk Disease since the early 2000's. You wanted to know what helps your back. The best thing you can do is to sit always with lumbar support and when you walk or stand not to do it for any length of time. Those Hurrychair's advertised on tv look like the best tool for walking becuz you can stand up and keep your back straight. I never realized how I was debilitating my back lifting all the heavy things when I owned the cleaning biz. If I have to stand on concrete for more than 15 minutes it just kills my back.

On a brighter note it has warmed up significantly here and I don't even need to wear my robe. That cold really bothers my joints. Augh, that is enough old talk and complaining. Life is so short. I'm wishing you well, peace & plenty.

[Aunt Maye]

good Sat. Morning,

I say Good,,,although its a wintery morning, .ground cover with snow. little flakes flowing down... yck I do NOT like winter.. but I got a good sleep.

.. made major decision... glad thats done!.... went for hearing test yesterday... listened to a very very long talk about the Wonderful hearing aid they sell at this office... got the price... blinked a lot,, I get to use a demo pair for a month. came home wearing same and before bedtime had made the decision . no way.... toooooo expensive.. also they fit over the ear.. in the same space my Glasses take up.. to shift the glasses changes the field of my vision..... so that particular type of hearing aid will never do...... Eyes much more important to me than hearing..... my hearing loss is not severe , just annoying at time.. several other reasons I decided I did not like about this particular vision office... will return the demo's ,,, the exam was free, ( it was a special day for them).. .

today.. hopefully get to the library ,David's books are in... Im waiting on some ordered e books.. ... I did get my new Louise penny book and will start to read it this weekend.. yummy.

Karlin, David has the same back problems for the same reason... he lifted and carried very heavy items many many things in his younger years.. and when the spine started to go bad.. he kept right on doing that kind of stuff... NOW , his back gives him so much pain, and is slowly bending him over .and his walking abilities are getting worse... so ,dear lady, take better care of yours!!!!

hi everyone.. see you all later

[karlinann]

Aunt Maye I take very special care of my back now. You only get one!

[Paula A]

Good morning! It is dark but supposed to be sunny today. I have been up and showered and hair mostly done. I have the ham heating and my list of things I need to take to the church kitchen and also a list of what I forgot: Ice! I don't like the taste of my ice maker ice after it sits for awhile so I need to get a bag. And slice the lemons I have...I could have done it yesterday but it wasn't on my list and so it didn't com eto mind until 3:30 this morning. ugh.

A nice tri-tip dinner is scheduled for the women's church group this evening so it is a double duty day of setting up tables and rooms for eating. No cooking for the dinner, though. Just come and enjoy each other's company and visit. Girl talk, Aunt Maye!

Karlinann, besides the menu, I am keeping my notes (including getting ice) and will review how this food and prep goes. I have done that since my son's Eagle Scout reception and both wedding receptions. It really helps see what kinds of food people ate and how much punch,etc. I needed.

I hope today goes well for us all. Take care of those backs!

[JoGee]

Good morning, Karlinann, anyone typing along with me, and all who follow!

Its cold here and I’ve turned the furnace up. Today we reach the 60’s. It’ll be in the 70’s tomorrow, except we will be in Sierra Vista where they will get up to the 60’s tomorrow. E’s buddy there had some kind of fit when E said I wasn’t coming to his birthday, and insisted on rescheduling his birthday dinner. (I know this guy used to have some kind of crush on me, and I’m not comfortable with him.). This guy has gotten so needy. He has gotten over 100 electric shot treatments, and I don’t see that they have helped him....maybe made him worse off. So anyway, E rescheduled to Sunday when the weather is nice. I will be carrying a medical mask in case he’s still coughing. I know E isn’t comfortable with the hour+ drive to there, especially alone, and if he has to drive at night with those big trucks on the highway. So we will go during the daytime, stay at a hotel overnight, and come home the next day.

Karlinann, thank you for the advice. I hadn’t heard of a “hurry chair” so I looked it up. That will be a good thing for me if the backaches get worse. E bought me a cane once, it has a small seat attached to it. It is not comfortable at all to sit on, so I never use it. Definitely no lumbar support to it. I need to find the wide elastic wrap I have somewhere. That is good support. I don’t remember where I put things half the time, these days. I know if I invest in another one, this one will turn up. That’s how life seems to go.

Today we are going shopping for arch supports. The PT tech said they will likely improve the way I stand and walk, and might give my back some relief. I checked our shoe stores online, and the supports are $100. We will look at them, and if they are just footbeds for shoes I will go to the SAS (San Antonio Shoes) store where they are priced at $49. Or maybe check out the Dr Scholls shoe liners for only $7-$15. Ridiculous difference in prices, right?

So, my weekend is already laid out. Nalani, if you are peeking in here, know I will be thinking of you. We miss you here.

well, I can’t think of anything to add, so will close for now and read more later.

have a very good day! ☀️

[karlinann]

Whoa, hold up JoGee and don't buy anything until you check with your insurance and see if it covers a Foot Specialist or Licensed Pedorthist. My DH has Neuropathy and sees a Family Foot & Ankle doc and she referred him to the LP to fit him with special shoes and inserts.

Don't waste your money on the Dr. Scholls and other shoes and supports. Your feet need to be fitted specifically in order to get relief. DH has been wearing the shoes and support inserts for 2 years now. He changed insurance and now he cannot get the shoes, but he has a bunch of the inserts and just buys a good brand of New Balance. Check it out with your insurance and see what they say.

[maxie]

Morning...slept in again this morning but did not sleep well last night so maybe it isn't called sleeping in? Anyway I am behind schedule and needed to gt up and going this morning. Need to run home and gt to the bank and drop off my toys and a bag of food items. The local FFA runs a drive every Christmas where they fill a school bus with donated items. Any donations I make are back home where my heart still is I guess.

It is cold here and no sun. Is there still s un up there? Not sure anymore! All crappy weather this weekend is suppose to go south and hit my eldest son. He is not happy since Monday is his first day back to work after 3 months sick leave and he may have to fight weather.

My hearing is not as sharp as it used to be but then I usually forget what they are telling me anyway! If we think we have hearing problems what about this younger generation that always have ear things plugged into their ears. And what about their eyes from always looking at a screen? We may end up being the generation with lasting senses even if we are deaf and half blind!

If I had done something yesterday I could sit around and do nothing today but that is not how it works and there is nothing to eat. I don't know about you but if I am going to sit home and do nothing I want to snack while doing it! Besides the bank back home closes at noon on Saturday. I know, small towns, right? Have a great day everyone.

[bethina]

Morning..Yesterday was a WONDERFUL day with cousin's and my mom and sis...we shopped til we dropped my sore throat has turned into a horrible horrible chest cold with a bad bad cough. Yesterday I was determined to go with the girls....I am so glad that I did...when we got home last night I basically went straight to bed....I was asleep as soon as I got comfy...I didn't even hear my sister leave...and I have a box in my room that tells me with a voice if a door is opened or closed and when the alarm is set...I didn't hear any of that.

I have been out to breakfast and now I am home and had cough meds and I headed to bed mom put me on house arrest until Monday.

[JoGee]

Maye, I have hearing aids. Somewhere on my dresser. I quit wearing them (yes, they are expensive ones) because they pop out of my ears...maybe because of a yawn or cough, but sometimes just slip out. My ear holes are smaller than average and they don’t stay in. If they stay in at all, they hurt anyway. So when people talk softly, I just put two fingers behind my ear, and they start talking a bit louder. The young adults at cash registers do not enunciate well at all, or even barely look at the customers. Still, my 2-finger signal seems to be loud and clear.

hope you’re over your cold soon, Beth.

A dinner for the ladies at church, Paula? You belong to an extraordinary church, then. My churches never had that, and if one did the pastor would insist on eating there because his wife cooks extremely healthy boring meals with no desserts.
hate to say it, but I quit going to churches after working in a couple of them...seeing their hyprocasy in action. Also the way I was treated. For all the volunteering I did, and typing favors.....the favors became demands as part of my work.....when I wasn’t at their beck and call 24/7 (includes calls to unlock the church at late night hours), I’d be yelled at and chastised by those members. When I learned they had been spraying bug poisons on my office equipment and supplies it was the last straw. I talked to the stupid pastor, and he said, “Sorry, I hate confrontations.” I said, “Sorry, I quit.” A few months later I started throwing up blood, and I believe those poisons caused the breakdown of my body. I survived the perforated esophagus, the blood disorders, cancer, and whatever I’ve had associated with those things. Only one lady out of 500-600 congrationists came to see me, but the docs had me so drugged up (they didn’t expect me to live) I didn’t recognize her .... and I did know the congration before I quit. The pastor came once only to find out if I was going to sue the church, and the doctor himself threw him out. That was 29 years ago this month. Today my medical problem is myelofibrosis, pretty much under control with a brand-new med, plus they watch for any return of cancer. My torso is a blob of scar tissue. I still have a numb area in my abdomin, from a surgery back in 2001... my spleen removal I believe, which leaves a big lump on my left side. It keeps clothes from fitting decently. *sigh*. I hope I never have to have another surgery. The fact that I survived so many has some docs calling me a Miracle Lady....so that reveals they didn’t expect me to make it. I’m lucky. I have about a dozen grandkids, and 11 greatgrands that I’m glad to have been able to know, though not too closely in proximity. That’s about to change.

i wrote a book again. Didn’t mean to. I guess I’ll go wake up E. Got stuff to get done today.

[JoGee]

I can’t get into the personal comments in the posts the way you all do.
Karlinann, we have good insurance through the military plus Medicare; they work well together. I may request paperwork to send to the insurance company, though.
E would rather I just go to a good place specifically for created arch/foot supports ASAP, not just accept simple premade footpads...we talked about it this morning.

My doctors haven’t had me see a Podiatrist, because my feet are not in actual pain, they just tingle all the time and that doesn’t hardly interfere with my walking. I can touch the middle of my foot, and feel some of the nerve endings around my toes. It’s interesting. But I walk more slowly to feel the textures under my feet, to avoid falling.
I also have impaired depth perception from a retinal surgery, so I don’t clearly see crumbled bits in parking lots at the curbs, or judge the depth of stairs.
And there are times my feet feel icy cold, but my hand tells me they’re at a normal temperature; but I put on socks anyway, so my feet can psyche out and think they’re warm again.
I am a mess, huh?

I have been to a podiatrist on my own in the past, recommended in an off-hand way by an earlier doctor, but the foot doc was really useless. At least he wasn’t any help to me. He did ruin a few pair of my shoes with glued in thingys under the footpads in the shoes. I would rather rely on my new PCP I think. She does know her stuff. She can look up my PT appointments and recommendations, and get the paperwork I need.

[Aunt Maye]

my hearing aids , the demo on loan , have laid in their case all day... the battery runs down in about 5 hours. WHAT!... and i was not comfortable with the ear plug either... so will just signal ,I can't hear you... and live with it... I hear 90percent of voices. just the mumbler I have problems with and in crowds..... plus the glasses in place are far more important.

JO Gee.I knew you had many and much health issues. but now i just say WOW.. you are a SURVIVOR!... Makes me feel humble even mentioning my sore butt. but tailbones injuries really hurt.. boo hoo hoo hoo.. ... I bow down to your strength and attitude

[JoGee]

Thanks, Maye.
I have accepted the fact that I cannot be cured, but I am so happy now that I finally have a medication that has slowed down or stopped the negative progress of my medical issues. As long as I take my special meds, see my doctors regularly, and practice a fairly health lifestyle, i will do pretty good.

Any health issue is important to watch and care for. I have known people in the past with tailbone issues.....they seem slow to heal, but they will heal. You can’t rush it. I think of you, and all Rounders with health issues, every day. I try to picture you all in my mind as feeling good again. Healed, or at the least in a comfortable place.

I love all you Rounders , and look forward to our daily contact and friendship.