Topic: For Older People with Sense

Feb 18, 2012 07:02 PM, edited Feb 18, 2012 07:03 PM by Kaara

I was juicing daily, then we got a Vita Mix Blender and now I can do smoothies and soups and they are great and even more healthy because you get the fiber as well.  If you don't want the fiber, then just strain them before drinking.  Very healthy, but expensive because of all the fresh veggies you buy and most have to be organic.

maca:  Sorry you're not feeling well. 

Feb 18, 2012 08:20 PM Elisimo wrote:

Chrissy - it was so good to talk to you last night. Sorry my phones kept dieing one by one.  Have you checked into FaceTime yet?  Didn't we do that one time before?  So glad they are doing the one knee sooner and I am praying you have a speedy recovery so you can get the other one done before this year is over.

Nancy - sorry you are feeling yucky.  I know the feeling well and it has been visiting me a lot lately too.  Hopefully we will both be feeling better soon.  DH thinks mine may be due to my treatments but I seriously doubt it since I have had the same thing for 18 months and did not start having so many yucky days until a month or so ago.  I think my immune system is messed up with all my blood counts being so low.  I do know that shot of Ansept (sp?) they gave me Dec made me feel bad for about a week and even though is helped my red blood cell count enough so I could get my Aredia in Jan. I don't think I will get it again.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Leah - Hope you enjoy your retreat,  we all need that sort of thing once in a while. 

Feb 18, 2012 11:10 PM 3jaysmom wrote:

Nancy: im so sorry you're feeling yucky, and i hope they figure out how to "fix it " soon...

   I'm also glad they decided one knee at a time, chrissy.. my mil had two done, one at  a time, and that was hard enough with rehab.. the dr told her she needed one "good bad one" to stand on.. i am glad they moved your surgery date uo.

  marybe called yesterday, her tms were down 750 more.. im soo happy about it, thought id share!!!

  have been out of bed a little this weekend, so decluttering some more. we must be careful; we may have a living room we can live with, if we're not careful lol

   good to see everyone, and leah, so glad you can make the retreat.. we all sure can use one, from time to time, and you deserve it !!!!,,,,,,3jays

Feb 19, 2012 10:23 AM Kaara wrote:

I got a flu bug...cold, sore throat, cough, fever and I got over it in two days!  I give credit to my vitamin and diet program.  Normally it would take at least a week.  I don't care what the conventional doctors say about supplements...they work!  That was a good testimony for me that I didn't have to go and get antibiotics to get rid of it.

Have a great Sunday everyone! 

Feb 19, 2012 01:46 PM dragonflymary wrote:

Barbe, so true.  My onc. had had some bad experiences with Chinese mushrooms.  One is called Cordyceps and can cause liver enzymes to go off the map.  She thought her patient had new liver mets.  Dragon

Feb 19, 2012 05:24 PM chrissyb wrote:

Lisa I'm so glad Cheryl was able to join all of you for lunch and when I hear of the get togethers and lunches over there I really miss not being there and seeing everyone!  It seems like ages ago that I was there and I do miss you all so terribly.......I'm just thankful that I can stay in touch through these boards and for the lucky few who gave me their phone numbers via the occasional phone call.  Lisa if you want to text me yours, I'll PM you mine so that can happen.

3jays good to hear you spent a little time out of bed  and hopefully the times will get longer and longer.  What do you mean 'a lounge you can live in'?  When I was there your lounge was just fine.

Barbe I can tell you are feeling a whole lot better as you are writing with your sassy attitude again and it's so good to see it return.

Kaara I haven't had a cold for years now................oh I get a sniffle every now and then but it never developes...........I think the bugs take one look at my system and head for the hill saying 'we ain't going there....uh...uh...no way!'  Keeps me germ free.....just love it!!!........lol

Dragon hope you can put yours fears aside and feel well.

Love n hugs all!    Chrissy

Feb 19, 2012 06:42 PM chrissyb wrote:

Hi Essa and welcome.........this is indeed a good place to be to be able to sit back and take a breath. 

Good for for putting a box over the offeniding consequence of your DH actions.......lol......it surely is one way to make a point.

Love n hugs.  Chrissy

Feb 19, 2012 07:17 PM chrissyb wrote:

Nancy thanks for that, I see if I can get something like that here.  Glad you managed to get out for a bit of fresh air it always makes you feel good to see the sunshine.  I'm glad you are going to check in with the nurse as soon as possible.

Love n hugs.  Chrissy

Feb 20, 2012 11:59 AM duckyb1 wrote:

Chrissy, I need a knee replacement too, but am very frightened of having it done.....nothing with the pain, surgery, or PT.............its the though of blood clots that scares me.............I have had a blood clot after every baby, and I hear blood clots are one of the SE's of a knee replacement, but I can barely get around.........swelling, stiff, and all the ugly things that come with a knee problem............maybe I can get some encouragement from you once you do yours...............

Feb 21, 2012 07:30 PM chrissyb wrote:

It just goes to show that age does indeed catch up to everything including our animals. 

I have two cats who were extremely good mousers and a dog who is also very good at catching them and so have never had a mouse problem in my house. 

I went to the kitchen yesterday to put some eggs on to boil and as I walken in the room I see this little grey fury thing scuttle across the back of my sink and down under my freezer!  I couldn't believe my eyes!  It was a mouse! in my house? you have got to be joking or it was one very brave little mouse!

 I don't have any traps as I've never need them so I rang DH to bring some home when he came.  He couldn't believe that none of the animals were aware that it was there as they used to just sit and wait if anything had the misfortune to wander inside............apparently no longer. 

Later, when it was dinner time, I went to the kitchen to start preparation.  DH had gotten home about ten minuted before and I had just finished checking out the two traps that he bought and was mulling over in my mind where I would put them so if the cats and dog went nosing around they wouldn't get either noses or paws caught.  I head something in the sink.................sure enough, here was this little grey mouse frantically trying to jump out of the sink where it had become trapped as the sink is deep. 

I called to DH and laughed that the purchase of the traps was now not needed as the sink had done the deed.  I was just thinking about getting an old cloth so I could catch the little thing and not get bitten when this very large, very fast hand passed me and in the blink of an eye grabbed the mouse in such a way that all that could be seen of it was it's little nose and whiskers.  He took it outside and down the back yard and let it go.  

 Hopefully it learned its lesson and won't reappear in my house and will be smart enough to by pass the two cats (who now do a lot of sleeping as they are 19 and 12 respectively) and a little dog who use to take the mouse prizes from the cats and catch her own (she is 10) and live it's life to become old too.

Love n hugs all!  Chrissy

Feb 22, 2012 12:18 PM dragonflymary wrote:

Oh wow that mouse is one brave guy!  My mice are back and have done a number under the sink with garbage bits all over and little brown seeds of poop!  I used to have a pet rat and have a soft spot for little rodents.  I know that's goofy but rats are really good little pets.  I think that rat actually cured my depression at the time!  He was so happy to see you when you went up to his cage.  Now I have a dog to greet me instead.  A great day and the sun is actually out here in Portland.  Of course it poured rain earlier.  Today we're picking up the grands after school--always an adventure to get them from school to car without losing anything.

Love to all,

Dragon 

Feb 22, 2012 05:53 PM QCA wrote:

Okay here, Chrissy, but busy.  Today we traveled to see my sister and her husband and took GS, who's 2 1/2 and talked the whole time.  It did my sister good to see him, too, and he was really "on".  Carole was worried that he'd be afraid of her prostheses (both legs) since he's older now, but he was too busy to notice and wouldn't have been afraid anyway, just curious.  Children know when someone loves them, I believe, and had we stayed longer he'd have been her best friend. 

For those who don't know, Carole had bc and had a reaction to chemo.  She was hospitalized and was left off a ventilator by mistake, which resulted in oxygen deprivation to her legs.  I don't often mention her on these boards due to reactions I received when I first came on and was worried about chemo for me in view of what happened to her.   It was a harrowing experience for us all, but a life-changing one for her.  I don't see her nearly as often as I'd like, but with us keeping GS full time and the distance involved we go whenever we can. It was a very good day, today!

Hope all are busy as well!

Kathy

Feb 22, 2012 08:30 PM QCA wrote:

Thanks Chrissy!  She's 12 years older than I am and we are the only children, so I too hope we've got many years left! 

Kathy

Feb 23, 2012 09:19 AM, edited Feb 23, 2012 09:20 AM by dragonflymary

Kathy, so sorry about your sister!  It must be scary starting chemo after something like that.

This just in: 

My SIL sent me a facebook post about curing cancer with alkaline agents, including baking soda. It's supposed to clear it up in about 2 months!  EGAD--is that still out there?  Anyway I replied that I couldn't agree.  Then someone else wrote that she doesn't go to doctors because if they found she had cancer she might believe them and then she would die.  

It's so hard for me to just let this craziness alone--I want to jump in and argue from a medical point of view.  Mission for the day: leave crazy people alone with their odd cures and misconceptions.  There is a microscopic grain of truth in every delusion, and this one is no exception:  cancer IS big business.  But for me, I'm glad that's the case.  When I began in nursing we had no mammograms and no really effective chemo.  Who wants to go back to that?  

I'm grateful for all the treatment and care I received and for this thread--there are so many people here who are living meaningful lives with this disease.  It inspires me much more than some new age lunacy.

Dragon (Lynda) 

Feb 23, 2012 10:10 AM dragonflymary wrote:

LOL!  Antidepressants have helped me but who knows, I may be taking a sugar pill!  I once gave a pain pill to a patient and the minute she swallowed it she heaved a big sigh of relief and reported instant relief!  I truly believe she felt better, not because of the pill but because someone had understood her pain and taken time to get her something for it.  The most difficult thing is when a doctor or nurse doesn't believe a symptom that you report.  Don't continue with such a doctor--they can be wrong and you are the one with the symptom.  Lynda