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I would like to start a forum to meet other middle age or older women who have bc and love the Lord.  Try to live your life for him, walk the walk and talk the talk.  Of course we all fall from grace because we are human but we are covered by the blood of Jesus.  Also this forum is for people who has a large enough vocabulary that they don't need to use profanity to explain theirselves.  I will start.

hello. Happy Sunday everyone I woke up two days ago freezing. Nope our weather hasn’t tipped them came the fever. I felt bad but I booked my two weekend shifts. Feeling better but still quite havky. Remembered lots of fluids yesterday but didn’t eat much. Today I’ve got the fluids going and sorting out food.
I spilled a huge cup of coffee on the catio rug what a mess. Glad no cats got dumped on but their teepees did get wet.

It’s laundry day so this rug is goi g in next. Ugh. It’s a big Ruggable. I’ve washed it before but what Spain to have to move everything. Ugh.

Intolight your view you mention sounds great. My view is my back yard. A wee oasis that I have made. Sometimes I don’t leave here for days. The water is half a block away. I may go down and stare at the ways and send warm vibes to the group.

Victory!! He got too hot during his second walk yesterday, and slept off the tramadol for the rest of the day, with an occasional trip out of the living room. I discovered that the pee pad in the tub was absolutely soaked. It is out on the stoop to dry out while waiting for the laundry.

The soreness in my hands is going away, although my pink braces and diclofenac both seem to be helping. I even got some sewing done yesterday.

Sandy, looks like the restoration and move are proceeding with slightly fewer frustrations. You have passed the worst parts.

Illinoislady, you are right in that I did have some difficult days with my first knee (the right) but nothing compared to my left knee where my overnight stay ended up being five days. It also involved virtual limited ambulation due to fall precautions and no one to walk with me. Lots of studies including CT of my chest to rule out PE, chest x-rays which showed fluid in my lungs, and an echo to evaluate for possible heart failure. Lots of diuretics which most of the time got administered late in the day or evening meaning frequent bathroom trips at night.

At my 3 week post-op visit last June 2024, I signed up for having the left knee done in April of 2025. So while I had my moments with it, I was discharged the day after and that experience was nothing compared to this one. I have since had a repeat echo which was now normal.

Total knee replacement is regarded as major surgery, and no one knows ahead of time what their post-op course will be like. I was fully expecting to be sent home the day after like last year. So I think my post-op course was hampered by the prolonged hospitalization, the delay in PT at home, and also in an outpatient setting.

Normally they won't let you start outpatient PT until after your 3 week post-op visit (after surgery) when they again x-ray your knee to check on placement. Then you can be cleared for more rigorous PT. I used a walker for about 10 days at home and then switched to a cane for a few weeks. It took longer this time to be able to ride the stationary bike because I just couldn't do the arc to get a full circle of the pedals for several weeks. I did move the pedals back and forth in a half-rotation during that time.

I apologize to those who suffered through my postings about my post-op course this time. It was really cathartic to be able to grouse because the dog and cats just didn't get it.

harley07, I do hope your friend does well post-op, but feel her recovery expectations at her age, and based on how she is doing now, are a little unreal. I am hoping she can get more help from her family with her DH because her focus has to be on herself and not his care. It is her routine that will lead to her recovery.

More fun & games. The fridge repair guy (from the restoration company) reports that the only replacement reservoir listed on LG's site has a hose that is too short and of the wrong gauge. He's going to consult with LG. I'd call in a dedicated LG repairman—either independent or from Abt—but since the fridge is out of warranty it'd cost me big bucks. I read an article in the NYTimes about why appliances seem to have shorter lifespans these days—besides the fact that newer ones have more features that can break down and hardwired/solid state parts that aren't modular, there is such a shortage of repairmen (especially fully-trained ones) that most people give up and simply buy a new unit. Difference here is that this wasn't a complex part that failed (in the "sh*+ happens" department), but rather negligence on the part of the restoration company during pack-out. Now, had the part broken as a result of the fire and the fridge irreparable, State Farm would only reimburse me for the depreciated value per the policy—and a 7-yr-old fridge these days is considered "geriatric" in the appliance world. However, because this failed due to negligence by the very people who were remediating my home, they have an obligation to leave me and my possessions in the same condition in which they found them…to-wit, working. And depreciation should not factor into it—they broke it, they bought it. I am owed a fridge of the same brand with the same features, period. So meanwhile, I can't start ferrying my frozen foods over to the house (the cooling & freezing work) lest they must be removed and thaw out when getting the new fridge. At least I have 8 little foam coolers saved from my monthly shipments of Zepbound vials from LillyDirect, so I needn't buy a big cooler.

And it also turns out that the bed does need the footboard. These new mattresses are thicker & heavier than the one we had that couldn't be salvaged, so when the tech & I sat down on it after the footboard was removed, it tilted because it lacked support at that end. Alas, the reattachment brackets are too short, so they're searching for substitutes—and at this point it'll have to wait till the pack-in starts on 8/8. I say "starts" because that day is for the "hard surface" stuff: furniture & appliances. Boxes will be 8/9-11.

But on the bright side, the electrician easily rewired the outlet and switch so that the only thing that switch controls is the track lighting in the front & living rooms. I can live with that. Today I went to Lowe's and found a pair of legs that can be mounted more toward the center of the 49" TV, as well as a large enough whiteboard that can be placed atop the smallish corner stand to give the TV something stable on which to sit.

So this coming week will be my dentistry (as I said earlier, it's just the old filling that fractured so I might not need a crown), trying to figure out how to trick BangBang into her carrier to get her to a vet for her dentistry (might as well use Dr. Hoffman across town if the calming drops & sprays & gabapentin work), and measuring the kitchen cabinets for lining and the lower ones for retrofitting with pull-out shelves. (That's another peeve of mine: the new cabinets look nicer & more modern than the old, but lack the functionality the latter had—spice rack, pull-out shelves, etc. They also removed the pretty wallpaper we had in the bathrooms). We'll also get a modest wine fridge for the dining room. If al our stuff arrives and is fully set up by 8/15, we can move ourselves & the cats back home and start clearing out of Lincolnwood in time to leave it ready for the next tenant by 8/31.