Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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Mav, a marriage contract is indeed a "thing" in Judaism. It's called a "ketubah." The language is usually boilerplate, but the contract itself is made not by a regular scribe but by a Hebrew calligrapher. It's often multicolored and beautifully "illuminated." It is signed and witnessed before the rabbi, often just before the ceremony with best man & maid/matron of honor as the witnesses. I'll try to find ours and scan it to post.
Mary, while in Judaism G-d is unitary rather than a trinity (our version of a creed, the Shema, says "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our G-d, the Lord is One"). The hyphen rather than an "o" is to avoid uttering "the name"—"HaShem" in Hebrew—in vain. I know we have at least one highly observant BCO sister, so I'm careful not to inadvertently cause offense). But there is also a principle that G-d, while unitary, has a female "aspect" known as the "shechina."
Got some stuff today at the farmer's market: the chocolate guys (Naked Truffle) weren't there today, and Bob requested I not buy pastries but instead a tamale & a couple of empanadas he can take for lunch tomorrow (keeps him away from Sbarro, Pompeii or the newly-opened Chick-Fil-A). Also got four kinds of local berries, beefsteak tomatoes (ours are still green), shiitakes, spring onions and morels (will cook the latter tomorrow as they won't keep unless I dehydrate or freeze them). The Guatemalan coffee guys were out of the light roast I like for espresso, but they suggested I try the dark roast. It, too, is delicious but probably not my choice for drip. Of course, Bob just got home bearing…kolačky.
Numbness in fingers is still hanging on, but slightly lessening. Elbow feels fine, though shoulder is giving me some trouble. Pretty sure the ortho tomorrow will order more X-rays.
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"But there is also a principle that G-d, while unitary, has a female "aspect" known as the "shechina." Thank you, Sandy. I didn't know that.
I put vibration dampers on the legs of the bed last night (because of the local railroad tracks), and evicted Tippy. Slept 7 hours flat.
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Any recommendations upon a Fitbit or similar type of gadget? I'm thinking of getting one. It would be interesting to gain insight into sleeping patterns that some of you mention.
Glad your knees are allowing you to garden, Betrayal.
MM, you are sounding much happier lately. A good thing.
Sandy, thanks for the interesting information on Judaism. I am still reading the Old Testament but have slowed down. I don't dare share any thoughts for fear of offending someone. I am wondering if I should be reading a version other than the King James.
I don't have any knowledge about Fort Myers to share but hope that others will be able to help.
Happy Tuesday to all.
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Sandy, thank you for the explanation. I think the ketubah is the most beautiful marriage "tradition" I ever heard of. I love that custom! In the movie it was beautiful, as you described. There is so much about the Jewish faith that I admire! Thank you so much for sharing! It sounds like the farmers market was successful, even if they were out of your coffee blend and the Naked Truffle guys weren't there. LOL about Bob and the kolacky! I hope you continue to improve, and you didn't injure your shoulder too badly.
When I tore all of the tendons in my rotator cuff, I started with sharp pain when I went to reach for things. If I jerked my arm back, similar to the reaction one would have from touching something hot, the pain instantly went away. I went weeks debating about making an appointment with an orthopedic doctor, and finally set one up. Of course the earliest I could see him was about a month later. I am so glad I made the appointment because a day before my appointment I lost movement in my arm I couldn't move my arm foreward or backward or raise it at all. I could bend my arm at my elbow which was important because I could still open a door, I just had to get real close to it. Pain was not an issue, lack of movement was! I actually had very little pain. My orthopedic doctor told me he couldn't "fix it" but referred me to a doctor at the Rothman Institute who was, at the time, one of only a handful of US doctors who could perform the reverse shoulder replacement. That surgery was a true lifesaver! Six years later I had the other shoulder replaced.
Mary, so glad you were able to get 7 hours sleep!
I had slept well last night because I took two Advil before bed. I don't like to do that often as it isn't good for my BP, but I needed a good night sleep and the only way I can get that is by taking something to ease the discomfort. Tylenol doesn't do much for me.
Today is cloudy and rain is in the forecast. We need the rain and I am not planning on going out anywhere so I don't mind the rain. My DD and family are in Boston. They attended a baseball game at Fenway Park on Father's Day after a very long drive! I wish I had my DD's energy as it was a super busy weekend for them with my GD's dance recitals and traveling to MA. They are going to Martha's Vineyard later this week. I love MA, Boston is my favorite US city. My nephew had a roof top wedding there years ago, which was the last time I was there.
I am looking forward to my BS visit on Thursday as I found another small lump, this one is on my breast bone so it really concerns me. Hopefully it too is fat necrosis. I just know I will feel better after my doctor gives me his advice. I am not anxious about it because after all I have been through I realize things are what they are and all I can do is take things one day at a time.
I have assorted chores to do today. I need to crank up the music and get busy! I always work better with music in the background. I hope everyone has a great day!
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Good morning. So much to read. My good news, my grand niece is pregnant. My bad news, my BFF has throat cancer. (non-smoker).
Betrayal, I just love Misty.
Jackie, LOL love the cartoon
MM, hope all goes well
I can't remember who posted what. Ft, Meyers Oncologist - I am north of you, but used Florida Cancer Specialist. Retirement, I love it. I was an NHA and so glad I was retired before COVID.
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The Quakers also had very colorful marriage contracts and while I am unsure if they still continue this practice, I saw many of them when I was using Swarthmore College for genealogy research.
Carole: I prefer the King James version of the Bible. When they modernized/sanitized the language in the Bible, to me it seemed that they removed the poetry of the writings. The modern version of the 23rd Psalm for example just doesn't seem to fall off the tongue as the King James version does. The Catholic Bible I had I thought butchered this psalm and when my Mother, who was raised Methodist and then converted to Catholicism, died she requested the King James version be read and that caused some consternation with the priest. I guess which version is best depends upon the taste of the reader.
I have a Fitbit Inspire and love it. It is the second version (an upgrade from original one) I have had and feel it gives me the info I want. I do not have an iphone so did not need to purchase a more expensive version. It is linked to my android phone and my laptop so I can track my progress though. Not getting in as many steps as in the past because of the knees but still use it to track activity. It tracks sleep in hours and minutes, exercise, heart rate, oxygen level, pulse, resting heart rate, gives a sleep score and some other things I am not currently using.
MCB: Glad you were able to get a good night's sleep. Sleep is so important to our well-being and yet it can be such a struggle to get the sleep we need.
MM: It sounds like the new bedroom is coming along and will be finished this week. I used to wash walls more than I do now but had such a sense of accomplishment when I got done. Bedrooms have been painted recently so don't have to do it now. One is wall papered so I just dust mop those walls using a microfiber cloth on a Swiffer dust mop holder. Works well.
Watching Misty sitting on top the bird cage as she watches the parakeets. They don't seem phased by her but she does pat at them though the cage. Her claws are very well trimmed so she can't scratch them. We just can't keep her off the cage.
Illinoislady: How are Millie and Minnie doing?
I saw the Cooper's hawk again yesterday at the feeder but all the birds must have sensed it so they flew off just before its arrival. I know it needs to feed and most likely has hatchlings, but I wish it would not use my feeder as the buffet. Dh had just cleaned up the mess from the last feeding.
It is overcast today and I will be pleased if we get some rain. Hope everyone has a good day.
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You may tell me that my hand and foot are only imaginarysymbols ofmy existence. I could believe you, but you never, nevercan convinceme that the I is not an eternal reality, and thatthe spiritualis not the true and real part of me.Alfred Tennyson0 -
Spent far too long with my cousin on the phone this morning, but glad we got caught up. I had been so busy doing procedures and things we quit calling each other. Looks to be okay out of doors. A little bit of air moving since I see tree leaves jiggling. Wasn't a s humid as I thought it would be yesterday I but still a bit close. I think with my age and health I may not be feeling it the same as I use to.
Go in on Wed. morning at 10 a.m. for my scope. They only do local now which is actually better for me not to be put under. Unfortunately, that does make me a candidate to be held up and done later in the day since I can eat lightly. Well, at least I can come and go on a better basis after it is done since I won't have to skip driving or other things afterwards.
Nothing big planned today other than going to the bank which was closed yesterday and paying a bill that I do on the phone, but it is a 'federal' bill (VA meds) so couldn't do that yesterday either.
I may see if the VA has fitbits or not. I'm thinking not as I don't hear mention or know of any veteran who has one. I would find it interesting to know how much I really sleep at night — but most of the time I generally wake up, ready to get up and get started, albeit slower than I use to — and if I don't sleep well it seems to be quite evident to me right away. That so far as been a very seldom event. Not sure though I could justify an expenditure out of pocket for just that device. I have two blood pressure cuffs, both of which register heartbeat and irregularities, but I know they register and actually I pay little attention. It has been like that for so long. Before open heart and afterward.
Hope you all have a really pretty day and one full of as much contentment as possible.
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illinoislady - good luck with the scope tomorrow
MM - thinking of you with your appointment this week.
Carole - I not familiar with the Fitbit however, I use an Apple Watch but I’m not sure how it tracks my sleep because I take it off at night. It seems it way overestimates my sleep time based on how long it is on the charger at night.
I’m hoping to draw inspiration from those of you that are decluttering your homes. We do periodically clean our closets and basement but are definitely due for another round. I may wait on that until the colder weather arrives (procrastinating again).
Just got back from a bike ride. I’m slow and fortunately, the Illinois landscape is flat but I enjoy being outside and am grateful for the opportunity. It makes me happy to see kids playing in the park and people enjoying the walking/biking paths. Both of my brothers live out of state. Later today, I’ll FaceTime with brother #2 who lives 6 hours away. Next week I’ll take a day trip to see brother #1 who lives 3 hours away.Forecast remains hot and dry. Hoping for some rain soon. Enjoy your day,
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I have had three fitbits. The last one was an upgrade provided by my insurance company. Fitbit no longer sells that version, so looks like the insurance bought them for clients.
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Sorry to hear about your DD diagnosis sandcounting. I hope she’s able to find a treatment center close by and that you’re able to find housing nearby her. I wish her well as she goes through treatment and surgery.
Glad you’re back to gardening again betrayal. You attract lots of birds to your feeder.
Nice that you had outings with your former co-worker and BFF mavericksmom. So nice to get out and about.
Enjoying the reeducation Sandy. I remember somethings from my religious education, but nice to have a reminder. Hope all goes well at the orthopedic tomorrow.
Glad you slept better last night Mary.
Carole - I tried the Fitbit Sense for 28 days. I liked the features, but it was too heavy for my wrist and it stopped working in day 28. I went to a smaller model but didn’t like the features as well. I have a Pacer app that I use on my iPhone to track my exercise.
Best of luck tomorrow with your procedure tomorrow Illinois. I hope it goes well.
I've been busy but not sure what I’ve accomplished. I was able to get a walk in yesterday and did some cleaning, but today my back is giving me fits again. I did make it to REIKI therapy today, which is always delightful and we got the other cat to the vet, which was a challenge. I probably strained it trying to get her to eat cat food dosed with gabapentin. Trying to keep the other cat from eating it.
I was able to make some PT appointments - 5 weeks from now. I’m sure my back will be better by them. But I have the appointments on the books. Tomorrow I have my yearly checkup with my GI PA. I need to remember not to complain about any gut pain. Last year she changed my PPI medication and it caused me worse problems. I have a simple list for her - just refills this year.
We’re in an unsettled weather pattern this week. I guess that means chances of rain every day, high humidity and the weather app changes the forecast constantly. We really need the rain though.
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Carole, FWIW we were so quasi-Reform when I was a kid that the only Bible in the house was a King James. If you're looking for something in English more annotated from a Jewish standpoint, I'd suggest Gunther Plaut's "Tanakh" (acronym for Hebrew initials Torah, Nevi'im—Prophets—and Kings) and annotated Torah. Both have the Hebrew on one side and the English, with annotations, on the other. Plaut's scholarship was fascinating & thorough—probably the most authoritative of Reform Jewish editors. There's also a New Testament for Jews (with annotations explaining the history of various passages and how they comport with or diverge from Jewish theological thought; of course, Jewish theology does not include mentions of Jesus). Don't know who compiled/edited it, but it's somewhere in my Kindle library.
I wear an Apple Watch 8. Had a Fitbit Surge, but it failed.
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I am still very much enjoying the religious education. I have done very little research on any religious sect. I likely have done more on the ones that had cult aspects going on. Actually pretty much on the issue I am fine with anything that is not out there. My thoughts are all sane religious roads pretty much lead to the same place with a few adjustments. Is it Jenova's ??? that say something to the effect that only 144,000 will actually go to God. Not sure why the special amt. but I found it sort of off-putting that out of all the congregants of the Church and religion so few would actually meet their maker so to speak.
Anyway, I've never much been into denial of others. I think they are going where they go and sharing with others of the same ilk because they feel the need of it. I'm happy for them. They don't try to change me and I certainly don't see any reason to interfere in what they find needful and satisfying.
Now something has been on my mind so I'm going to just rant it out here and hopefully I'll move on from the thoughts I've had since then. I told you about my friend Jo the other day and her beautiful and thoughtful description of how she and Dr. B thought about me and even mentioned to others. Well, I got annoyed with myself because I made a brief explanation (being brief was actually good) but then I started thinking I sound so smug and like somehow I needed people to know about his so I would feel better about myself. So I could PROVE my worth or something. I am not good at getting the focus exactly where I want it. I know what I want to present but my brain sometimes does this shorthand thing and when I re-read later I feel like I've almost misled people.
What I mainly wanted to focus on was that some people would have you believe of them things that may not be actually totally true. I have such regard for my friends I wanted people to know that they really are the genuine article. They don't just talk the talk. They have often gone out of their way for me wanting to acknowledge the gift they felt given to them when I started going there 10 or 11 yrs. ago.
Anyway, I hope this conveys in a better way that I didn't mean to be so personal, but really wanted to honor people of true principle. Maybe, I don't know, it partly comes from both of them having had long medical careers or something. I think people in the medical field have a certain kind of giving inside almost all their lives.
Okay, I'm off the subject now. Thanks for listening.
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There is a lot of beautiful poetry in the Bible, both King James and Douay Rheims. It is nice, but I would rather read from a Bible which is clear and accurate and easily understood. My New American Bible is "Translated from the Original Languages with Critical Use of All the Ancient Sources." It is not just poetry. It is history— with examples of some pretty bad behavior, just like people of today. It is also guidance on how to live our lives.
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Illinoislady: I want to respectfully rebut your rant. I do not think you were being smug nor "having to prove your worth". I viewed it as you sharing a wonderful experience with your friends and they showing appreciation for your kindness and assistance over the years. It warmed my heart to know that you had such a wonderful relationship when today people are more likely to be critical than complimentary. I did not think you "were blowing your own horn". Sorry you felt the need to rant though.
I hope your procedure goes well and that this will be the one that gives you an "all clear". Fingers crossed for good luck. I think you need a break from medical issues, too.
Interesting comments about Jewish religion and Bible versions. I think this discussion has been most interesting and informative.
According to DB who is a Jehovah, only they will ascend to heaven. Not sure of why they are so certain but feel they are kind of selfish to think they are the only ones who will be there. FWIW, I would think that would be hell.
Yesterday took its toll on my knees so I just took it easy today. I finally got to bag the donations for Purple Heart and another large bag for DD to take a look at as additions to her wardrobe. They are smaller sizes and include some items with the tags still attached. Then started clearing middle of closet which is shelving. I keep travel items here so I examined each shelf, dug out some bins to sort like items together and have organized them. I made labels for each bin and will finish this section possibly tomorrow. Still need to sort through sandals and travel wardrobe but am making good progress. Once this is done it will be fine for at least a year.
Off to bed. Hope everyone sleeps well.
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Thank you all for your contributions to my religious education. I especially appreciate the references of a Higher Power as being both male and female and Mary, the female heroines in the Old Testament.
How scary for your daughter. Both of my Florida friends are BC survivors and I'll put out a few feelers. I like the idea of starting a separate thread for suggestions.
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MM thank you for sharing about your reverse shoulder replacement. I too am a future candidate. I got my 2nd cortisone shot on Wednesday and am hoping to avoid the replacement but also now have little pain, more loss of function that I'm trying to hang on to. May I ask how old you were when you had the surgery? I am in my mid-60s, with lots of arthritis in there too. Anyway thank you for sharing about it.
I use the ESV version of the Bible. Readability is important to me although the King James version is beautiful. But I have a hard time understanding it. Sandy if you can I'd love to know the name of that book you referenced, the Jewish New Testament. Fascinating.
Sorry im being a " taker" on this post (asking you all for info) rather than a "giver" I read and enjoy, (or sympathize) with all your posts)
Illinois I agreed with betrayal - I enjoyed hearing about you and your friends, didn't think anything negative.
Have a good week
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Fort Myers - I live there 5 to 6 months a year. But I had all my cancer treatments in Albany, NY. I was dx in September 2017, while we were still in NY. I stayed there, kind of “the devil you know” thinking. Once I’m back in the states I’ll send a text to the group of ladies down there. I know at least 2 have had treatments for BC.
FitBit - I have, I think it’s called the Change 5, or Charge 5? It does all it is set up to do. I’m wearing it for an American Cancer Society research program, which ends in July sometime. I like seeing how active I am, logging in miles. Not sure I like seeing how inactive I am. As for sleep, I know when I get a bad nights sleep I don’t need this to tell me. When the FitBit broke back in May and they were sending me a new one - but we were leaving FL to head back to NY, I didn’t miss it re: sleep. I slept fine not knowing how many hours I slept. I ended up missing the watch! Time, date and day of the week.
We’re heading to the airport in 2 hours. Flights not leaving for 5+ hours but I’m packed and ready to get home to my own bed & shower. I killed my curling iron and a white noise machine on this trip - I think a borrowed converter and adapter were at fault. So I have wild hair, with gray roots coming in (I call them my Irish roots). Picture from Newcastle.
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Seventh day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and LDS all sprang from the same movement, Restorationism.
I slept a few minutes short of 7 hours, with an hour gap in the middle. Averaging about 2,000 steps a day.
Cindy, I am sure you can help her find the best for her daughter.
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reader, I was 56 when I had my first shoulder replacement and 62 when I had the other shoulder replaced. Your age won't matter as long as you are healthy enough for the anesthesia. My doctor in 2010 said he never saw anyone who hadn't had an accident with a shoulder as bad as mine, in anyone younger than 70. I remember thinking "thanks, I guess?" LOL There were a lot of differences between my first and second replacement, one being different doctors, although both were Rothman Institute doctors. In the six years between the surgeries the advancements in the procedure were huge! My first surgery I spent three days in the hospital, the second I just stayed overnight. Without the surgeries my life would have been horrible. I doubt I would have been able to drive, although I did before my first surgery, but I had one good arm/shoulder and my bad one could at least reach the steering wheel, because I could still bend my arm at the elbow. Turning the wheel was harder, only my good arm could do that. Driving with one bad shoulder was difficult, with two I think it would have been impossible. I can't imagine how I would have managed to have a normal life without the surgery! I wish you the best as you move forward towards shoulder replacement. Ask me anything, any time!
Cindy, LOL about your comments about Fitbit as I thought the same. I don't need a watch or Fitbit to tell me when I had a good night sleep or when I had a bad one! I kind of feel they are similar to my doctor telling me to take my BP every morning. I did that a few times, now I refuse because if it was high, I got upset and would panic, if it was good, I wondered if I had a correct reading. Sometimes less is best! There is a fine line between proactive with one's health and being paranoid!
illinois, good luck today with your procedure! Also, Betrayal said exactly what I thought, but her wording was so much better than mine would have been. Suffice to say, I second what Betrayal said about your friends comments! You are such a kind soul!
I am driving DH to his PCP appointment this morning. I hope all goes well, it usually does. He is going to take a copy of the report he got from his MRI to discuss with him since he never heard from his neurologist. I did tell him to call his neurologist a week after the tests, but he refused. His mind is fine, so I backed off and simply suggested he take the report to his next PCP appointment. I am kind of amazed that he agreed it would be a good idea to do that!
Sunny this morning! Have a great day everyone!
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Thanks for the info on Fitbit. DH has an Apple watch and loves it. It tells him when he has been sitting long enough and needs to get up. He doesn't wear it at night because it's on the charging station. I urged him to buy the watch after Keywestfan posted about her watch when she had the fall.
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Illinois - I also second what Betrayal said. Hope your procedure went well.
Safe travels home Cindy.
Mavericksmom - hope DH appointment went well.
Had my GI appointment earlier today. Unless I have an issues, I’ll probably get my GI meds from my PCP going forward. When we lived in Northern VA, I saw my local GI and traveled to Johns Hopkins as they have a really good motility clinic. I took part if a study and went up to Baltimore every 6 months for testing and blood work.
I’m going to try foot reflexology tomorrow to see if it helps my neuropathy. Has anyone tried it before?
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Carolehalston- the Apple Watch charges very quickly- he could put it on the charger 30 minutes before bedtime and be able to wear it at night if he wants to.
The watch did notice when I fell and asked if they should call an ambulance or was I ok?
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I need a kind of spiritual inhalation, a spaciousness that comes
when I am living from the inside out. Only in this way can I find
my joy again, the tenderness I can feel toward myself and the
world. Find is the wrong word. I don't think anyone "finds" joy.
Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small
things, the ordinary miracles, that strengthen our hearts so we can
keep them open to what is difficult: delight in taking a shower or
a slow walk that has no destination, in touching something soft,
in noticing the one small, black bird who sings every morning from
the top of the big old pine tree that guards this cabin. I need to
give my attention to the simple things that give me pleasure with
the same fervor I have been giving it to the complex things
with which I drive myself crazy
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Glad to be finally checking in. Just a longer day than it needed to be due to our losing wi-fi for a while. So without further ado, I graduated today in the operating room. My scope was unable to find anything that shouldn't have been there. So, now I will not need a scope for 1 yr. from now. I was so happy. Done under local so I did not miss-hear anything said.
Reader, a huge part of the reason we are here is to "help" our friends traverse the many different life paths we might find ourselves on. Just happens that we started out comforting and sharing with each other over cancer Dx. So much often ends up happening and so we are here to "help" with anything. You are one of us as we are to you.
Cindy, I hope you have a smooth and un-eventful trip home. The Newcastle picture looks like something from a poster. Everything there is tidy and clean, windows shining and even the cars look like they almost don't have a speck on them. My idea of heaven.
Mary, I had no idea that JW, 7th Day and LDS all pretty much came at the same time. Just so interesting.
As to FitBit info — I too pretty much know if I've had enough sleep and if it has been mostly a refreshing sleep. I think I was leaning more toward what my frequent night bathroom trips might possibly be doing. This is in the way of how restless I may be on the way to waking up to use the bathroom. I do know sometimes it is harder for me to wake up since I find myself hurrying just a little to the bathroom, so I don't spill over the top.
Reader, this ESV version of the Bible — might that be one that more or less is written just like normal spoken language. I would I thin find it interesting to read. I have never done very well with any of the Bibles I've tried to read. At some point the old style (Thee's and Thou's) along with the many strange names hard to pronounce and it runs together, and I lose track of the flow of the story.
Cardplayer — hope you get some relief/control on your foot neuropathy. It is a real aggravation. I've had some for years, but I either lose sensation, or gain so much that even the tiny little separation on a tile floor I can feel walking around. Fortunately, it has never ever been constant either way so I really don't need to do anything about it. I just upset nurses and other people who think I might fall. I do really hope since walking is such good 'general' exercise that you are able to find a highly workable fix.
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The NT reference is The Jewish Annotated New Testament, edited by Amy-Jill Levine & Marc Zvi Breitler (Oxford Press), based on the NRSV. It's a handful, and I've barely scratched the surface (haven't touched it in nearly a decade). I found it on Kindle.
A couple of decades ago, in the old Reform Judaism magazine which I got by subscription as part of my temple dues, I saw an ad for a book called You Take Jesus, I'll Take God, touted as a guide to how to talk to Christians who try to proselytize us. I bought it, only to find it insufferably snarky, smug, juvenile and utterly disrespectful. (E.g., one passage suggests we ask "is it true your God wore diapers?" as a quasi-logical extension of Jesus having had human form). I couldn't get past the first few pages.
I'm not a fan of the newer Reform prayerbooks (currently Mishkan T'filah and its immediate predecessor Gates of Prayer). The former does have the advantage of not only translating but transliterating the Hebrew into the Roman alphabet we use in English. But it has too many illustrations and alternative readings & meditations—taking up too much space & weight. Our rabbis & cantors also skip a lot, not just in the High Holy Day prayerbooks. Gates of Prayer is familiar (we used it for the first 30 years we belonged to our temple), but the translated language is much less poetic than the old Union Prayer Book to which I was introduced when I first began attending temple in Seattle. And the later revisions include gender-neutral translations as well—very little of the Hebrew is changed to that extent. (In both our tradition and at Catholic services, I grit my teeth at the 23rd Psalm's now-vernacular language. For me it will always be "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…" Sorry, but "my cup overflows" lacks the imagery of "my cup runneth over." Now get off my lawn).
Glad your procedure went well today, Jackie.
My orthopedist appointment yesterday went better than expected. When I walked into the waiting room, I was the only one wearing a mask—not even the staff or doctors did. My ortho asked how I was doing, had me try some motions and pulled up my films—he showed me that my fracture was very minimally displaced, only a tiny bit more than a hairline. I'll have some pain with reaching, carrying & pushing for a couple of months. The 4th & 5th finger paresthesias are slowly subsiding as the edema resolves. He said I could ditch the sling, and advised I move my arm as much as I can tolerate. No further followup nor imaging.
We went to the Barn steakhouse last night, and sat outside on the patio. Breezy and even a tad chilly, but not bad. And no mosquitoes yet.
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Quick post - Fort Myers has gotten back to me with a female doctor in the Bonita Springs area. But no name as yet, because she was in Philly taking a flight out to Detroit; I won’t hear back for a week probably.
FitBit - mine is the Charge 5, it holds a charge for a week - a display lets you know when to charge it. It has ECG, an EDS scan, timers, alarm, exercise tracking - you can tell it (and it can pick up on its own) you’re walking/ biking/ jogging or swimming etc, or edit that to what exercise you do; it syncs up to my phone so texts go through and it lets you know if your phone is ringing via vibration on the device & screen shows it; day/date/time; hourly activity - it does a little vibration and when you look to see what it is it shows you need to move. It gives a constant heart rate; shows sleep rating. It’s the app you load onto your phone that tracks the nightly sleep. The app also shows the route you took if it’s biking/walking/jogging.
These are 5 screen shots of what I look at. I don’t think it contacts anyone if I fall, it’s basically activity/inactivity tracking.
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Cindy, at present I am not using all of the functions of my Charge 2, but I would like to note that I am averaging 1700 calories a day.
My feet and lower legs have patchy numbness, but pain is accentuated.
Sandy, glad that the break is minimal and will heal on its own.
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Cindyny- Interesting reading Fitbit display.I have one about 3 years old, but I only wear it at night having transferred completely over to Apple Watch for day. . Charge the Watch at night and wear Fitbit so I can see what time it is in the middle of the night. I don’t want to do sleep tracking. Think it would make me feel nervous.
Sandy, that was a to be wished for, great Ortho report. Did you go to Skokie? If so, don’t ever get Wade McCracken, DO, who never caught my bone on bone hip and thought I was an old woman( right about that) hypochondriac complaining about knee pain when knee X-rays were okay. Though I told him I had groin pain- significant for hip diagnosis- he blew it off. I lost 6 months before it was properly diagnosed by Dr. Hoepper.
We are in Denver visiting Gil’s bother and DSiL and then going to Vail for a weekend of music. I worried about walking through the miles of Denver airport which makes O’Hare look tiny. I carried a walking stick but basically didn’t use it. However, it was obvious my walking is impaired by my bad other hip. I could grab on to Gil when needed, but probably should get over whatever it is and request a wheelchair.
The Barn is surprisingly good for vegetarians. Thomas & Dutch, relatively new, in the Orrington Hotel , is good too- but vegetarian limited.
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Keywest - were you impacted by the hail last night? It was horrible in Denver. Gorgeous in the mountains though. Have fun in Vail.
I switched from Fitbit a few years ago to Apple watch - just traded up from 4 series to SE. I didn't need the extra features on the 8 to spend the extra money. I have all Apple Products, so it makes sense to get the Apple Watch. The only thing about the fall part is sometimes it shows you fell and you didn't - last week, I keep hearing something on my phone and they were sending a squad - fortunately I was able to cancel in time. I didn't see the "did you fall", " are you okay' show up.
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