Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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I use an unscented bar we get at the farmer's market and sometimes St. Ives unscented body wash. It does have a light scent, but doesn't trigger a headache. I'm allergic to some perfumes, but not sure which. I can walk by someone and feel a knife go in my brain just below my eyebrow. There's a white flower that will do the same thing, but again I'm not sure which. I just avoid all bushes with white flowers. Mock orange and spirea are ok.
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We have the shower int he tub.... DH ran a line up high enough, and then made a frame, and hooked the shower head onto that! I have the prettiest shower curtain! All ruffles and lace, and then another one with flowers & ribbons! Our home was built in 1886, probably without a bathroom even... And we just have the one small bathroom, with a tub, little vanity sink, and the toilet... But I love fixing it up...
I like any kind of scented body wash! Even the 3 in 1 big bottles of "body wash, shampoo, and bubble-bath".... I remember using detergent for clothes, and washed our hair with bar soap.... Then liquid detergent came out..... I'll bet it's all the same., only with different fragrance...... And my Grandma even made her own soap.
I'm not allergic to fragrances, just everything else...
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Hi Ladies,Sandra, glad everything is healing okay!
Went to our grandsons game this morning. It was cold and windy. They won and he made a goal. He was so excited to see us there it really made my day. We were suppose to stay and watch the second grandsons game but we were frozen so we will have to go another day to watch him. Went to their house early and helped DIL with things to get ready for our dinner. Other family came after the games. Everyone got along. one grandson sort of got in trouble with his mom but a great day in all. Still all children not in attendance due to work schedule but at least we had sort of an Easter dinner with all those living around the illinois area.
I enter the shower from the opposit end from the shower head. Wash face first and rinse that then do hair and rinse hair and then wash body. Then rinse everything all over again. I use a liquid soap with just a little scent.
When I did the mammosite radiation after my lumpectomey I wore a front hook bra and a button down top but still had to change into a gown everytime for the cat scan and treatment.
Chevy, pretty shower curtain.
Have a great week!
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Chevy, what a fancy smancy bathroom curtain! I feel shower curtain deprived! We have a square shower with a glass door. I aim the shower head toward the back wall and step in facing the wall with the shower head. Adjust the shower head to aim the spray at my body. Do not follow a fixed pattern like Jackie but manage to get reasonably clean using a soap bar once recommended by a dermatologist. Name escapes me. I use Redken shampoo and conditioner for colored hair. Pricey but lasts quite a while. Plus I'm worth it!
Ok, Chevy and Jackie. You cost me $89 plus tax! I bought a Nutribullet at Sam's Club today. I'll give it a try. I'm reading the user guide and recipe book. I'm one of those people who read all the information.
Mommarch, the camper sounds like a great idea for you and your dh. One reason we first bought a camper was to avoid staying in motels. I don't like the idea of sleeping under a blanket and spread that a gazillion other people have slept under. It's not as though we stay at the Ritz. And it's nice not to have to eat three meals a day at restaurants.
I guess Wren, Joan and I will have to form a "talented bra wearers" club! I've never needed a bra for support, either before or after bmx and reconstruction. I'm perfectly comfortable without one.
Had a nice day with my mother. We went to church and then out to lunch at New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood restaurant. We shared a huge seafood platter with fried catfish (thin), shrimp, oysters and a crab meat patty. We were able to eat only a third of the meal. Brought the rest home.
Guess I've written too much. The page is jumping!
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Hi gals!
Sandra..Thanks for the picture of the Texas bluebells! I will take a few pictures of ours when they get blooming and then see if I can get it posted. I used to be able to post pictures on this site but I haven't done it in so long I think I've probably forgotten. What's the old saying? Use it or lose it????
Termite...how nice that you can attend your grandson's games! They love to see their grandparents in the stands or on the sidelines. I'm so jealous because ours are too far away to see very many of them. Enjoy them!
Carole, we'll be waiting to hear how you like your new "bullet" and you'll have to share your favorite recipes with us! Your meal with your Mom sounds so good! Your area has such good seafood!
Bathroom soap...hmmmm.....I use liquid Dove on my face and wash the rest of my body with liquid Bath and Body Works shower gel. For years I've used their Plumeria scent but they've quit making it. I did find a few bottles at the Tuscola outlet center and grabbed them up but I think I'm going to have to find a new scent. Why is it so hard to change?
Well, I'm off to collapse for the night. We had a golf outing this aftenoon but only got in 5 holes before the rain drove us off the course. We need the rain, though as the ground is very hard and dry here.
Everyone have a great week!
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Sounds like I'm the only person who washes their hair LAST. I have a shower in a tub and enter behind the curtain from the back so as not to spray the rest of the room. My shower curtain is just utilitarian next to Chevys. I wash face then the rest of my body and finally do my hair & rinse everything one more time. I'm still using Dial. I know, I know - I bought some Dove and even my son uses Dove. A former OB/Gyn told me I have an extra load of staph germs on my body so I should use Dial. Old habits are hard to break.
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Oh my Chevy -- you and I are in trouble if Carole doesn't like her Nutribullet. I've cheated the past couple of days as I don't have spinach leaves and that is what I like best as the major portion of my green veggies. I also like kale too. Was amazed at how in-expensive it was at our store.
I think I may have the Nutritionist at the wt. loss class give me a hand at recipe development for some of my issues -- just something to make sure my cholesterol behaves. Also anything that helps tendency to pick up wt. I know one Nutritionist was not happy that I said I had one. I don't think she understood that for me the main focus was getting what the food pyramid seemed to feel you should.......in the seasonal climate we have here. It is not a replacement for eating the real thing.....but more a fill-in for what I know I'll likely not eat as much of a fair portion of the time.
Rita, I have issues with things I've used a long time disappearing too. We use to use Oil of Olay...regular, and they did quit making/selling it. I really liked the fragrance which was a sort of soft one, easy on the nose but just evoked something good. That is when I finally gave up and started using Caress. It is an old now too....first came out in the 70's I think. I do worry though exactly what is in it and switched back to Dove.
There are a lot of other things as well that we used when I was a kid and they are not available now. Like Absorbine Jr. though someone told me you could still get that. I haven't seen it in any stores around here though. Great for all kinds of bites that we got as kids. It worked too.
No more Camay soap though I think you can get it now and then from the Vermont Country Store catalog.
Well, there are lots of good things you don't get now......like the corner city bakeries that made old-fashioned Cheesecake.....nothing like what passes for cheesecake now.
We are still waiting for the heavy-duty part of our storms but new they would come late. We should/sure hope, be fine.
See you all later.
Blessings
Jackie
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Jackie - you can still buy Absorbine Jr. but they changed the formula & it doesn't work like it used to. And you're right. It was the best thing in the world for mosquito or spider bites.
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Minus, I was thinking that would be the case. I don't know why exactly that they change things that actually work and work well. I do know they sometimes feel there is something I think in the old formulas that could cause harm. After all when coke first came out it did have cocaine in it. Yet, something like Absorbine Jr. sure doesn't sound like much could hurt you.
I really wouldn't know all that much about it though. I saw on the Today show ( yesterday I think ) that kids were not rubbing lip balm on their eye lids for thrills -- so I guess if you really want to bad enough you could find some way to make use of anything. I do think though......when something is 'too' good, it seems to change. That company - if they were not forced to change it for some reason could sell so much more. People just don't fool too much I don't think with something that doesn't work fairly well.
Jackie
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That is a gorgeous shower curtain. It's fun to hear all the shower variations. I step in from the back to be sure it's not to hot, but love the feel of the water on my back and turn towards the water just for the rinse. Any scent is fine with me so I vary what I use. Got to admit Dove is nice. This topic was so surprising at work. Nobody ever thought there might be any way except how they did it!! For fun one year we all brought in a scent on a cotton ball and made a contest to see who could identify whether it was a man's scent or woman's. It was pretty random.. Next we all brought in chocolate for a blind tasting test. It ranged from 39 cents per lb to $7. The cheapest did not win, but neither did the most expensive. Dove was highly popular, but so were the Aldi chocolate chips that one young woman took the time to grate to disguise it. We. Had good fun in the break room.
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Jackie u really painted a picture of visual showering wow. OK I use Philosophy Body wash and it also washes hair and (get this) goat milk bar soap, then I use lotions but change around the fragrance a little. Another thing Jackie and Rita we are supposed to get big time storms after midnite and the next couple of days--it's always something.
Chevy I told u u'r house looks like a fairy tale house and now so does the bathroom--oh so fancy is right Carole. We have all black and gray in the bathroom (my DD painted) so it's kind of quiet but really pretty You know I just remembered when Jodie (my DD1) was about 12 and my other was about 8 they told me they didn't like the color of our bathroom--beige??? so I said paint it then--and I was at work and they painted it mustard yellow, Jodie had money and she bought everything and when I got home from work it was done. I was a terrible mom. but those days no one reported you. So I was safe.
Carole will u[r weather keep u from golfing? Or will it be better than ours.?
Tomorrow is Monday start of a new week---hope it a good week for everyone.
Oh Jackie I really liked the quote---Karma--- yep cuz it can be a b*tch and we all know that. And I'm putting it into my letters to the President and the Governor tomorrow--It's not a threat it's just a fact .Have to be sure I always make sure to let them know these things.
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You know, I read somewhere, that when we use stuff on our skin, it soaks in! Like Hormone cream, etc.
So it just FIGURES that since you are being all philosophical CAMMI, that it is because of your Philosophy body wash! Who knew?
See, smart brains think alike!
I'm glad y'all like my bathroom shower-curtain! Those of you who are shower-curtain-challenged can buy your own through Victorian Trading Co.... Ha! It was not as cheap as the dollar store curtains, but I just love it!
ONE time, when DH and his Brother's were gone hunting for about 3-4 days, I completely did the bedroom over! You would not beLIEVE what I did! I repainted the whole thing white... Then I made ruffled pink curtains, bought a new ruffled pink and white bed-spread, covered the lamp shade to match the curtains, put down this HUGE furry shag pink throw rug, and stood back and admired it all!
I was elated!!!!! DH came home, saw it, turned around and walked out, and said "Isn't there a little too much PINK in there?" But it was okay... I was elated! It has been changed several times since then.
Jackie and Minus, I think I remember hearing something about Absorbine Jr.! Also didn't Avon make this bath and body oil? I thought if you put it on, it repelled mosquito's ticks and all... I think it was Avon skin-so-soft ...
Jackie, are you still attracting those ticks as much? I just remember having to take one of our Daughter's to the Docs, because DH came home from a fishing trip, and a tick embedded itself into her tummy! We found it the next morning, with it's head already inside, and we went next door to a neighbor's, and tried that lighter-fluid on a matchstick way of getting it out, but nope! Didn't budge... I think the theory is that they will open their mouth to scream, and then let go, and drop off, but it didn't budge.
Went to the Doc's, and he just cut it out! So don't go gettin' any more ticks!
And Carole! You DID it... You are just like me! When we get something in our minds, we just have to do it, right THEN!!! Ha! Sheri just had a smoothie and sent me the recipe..
Collards, from her garden
Spinach
Strawberries
Mint and Basil
Flax seeds
Apple,
And orange juice and water...
I found this helpful little chart...
http://nutribulletblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Extraction-Prep-Chart-Print-Friendly.pdf
I still don't have my Nutri-bullet yet, but she said it should be here soon! I've already worn it out using it so much in my mind, that it's almost worn out! Ha!
You guys were talking about things that are no more? Like Perma-Starch! And Fleers Double Bubble Gum! Just not the same as it used to be!
Of course I guess losing Perma-Starch is no big deal now, with all of our no-iron clothes!
Do you remember Blue Waltz perfume? And Evening In Paris? Ha, ha! And my Mom's favorite was Shalimar... I liked Chantilly, but love Tommy Girl now, and Gardenia!
Cammi, just don't go gettin' into any more trouble with the government people, not to mention the PRESIDENT!
Maybe some things are just better off "unsaid?" Or if you have to say it, do it gently... and carry a big stick... I heard that somewhere...
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I'll bet the President and the Governor of IL have a special aide who handles Cami's letters!
Jackie, the greens used in smoothies should be garden grown or organic, if bought in a supermarket. The "conventional" could have been sprayed with insecticides. I'm surprised the Nutribullet user guide doesn't mention that. As organic produce becomes more popular, the prices are going down.
I remember Evening in Paris.
This morning's weather forecast offers some hope that the bad weather expected tonight and Tues. may go around us. I'm signed up for a member-member golf tournament on Tues. and Wed. We'll just have to see what happens with the weather. It's dry and we need some rain.
My mother has an apptment at the pain clinic, which she made herself, today at 10:45. I'll miss my WW meeting in order to take her. It's not a major thing but I do enjoy the meeting and it helps me in my weight control struggle.
Hope everyone has a good Monday.
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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade
of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you,
if the simple things of nature have a message that you
understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
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Hey Chevy, I am like your mom ... I still wear Shalimar. My DH likes it too. When I try others, he always says Shalimar is better.
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The wind has been awful for the last 2 days.
Minus, I love the lake conroe area. Back in 1974 we lived at tri-lake estates for a few months. Of course then they were just beginning to dig the lake, it sure has changed.
We have a hand held shower head, cannot stand a shower beating on me. We also can turn it off while you lather up to save water.
I am going to putter around today, make suet for the birds, take care of the hummer food, and feed the other birds, do some laundry, and just whatever. DH went into town to put carpet on motor home floor and start cleaning up the dust inside.
Have a good day
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Chevy,
I forgot to say how much I liked that curtain too. I think your personality and good sense show in everything you do, including your decorating. I'm decorated mainly in cheap, on sale, or given to me by someone who was done with it. It's all right though. I try to make careful choices and am mainly happy with everything.....and if your happy what does it matter.
Yes, so much of the old stuff was better. Avon does make the Skin-So-Soft that repels mosquitoes. I recall my friend using it all the time. We were there once and used some too.....my hubby said later....our friends were just glistening with all that skin-so-soft oil. I know why the mosquitoes don't bite them....they slide off before they can. I still chuckle now and then. I also remember mercurochrome. It was red and burned like fire. There was a little glass tube sort of that you dipped in the bottle and applied it on yourself -- if you could stand it. The one lady I took care of before this one still used a lot of it. Had an odd smell too. This lady's daughter thought it was terrible that the little glass tube applicator stayed in the bottle........she thought it was so germy. Sort of missed the whole point I thought.
I'm sure nothing could live in that bottle, period. Back in the days we used it....anyone who was near your house that got 'hurt' would be treated from your bottle. You know things worked differently then and no one suffered for it at all.
Carole, yes organic is best if you can get it. Sometimes you can't and I just clean the stuff very thoroughly. Even organic can be miss-leading.....if that field is next to someone else's that does not farm that way......everything leaches over. Rain water could have 'agents' in it depending. None of that usually would be enough to be a big problem, but sometimes you just have to do the best you can. I'm surprised Nutribullet didn't say anything either, but think they were more into people getting higher amts. of veggies and fruit as so few people actually accomplish it. I saw on t.v. where Nutribullet people were putting the machines in a classroom and the kids there were roughly making their own green drinks with the. Good advertising ploy, but also a good way to help kids learn early on what constitutes a 'better' diet.
My tick problem seems to have cleared up for the time being but the season for them her is young yet and we will have to stay really vigilant. Had the four of them so far. I was getting nearly paranoid. Had never had them so early and in those numbers. I'm hoping that maybe the hard winter will have kept them from a major population explosion.
Someone told me that hard winters don't matter......but surely it makes some sort of decent impact. Well, maybe or maybe not, but I have seen huge differences in some of the places I go...mainly in the feral cat feeding areas.
No rain for right now but more coming. We have missed major problems so far, but people in Ok, and Ark. did not. Sad thing to see. I hope there is nothing else, but several days to go yet as it is a slow moving storm pattern.
Blessings,
Jackie
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Jackie, glad the tick problem is on hold ... hope it doesn't come back ... they freak me out. I remember mercurochrome.
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Good morning everyone
Minus Two- you are not alone in washing your hair last. I was starting to think I had been doing it wrong all these years. I also get into the shower at the end opposite the shower head and face the water as I shower.. I use Soft Soap Body Butter and Tressemee (?) for my hair. As you know, I had 5 kids and for several years had 7-9 kids, so I bought the biggest bottles of soap and shampoo available then. Now there is only me using that shower, and I still buy the big bottles- old habits are hard to break. I like anything with a vanilla scent.
I sent happy birthday wishes to an old friend today, and it hit me that it's been 5 decades since we were hanging out together. He has lived in Toledo since college. We were all friends from Jr high through HS graduation .
My 8year old grandaughter tried out for her school's Talent show, singing a song from "Frozen" and did great. I also found out that my 5 year old will be graduating from preschool the same week. It's the week that I finish rads. I am thinking of flying home either the day I finish rads or the next day so I can be there for their exciting days. I am doing ok with rads, a little red and a little sore, but nothing major. I just don't know how I will feel then, but I so want to be there for them and for me too. This cancer has stolen the better part of a year from us already, and I don't want it to take any more.
Chevy - love the shower curtain, but if I put that up in my bathroom, I wouldn't be able to fit in there as well. My bathroom is very tiny, but it is mine. The rest of the family showers upstairs.
Have a good day everyone.
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Anne, I like vanilla scents too ... and also fruity scents. I hope you will be able to attend the GK special times.
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Anne how exciting to plan u'r trip for u'r GC and to enjoy that all. Good medicine for you.
OK I'm officially done, everything in it's envelopes )separate) I was told that and my emails to the Prsident and Governor and did that this morning, should be in handcuffs by tonite.
Oh Chevy all the work and all pink--Oh I'm sure u'r DH loved that--but it sounds clever and kind of sweet too. U know the last 2 days I've had more coffee and junk food just to keep on doing this crap --I have a tet this week then probably off to another type of Dr. ooh it's all good jus exhausting LOL for me anyway.
And yes they are predicting all kinds of storms so far not to much has happened I hope they are wrong and rain would just be fine.
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My Mom redid the bedroom every time my Dad went out of town. She would buy the paint ahead of time and was ready to go.
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Wren
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Ha Ha Wren. My mother did everything at night when we were asleep. She would pull out beds out from the wall and paint our rooms during the night. Guess that's where I learned to sleep through noise and lights. She also loved to rearrange furniture. We had one of the first sectional sofas (mid 50's) that could be reconfigured lots of ways. You didn't dare walk through the house in the dark because invariably you'd smash into a coffee table or the back of a couch or chair. She had flood lights installed on the outside corners of the house and did all her gardening at night. Obviously she was a night owl. I am too, although I've never gardened at night.
Mother used to give me a dime to go to the little store a few blocks over and buy her a Pepsi. (Six cents) Sometimes I was allowed to spend the four pennies of change. I of course went right for the penny candy. I liked those big red waxed lips, root beer barrels, Mary Janes, Double Bubblegum, or Necco wafers. My brother liked those mini-Coke bottles made out of wax with super sweet liquid inside. Sometimes the ice cream man would come in the afternoon and Mother gave me six cents for a popsicle, which I broke in half to share with my brother. Nothing tasted better!
Memories, memories. I loved skating with those skates that attached to the sole of your shoes and needed a skate key. Also loved my hula hoop. When it got hot in the afternoon, Mother would give us Kool-Aid or Fizzies tablets that you dissolved in water. I loved root beer Fizzies best. Later I figured out I was a girl so I begged for a set of Pop Beads to make a necklace or bracelet. I wore Spoolies at night to make my hair curly. If I put it up in Spoolies when it was wet, I slept with my hair dryer bonnet on all night so it would be extra curly. Once in awhile Mother would give me a Tonette Perm.
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Sandra ... pop it beads ... have not thought of them in a long while. Today I was thinking about the scarab bracelet that a special aunt gave to me for my 21st birthday. I was a camp counselor at a church camp in Saugatuck, Michigan. It was the summer of the song "We Shall Overcome."
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Pop Beads (later called Pop It Beads) come in bright colors now. I remember pastel colors only.
Scarab bracelet
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Sandra, that bracelet looks like mine. Is the picture your bracelet?
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OMG I forgot some of these things--Pop Beads were so popular, different lengths hahaha Loved the memories--so good to hear.
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Pop beads were great. I only remember pastel too. You can still find Evening in Paris at the Vermont Country Store. I've wanted to order it for a number of years, but not sure I want to spend $49 for a memory from the 50's. You can also get lots of the old candies through the same place. Even if you don't plan to buy, you should order a catalog. Such fun looking at all the old stuff.
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