Great saying about depression
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LinSea....I hope you can stay strong tomorrow....It sounds as if she was more like a sister than a cousin....tough one. Sending prayers for you and her family.
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LinSea, my psychiatrist was a "she"!! Figures, eh?? Hugs to you for your grief. That validates your love, don't hide it.
mac, I know what you mean about going out and it NOT being a doctor appointment...wierd, eh?
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Lindsay - will be thinking about you. I can only imagine how hard it will be not just because of the BC but being babies together - that is a tremendous loss and I'm just so very sorry for how much hurt and saddness you must feel. Wishing your strength, and love and healing thoughts.
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Thanks Stanzie and Barbe. Grief is interesting. It feels like a rolling sea.
The funeral was...uh, how do I say this nicely. It was a very Christian service with the pastor asking everyone about answering the call to Christ. My sorrow is that Rhonda was not a Christian, so it missed the "essence" of who she was. The sermon lasted at least 30-40 minutes. Finally he asked people in the audience to speak and three of Rhonda's best friends spoke and it was wonderful, sad, funny, and real. Too bad that wasn't the whole service! the pastor started again and 10 minutes later I wanted to yell "You are missing the laughter and joy and feisty woman we are hear to celebrate and grieve."
I told my DH driving away, don't make me something in death that I was not in life. I was glad to see her DH and DDs and say goodbye. Rhonda RIP.
Mac, it was our dog who rolled in the dead seal. We had had a big storm here in CA and the seal looked like it had been attacked my a shark or something and then rolled up on shore during the storm. Murphy was soooo intrigued and was able to roll INSIDE the thing. He was covered in this slick goo. Oh, I can smell it just typing. :-0
Did you say get off the island? Are you in Hawaii? :-)
Yep Barbe, it figures that it was a woman. Nurturing and empathetic is what we need!0 -
Hi Ladies - just checking in on you all. I have been in hospital having my permanent implant put in. It went very well, and is more comfortable than the TE already.
Lindsea - what a beautiful tribute to your cousin!!! It was really lovely, and I can't explain how the hero quote touched me. Your cousin looked like a wonderful person - she had such a gorgeous smile.
barbe - I am so sorry to hear about apple. I did not know her, but she was one of our sisters, and i grieve for her and her family.
stanzie - nice to hear from you again. Thought you would be interested to know I met Prince William and Kate. Kate went to hospital 2 days later and I said to my colleagues - "God I hope it is morning sickness and she didn't pick up Norovirus in our hospital!!!"
3 jays - glad to hear the move is finally coming together. It is weird how much noise carpets absorb isn't it.
Keep well
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Hello everyone, Hope you are doing well. I am in my final week of prednisone. yay!!!
maddie, I am glad you are feeling more comfortable already. How exciting to meet Will and Kate. Did you meet them at hospital or your place of work?
barbe, I am trying to change my out look, from sick to becoming healthy. But it is hard when I am going to doc appts every other week. Now I have to have a tooth pulled, sheesh.
Linsea, I live on Martha's Vineyard in MA. So even though it is only 8 miles off shore, we have to either take a boat or plane to get anywhere. Makes treatment more difficult, but I love living here. Right now I am wishing I lived in HI, another snow storm is coming.
Grief is very surprising. Just when you think you are "over" it the feelings overwhelm us again. That's too bad the service for your cousin was not very representative of your cousin.
My sister had enough time before she passed to plan out her whole "funeral". She wrote her own eulogy. She wanted us to be happy and have a "party". We went to a party store and got smiles on stick so when the grief took a hold we could hold them up in front of our faces. She taught me a lot about living and dying on your own terms.
I've been having some trouble sleeping lately. sigh. I hope everyone else gets a good night's sleep.
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Mac, I want to have smiles on a stick at my funeral. That is fantastic and made me smile thinking about it. Not that the tears aren't there, but I liked what you said dying on our own terms.
Maddie, glad to hear the exchange went well and you are feeling better. Yeah and ((()))
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Hi mac and LinSea- thanks for the good wishes after the operation. I met Will and Kate at the hospital, but it is my place of work, so was not a patient at that time!! She is lovely up close, but much taller than I thought. She could easily have been a model. Linsea - I love your Avatar. It looks like our breasts - tired but hanging in there!! Is it an actual sea shell or a wooden sculpture of a shell?
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hey Ladies, we had another snow storm last night, but a friend (ten years younger) came over for breakfast and also shoveled my walk and brushed off my car. She is a great friend.
My sister taught me that having the more difficult emotional conversations can make the end better for all around. Because when I went through my parents passing away, they didn't want to talk about anything. My mom kept saying you'll know what to do. Wasn't as helpful.
I want smiles on a stick too.
maddie, Kate is beautiful. How amazing to meet her in person. It's funny how people look different when they are in person rather than on tv or pictures.
Hope everyone is weathering the weather where ever you are. No matter what the forcasters say.
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Maddie, that is a real sea shell. They are called Moon Shells and are about 3 inches across. They are found on beaches on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. We were in a city called Ucluelet. The picture is a little dark, but yep, looks like a pretty good foob!
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Hi Linsea - "Ucluelet" -what a gorgeous name. If I lived there it could be called Nocluelet!!!
Justagirl - my implant operation went really well. I just would like to ask you one question. When you wind or beat anything - the implant jigs around and you can feel it moving- not painful but a weird feeling. Will it always do this?
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maddie, no, don't have any movement from my implants with those moves. If I bend over, the implant that has the Lat dorsi flap feels like it shifts a bit and I'll held my hand on the outside and it does move just the tiniest bit. You may want to tell your surgeon this.
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Thanks justagirl - I see my PS on Wednesday and I will mention it. I also had this jigging with the TE.
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mac I LOVE the idea of smiles on a stick!!! I may just buy some now for the winter blues. It's been a VERY, VERY gray winter here!!! I'm sure weather maps would show a cloud over our city since December!! When the sun comes out we all go out just to feel it. I don't get the SAD affects, but do find my energy level raises in sun. I'm suffering from constipation because I'm not walking and moving around. I have narcotic gut which basically paralyzes my gut. I've even taken Lactulose which is hospital-level meds!!! Having a hard time with this....
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Oh barbe, what an awful feeling that is. I hope it gets resovled soon for you. And that you get to be more mobile.
I had the other problem this weekend and I was with my DS for his graduation ceremony. Very uncomfortable and why is all the TP at hotels and other public places such poor quality? Anyway, I am back to normal now that I am home. We had a great weekend. I am very proud of him!
We did a lot of walking. The seat I was assigned was in the balcony. After walking from his house to the school (only a few blocks) then climbing all those stairs while wearing my coat I was worn out and took the whole ceremony to recover so I could repeat the process in reverse. Different grads asked me to take their pictures while I was sitting on a couch waiting for DS. I hope they weren't blurry I had such a hard time holding the camera still as my hands were shaking. LOL I tried 2 pics of DS before he just held the phone out with his own hand and took the pic.
The good news is that I am completely off prednisone. I will go to see my PCP on Tuesday and have an appt with my MO next Monday.
Well I have to get ready for yoga. So will talk to ya later.
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mac, have you considered that weaning off the steroids has made you shakey? That too, will pass, sweetie!
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barbe, thanks, I do hope this shakeness and acheness passes. I am still really tired and low energy. Oh well. Good thing I don't have much to do, besides get my paperwork ready for taxes.
So the guy showed up today to replace my windows. We have snow on the ground. But it is suppose to warm up for a couple of days. The first one they took apart had more rot than they thought it would, so just like any project it has gotten more complicated already. The dog loves having extra people around especially since one of them is a young man like my son.
Hope everyone is having a good tuesday.
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mac, it might not be low energy, but just normal energy! Remember, the steroids would have given you lots of energy!! I LOVE getting new windows!! Such a difference they make!
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barbe, yes I am enjoying my new windows. They are not all in yet, but they are making good progress. Now I am thinking about new window treatments. Isn't that always the way. You fix one thing and then everything else looks shabby so you have to keep going.
I am getting some energy back. I am still very stiff and achey in my joints. I am writing this while sitting on my heating pad. I am going to see my MO tomorrow. My PCP has ordered a DEXA bone scan for me, because I already had thinning on the one I had in 2009. We'll see how it goes.
I hope all is well with everyone.
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I love that you met Kate and William Maddie- How wonderful!
Sorry I've been gone again. I just seem to get everything done at all so I've been trying to limit my time on the computer but then I really miss you all!
Mac- love the yogi-lemur! I got to go to Madagascar a long time ago and got to play with the lemurs. They climbed all over us and were so sweet. We fed them bananas and they would sit on your head or shoulder. At one point, my mom had 6 of them on her!
I feel like I'm sort of just passing through these days. Just getting through one day to the next. My cat is peeing all over the floors in the house as I had to keep her inside for a while as coyotes were all over the neighborhood. They ended up trapping 8 of them! My neighbors are turning their yard into urgan agriculture and organic gardening and will have chickens soon. The chicks were just hatched last weekend and they are adorable. It is in conjuction with my kid's school and the teacher wants to see if Alfie my sheltie could learn to heard chickens? Wouldn't that be a hoot!
Anyway, Mac glad your new windows are in and are wonderful! Sorry about the achiness... I had my recent bone scan and I'm now in osteoperosis - worst in my hips.I had thought it was all from my car accident but maybe it is the lack of bone? This disease keeps on giving.... Will be trying hard to check in more regularly!
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stanzie, good to see you!
I have a neighbor that has chickens. She does not like it when my dog tries to "herd" her birds at all.
My MO gave me the all clear for another six months. She wants me to come back to the city for the DEXA, though. She thought that the steroids were masking pain from AI. She wants me to try and tough it out for a while. It might subside. So more sitting with the heating pad. (which sets off the hot flashes)
well, I got my new windows in just in time. They are forcasting a big winter storm for this weekend. They even gave it a name. "Nemo" I don't remember winter storms having names? Looks like I'll have some time to be on the computer if the power stays on.
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Mac- Hope the storm isn't as bad as they think. Interesting about steriods masking pain, I didn't know they could do that. Did she give you any other pain meds?
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stanzie, no pain meds. I'm trying to get off the meds. But I am taking aleve. This storm sounds like it will be like a winter hurricane. I'm all battened down and snug in my house. we'll just ride it out.
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I've been through a few blizzards and they are one of the reasons I've lived in a temperate clime most of my life. My sympathy and prayers are with all of you in the path of this storm.
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Well, it was determined to be a blizzard. We had a gust here that got to 83 miles per hour. I gave myself permission to not shovel. I got the door opened enough to let the dog out and in and that is enough. The snow is crusty so the dog can reach the bird feeders. LOL
Late afternoon the sun came out and a flock of cardinals came to the bird feeder, the red was so beautiful against the snow.
The power came back on today so I have a stew simmering. made it through.
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hi gals: I earned an ambulane ride to the hospital this week: we ALL were sure iwas having heart attack 1 thank you, god, no dmage to the heart.. they think i've just gotten all worked up lately, and that causes my heart to "flutter" this one was bad enough i agreed to go..
while i was there, they gave me the flu and pnenoumonia (sp) shot: it was so bad, it froze the shoulder they used, I had to stay another day! Boy, I was soo glad to see "my little man" when i got hone. my son said he cried on/off the whole time I was gone.. Glad to be hoe.
they're keeping me on high amts of blood presure meds, and nitro.. more !3jays
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So glad you are home and OK Jays! Take care of yourself.
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3jays, so good to hear from you! I was thinking about you just yesterday!!! Of course, the little man was so happy to have you home, too. I got the flu and the pneunomia shot also, just not at the same time. Your poor shoulder! I echo chabba, please take care of yourself.
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3jays- how very scary!!! I'm so glad you are all right. You would think they could have spread them out a bit, but very glad you are home!
Mac- I hate it when the power goes out but I love snow and snow pictures. The cardinals must have been lovely and very appreciative! Glad you didn't have power out for long- stew sounds about perfect!
chabba- is it true you don't have storms out there? My grandmother was terrified of storms, would hide in the closet - anyway she always said she wanted to move out there...
We just have rain and rain and a little more rain here....
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Stanzie - we do have storms, just not snow storms. No hurricanes or typhoons but we do get storms with high winds that cause damage. In the 23 years we have lived here there has only been one bad one with gusts to at least 90--that was what the anometer was reading when it broke! No where near the devastation the east snd gulf coasts get but we were cut off from all communication cell and radio for a few days.
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