For Older People with Sense
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Lisa, I read somewhere that the sensitivity is part of hearing loss. Movies are too loud for me also. DH drums with a Samba band and I carry ear plugs in my purse at all times.
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Bumping for Cristina.
Wren, I love Samba music! Lucky you!
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What are you doing awake at this time miss Chris. Not that I can talk. Saw family off to Canada last night
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OMG! Are the gone already? I can't believe the time went so quickly! How are you holding up?
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My DD is now a Canadian resident. At least getting in was easier than leaviung here. They were a little over weight and the guy was officious about it. Think there may have bee something said because later he actually left the desk to help them sort it out. I have a few thing to take over but all they did was reorganise the bags putting more in the hand luggage.
It has been a hard day, was fine yesterday while helping get packed etc but today feel very sad.
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Oh Aly........each day that passes will help ease the distance........I know you miss your DD and the grands.........(((((((((hugs)))))))))).
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Where in Canada will they be living? It will give you a good reason to visit. Skype is a good way to keep in touch because you can see each other. It will feel lonely for a while, I know. (((((HUGS)))))
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Definitely use Skype. This is how DH and I stay in touch with our grandchildren in Japan. It's wonderful. When they see us in person, they aren't shy at all and come right up to us. Just wish there was a way we could touch them, sigh.
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SoCal Lisa, this is a NorCal Lisa saying WHAT a spectacular rose!!!
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Kath, I just love skype and keep up with lots of people that way. I am going to try to get my cousin on to skype so that we can talk to my aunt who we are going to see in PA in September. That's before we visit Toronto. I know we are very lucky that we can visit but this DD leaves a very big hole when she is away.
It is cold and bleak here today, not surprising as it is mid winter.
Big hugs to all
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Has anyone else received an e-mail from "Marybe?" At least two of us have. Do NOT click on the address in the e-mail, it could download a virus, trojan, etc.
If anyone can notify her husband, please do so. If he doesn't already know, he needs to. Stealing her identity could cause him a lot of time, stress and money. Someone may have stolen her ID by hacking her computer info or tracing her back from an online source.
And anyone receiving one of these e-mails should seriously consider changing their e-mail address.
Sorry for the disturbing news.
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Has this been reported to the mods? It should be ASAP - preferably by someone who has received an email.
S.
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I haven't received an email but I do have Tims phone number.........I'd be happy to let him know.
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my neighbor grows the best roses
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They are just beautiful Lisa.
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Wish I had been able to grow them!:-)
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Oh Lisa, they are just beautiful! That multiflora pink one is superb! I can see why you wish you could grow them, I feel a bit the same way......lol. Thanks for sharing.
Well finally home from the city......again.......lol......and I will be going back again next week for another appointment. The travelling to and fro is starting to get a little expensive, about $40 round trip just for fuel.
Went to the dressmaker with DD for her first fitting for her wedding dress and the matron of honor dress (other DD). We finally got the design just perfect for both and I can't wait to see both of them complete. The dressmaker held the lace that DD has chosen in front of the base and it is stunning! It bought a lump to my throat to see it.......she is going to be a beautiful bride.
Hope you all are enjoying your week.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Lisa, thank you for sharing gorgeous photos of the roses. They are stunning!
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glad to share, I just love flowers...happy you like them
chrissy, I just can't wait to see all the dresses..
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These rose pictures go a long way to cheering me up. Thanks.
On a serious note, I was surfing the channels this morning and caught something on the 700 Club that sounded very interesting. It was a doctor from the U of South Florida who has been researching fighting cancer by depriving them of carbs, mainly glucose. This is something I have been wondering about since my last pet scan when I got the shot of glucose. The tech said that cancer cells love glucose and the cancer would draw the glucose like a magnet so the cancer would show on the scan. This made me wonder why neither of the two oncologists I have had for my two bouts ever spoke of diet. Anyway, the patient who was interviewed had metastatic cancer in his skeletal frame and was given three months to live. He decided to try the no carb diet and is now cancer free for over one year.
Has anyone heard of this or had any success with a no carb diet while fighting the big "C"?
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Mary I have been put on a gluten free, dairy free, sugar free diet as an aid to keeping my cancer undercontrol........I feel fine, actually I feel great!. It was a little hard to start as I was a huge bread eater but I have found a cook book called the Paleo Cook Book which is healthy, tasty and easy to follow.
Cancer loves sugar so restricting carbs which your body converts to sugar is a good thing.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy,
thanks for your reply. I have no problem with the gluten free or no carb except for dairy - love milk, yogurt and cheese. How do you replace them?
Marianne
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Mary they were also my favourites....lol. For cheese I use sheep cheese as I'm allergic to goat but use in moderation. For milk I use almond or rice milk but I make sure they are unsweetened. I also use a lot of coconut cream and milk.
There is a whole lot of dairy free recipes online and some of the things used will surprise you........the best thing is, they are really tasty so I don't miss the dairy.
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Mary, hard cheeses such as cheddar, parmesan, swiss, pepper jack, etc. have no carbs at all. The lactose is used up during the cheese-making process. As a diabetic, I have used them for years, as opposed to soft cheeses (cottage, cream, etc) which do have carbs. Mozarella is kind of in the middle, with only 1g of carb.
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From Rochester (WA) to Tehachapi (CA). Haven't posted for a looooong time (2011) but have lurked off and on. I moved to WA from NV in 2009 to help with father until he passed away at 97 April of 2012. My son and grandson wanted me closer to them so here I am in Tehachapi with my grandson. Nice being close to my immediate family again and I certianly enjoy all the CA sunshine after rainy Rochester. I must have lived in So CA and NV too long (over 50 yrs) the cloudy. rainy and dreary days in WA were depressing. ( I was born in Salem Or).
I have been on Letrozole since 2008 when tumor markers shot up and 3 nodules found in rt lung. Zometa added summer of 2009 after bone scan showed mets to spine & sternum. Change to CA insurance and they switched from Zometa to Aredia (from 20-30 min infusion to 2 hrs).
Been doing well but last CA 27-29 went from 32 to 47 so on a "wait and see what now". More tumor markers and PET scan Aug. Hate waiting but should be used to it after 16 yrs!
Enjoy all the news and pictures. Don't usually have much to say so can't say I'll do much posting.
Anyone near Tehachapi, charming historical railroad town. I do have to go to Bakersfield for medical stuff.
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Encylias it's not the carbs that are the problem in dairy but the casein .........apparently it can encourage tumour growth according to my doc.
Hi Arlil nice to see you back........you sure have been moving around and such long distances too! I agree, being close to grandchildren is the best. Wow! Sixteen years! Congrats to you, that's fabulous! Hope the new scans don't show anything new.......oh yes, the waiting is the pits!
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Hi Arlil...we just drove thru Techachapi a couple of weeks ago on our way back from the bay area to San Diego...
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SoCalLisa...no I-5 and 405? 58 to ? to skirt around LA? I drove to Torrance last weekend, terrible traffic. Big fire in Lake Hughes area about the time you went through?
Chrissyb..thanks for the welcome. Lots of moving but sister needed help with dad and we promised him he would not go to a convalescant home. Very satisfying for us keeping him comfortable and he was so grateful.
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Going around LA is the best for me...it is a few more miles but worth it.
We came down I-15. We took the 405-5 North because our son lives in
San Dimas, near Covina and heading to Carmel, and Sonoma then King's Canyon and Sequoia..
then later we swung thru Bakersfield...
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