Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

Sandra,

Hate hearing that your not " well balanced " --- just teasing a little.  I can't imagine the discomfort other than the few moments ( very few ) when I've experienced the in-balance of stroke recovery etc.  I sure hope they can maybe find what triggers this the most  as you may have a fix that would not be difficult. 

You and everyone here are most welcome to anything they may find of value that I have said or done.  It is my JOY and PEACE  if I can spread some hope and inspiration in some way. 

Just back from the bank ( only open 1/2 day on Sats. )  It rained a bit, but only enough to get it muggier out I think. Sure glad I'm going to be inside today. 

Blessings

Jackie

Hi all, I went back to the Dr. on Thursday and he really believes it is allergy.  I am taking Mucinex DM every 3 to 4 hours and an antihistimine.  He ordered Singular for me but do not have script yet.  Will call office Mon. and see what happened.  If the darn cough would stop I would feel OK.  It is making me exhausted.  Yesterday we made a quick trip to Junction, TX to pick up our Motor Home.  Actually got home with it. That was 12 hours on the road and did not even leave Texas.

Well DD and SIL are leaving FL tomorrow and comming to FT. Davis for the week.  They are going to camp.  SIL has never been to Big Bend or McDonalds Observatory.  DGD still refuses to speak to her Mom.  I guess the plan is just to ignore the situation and hope everyone stays out of each others way.  We have a counseling session set up on July 3rd for DGD.  I know that alot has happened over the last 2 years between them.  No matter what we die inside if we do not forgive.  DH asked the minister here at our community church if he would have a sermon on forgiveness Sun.  We will be in church me coughing or not.

Thought I would share this Pic of DGD, it was taken somewhere around Navarre, FL, think at the Zoo.

Everyone have a good weekend

This post will be in 2 parts because I see we have another page following this one.

Sandra, I hope your balance rights itself quickly.  Are you going to a doc to see if anything will help?

Jackie, I remember muggy Illinois days.  Isn't AC a blessing?  We did not have it much of the time I lived in Illinois.  After awhile, I seem to remember window units in the bedrooms.  My dad's employer did not believe that air conditioning would last, so he did not air condition the office. 

Boy Teacher, you are energized today ... take care!

Hi ladies,

It has been a strange week. I was supposed to have finished rads yesterday. However the machine broke and has been down for the last four days. Sooooooooooooooo that means I still have four days left.I just hope the machine is up and running on Monday.  The first day off felt like a gift. I called it a snow day in summer! However now that it has been four days I am not too thrilled. I have been very fatigued. I am also in PT for a rotator cuff injury so I haven't been able to do much housework. I live alone with my cat. I was able to vacuum the whole house today and am cleaning my bed sheets. It feels good to feel like I might be getting some control back in my life. I will be starting the hormone blocking drug after rads and I am really concerned about the side effects. I have dealt with fibromyalgia for years and the fatigue and pain from that has been enough to deal with. It is very humid here but not raining yet. We have had over 8.5 inches of rain in June so far. Hope you are all out enjoying the day. Take care.

Bandwoman

Hi Ohiofan.....I absolutely adore that look on the dog's face.  Much like mine must be  once in a while when Dh is driving us somewhere. 

Jackie

p.s.  good to see you hear Cam and thanks....I do aim to please.

love the dog's face!

Hi to all the old oldies and the new oldies!  I have been reading and reading and READING....  Mommarch, your DGD is a very cute girl.  I hope things work out between her and her mom.

Bandwagon, I've heard that fibromyalgia is a difficult health condition to live with.  You didn't need bc, did you?  Hope you finish your rads and that you're able to take the hormone blocking drug. 

Jackie, I love the tree-shaded lane leading to your house.  I don't find it spooky at all but very inviting.  And your house location is lovely.  No wonder you enjoy your home so much. 

Sandra, what an ordeal you have been through.  And what a disappointment to choose a surgery and reconstruction that was supposed to get everything done in one surgery and then have to go through multiple surgeries.  I had the "one-step," too, and did have to go back to surgery once to have my left incision redone. 

DH and I have enjoyed safe travel so far.  We went first to Decatur, IL, and spent 4 days parked in dh's sister's driveway.  She and her dh celebrated their 50th anniversary with a church ceremony that was very touching.  There was also a cookout at their house and a catered dinner that followed the church ceremony. 

Next we travelled to Fairmont, MN, to spend some time with a couple we met up at Pine Hollow Resort, where we spent the past two summers.  Now we're in Ortonville, MN, at a nice rv park that's situated on a beautiful lake, Great Stone Lake.  Today we drove to Eden, SD, to visit another couple who lived in Louisiana for 30 years.  They now live in Eden, a town of 100 which was celebrating its centennial today.  We watched a parade that included a LOT of John Deere tractors! 

On Monday we'll head for Pine Hollow Resort near Park Rapids, MN, where we will spend July and August, if all goes according to plan.  That area has gotten a lot of rain, like other parts of MN.  We're hoping that our rv site is in good shape.

I have spent the last 2 days in Illinois...had a wonderful wedding this evening in Pomona at von Jakob Winery.  My friend and I got mani/pedi together and it was relaxing and fun after my stressful last week of classes.
Tomorrow I fly up to Chicago to visit with my son.  He lives in the Marina towers (corn cob buildings) on the 49th floor with a terrace.  It should be a nice view!  We hope to go to a White Sox game Monday night.
I had a taste of midwest humidity today although it didn't really get unbearably hot.  There are so many pretty areas in Illinois that I did not know about.

Carole, you really are ripping up the roads again....have you planned for some golf yet?  I hope you have a wonderful time in MN.  Drive carefully!

bandwagon, sorry to hear that your rads were interrupted.  But at least you know you will be feeling better soon.  You should recovery pretty quickly once rads is over.  I hope this week goes well for you.

Mommarch, your DGd is just lovely.  She has been through so much (as have you)...forgiveness will come when she receives the strength to move on.  It often is not on our time table.    I know you love your daughter and grandaughter - it is evident with all you've done to help. 

Hugs and prayers for your family, and for a peaceful time together.

Home is the one place in all this world where hearts
are sure of each other.  It is the place of confidence.  It is the
place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the
world forces us to wear in self-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved
communications of full and confiding hearts.  It is the spot where expressions
of tenderness gush out without any sensation of awkwardness and without any
dread of ridicule.

Frederick W. Robertson

Hi Joan, resident Illini, and all others,

I hope everyone is having a nice day.  When I woke up, I had a hard time getting with it.  Then I took my coffee out on the patio and listened to the birds and dripping fountain.  Nature has a calming, creative effect on me.  I now have the drive to finish up a project with old slides that I have been putting off.  Why did I ever think slides were better than paper pictures?  Digital pics are the best yet!

Joan, are you going to Navy Pier?  The last time I was in Chicago, years ago, I enjoyed my stroll there.

Sally, I just found some impatiens at a very tiny nursery here that fit the description and are specially tagged as suntolerant. (If I can find some here where the sun don't shine very often, maybe asking where you are about them might work) The ones I bought supposedly are white blooms and they do have wonderfully dark pretty leaves....

bandwoman,

Treatment is bad enough without fibromyalgia and rotator cuff issues! I will cross my fingers that you get no more vacation days from rads.... 

Up until age 52 life was a breeze and I'm thankful for that, but ever since then... a blur of dx, tx, death of a close friend, dx of chronic disease for my sweetie, then plowing into a long battle with remodeling... this summer we finally got a breather, and when I stopped to smell the roses, they were mostly buried and dried out by a decade of being "too busy" to keep them going! I have no idea how we found ourselves so buried under a lifetime of projects and acquiring... ummmm, I understand that some people use the word "hoarding"... and if I don't get my act together, I may never find my way out of here....