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

Nov 29, 2021 03:17PM MinusTwo wrote:

Here are Jackie's last couple of posts. Hopefully she got her valve replacement done & is resting comfortably - just with out access to a computer.

11/12 - I actually have another scope coming up end of Nov. and first week of Dec. I was hoping this valve replacement would be done before then but not sure of anything right now.

11/16 - More good news I think. Got a call this morning to go into Marion and see the Cardiologist. 10 a.m. this coming Tues. 23rd. I am anxious. I feel okay, but am a mite tired of having to take such care with all I do.

11/17 - My Cardio appt. is two days before Thanksgiving and my family is wondering if I'll even be here. Who knows. Right now I seem to be holding my own with my medical issues, but that could change and may depend on what the Cardio Dr. thinks. We will have to see.

11/18 – She posted a short paragraph on another thread, but her last post here was only a quote.

Nov 30, 2021 09:46AM petite1 wrote:

Maybe Jackie is in the hospital.

23 hours ago 1946Taco wrote:

Carole - my husband loves his iPad. I still want a laptop because I spend lots of time doing genealogy and want a full keyboard.

Beautiful day for golf today but my knee is throbbing. Restarting acpuncture tomorrow. Usually 10 sessions keeps me good for 4-6 months.

Obviously something has happened to Jackie. Wish someone from her family would post.

11 hours ago carolehalston wrote:

I am using my laptop this morning after two weeks of relying on my phone as a mini computer. The loud buzz is gone, thanks to the replacement of the fan.

I iced my knee a couple of times yesterday. I'm considering a trip to the gym to walk on a treadmill. Or maybe a walk in the neighborhood. Both my sisters have knee issues and they told me their physical therapists were big advocates of icing after exercise.

Taco, I was an avid golfer for years, since 2000 when I switched from tennis to golf. The last few years I've lost my golf swing and the enthusiasm for the game has waned. My current knee injury gives me another excuse not to play.

I think Sandy has explained Jackie's absence. I certainly hope Jackie is doing well and getting good care.

3 hours ago carolehalston wrote:

Mary, bad news about your bike accident. Hope the injury heals well.

I walked 25 minutes at a slower pace than I usually walk for exercise. I chuckled to myself when my uninjured knee bothered me at first more than the injured one. Later at home I iced both knees and they both are none the worse for using them.

It was such a beautiful day that it was a pleasure being outside

2 hours ago - edited 2 hours ago by ChiSandy

Oh, Mary, so sorry to hear that! (It has strengthened my resolve not to try to learn to ride a bike, despite some snarky young Greta-Thunberg-esque bike warrior on NextDoor asking everyone who criticizes bikers' safety-violating behavior "why don't u ride?"). It's illegal here for anyone over age 12 to ride a bike on the sidewalk (if there are no bike lanes or "shared streets" you're supposed to walk your bike--per posted signs--until you can reconnect with a safe roadway to ride). I used to try to ride my mountain bike (with 20" training wheels) in my 40s, but I never felt safe doing so and gave it up. It's not just cyclists terrorizing sidewalk pedestrians (without so much as an "on your left" or a bell)--I've nearly been mowed down by skateboarders & people on scooters (and I don't mean the mobility kind).

IMHO, just because someone reduces their carbon footprint, it doesn't give them carte blanche to blow through stop signs and even red lights, much less endanger pedestrians & dogs on sidewalks. People need to accept that they don't have a right to do whatever they want if it endangers others, just because it's inconvenient to obey the law. City-living requires giving up some advantages of living in a small town or suburb.

Just out of curiosity--anyone else here find themselves typing "z" instead of quote marks ("z" is too close to the L shift key), commas instead of periods, "s" or "d" when they mean "a" (or "a" for "s")? It doesn't happen on my iPad's "smart" keyboard or phone onscreen keyboard--just the MacBook. I often find myself closing one eye when typing or writing online (I have "convergence-insufficiency" since childhood), and having long nails (and a cat occasionally standing on my _{L wrist) doesn't help. It's getting to where I have to enlarge the text on the screen so I can catch my typos before I post them--and alas, sometimes after).}

_{Currently waiting for a perishable & valuable UPS package supposed to be delivered between 2-9pm--all afternoon, according to the tracking map the truck has come within a block of my house before going elsewhere. It's so frustrating that there is no way to contact drivers or have the local distribution center contact them. We want to go to dinner tonight, and fear porch pirates. (We don't have a doorbell or camera--but judging from all the videos posted on NextDoor of porch-pirates getting away scot-free, the only defense is to be by the door, able to see the truck if it pulls up, until delivery is made and then quickly haul it inside). We had a package from Macy's porch-pirated a year ago--the mailman saw it but did nothing except tell me, "hey I just saw someone steal something off your porch and run away." Fortunately, the package contained shirts Bob didn't want because they lacked pockets, so I just asked for and got a refund.}