What's on your agenda for today?

Mornin' all...

Glorious start to the day here. very sunny..but forecast is for some rain this afternoon.. No work for me now for a few days.

Not made my mind up yet about what to do with the day yet..good luck at the dentist AS.. My appointment isn't until the 10th of March for my regular check up.
 
Spastic keyboard syndrome! LOL That's a good one, Kath. I've suffered from it myself from time to time...to time to time to time:)

It's 17F here, and they're carrying on about it like it's -17F. Gimme a break!

I'm working in the neighborhood today, which is nice; I only have to go two blocks.

My daughter has elected me to make dinner tonight. Manicotti. How many of you should I expect at table?
 

I'm having my Vitamin D3 level drawn today... I was very deficient and the doc increased my dosage to 5000 units a day. SOOOO... Hopefully my level is sufficient.
 
hollydolly said:
Manicotti?...never heard of it..but if someone else is doing the cooking I'll be there..count me in georgia.. :D

off to google manicotti
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Just a big noodle tube stuffed with something... Usually ricotta cheese and spinach... OR sometimes meat.

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Well I'm not a lover of tomato sauce, but I do like Pasta and cheese so I'm still going... :D I do hope your levels of Vitamin D3 are up to a decent standard...how does someone get deficient in Vit D3?
 
QuickSilver said:
Just a big noodle tube stuffed with something... Usually ricotta cheese and spinach... OR sometimes meat.

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Looks good. I would want a little meat in it though.

I'm headed to my condo in Orange Beach, AL today. Suppose to warm up some over the next few days. Looks like mid 50's next week. Warm enough to get out and ride my bike. I need the exercise.
 
hollydolly said:
Well I'm not a lover of tomato sauce, but I do like Pasta and cheese so I'm still going... :D I do hope your levels of Vitamin D3 are up to a decent standard...how does someone get deficient in Vit D3?
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I think that people living in northern climates are more susceptible to this as they do not receive as much sun... we manufacture vitamin D from sunlight.. It's very important for calcium absorption into bones as well as maintaining appropriate blood levels of calcium and phosphorus.
 
We make our Ugandan daughter take vitamin D pills while she is working in Scotland (not overly sunny!) because she is very dark skinned making it harder to absorb from the sun.

My dental appointment was only for a checkup apparently although I thought it was cleaning as well. Actually that was okay because I started coughing as soon as I got there. Did xrays of all my crowns to make sure there was no decay around the outside of them. Dentist said I'm taking very good care of them. Have to go back in March for a good scraping and cleaning because I have lots of tea and coffee stains on my lower crooked teeth. They were going to give me an appointment next week on my birthday, but declined. No scraping on my birthday. Besides, husband has booked a hotel in Glasgow the night and we'll be heading into the city in the morning.

Happy with my haircut that I got afterwards. :)
 
Seeing my VA doctor (consultation about lab work done last week) for, most likely, the last time. Will be going completely with my Medicare A & B, Florida Blue (Supplement) and Humana Rx Plan. Looks like I will end up with the same doctor my wife has. My rotator cuff surgery happens next week and I will depend on Medicare, Florida Blue and Humana to pay for it. I was told by the surgeons office that most likely, between Medicare and Florida Blue, I won't have anything to pay. But, I haven't paid my $147 Medicare deductible yet, so we will (should) get billed for that amount.

Anyway, about 6 weeks in a sling and sleeping in my recliner. Found out, from my last rotator cuff surgery, sleeping in a bed simply doesn't work. At least the recliner is right next to our bedroom door, in case I need my wife for something. She will be with me the day of surgery and is taking a week and a half vacation after the surgery to help me. Good part, my dominate hand/arm/shoulder is the right one and the surgery will be on the left one. After the surgery, PT, PT and more PT........twice a week at a Center and at home.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Seeing my VA doctor (consultation about lab work done last week) for, most likely, the last time. Will be going completely with my Medicare A & B, Florida Blue (Supplement) and Humana Rx Plan. Looks like I will end up with the same doctor my wife has. My rotator cuff surgery happens next week and I will depend on Medicare, Florida Blue and Humana to pay for it. I was told by the surgeons office that most likely, between Medicare and Florida Blue, I won't have anything to pay. But, I haven't paid my $147 Medicare deductible yet, so we will (should) get billed for that amount.

Anyway, about 6 weeks in a sling and sleeping in my recliner. Found out, from my last rotator cuff surgery, sleeping in a bed simply doesn't work. At least the recliner is right next to our bedroom door, in case I need my wife for something. She will be with me the day of surgery and is taking a week and a half vacation after the surgery to help me. Good part, my dominate hand/arm/shoulder is the right one and the surgery will be on the left one. After the surgery, PT, PT and more PT........twice a week at a Center and at home.
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Good luck with that! I've never had surgery on my rotator cuff but have injured it several times, once it was bad enough to need PT for months. I do a couple of strength exercises now that target the rotator cuff area and only get occasional twinges now.
 
Surgery is a requirement for a full-tear in a tendon. Both of my rotator cuff surgeries were due to full-tears in the shoulder. Physical Therapy will not fix a full tear. I found that out the hard way by trying PT with the shoulder I'm having surgery on and the PT didn't work at all. Actually, a person can get a partial tear just by reaching behind them into the back seat of their vehicle.

Ameriscot said:
Good luck with that! I've never had surgery on my rotator cuff but have injured it several times, once it was bad enough to need PT for months. I do a couple of strength exercises now that target the rotator cuff area and only get occasional twinges now.
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ClassicRockr said:
Surgery is a requirement for a full-tear in a tendon. Both of my rotator cuff surgeries were due to full-tears in the shoulder. Physical Therapy will not fix a full tear. I found that out the hard way by trying PT with the shoulder I'm having surgery on and the PT didn't work at all. Actually, a person can get a partial tear just by reaching behind them into the back seat of their vehicle.
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Ouch! I hurt mine once by reaching above my head to take down some heavy boxes. And when it hurts now it's repetitions using the mouse for too long and too often. Thankfully I've never torn it.
 
I used to do computer drafting, working a 16 button cursor 8 hours a day was constantly playing havoc with my wrist and shoulder, had to get many shots to shoulder.

.....today I'm rearranging clothes in closets.
 
My rotator cuff tear was initially fixed with PT and the current tear will probably be treated with PT too. I also get PT for my back and hips so sometimes I feel like I might as well move to the PT facility. My first tear came about 20 years ago when I helped hubby build a stone fence; since then I've wrecked the same (left) shoulder quite a few times - usually by lifting things that are too heavy.
 
Ameriscot said:
My foot is often in my mouth! Really wish it tasted better! ;)
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Ha, ha, ha, Now that you put it that way, I'm thinking of sprinkling some chocolate sauce on my feet now.

QuickSilver said:
I'm having my Vitamin D3 level drawn today... I was very deficient and the doc increased my dosage to 5000 units a day. SOOOO... Hopefully my level is sufficient.
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Something I live with on a regular basis, best wishes on your next testing, I have to get these test every few months

Ameriscot said:
We make our Ugandan daughter take vitamin D pills while she is working in Scotland (not overly sunny!) because she is very dark skinned making it harder to absorb from the sun.

My dental appointment was only for a checkup apparently although I thought it was cleaning as well. Actually that was okay because I started coughing as soon as I got there. Did xrays of all my crowns to make sure there was no decay around the outside of them. Dentist said I'm taking very good care of them. Have to go back in March for a good scraping and cleaning because I have lots of tea and coffee stains on my lower crooked teeth. They were going to give me an appointment next week on my birthday, but declined. No scraping on my birthday. Besides, husband has booked a hotel in Glasgow the night and we'll be heading into the city in the morning.

Happy with my haircut that I got afterwards. :)
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Ameriscot, I often test deficient and have to be placed on prescription strength doses to raise it to normal and then afterwards I just have to take a regular dose on a daily basis and I live in sunny Fl. For some darker complexions D-vitamin deficiency is a regular issue no matter where we live, I also have the issue with iron as well have had the iron issue since childhood.
 
I wake up, make my way to the office and turn on the computer. I usually play my harmonica, or several of them, for twenty or thirty minutes, quietly behind closed doors, to stretch my lungs and strengthen my diaphragm. Then start hunting something for breakfast. But you guys have made me hungry, so I'm going shopping, grocery shopping.
 
AprilT said:
Ameriscot, I often test deficient and have to be placed on prescription strength doses to raise it to normal and then afterwards I just have to take a regular dose on a daily basis and I live in sunny Fl. For some darker complexions D-vitamin deficiency is a regular issue no matter where we live, I also have the issue with iron as well have had the iron issue since childhood.
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Normally that's true, however, in Uganda which is on the equator and has very strong, constant sunshine it's not an issue.
 
QuickSilver said:
I think that people living in northern climates are more susceptible to this as they do not receive as much sun... we manufacture vitamin D from sunlight.. It's very important for calcium absorption into bones as well as maintaining appropriate blood levels of calcium and phosphorus.
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Oh yes living in the Northern hemisphere I've always known how important it is to get our quota of Vitamin D.. but I'd not heard specifically of a deficiency of VIT D3 I was just curious as to whether there was another reason for the cause..
 
Well... I'm very fair.. Live in Chicago and have a deficiency.. Of course I had my last blood draw in March of last year so just as we were coming out of a long winter. I don't know what my level are in the summer.. Perhaps higher. But I am not a sun worshiper anyway.. I stopped that 20 years ago.. So I don't intentionally sunbathe. Not good for wrinkles...but wonderful for Melanoma.
 

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