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I went to see my PCP yesterday. I don't remember if I told you that the surgeon I went to see for my gallbladder put in her clinical notes that I was Toxic-Appearing and had really high blood pressure (194/82), and that I should see my PCP.

Ergo, I saw him. He does not think I am Toxic-Appearing (in other words I don't look like death warmed over) and will live. We discussed the blood pressure situation but nothing came of it *that I recall*. My pressure yesterday had 154 for a top number which is a lot higher than usual.

He seriously advised me to get a dog. I told him I was planning to move next summer (not out of my beloved Georgia), and I would think about it then.

I will be taking my son out driving again today. He did real well last night in the dark. He's gained a lot of self-confidence lately.

If I don't do laundry today, I will have to join a nudist colony for the seniors. Since we have 3 churches on our quiet residential street, I'll probably have to leave the state.
 

WheatenLover said:
More baking! I had a plan like yours for Christmas cookie baking. I was planning to bake about 15 kinds of cookies. Christmas rolled around, no cookies. No problemo, New Years Day will do! Resolution aside, Valentines Day rolled around and still no cookies. Then Christmas came again! And I, The Queen of Procrastination, made it through another entire year!

It's a big problem when one loves to eat one's own baking, but has tired of baking after 55 years of doing it. OTOH, I don't eat a dozen cookies at a time any more - no need to have will power (which, as you can see, is a good thing, since I don't).
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I make roughly 5000 cookies across 8 varieties every Christmas season and ship out 35 boxes of cookies to dear friends and family members, and also give a box of them to half a dozen neighbors. We'll have 4 parties this year, with everyone leaving our home with a box of 50-75 cookies. At three of those parties, I'll be cranking out 24 or so pizzas, as well. The 4th is Christmas Eve so no pizza that night.

Other than occasional rounds of biscotti or baking for a specific event or request, my cookie baking gloves are hung up between New Years and Thanksgiving.

My 9' X 4' dining room table during baking/shipping season.

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Pepper said:
I DID IT! Yesterday began wheelchairing myself around and today made twice around floor and backed myself into my room! Hard on hands. Calluses allready forming. Have more confidence and think healing well for an older broad.
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@Pepper .. you might consider buying a pair of cotton gloves, which might make it less hard on your hands. They have them for wheelchair users.
 
Pepper said:
I DID IT! Yesterday began wheelchairing myself around and today made twice around floor and backed myself into my room! Hard on hands. Calluses allready forming. Have more confidence and think healing well for an older broad.
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Is the chair temporary til your foot heals?
 
Pepper said:
Yes! Enjoying getting skills with chair. I’m on the move! Standing up for long periods of time. Truthfully now I’m exhausted. Don’t get much sleep here.
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In my experience, hospital and hospital-like settings are bright, noisy places 24/7 with noisy, uncomfortable plastic covered mattresses. I've never gotten a decent night's sleep until returning home.

Am I remembering correctly that the docs want to look at something with your other foot, or was that resolved already? Or did I dream that? 🤪
 
Fritz said:
I got 9 hrs of sleep in the five days I was in. I was not happy.
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same with me in July after the car crash... I was in the Emergency resus department so not a regular ward.. however it was very peaceful compared to the regular A&E dept.. or any wards... because there was no visitors allowed and I had a private room..one of 6..for seriously ill or injured patients , but they kept the doors open all night to keep an eye on me.. so I didn't sleep with all the activity going on beyond the doors and the bright lights shining in.... this is a picture I took at 3am from my bed... you can see the doors are wide open....


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Eventually I begged them to block the light.. they still wouldn't shut the door, because my hand and arm was wrecked I was unable to pull the cord if I need help.. so instead they pulled a curtain over.. helped a little not much

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jujube said:
Well, the Spousal Equivalent got the results back from his biopsy and it's melanoma again.

The last time was rough. His surgery is on Monday. We're hoping for the best. He sees the Derm every 6 months, so hopefully it hasn't gotten far.
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Oh , I'm sorry to hear that Jujube... what bad luck.... I do hope for your O/h' sake that the surgery goes well, and he recovers fully... 🙏
 
hollydolly said:
same with me in July after the car crash... I was in the Emergency resus department so not a regular ward.. however it was very peaceful compared to the regular A&E dept.. or any wards... because there was no visitors allowed and I had a private room..one of 6..for seriously ill or injured patients , but they kept the doors open all night to keep an eye on me.. so I didn't sleep with all the activity going on beyond the doors and the bright lights shining in.... this is a picture I took at 3am from my bed... you can see the doors are wide open....


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Eventually I begged them to block the light.. they still wouldn't shut the door, because my hand and arm was wrecked I was unable to pull the cord if I need help.. so instead they pulled a curtain over.. helped a little not much

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Here they dim the lights in the entire building at 9 pm.
 
StarSong said:
I make roughly 5000 cookies across 8 varieties every Christmas season and ship out 35 boxes of cookies to dear friends and family members, and also give a box of them to half a dozen neighbors. We'll have 4 parties this year, with everyone leaving our home with a box of 50-75 cookies. At three of those parties, I'll be cranking out 24 or so pizzas, as well. The 4th is Christmas Eve so no pizza that night.

Other than occasional rounds of biscotti or baking for a specific event or request, my cookie baking gloves are hung up between New Years and Thanksgiving.

My 9' X 4' dining room table during baking/shipping season.

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Okay, I now know for sure that you are a cheerful and optimistic Wonder Woman!

If I suddenly woke up being perfect, I could not achieve completing that project.
 
Yesterday I was up right after midnight and cleaned the bathroom. Mid morning I walked to the supermarket. My son went to Walmart and Costco for me after work. In the evening, I put away the things he bought and Deja's Chewy order that had come in the day before.

This morning I went down to the laundry room and washed clothes before dawn. I dried them in our apartment sized dryer, though it takes a bit longer. I put away the rest of the items from the load I did earlier in the week and half the ones from today. I napped for a couple of hours, then got ready to go to HS#3's radio broadcast. I was a guest again tonight and during the show's second half, shared my experiences as a recording artist with Impostor's Syndrome, tonight's topic of discussion. Impostor's Syndrome is explained here:
https://search.brave.com/search?q=what+is+impostors+syndrome&source=desktop&summary=1&conversation=be3e88163ca73d52f88e8b

We got nice feedback about the show. My plan for the rest of the night is to relax and watch some mindless T.V., likely a B disaster or monster movie (or a combo of both).
 

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