What's on your agenda for today?

I've vowed to get back to sorting the umpty-multeen photographs that are in five large packers in a closet. I started up again yesterday, got discouraged real fast. Part of me wants to get them in some sort of order; part of me wants to take them out to the middle of the street, pour gas on them and burn 'em up. Part of me acknowledges that those who come after me probably won't be interested in them. Most of me knows that I can probably throw about 75% of them away....I mean how many pictures do I need of various family members standing in the yard or at the beach or opening presents on Christmas morning and grinning like idiots. I've thrown away hundreds and hundreds already of pictures taken on vacation of mountains, waterfalls, etc. If I really have a burning urge to look at a picture of Niagara Falls, I'll look at a better one on the internet. Now, if I had a picture of my mother-in-law going OVER the falls, I might keep that.

My big dream is to winnow them down to a thousand or so and scan them into a slide show, divided into various family groups and ancestors. Give everybody a copy and then go have a bonfire in the middle of the street.
 

Jujube, I did what you are doing with the pics about 3 years ago. I thought I would never get through them. I made 4 boxes for the 4 kids and they are still in my closet. I also have about 7 or 8 shoebox size boxes of pics they can fight over after I'm dead. Really, I try to give away pics to every relative who visits me. I don't plan to put them on the computer or flash drive though. I don't like to rely on electricity for something like that. I know I'm in the minority on this one. :)

Today I'm going to the dr and probably get a shot in my knee. I've never had one before but my husband seems to think it's the answer. We'll see how it goes.
 
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Linda said:
Jujube, I did what you are doing with the pics about 3 years ago. I thought I would never get through them. I made 4 boxes for the 4 kids and they are still in my closet. I also have about 7 or 8 shoebox size boxes of pics they can fight over after I'm dead. Really, I try to give away pics to every relative who visits me. I don't plan to put them on the computer or flash drive though. I don't like to rely on electricity for something like that. I know I'm in the minority on this one. :)

Today I'm going to the dr and probably get a shot in my knee. I've never had one before but my husband seems to think it's the answer. We'll see how it goes.
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I had one injection in my knee some six or so months ago and vowed not to get one of those again, that thing hurt and didn't do a darn thing for my pain but give me bad memories about the injection. I was getting injections in my shoulder and hip, those I could manage, but that knee one, that was way more uncomfortable, mostly due to less cushioning I guess.
 

Intended to get my act together today, sort laundry, clean up kitchen, etc. etc. So far, just done a tiny bit --- cooked up spaghetti and sauce and sitting down to enjoy a big plate of it. Yummy yum. I'll probably need a nap after this.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
AprilT "I might have to have the exact pair put aside stapled together waiting by the door just ready for me to step into them before I walk out the door, however with my luck, I'll end up walking out the door in my slippers. :laugh:

Or, with your luck, you'd try to walk out the door with the shoes still stapled together!!!!!

I'm home again, home again, jiggety jig! It's fun to dog sit with my Big Brown Dog and the house is a comfy place to be, but I'm always glad to get home again. Bluecheese50, I know exactly how you feel.
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I don't know if I was misreading the text you wrote or my brain malfunctioning, but it dawned on me, I forgot I had one of my stronger seizures not but a little over a week ago might account for some of my recent struggles. So be patient with me. Seeing one of my doctors on Wed to discuss my MRI back results. They did give me a call sometime about bulge bla, blah, blah disc blah, blah. Anyway, I've sure to mention the last seizure.
 
Thanks for the info AprilT, I just somehow knew I didn't want that shot. She gave my husband one in his shoulder and he said it didn't hurt and made the pain go away. She and her assistant always take us in together for some reason, the 4 of us talk a lot. Anyway, she said my right knee that hurts the most was blah, blah, blah. I think she thinks I'm smarter than I am and can remember all those big words. Anyway, she said she'd wait on a shot and try Celebrex first but after reading all the possible side effects I doubt I take them. The other knee she said was something else and even though it doesn't hurt as much she wants me to have an MRI and see an orthopedic Dr. I said NO to both. She said cause I had already told her something (maybe that my knee cap moves sometimes or something like that) she HAD to refer me to the orthopedic and I could just cancel the appt if I choose to. She did withdraw the MRI. She, as usual, hassled me a bit for not doing everything she asks me too and I don't like getting backed into a corner about things. I told her I don't want to get all into going to the various Dr's and getting tests and all sorts treatments all the time. It's about 50 miles one way for all the crazy places she wants us to go. Anyway, I finally told her I was getting pretty old and maybe I'd die before I got bad enough to have to worry about taking all these tests and treatments. My husband told her he was going to live to be 100 so I said "Great you can get yourself a young wife and live it up on my insurance money." So she thought that was funny. She and the medical assistant followed me clear out to the waiting room hassling me about all the things they wanted me to do. They don't realize I'd show up down there more often if they didn't try to run my life for me. I cancel most of my appt there and just go in once or twice a year.

So tomorrow I'll have to make an appt for the 2 of us to get a bunch of lab work done, which I don't mind doing. I like to keep up on things.

AprilT, I sure hope you remember to tell your Dr about your seizures. Did you feel claustrophobic when you had your MRI? 2 of my kids freak out even in the open machines, which they tell me, aren't really open.

 
Up early to catch the first train to Boston. Have some meetings in town today, so no working from home today. And of course we're expecting SNOW just in time for the commute home! Ugh.
 
Good morning. My daughter just posted a picture of a roaring fire in her fireplace with "I just hate my commute!" She works from home and g'daughter goes to cyberschool. LOL

It's cold again this morning, but the sun's out so all's well.

A couple of weeks ago I scrubbed the front of my kitchen cupboards. Why I did that before cleaning the insides is anybody's guess, but I'm thinking seriously of doing it today. A job well thought over is half done, right?
 
Linda said:
Thanks for the info AprilT, I just somehow knew I didn't want that shot. She gave my husband one in his shoulder and he said it didn't hurt and made the pain go away. She and her assistant always take us in together for some reason, the 4 of us talk a lot. Anyway, she said my right knee that hurts the most was blah, blah, blah. I think she thinks I'm smarter than I am and can remember all those big words. Anyway, she said she'd wait on a shot and try Celebrex first but after reading all the possible side effects I doubt I take them. The other knee she said was something else and even though it doesn't hurt as much she wants me to have an MRI and see an orthopedic Dr. I said NO to both. She said cause I had already told her something (maybe that my knee cap moves sometimes or something like that) she HAD to refer me to the orthopedic and I could just cancel the appt if I choose to. She did withdraw the MRI. She, as usual, hassled me a bit for not doing everything she asks me too and I don't like getting backed into a corner about things. I told her I don't want to get all into going to the various Dr's and getting tests and all sorts treatments all the time. It's about 50 miles one way for all the crazy places she wants us to go. Anyway, I finally told her I was getting pretty old and maybe I'd die before I got bad enough to have to worry about taking all these tests and treatments. My husband told her he was going to live to be 100 so I said "Great you can get yourself a young wife and live it up on my insurance money." So she thought that was funny. She and the medical assistant followed me clear out to the waiting room hassling me about all the things they wanted me to do. They don't realize I'd show up down there more often if they didn't try to run my life for me. I cancel most of my appt there and just go in once or twice a year.

So tomorrow I'll have to make an appt for the 2 of us to get a bunch of lab work done, which I don't mind doing. I like to keep up on things.

AprilT, I sure hope you remember to tell your Dr about your seizures. Did you feel claustrophobic when you had your MRI? 2 of my kids freak out even in the open machines, which they tell me, aren't really open.

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Linda, to answer you about the MRI, I've had a few some better than others, I don't care for them, yes, I feel claustrophobic in them more so in the closed one, but, the last time what I found made it less bothersome was having them stream in some very upbeat music through the headphones as opposed to the relaxing type of music I thought would have a soothing effect but only served to make me way more panicky. Keeping the eyes closed and the upbeat music worked like a charm for me this time around, I wasn't anywhere near as uncomfortable as previous experiences in the MRI machine it even seemed to go by quicker. :)
 
Ina said:
I've had so many MRI's that I can go to sleep, even with all the noise. It's the only way I can stay still like they tell us to. I always ask for old 50's and 60's music. :wave:
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I think dozing off with music is about the best way to go, that or ask for a sedative, I've yet to get a sedative, but, I was seriously considering it before I closed my eyes and zoned out this last time around. :) I'm told they often will give children a sedative in order to keep them still because it can be pretty traumatic and difficult to keep them still and without keeping them stable in there they're not able to get accurate results.
 
Hi Georgia;)

Today I am not doing much. I didn't yesterday either, just my floor exercises, and some for my rotator cuff injury. I know it is getting better, amazing. I've had people tell me that the only cure is surgery.

I will work on my new puzzle I started yesterday. It's windy and raining here, so hope there won't come any need to go out, unless it's down to "what I call" the wreck-room where others socialize. It's fun to go down almost any, time of day and find someone to say hey too;) There's one guy that seems to always have a tootsie roll pop in his face, but takes it out long enough to say something funny;) Others are putting together puzzles or playing games. Huge TV set if you want to watch with others, like a game or something;)

I'm still in my jammies, didn't get up til a bit after 8. Just enjoying having my own space:) Have a great day, denise:love_heart:
 
Today is an at home day. I am sitting, patting Shakira Shady Boots, head catterorrist. The fireplace is on, I have had a cup of coffee. Typical island winter day, cloudy with showers. This is what we pay to live in a green paradise. MRIs terrify me. As an

extreme claustrophobe, the only way I could ever endure that would be sedation. Bring on the horse tranquilisers stat!!!
 
Snowy day today, and I have no reason to go out. Will try to get on with my neglected chores, read, drink coffee and play video games. A roaring fire in the fireplace would complete my cosy scene, but I will have to make do with a desktop picture.

I'm scheduled for an MRI in March for my on/off vertigo and am not looking forward to laying still for it - I hope they have a sedative for me too.
 
Cookie, on about the 3rd try (the last 2 being with an open MRI machine) they gave my oldest son Valium and he was able to make it through although he said it wasn't easy. Will they let you wear ear buds in there? If so, take an ipod or phone or something and listen to a good book or music while you are in there. It wouldn't work for me as the ear buds get to making my ears itch and that wouldn't be good. :) I don't know if headphones are too big to take in an MRI or not. I hate being dizzy so I can imagine how determined you are to get that MRI over with.
 
Linda said:
Cookie, on about the 3rd try (the last 2 being with an open MRI machine) they gave my oldest son Valium and he was able to make it through although he said it wasn't easy. Will they let you wear ear buds in there? If so, take an ipod or phone or something and listen to a good book or music while you are in there. It wouldn't work for me as the ear buds get to making my ears itch and that wouldn't be good. :) I don't know if headphones are too big to take in an MRI or not. I hate being dizzy so I can imagine how determined you are to get that MRI over with.
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I wish you could take ipod in, but it would interfere with the equipment as would any item containing electrical components of such. I said they gave me headphones, I think they just piped in the music, sometimes I get confusicaled. LOL! Unless the headphones were all plastic, but, not sure how that would have worked. I'm now trying to recall, but, though I'd rather forget the whole experience even if that time it wasn't as bad.
 
Greeneyes: My wife & I are looking after 3 of our grand children this week as they are on their summer holidays here in Australia
and Both their Mother & Father work, It is going to be a very hot day so we will be out in the pool, for a while. :)
 
GDAD said:
Greeneyes: My wife & I are looking after 3 of our grand children this week as they are on their summer holidays here in Australia
and Both their Mother & Father work, It is going to be a very hot day so we will be out in the pool, for a while. :)
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Sounds nice, GDAAD...my hub used to help me with our oldest granddaughter when he had a different sjob, now 3 g'kids later, I watch them by myself which fun! lol
 
I could call ahead and request a sedative, I believe the MRI is only going to take about 20 minutes which doesn't seem too bad. My sister had a test on her heart (angiogram?) where she had to lie still afterwards for 4 hours - horrors.
 
A good article mentions about the keeping eyes closed, I just did it for myself remembering how awful it was keeping my eyes open last time. The also mention bring ear plugs, something I had meant to do but forgot to bring my own, though I think the music through ear plug or headphone, whatever they gave me, worked well enough.

https://health.thefuntimesguide.com/2006/04/mri_facts.php

This is the one I had


Here is someone who had their partner film them getting an MIR, I think this view gives a less stressful portrait for someone who wants to see what it might be like.


Something to think about though


I think maybe somone may feel we've hijacked this thread a tad bit, so, that's it on this matter from me folks.
 
Today was actually sunny, for a change (not exactly balmy, but sunshine at least) so Bonnie and I went for a long walk. She was thrilled and sniffed every bush, tree, hedge, leaf pile, and anything else interesting on our route. Lotsa folks out walking their dogs today.

THEN for the thrilling high point of my day, I went out and did poop patrol in the backyard.
 

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