2017-What's happening with you? How's it going?

Ruthanne

Ruthanne

Caregiver
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:sup:Thought I'd start a new thread in the new year to just chat about what is happening in your life today; whatever you want to chat about. I

hope everyone who feels to will feel free to participate as everyone is welcome to add what's happening in their life and/or their feedback.

As for what is happening with me today: I finally will be seeing the pain management doctor today late in the afternoon. I am hoping to get some

medication to help my neck and back pain. Also hope he will set me up with a pain block procedure. I've had them before from him but it was several

years back. I went to him last year for my knee but he wouldn't give me a shot for it because it was not swollen. So, I hope he will agree to a shot

for my neck and back this time.

I will be seeing my GP at the end of this month and she might give me a cortisone shot in my knee if the xrays that were taken of my knee shows

arthritis. Well, something is causing the pain that's for sure.:shrug:
 

A miserable start to the new year. Lousy weather, problems with the central heating boiler and the internet speed has dropped. Nobody cares about rural communities here and we're lucky to have an internet that is faster than a carrier pigeon. The boiler is outdoors (very common here), so I'll have to wait until the rain stops before I check it out. Hopefully it won't be anything serious.

Ruthanne, hope you get your aches and pains sorted out soon.
 
Same old same old. Sorry to hear of others starting off with troubles...
 

Good luck Capt. And Ruthanne.
Nothing special going on here today. A trip to BJs wholesale club to stock up on paper goods and coffee is in order. Mother and I are both on the mend from our two weeks of hell. Bad cold and COPD for me and four days in the hospital for her with pneumonia. Very glad to see this holiday season over.
Rain predicted here today. High in the low 80s.
 
Hi Capt! Seems like problems always pile up on us at once. Best to bundle up to stay warm. That's sad that they don't care about the rural communities. Sounds

like you have to fend for yourself and that can't be easy. I used to have an electric heater for added heat at times but someone else has it now. Maybe you could

invest in one for times when the boiler acts up. I hope things will start turning around for you soon. Thanks for your concern about my aches and pains.
 
Ralphy1 said:
Same old same old. Sorry to hear of others starting off with troubles...
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I know what you mean Ralphy, things don't

change much with me either. Thanks for caring. :)

Pappy said:
Good luck Capt. And Ruthanne.
Nothing special going on here today. A trip to BJs wholesale club to stock up on paper goods and coffee is in order. Mother and I are both on the mend from our two weeks of hell. Bad cold and COPD for me and four days in the hospital for her with pneumonia. Very glad to see this holiday season over.
Rain predicted here today. High in the low 80s.
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Thanks Pappy.

OMG, you two were really very sick with the bad cold, pneumonia and COPD. I hope both of you get better real soon. I'm glad you don't have cold

weather there. Enjoy your trip to the wholesale club.
 
My wrists are healing up nicely from the Ohio State Buckeye total beat down by Clemson on New Years Eve. I'm headed to Hilo this morning to do semiweekly shopping. Typical Hawaiian weather, so that's not an issue.

Ruthanne - sorry to hear about all the pain you have to deal with. I think the science of pain management has a long way to go. Someday we will have medication to treat the pain that do not cause addiction/overuse issues for so many people.

(The wrist thing is a bad old family joke - whenever the Buckeyes lose, I'm accused of being so depressed I, well, you know...)
 
Wanted to hit the Gym today to counter my somewhat merry making this weekend... but my sacroiliac is really sore today.. I feel so achy... maybe it's the rainy damp weather. Might just sit and chill out today.
 
Falcon said:
2 days ago I had a semi-mild stroke. No body paralysis but it is playing hell with my vision; so bear with me. THANX.
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Sorry to hear that Falcon. Please take care of yourself and hopefully, your vision will return. Your input is needed here.
 
So far, so good. I enjoyed watching the Rose Bowl Parade today (one of these days, I AM going to see it in person!). Tomorrow, we're planning on heading to St. Augustine for lunch and a stroll-around, weather permitting. Wednesday, babysitting the almost-granddaughters.

Life will be good until February, when my mom is getting a knee replacement and I'll be up in the Panhandle taking care of her.
 
It is a rainy kind of foggy day. My son and daughter in law came over and took me out to eat. I had Barbecue wings and vegetables with dip. Enough left over I don't have to cook supper.
 
captain, I know how bad internet can be. Had sorry service since Oct. With slow loads, cut offs, freezing, and you name it, the keyboard on my tablet even went in and out. The man comes out and all it was was a bad modem, thank goodness. No charge since I rent the thing from them :/ Now the change is amazing even though I only have 6mbps. If the world is going to insist I use this stuff I guess it needs to be kept up to date. It drives me bonkers! Now heating is a totally different matter with health and well being involved. I had some probs with a/c in the summer but so far heat I'd doing well. Hope things get better for you soon and happy New year!
 
Ruthann, sorry to hear of your pains. I'll be posting here as things come up. As you can see, I've already got things screwed up not replying to you first :eek: I'm extremely glad to get rid of so much political nonsense and hope for more interesting social media, if that's possible. Lol. My GDs have been here since Friday and will go home tonight for school tomorrow. Whew! I love em to death but I'm Old! I get worn out being on my feet doing this and that and shopping. COPD and osteoporosis doesn't take too much constant activity without good breaks in between. Oh well, tomorrow will be recoup day for sure. Hope everyone has a great new year!
 
Wife plans on giving her two-weeks notice in the next 7 to 10 days. I plan on giving my 30-day notice no later than 1/15. Both have made the decision to fully retire. I'm 70 and she is 69. The Good Lord has blessed us both with excellent health. We have a few small things we want/need to do while our health is still good. She has a sister in Wyoming we need to visit. She has an aged uncle and aunt and I have an aged aunt... all close to each other about 5 hours south of here. We need to visit them for a couple days. We have a grandson's high school graduation to attend a 10-hour drive from here in June. And, a family get together in July. So... some short trips for a few months. And, every day we aren't running down the highway I plan on playing golf.

We're both counting down the days and hope we keep waking up to enjoy some time together.
 
Hoot N Annie said:
My wrists are healing up nicely from the Ohio State Buckeye total beat down by Clemson on New Years Eve. I'm headed to Hilo this morning to do semiweekly shopping. Typical Hawaiian weather, so that's not an issue.

Ruthanne - sorry to hear about all the pain you have to deal with. I think the science of pain management has a long way to go. Someday we will have medication to treat the pain that do not cause addiction/overuse issues for so many people.

(The wrist thing is a bad old family joke - whenever the Buckeyes lose, I'm accused of being so depressed I, well, you know...)
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Yeah, I heard about the Buckeys, too, glad you didn't really do the wrists! :) Did you get anything good shopping? I ended up not going to the pain management doctor. I was too tired from being up too late. I tried to cancel and reschedule but the line was busy for a long time. They'll probably chew me out for not showing up.

Falcon said:
2 days ago I had a semi-mild stroke. No body paralysis but it is playing hell with my vision; so bear with me. THANX.
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Oh my Falcon, that sounds like a rough thing to go through! I'm sorry it effected your vision. Do you have to see any doctor about it?

QuickSilver said:
Wanted to hit the Gym today to counter my somewhat merry making this weekend... but my sacroiliac is really sore today.. I feel so achy... maybe it's the rainy damp weather. Might just sit and chill out today.
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I think a lot of put on a few this weekend QS. My sacroiliac was acting up, too, awhile back and I put a big ice pack on it several times and that really helped. It's a good day to relax.

jujube said:
So far, so good. I enjoyed watching the Rose Bowl Parade today (one of these days, I AM going to see it in person!). Tomorrow, we're planning on heading to St. Augustine for lunch and a stroll-around, weather permitting. Wednesday, babysitting the almost-granddaughters.

Life will be good until February, when my mom is getting a knee replacement and I'll be up in the Panhandle taking care of her.
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I hope you enjoy your trip jujube. Sounds like you are going to have your hands full taking care of the almost-granddaughters and then your mom. Good luck with that! :)

Lynk said:
It is a rainy kind of foggy day. My son and daughter in law came over and took me out to eat. I had Barbecue wings and vegetables with dip. Enough left over I don't have to cook supper.
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That is so nice to go out to eat with family and the food sounds really yummy. I'm always glad when I don't have to cook.
 
dearimee said:
captain, I know how bad internet can be. Had sorry service since Oct. With slow loads, cut offs, freezing, and you name it, the keyboard on my tablet even went in and out. The man comes out and all it was was a bad modem, thank goodness. No charge since I rent the thing from them :/ Now the change is amazing even though I only have 6mbps. If the world is going to insist I use this stuff I guess it needs to be kept up to date. It drives me bonkers! Now heating is a totally different matter with health and well being involved. I had some probs with a/c in the summer but so far heat I'd doing well. Hope things get better for you soon and happy New year!
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Internet problems can be maddening! Glad you only needed a modem and 6 mbps is pretty good, I think I have 5.

dearimee said:
Ruthann, sorry to hear of your pains. I'll be posting here as things come up. As you can see, I've already got things screwed up not replying to you first :eek: I'm extremely glad to get rid of so much political nonsense and hope for more interesting social media, if that's possible. Lol. My GDs have been here since Friday and will go home tonight for school tomorrow. Whew! I love em to death but I'm Old! I get worn out being on my feet doing this and that and shopping. COPD and osteoporosis doesn't take too much constant activity without good breaks in between. Oh well, tomorrow will be recoup day for sure. Hope everyone has a great new year!
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Thanks dearimee. Sorry you have COPD and osteoporosis. I hope you recoup goes well. Happy New Year to you, too!

Grumpy Ol' Man said:
Wife plans on giving her two-weeks notice in the next 7 to 10 days. I plan on giving my 30-day notice no later than 1/15. Both have made the decision to fully retire. I'm 70 and she is 69. The Good Lord has blessed us both with excellent health. We have a few small things we want/need to do while our health is still good. She has a sister in Wyoming we need to visit. She has an aged uncle and aunt and I have an aged aunt... all close to each other about 5 hours south of here. We need to visit them for a couple days. We have a grandson's high school graduation to attend a 10-hour drive from here in June. And, a family get together in July. So... some short trips for a few months. And, every day we aren't running down the highway I plan on playing golf.

We're both counting down the days and hope we keep waking up to enjoy some time together.
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Congratulations on you and your wife retiring. That's fantastic you both have excellent health. I hope you enjoy all the trips you take and golf, too!
 
Didn't go to my appointment for pain management. Have to reschedule. I was too tired and it's quite a long drive. Tried calling them and the number was busy for a long time.

Started communicating with a guy on POF. He seems very nice and we are going to have a text conversation on our phones for the first time tonight. He is a teacher. We'll see how this goes. :)
 

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