Reflections of My Life

katlupe said:
I wanted to mention the Fit King Leg Air Massager since I have used it four days now. 20 minutes in the early evening on the lowest intensity so far. It has made a big difference! My feet used to be red, swollen and the calves of my legs hurt and were swollen too. My legs felt heavy and tight. Now they don't! Is it this massager? I have no idea. It feels good though.

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It's both. Without the compression stockings the legs would fill up and swell again.
 

I'm so happy that you are getting some relief in your feet and legs, and I'd be willing to bet it's the massagers! I had finally dozed off in the wee hours this morning, only to be awakened by quite the thunder and lightning storm!
 
katlupe said:
Probably. But I could not wear the stockings all day and for some reason I can now. So I am putting them on earlier and taking them off later.
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This is easily explained. If the legs are too swollen, the stockings can be quite uncomfortable and even painful. But by using the 'Fit King Leg Air Massager' your legs got better which makes the stockings much more comfortable. In Germany by experienced vein and lymph specialists it is well known that the anti-edema therapy (with manual lymphatic drainage in lymphedema or with compression bandages in venous edema) is the first pillar in therapy. After this when the leg is at it's thinnest, then comes the second pillar which is wearing compression stockings to hold this success. The problem is often, that the stockings are given too early before the swelling (edema) has gone down enough. And there is another reason. Most people can't bandage a leg in the right way, not even doctors and nurses. So the patients get medical compression stockings from the very beginning. As I was in hospital because of my first deep vein thrombosis in my left leg after hernia surgery, they even couldn't bandage my leg on a ward for vascular surgery! They just didn't know how to do it.
 
George1959 said:
This is easily explained. If the legs are too swollen, the stockings can be quite uncomfortable and even painful. But by using the 'Fit King Leg Air Massager' your legs got better which makes the stockings much more comfortable. In Germany by experienced vein and lymph specialists it is well known that the anti-edema therapy (with manual lymphatic drainage in lymphedema or with compression bandages in venous edema) is the first pillar in therapy. After this when the leg is at it's thinnest, then comes the second pillar which is wearing compression stockings to hold this success. The problem is often, that the stockings are given too early before the swelling (edema) has gone down enough. And there is another reason. Most people can't bandage a leg in the right way, not even doctors and nurses. So the patients get medical compression stockings from the very beginning. As I was in hospital because of my first deep vein thrombosis in my left leg after hernia surgery, they even couldn't bandage my leg on a ward for vascular surgery! They just didn't know how to do it.
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My Lymphedema therapist told me the problem is the doctors don't know anything about it. There is only one Lymphedema clinic in our area and it about a 40 mile drive to get there. Hopefully, they will start learning or maybe new ones coming up will. Lots of people have this. Everyone just says take water pills or don't use salt......neither thing has anything to do with it!
 
Did my walk this morning with my friend. She is very happy with the MP3 player I made for her. I wasn't sure if she would like the music on it or not. She likes Christian music only and I had a bunch of CDs that were contemporary Christian and then some that were old time hymns. I put them all on it and I guess she likes them. She kept thanking me over and over.

Right now I am finishing up cleaning my kitchen. Sadly, I could not wash the dishes from supper last night because I could not stand there that long. So did them with my breakfast dishes. Now I am making 2 batches of Keto Chow for ice cream for tomorrow and the next day. I keep stopping to take a break in between and put my feet up when I do. It helps.

I have my window open right now. Feels like spring. Sun coming in and I can hear the crows acting up. They fly to the roof on the building across from me and Rabbit must see them because he goes on alert. I tell him they can't get him here. He is wary.......since he was picked up by an owl 9 years ago. But that turned out to be a good thing for him and for me!
 
Today, I have felt kind of lazy. Don't know why. I am doing a load of laundry right now. Just put my clothes into the dryer. So will clean the bunny cage and wash dishes in the meantime. Otherwise I was just scrolling around on the internet. Watched some YouTube videos for a bit. Sonny was going to some kind of a race thing at a track he works at in the season. I guess the season is starting.

Not much to do for supper. Making a burger bowl, it is all cooked just need to be warmed up and have extras added to it. I found a goldmine of a site that had all kinds of keto recipes for dressings, sauces and dips. There were some I was looking for and found those and more. I wrote them all done quickly by hand. Don't want to wake up the printer because it will want new ink and I don't have any yet. Not till next month. I will budget it in.
 
katlupe said:
My Lymphedema therapist told me the problem is the doctors don't know anything about it. There is only one Lymphedema clinic in our area and it about a 40 mile drive to get there. Hopefully, they will start learning or maybe new ones coming up will. Lots of people have this. Everyone just says take water pills or don't use salt......neither thing has anything to do with it!
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She is completely right.
 
Today is my errand day with Sonny. Have to get my son's money and pay his bills. Do some grocery shopping. Not my favorite day to say the least.

I guess I may as well admit to you all..........last Wednesday, my new aide was scheduled to be here at 11 and she never showed up or called. Then she was scheduled the next day, Thursday and the same thing. Never heard from her. I expect Committed Care to call me today to ask me how she is doing and if I like her. Won't they be surprised? I was. I felt like she liked me and was going to keep working for me. She was telling me all the things she could do such as taking me to appointments, shopping, etc.

Honestly though, I hate having an aide when they are here. I am very nice to them though so they don't know that. I like them as people but don't really like other people touching my things or being here for three hours. It is always a burden on me and I can't wait for it to be time for them to leave. Why they keep saying I need 15 hours a week I have no idea. I needed more hours when the elevator was out but now that it works I don't really need one.

Some of my friends here love having their aides but they do not do anything themselves. The more they can give their aides to do the happier they are. My friend downstairs has almost the same layout apartment as I do and she has had a back disability since being a child. She has one only once a week for 2 hours. She only has her clean in her apartment and do errands, such as picking up water from Walmart for her (the kind that you fill the bottles yourself). That is more like what I would have liked. So I am going to talk to them about the 15 hours being too many hours.
 
I am not in the least surprised Kat.... I just had a feeling this might be the case, for some very odd reason these aides who are registered with that company do not want to work. This last one couldn't have had it easier in your place.. imagine if she was given a whole house to look after?.. I understand when you say that you don't like people touching your stuff, I'm like that too..

Such a PITA getting messed around like this.. stressful too.. Wonder if it would be possible for the company just to send you Ad Hoc help.. for example when the lifts are broken..
 
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In my previous life, as I have told before, I worked as a CNA and a home health & personal care aide. Some of the time I worked both jobs plus did a lot of overtime at the CNA job. I never would have thought of not showing up for a day I was scheduled for. I remember on my day off from the nursing home, I'd have a whole day of clients to see in my aide job. That was back when the pay was pretty low.
 
katlupe said:
In my previous life, as I have told before, I worked as a CNA and a home health & personal care aide. Some of the time I worked both jobs plus did a lot of overtime at the CNA job. I never would have thought of not showing up for a day I was scheduled for. I remember on my day off from the nursing home, I'd have a whole day of clients to see in my aide job. That was back when the pay was pretty low.
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I know it's a controversial thing to say but at least in the UK since they started pay people as much on benefits as they do for work on and just above minimum wage like home help etc.. many people have no incentive to go to work...
 
Pappy said:
I spent many hours in that park Kat. People watching and in my teens, girl watching.
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I love living in Norwich. It is so pretty. Right now they are in the beginning of using the grant money they got for beautifying downtown that NY state awarded them. Modernizing the theater. Putting in a high scale hotel where the Community Bank used to be. Adding various things to the parks. I can't wait to see the end results!

One thing that has been a bad problem is the homeless people and drug problem. There has been an awful lot of drug ODs this past year. The homeless people were not in such a great number until the Black Lives Matter gathering that took place. It seems they brought in a lot of people who never left. Not black either. So we have a lot of people living outside wherever they can find shelter on the cold winter nights. I always say a prayer for them because I could never handle that life myself. One man was 65 and the rest are in their 20's & 30's. A lot of couples. We have a lot of empty buildings and city council has been looking at what to do for them. Sad situation.
 
hollydolly said:
I know it's a controversial thing to say but at least in the UK since they started pay people as much on benefits as they do for work on and just above minimum wage like home help etc.. many people have no incentive to go to work...
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This last aide is 67 and on Social Security herself. She has health issues and walks with a limp. She came here expecting that I needed a lot of personal care since I had 15 hours a week. I think that has been the problem. I think after I free up much of my money after paying off my debt, I would hire a cleaning person about once or twice a month. That is all I need. I would not mind paying for it myself once I have a little extra money.
 
I am beat.......and all I did was shop. How come that tires me out so much I don't know. It seems every aisle I need to go up has a group of people on it. The shoppers for the pick up service have large carts and they were in the way stopping up the flow of traffic. The trouble with me is that I have to stand back to look at what is on the bottom shelves so either I am in someone's way or they are in mine! I finally found what I was looking for.

Did everything I needed to do. Came home and had keto chow ice cream. Then used the leg massager. Oh did that feel good after all that walking. Glad I bought it. Now having supper. A burger bowl that was left over from last night's supper.

Oh yeah, eggs were $2.27 today. The highlight of my day??
 
katlupe said:
I am beat.......and all I did was shop. How come that tires me out so much I don't know. It seems every aisle I need to go up has a group of people on it. The shoppers for the pick up service have large carts and they were in the way stopping up the flow of traffic. The trouble with me is that I have to stand back to look at what is on the bottom shelves so either I am in someone's way or they are in mine! I finally found what I was looking for.

Did everything I needed to do. Came home and had keto chow ice cream. Then used the leg massager. Oh did that feel good after all that walking. Glad I bought it. Now having supper. A burger bowl that was left over from last night's supper.

Oh yeah, eggs were $2.27 today. The highlight of my day??
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@katlupe, thanks for sharing your day with us! What is a leg massager? Today, I mowed 1/2 acre lawn because the lawn guy (he's young) did no return my call, so I did not want the grass to grow too high. And I think the leg massager would be something I would like after all that walking! Great news on the eggs!
 
When I went to bed last night my knees ached so bad. When I got up this morning, it was (and still is) my shoulder. When I got up out of the recliner, my lower back ached. Glad they don't all get together at the same time. As for my back, I watched a few videos from Bob & Brad and they show you how to keep your back straight....lower back, upper back & head, as if you have a stick against them and keep it straight while getting out of a chair. It works great in my office chair, except I don't use the chair arms because they are too high for me. Does not work at all for the recliner. Too low to the floor when rising from it. I don't really like the recliner anymore. I like it when I first sit in it because it is soft. When I have to get out of it though it is just way too low to the floor.

Yesterday even though the price of eggs (and bacon too) has gone down other things went up. Like the frozen beef patties. They had gone down to $12 something about two months ago. Now they are back up to $14.82. I like them so I buy them but wish prices would stay down. I find that I buy some items for convenience as I am trying to make meal preparation and clean up easier for me. I really wanted a steak but they are out of my price range. I bought pork chops instead, thin center cut ones instead of the regular cut that I usually buy. Cheaper. So I thought I would try them. I am being very careful with what I buy.
 
I had a busy day today. Lots of housework. Now my apartment looks "company ready" even though I have no company coming. Just for Rabbit & me. I think he really likes it after I vacuum all his areas. He is not scared of the vacuum cleaner at all.

Done with supper, dishes, leg massager and now drinking my LMNT chocolate mint electrolytes hot, like hot cocoa. So good! All I have left to do is coffee for morning.

I started reading a new book, a novel. I haven't read a novel in quite some time. So enjoying it! Can't put it down so had to read in between my chores today.
 
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