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Another stay indoors day. It finally quit snowing, but we have over a foot of snow covering everything, and the temperature is in the single digits. This was the biggest and coldest blast we've had in the past 6 or 8 years, and it will Saturday before we get above freezing. I may get out after noon and do some shoveling, but not much. Our gravel road is so covered that almost no one has attempted to get to the highway, and I doubt the mailman can even get here. Perhaps tomorrow the county will blade the road, and I may get my tractor out and start clearing the driveway.
 

Sliverfox said:
Fine snow falling when we got up about 28 degrees.
Its been a steady snowfall since then.

Trying to think of silly card for oldest son, his b-day is 2/16.
February is birthday month,,oldest grand daughter's 2/13 & her father's is 2/28.
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In my family April was the birthday month. My birthday, my daughters' birthday, my mothers' birthday , my nephews birthday, my fathers' birthday..the wicked step-mothers' birthday... used to be such an expensive month... Just my dd, me and nephew left
 

Rah-Rah said:
I am just resting today. Dealing with a severe migraine which I get quite often as I suffer from chronic migraines. I will relax on the couch watching the beginning of the Winter Olympics today and my youngest daughter and husband once they get home from work will deal with dinner tonight.
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I don't envy you! I used to get migraines when I was in my 20's. One was so bad that I wouldn't have wished it on my worse enemy. I hope you will feel better real soon.
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OneEyedDiva said:
I don't envy you! I used to get migraines and when I was in my 20's, one was so bad that I wouldn't have wished it on my worse enemy. hope you will feel better real soon.
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I take medication when it gets really bad and it works great. The problem with the medication though is it can only be used 3 times in a weeks period so when you have chronic migraines such as I then there has to be other methods to handle it so I can spread out the medication.
 
Rah-Rah said:
I take medication when it gets really bad and it works great. The problem with the medication though is it can only be used 3 times in a weeks period so when you have chronic migraines such as I then there has to be other methods to handle it so I can spread out the medication.
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I had that headache for days. I couldn't go to work and can't remember how I did basic functions including eating. I wouldn't let my BF take me to the hospital. I couldn't imagine waiting, possibly hours to be seen in my condition. Finally, my mother contacted a doctor known to make house visits. He gave me a shot of something and it finally went away.

I had read an article about migraines and how to best manage them. Intended to send it to a friend but now she's gone. I don't know if I saved the article. Do you have good coping methods in place already?
 
Rah-Rah said:
I take medication when it gets really bad and it works great. The problem with the medication though is it can only be used 3 times in a weeks period so when you have chronic migraines such as I then there has to be other methods to handle it so I can spread out the medication.
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@Rah-Rah .. I feel for you, as I used to get migraines when I was doing data entry under bright lights. My bf in Australia gets chronic migraines and has recently started getting botox injections for them. She says they really help, but are expensive. However, right now, they are being subsidized as part of a study.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I had that headache for days. I couldn't go to work and can't remember how I did basic functions including eating. I wouldn't let my BF take me to the hospital. I couldn't imagine waiting, possibly hours to be seen in my condition. Finally, my mother contacted a doctor known to make house visits. He gave me a shot of something and it finally went away.

I had read an article about migraines and how to best manage them. Intended to send it to a friend but now she's gone. I don't know if I saved the article. Do you have good coping methods in place already?
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Other than the medication that I do take which is called Diclofenac on most days I experience migraines I spend my day in a dark room with minimal noise. Ice on the back of my head masks the symptoms , but does not really get rid of anything when dealing with a migraine. I also do not experience Auras with my migraine.The only thing that accompanies my severe migraines are ringing in my ears which I have been told is a separate issue called Tinnitis and although the symptoms of my Tinnitis increase when my migraines become worse , my Tinnitis is always there.Sometimes I don't even notice the ringing in my ears. I also every 3 months get an infusion of a drug called Vypeti for my migraines.
 
Don M. said:
Another stay indoors day. It finally quit snowing, but we have over a foot of snow covering everything, and the temperature is in the single digits. This was the biggest and coldest blast we've had in the past 6 or 8 years, and it will Saturday before we get above freezing. I may get out after noon and do some shoveling, but not much. Our gravel road is so covered that almost no one has attempted to get to the highway, and I doubt the mailman can even get here. Perhaps tomorrow the county will blade the road, and I may get my tractor out and start clearing the driveway.
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Yeah lots of snow and down in single digits temps with above freezing not predicted for a couple of days.
I cleared enough to get out today. Our county had roads cleared yesterday morning. NM is considered a 'poor' state but they do provide some good basics.
 
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A whole day? I barely remember mornings..then afternoons..Doc told me not to worry. One hour at a time will do 🤔
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Today I'm taking down a notch to recoup from yesterday. Today I'll load and run the dishwasher, catch up on social networking and watch some T.V. Yesterday was a much more exciting day, so here's what I did. I got up and got myself ready to go to IHOP by 8 a.m. for my youngest grandson's 17th birthday. Before we got a chance to order, there was an altercation inside the restaurant which seemed to be escalating. My Honorary Daughter (grandson's mother) called 911, then ran out to see where my grandson and her oldest child (my Honorary Granddaughter) who were parking the car, were in relationship to entering the restaurant. The cops got there fairly quickly (they sent 3 patrol cars) and an ambulance came. I was afraid someone might pull out a gun (you never know these days), so I told my middle grandson not to advance toward the chaos. He had already called one of my Honorary Sons who we'd just talked with a took photos with. He is a security guard in the mall where the restaurant is located.

I don't know if they took anyone away but I was told that the man who complained that the one he was getting ready to rough up had stolen money from him, absconded. The accused man stuck around. So one has to wonder what the real story was there. Anyway, we had a delightful breakfast, a fantastic waitress and lots of family love. We even got to dance a little bit...the waitress joined in. That IHOP always has great music playing. My son wasn't able to be with us because he had missed so many days of work due to being sick with COVID then his wife passing. He took my grandson out for a birthday dinner later.

After we left, my middle grandson took the birthday boy to school and me to pick up my prescriptions. We got lost in the parking garage because the elevator we took earlier wouldn't go to that floor so we had to look for the other elevator on the other side. The garage is huge and confusing. After picking up my meds, I had to help my grandson with establishing his new account which just got switched over from the trust I opened for him when he was little. He left with only minutes to spare before our Senior Forum zoom meeting was scheduled. I had to take off the hot hat I was wearing and figure out what scarf to wear and how to wrap it, so I joined in a bit late. The meeting was a blast! I didn't expect to be uncomfortable but I also didn't expect to feel SO comfortable!! I enjoyed it so much @Medusa. Thank you again! And I enjoyed meeting @Ronni @Alligatorob @old medic and @Chris P Bacon and of course, Medusa . I am looking forward to the next one. @Pecos
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OneEyedDiva said:
Today I'm taking down a notch to recoup from yesterday. Today I'll load and run the dishwasher, catch up on social networking and watch some T.V. Yesterday was a much more exciting day, so here's what I did. I got up and got myself ready to go to IHOP by 8 a.m. for my youngest grandson's 17th birthday. Before we got a chance to order, there was an altercation inside the restaurant which seemed to be escalating. My Honorary Daughter (grandson's mother) called 911, then ran out to see where my grandson and her oldest child (my Honorary Granddaughter) who were parking the car, were in relationship to entering the restaurant. The cops got there fairly quickly (they sent 3 patrol cars) and an ambulance came. I was afraid someone might pull out a gun (you never know these days), so I told my middle grandson not to advance toward the chaos. He had already called one of my Honorary Sons who we'd just talked with a took photos with. He is a security guard in the mall where the restaurant is located.

I don't know if they took anyone away but I was told that the man who complained that the one he was getting ready to rough up had stolen money from him, absconded. The accused man stuck around. So one has to wonder what the real story was there. Anyway, we had a delightful breakfast, a fantastic waitress and lots of family love. We even got to dance a little bit...the waitress joined in. That IHOP always has great music playing. My son wasn't able to be with us because he had missed so many days of work due to being sick with COVID then his wife passing. He took my grandson out for a birthday dinner later.

After we left, my middle grandson took the birthday boy to school and me to pick up my prescriptions. We got lost in the parking garage because the elevator we took earlier wouldn't go to that floor so we had to look for the other elevator on the other side. The garage is huge and confusing. After picking up my meds, I had to help my grandson with establishing his new account which just got switched over from the trust I opened for him when he was little. He left with only minutes to spare before our Senior Forum zoom meeting was scheduled. I had to take off the hot hat I was wearing and figure out what scarf to wear and how to wrap it, so I joined in a bit late. The meeting was a blast! I didn't expect to be uncomfortable but I also didn't expect to feel SO comfortable!! I enjoyed it so much @Medusa. Thank you again! And I enjoyed meeting @Ronni @Alligatorob @old medic and @Chris P Bacon and of course, Medusa . I am looking forward to the next one. @Pecos
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I am a little late responding to this as I did not sleep well last night and have spent a few hours of my day catching up.

I remember learning of your harrowing experiences at IHOP. It was such an interesting story because you had the alarming incident with the unknowns, yet such a good time with your family.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the ZOOM meeting! I really did also; it was wonderful to meet you and everyone else and I am very much looking forward to our next meeting!

By the way, I thought your headwrap looked lovely.
 
Medusa said:
I am a little late responding to this as I did not sleep well last night and have spent a few hours of my day catching up.

I remember learning of your harrowing experiences at IHOP. It was such an interesting story because you had the alarming incident with the unknowns, yet such a good time with your family.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the ZOOM meeting! I really did also; it was wonderful to meet you and everyone else and I am very much looking forward to our next meeting!

By the way, I thought your headwrap looked lovely.
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"By the way, I thought your headwrap looked lovely." Thank you so much🌹I'm glad you found my IHOP experience interesting. I understand how it is...sometimes we just can't keep up with all the threads or even have time to come to the forum. I've been intending to go through my threads to react and respond because I know I'm behind in doing that.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
"By the way, I thought your headwrap looked lovely." Thank you so much🌹I'm glad you found my IHOP experience interesting. I understand how it is...sometimes we just can't keep up with all the threads or even have time to come to the forum. I've been intending to go through my threads to react and respond because I know I'm behind in doing that.
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...especially if you've spent half your day sleeping... :oops: lol
 
Have not been able to do any book signings for a couple of years, because of cv19, book sales have been slow, I do all the house work now everyday because my wife is on a walker, I cooked for my sons family tonight , they ate every bit , no leftovers, I have been reading my old newspapers and books,
 

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