Afternoon all. Dentist appointment was right on schedule, cleaning, polishing and flossing have been done along with 5 whole minutes with the Dentist, so that went well. They have a new teeth cleaning machine, so they numb the gums and teeth some and it uses water jets and what feel like a very tiny pickax to do the cleaning. Still, in and out in about 50 minutes, so that is good. First Meal has been consumed and will head off to the gym to pedal some of those calories off in a little bit.
MG, {{{hugs}}} and keep checking with them on the bread, it could have been a mis-delivery they didn’t account for. Could someone have swiped it from the mailbox. (PS–listen to shoe, she gives good advice).
talkie, glad you Mom can talk about what she wants to do and that the Doc was factual and gave her the options straight up. Go to Yellowstone and enjoy it with your family, your Mom will want you to do that, I’m sure.
nellie, sounds like Mumpers with bad knees have provided you with good advice, so I’ll just say hope it goes according to plan.
OK, need to get into the proper gym garb and pedal a bike for 15 miles while not moving an inch. Take care all.
Thanks. I’m just unfortunately very used to dealing with being overwhelmed + depression. Simple, straightforward instructions are - for me, at least - a blessing.
Shoe: “AAACK!! A thing happened!”
Someone else: “Do A, then B, then when those are done, do C.”
Shoe: “Thanks, I can do that.” { breathes }
Things like walkers are rather commonly found at thrift stores, if your insurance gets difficult about providing or are going to take too long to push the paper.
My experience: Medicare will pay for a walker, but only once. My doctor warned me not to sell my walker since if my other knee needed work they would make me buy a walker. I took his advice.
By the way, my experience with knee replacement may not be typical, but I had really very little pain and only for a day or two. For me the worst part was having to sleep on my back (ack).
I was stationed there at the Naval Air base for three years. Probably the best tour I did in my career. Digging mussels and picking blackberries on the weekends, picnicking at Deception Pass. . .beautiful place.
Howdy Y’all! I survived the meetin’ and then went and picked up a 'script for OYKW since I was in the general area of the pharmacy. The pharmacy closes between one-thirty and two for a N.O.L. break. I got there at ten of, so had to wander around the pharmacy for a few minutes. Got the 'script soon as they re-opened and headed back to da cave. We had an early sup due to hunger on both our parts. Now 'tis chillax time.
shoe I vote for Haboob cause it’s a neat name and also < snerkworthy >.
Well, my 70-year-old sister in in the hospital. I sent her some smoked salmon for her birthday. (We use the box from the one we got at a Christmas party a couple of years ago, as a decoration and to hide the power cords for the TV and stuff.) Now, this salmon is pretty oily. Sis and her husband ate the whole pound of fish in one sitting. A pound of smoked salmon lasts me and The Missus a week! Anyway, she had a small hiatal hernia from her gall bladder removal back in the '80s. When my niecephew was born, my sister weighed 310 pounds. Now she weighs 150, since she doesn’t eat a lot. Eating half a pound of oily fish was too much for her, and she threw up, she says, 60 times. Now she has a large hiatal hernia. They’re not going to do surgery. They say as long as it doesn’t ‘torsion’, she should be OK. Medicare is going to keep her there at least three days.
At least she liked the fish!
When I was about 12, my mom’s best friend’s ex-husband was Ordnance Officer on CVAN-65 Enterprise (They still had the ‘A’ in the designation back then.) He sent me four patches from the ship: The ship’s patch (with the ‘A’), VF-1 ‘Wolfpack’, VF-2 ‘Bounty Hunters’ and… VA-196 ‘Main Battery’, which was based at NAS Whidbey Island.
wet one, I can think of several day trips in Chicagoland. The Museum of Science and Industry would be at the top of my list.
Irked training people from our outfit nextdoor that we will be closing soon. TPTB wanted to give them some training in our part of the company before they are sent over next month. Tomorrow, we’re having a late start due to slow business in our area. Given that some parts of the department have been working OT lately, it’s temporary at best.
Afternoon all. Calories pedaled away and shower taken (belonging to that gym is saving me water since I do most of my bathing there). Got some Kroger coupons in the mail, they will go toward the Great August Shopping expedition. Inside now and since it’s 87F out, not planning any more activity for the day.
Flyboy, hope sister is doing OK, guess the fish must have been real good, but a half-pound of it is really too much (says the guy defrosting an 8oz hamburger for tomorrow–but I still weigh 250lbs).
I like “Haboob” but by definition it is:
And I don’t think we want shoe all sandy and such. My suggestion is since she has a ‘guy’ (Coolio) and a dog (Cujo), then this fan must be a lady, so “Wendy” (for windy) is my suggestion.
I strongly second this. Shedd Acquarium, the Natural History Museum, and the Art Musuem are all in walking distance downtown as a second option.
I don’t consider that a day trip since it’s in the city where I live. To me a day trip is driving at least 1.5 hours, like driving to Lake Geneva. Although the Museum of Sci and I is righteously cool. It’s the only building left over from the Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Going to a fund raising bunco party tonight. Yee haw. Swampy and doggio I might see Mrs Johnson there.
Yes, as a matter of fact he did, although he was a little dizzy afterwards, he had a very good 2 hr nap. He thought it was because of the new anti-nausea pill (compezine, I think).
Drove 21 miles to a Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic appointment for Hubs this morning. Met w/ 3 Docs; a regular pain Dr, a Dr of Physical Therapy and a Pain Psychologist. Took 3 hrs, then they sent him for x-rays of hand and shoulder. Also to make an appointment with a neurologist. While he was getting the x-rays, I walked across the street to get a lunch carryout of BBQ brisket sandwich with baked beans for Hubs and a BBQ smoked pork sandwich with side of mac n cheese for self. We ate in the park outside the medical bldg at a lunch table in partial shade. Ate about 2/3 of our sandwiches then we needed to get on our horses and ride since it was 2:10 and we needed to drive that 21 miles back home so Hubs could take his anti-nausea pill then quickly drive to the hospital about 5 miles away for his chemo shot scheduled at 3pm and so he could pick up a new scrip that the Pain Dr had prescribed. Have been slothing ever since. We’re going to the Fitness Center in 10 minutes. The Pain Dr and PT Dr both encouraged this.
As awful as the situation is, that’s truly wonderful to read. You may find Mom was torturing herself to spare you and any sibs the pain of her demise as long as possible. While meanwhile you were concerned about how she was hurting herself so much with the treatments.
We did a Hospice consult a year or two before my wife died. They came to us, although they did have an inpatient facility we could have gone to see. But meeting with them while everyone was healthy enough on a daily basis, adequately rested and fed, not in acute pain, not scared shitless, was extremely valuable. If they’re any good at their job you’ll both come away feeling much less fear and uncertainty. What they’re best at is “We’ll be there no matter what and although a lot of it is a mystery to you, none of it is a mystery to us.”
Good luck and give Mom a hug from a stranger.
Cookie, it’s good to have you back among the typing, if not yet (much) among the walking. We all know people who said getting it done was both the worst and the best thing they ever did. You’ll be jogging before you know it.
My brother flew A-6s for VA-52 out of Whidbey on the CVN-70 Carl Vinson back in the late 80s-early 90s. He also said it was his favorite tour in the Navy, although he only served 8 years, so did not have too many permanent stations. My late first wife and I once went to visit him for a week. Beautiful country, but coming from our home in Las Vegas it was gray, cold, and pretty slow-moving. A nice change of pace except for the “cold” part. It was green; really, really, really green.
Shoe’s fan? Wendy is OK. Haboob is a great word but the wrong kind of wind. The French have their Mistral; cold & strong. If shoe’s fan is a real humdinger that might do. Besides, everything just sounds cooler when said with a bad French accent: Meee-straaahl. If instead it’s kinda wimpy maybe JanTheWanFan? It’s female, but kinda pale and overheated, not real effective.
As to me:
I got enough sun at the beach yesterday that although I got up early enough to greet the dawn, I thought a day of rest would help my skin not get too red. Burning is soooo antithetical to tanning. So I stayed home.
Had an abortive telecon w a sales rep for my 401K provider. They wanted to set up a sales call to persuade me not to move my money from my employer’s choice (Fidelity) to where the rest of my stuff already is. I reluctantly accepted; I’ll always learn something. So this morning they’ll call me. OK, I’ll be here w phone on & nearby. Except they didn’t bother to actually call. Sucks to be them; they had one job …
Got a haircut, the next-to-last before my hairstyle becomes a matter of my choice, not my employer’s. Can’t say I much like what I have, nor am I real excited about any of the other options. I’d favor not cutting it nor my fast-growing beard for maybe a year or two, but Her Ladyship would not be amused.
Definitely hot here today 95/36 for a high. Few clouds, no rain, and none forecast.
We spent a bit of time at home this afternoon prepping to turn our office / spare bedroom, its closet, and the 2nd bathroom over to daughter’s & granddaughter’s exclusive use for the next few days. They get here tomorrow early-mid morning. So some kid-proofing, a lot of putting away stuff we’d gotten used to having strewn around that we shouldn’t have, and general tidying. Feels good. I’ve not yet decided whether my policy will be maximum participation, or maximum scarceness. I know it’ll be maximum paying-for, but that goes with the territory.
It’s fast passing dinner time and we’ve made no plans. Time to abandon you folks & get moving on dinner before tomorrow sets in.
Cheers all!!
ETA: Taco Tuesday is the consensus plan. Wish us luck!
I like Haboob because I’m all juvenile and stuff, but if I have to think logically, I submit Cindy…short for Chinook. That works because fans don’t blow cold air, they blow warmish air like chinook winds do…plus it is the name of a hard working helicopter and helicopters also beat lots of wind out of the air.
sister in in the hospital. I sent her some 
