Daily Ooo's: Friday, October 20

[faerywings]

Happy Friday! The sun will be shining here soon and it is going to warm up to 70* at the shore. I have no idea of what to wear today since it is in the 40's right now. Lots of layers I guess. But I got my beach chair and the blanket to make it comfier, my bag, my book, and some sunscreen.

Gary and I shocked our LLMD at our appointment. I don't think she has ever had both of us having a decent report at the same time. Gary's nausea has been better overall too and she was floored by that. Never in the entire time that she has been treating him, has he reported his stomach was Ok some days. She was really shocked. He is taking pharmaceutical grade stevia drops and she wants him to continue with that. She was at a conference and spoke with the doctor/researcher of the study that showed stevia kills Lyme bacteria in all of its 3 forms. In vitro, but it showed promise for people.

I told her that I was feeling stable and my hand strength was the highest it has been in a long time. My Rheumatoid factor is still very high but is 10 points less than it had been.

Yay!!! :bliss:

The bummer part of my day (cuz you know I always have one! ound: ) was the letter I got from the hospital where I got my MRI done last week. I had already seen the results online and was hoping to ignore it until I see my breast surgeon next month. but dammit, the letter came and I guess seeing it written out in my hands made it un-ignorable. It is really nothing to be worried about, but my scan showed 2 small "spots" in my left breast (my cancer was in the Right) and the report read "Probably Benign" and a rec'd a follow-up MRI in 6 months. It is most likely nothing but when you see that, it bites. And here I was, all hopeful that I could start winding down the every six-month exams and tests. *grumbles*

I told Gary and Cait overheard and now I will have to tell Scott too. I promised them that if I ever had something to share, that I wouldn't keep it from them.

But you know what I am going to do? I am going to put it into a little box in my brain and continue to ignore it until I speak to the Dr as I had planned. I am not going to let it worry me. So there! :whip:

I hope that all of you have a wonderful day!

xoxo

 

[faerywings]

Nancy- the weather has been really nice the last couple of days and the weekend is going to be even warmer. You and Luther will be out and about a lot I am sure. How has your knee been doing? Hope that baseball and hockey games were great.
Scott's car started right up, whew!

Felis- sorry to hear that you are getting rain but you like to be cozy so that is nice. We have been seeing our Lyme Dr every 3 months since 2008. Isn't that crazy? And yes, it gets boring but this time it was nice to share some good news with her.

Rae- ugh about still feeling so sick! If you don't feel any better, I hope you will see a Dr about it. Any news on your car? I hope that it is nothing.
Yeah, what is up with the dogs lately? :dogwalk:
Whisky is getting at a point where she is nipping us when she plays. Not a bite but with teeth. We yelp, like a dog would, tell her no and then give her a toy. But when she is wound up, it is hard to get through to her.
Any advice?

Trudy- poor Heather! I hope that she is feeling better today. It is brutal being sick and having two very little ones to care for at the same time.
That does sound concerning with your MIL. As for FIL-- Men!!!!:rollpin:

Jean- Scott cut our lawn a couple of days ago. Gary and I were commenting how green our trees are too. Usually, by this time of year, we have gorgeous color in the mountains. We have some color, but it is spotty.
Heated seats! Soooo jealous!!!! One thing I wish my car had....

Love and hugs and sand to you LOL

 

[felis]

Good morning, my dears, here is sunny afternoon,
the night was so cold, but wind clear out the clouds and today is sunny again. I can swear that at the night has smells of snow, which probably the wind brings from the mountains. So we'll have to take as much as possible warm from the autumn today. We plan another walk and I have to make few photos of the trees. This year I don't shoot much because I left only with my cell phone camera, but need few pics for scrapbook. No other plans, just the regular work.

Chris, actually the wind take away the rain, so I still have sunny and warm autumn! I'm so happy for yours Lyme results (for both of you and Gary, I have to learn the english form for many). So strange but after about 10 years work with homeless animals, you was the first person who warn me about the Lyme can affect the humans?! You have a luck to live on place with good developed medicine! Definitely have to try to drive away all thinkings for the MRI, before to talk with the Dr, because stress is so harmful! I deeply hope it is nothing! Take vitamin D and positivism from the sun and have a fun time on the beach!
I have the rule not to criticize other countries policy, but your president is totally nutsy! I'm surprised you're not commented his last bullshits. If US go out of the world contract for air protection, this will be catastrophic for the whole planet! What he think that in some moment his children will can go on another planet or what?! So irresponsible! I hear this today and i'm still mad.

wow, Jean, we stopped to cut the grass before month, but I have one of these wild fields grass, so it's no need from much care.

Rae, I hope they do not overload you too much at your work! At same time it's awesome that you can get some increased pay just before the holidays. Just take care for your health, girl! I could understand why rain disappointing Taz. We was talk about that too, this summer we got used to go on these hiking and now will be so difficult to take her back to the walk at the dog park.

Trudy, so nice from your side, that you'll help to your FIL at that moment. Yeah, mens can be so insensibility sometimes, so strange that he is more upset for a meal than for the pain of his wife. I hope that this is some strange way to cover his own feeling for helpless at that situation. Hope your daughter have only one of these seasonal colds and she will be recovering fast!

Nancy, hope you have warm and lovely Friday! How was the game yesterday, do have another today?

Have a lovely day, ladies! Hope you all have some great plans for the weekend! ::grouphug

 

[nancyr]

good morning - wow my Devils are on the top of the Metropolitan Division with a 6-1 record. LOL no one gave this team a chance thank goodness the players did not listen and this game was a game where they had to come from behind and score 2 goals in the 3rd and a OT winner. Nico Hischier, our #1 draft choice, got his first two career goals so that was awesome and glad it came in a win. Now tonight they are home against the San Jose Sharks. It should be fun game. Luther is at doggie day care so he will be tired while the whole family is at the hockey game. Speaking of Luther, I got the results from what he is allergic to. And these are the high positives and this dog is allergic to a lot. Poor guy. So we have been feeding him lamb and I use peanut butter for his medicine and of course he is allergic to both also beef, soybeans, pecans, walnuts and house dust. Poor guy I am bad about dusting. And outdoors he is allergic to dandelions, willow trees and other weeds. No wonder the poor guy is so itchy. When we started this we thought is was chicken that did not sit well I guess we should have checked earlier. But now we know we can change the diet and keep him on low dose allergy medicine. I can tell that now that he is on this medication he is a much happier dog. Now today I will get the full report and we can find him a new diet. I swear we have never had a pet that had this many problems but I think now at least we have a handle on what to do for him.

Chris that is such good news for you and Gary and the Lyme's results. Congrats to both of you for doing such a good job and fighting this disease. Have fun at the beach! Yes dress in layers! We have no clouds right now so you will need sunscreen. Love these temps in Oct. And glad you know to put those results in the back of your brain until you talk to your doctor!

Trudy that is the pits that Heather is sick. Mothers really are not allowed to get sick. Sorry to hear that the infection has spread to the kidney's. You are sweet to let your house be used as a place of refuge.

Felis glad you are having good weather too. And yes I love walks and my knee is doing better. Always interesting to hear how our President is viewed in other countries. And getting out of climate control would be a total catastrophe for our world.

Rae so sorry that it seems to be getting worse but I sure hope this means it is the beginning of getting better. It is funny about dogs and I really think that it is the fall and the cooler weather is giving them more energy.

Jean I love my heated seats. I am always colder that my boys so when driving I have my heated seats and then they don't have to have the heat on so high and everyone is happier. Have fun with the new car!

Have a great day!

 

[taxed4ever]

Happy Friday ladies! It is rainy and gloomy outside again today and Storm #3 on its way, so much more :rain: to come. Well FIL stayed for supper and the night and then up early this morning and I got him and DH fed and out the door. I had to remind my DH that things are just going to get worse with his Mother and Father as they are both in the 80's and we already know that FIL has a bit of dementia and now MIL is being questioned in the hospital for the same. Oh boy its going to be a rough ride! As much as I love my In-Laws I am not going to be the one to take care of them for the rest of their lives!! Selfish?? maybe, but I have spent far too many years caring for others. Raising my children mostly on my own as DH had such crazy shifts with the RCMP and then caring for my daughter for over 10 years to get her well again. Then my Mother as she went through her journey with Dementia. Thank goodness my sisters were there for her also. I am done!! I hope you all don't think worse of me :sad: Today I am waiting for a FaceTime call from DD to see if she is feeling any better today, I sure hope so! This afternoon I am getting my hair cut and colour and I am really looking forward to that! I look like a shaggy sheep dog with my bangs hanging in my eyes LOL.

Chris - What fabulous news to hear that you and Gary are both doing so much better! What a relief for your Gary to not have the nausea so much! Have a wonderful time at the shore today my friend! You certainly deserve some time in the sun! I hope you have a great book to read and I will send all the positive energy I can muster for the weather to be warm for you! Hope you can get some good advice on what to do for Whisky's nipping at you!! I also am proud of you for putting the MRI results into a box and filed away until you actually get to talk to the doctor. The last thing you need is more stress in your life right now! :hug: Yay for Scott's car starting right away!

Felis - it sounds like your weather is beautiful today! I would love to see the sun come out again, but it is typical weather for us to be in the :rain: at this time of the year and I would love to get out and take some nice photos of the trees right now! The colours are really amazing right around the lake right now, I love this time of year!! Yes FIL can be very insensitive sometimes, but he has been that way his whole married life and MIL has basically enabled him to be that way. They always reminded me of Edith and Archie Bunker from the old TV show "All in the family" where she does everything for him and he is a male chauvinistic pig!! LOL not a nice way to think of them, but they are from another generation. However my parents never treated each other that way. FIL is much better than he used to be, when my DH and I were first dating, FIL used to bang his coffee cup on the table and say where's the coffee?? I was horrified that anyone would do that! :becky:

Nancy - Your Devils sure are on a winning streak! How fun for you! DH was a happy guy watching his Bruins win their game last night also! Poor Luther allergic to so many things! I would have never thought that animals could suffer so much from allergies! I hope that you are able to get him on a new diet soon! Enjoy the rest of the day!

Rae - Ugh how awful that you are still not feeling very well! I hope you had a better sleep last night! You are so busy with your work! I sure hope that you can work out a schedule that will allow you to continue to scrap and keep your CT duties too! The extra $$'s must be great though and you don't want to stretch yourself too thin or you will never get healthy again! :hug: I hope that today will be a better day!

Jean - Isn't it wonderful that you are still cutting the lawn! Sounds like your weather has been great! Too wet for us to cut the grass its becoming a swamp in our back yard and more rain on the way! You are probably right about FIL not wanting to deal with MIL's sickness. We are all supposed to go to a memorial service on Monday and he is now focusing on how to get her to the church in Victoria. I doubt very much that she will be well enough to go anywhere! :sad:

Going to pour myself another cup of coffee and get my bed made. Will wait to hear from FIL to report on MIL's progress. Scrapping another page for my calendars hopefully and then relaxing at the hairdressers later on. Have a great Friday everyone! :wave:

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning, ladies. I'm still dragging my feet, not having slept well again. This darn cold is dragging on but each day is marginally better so I'm heading in the right direction. I was coughing all night so tonight will take sugar free cough syrup and hopefully that will help me sleep better. At least I'm not so sick that I'm flat out in bed, thankfully. I have too much to do (as always LOL). Still have tons of backlog work to do, need to run errands later and check online for the mini golf places so we can pick one for Sunday. I think we'll have fun, none of us have done that in many years. Tomorrow I'll be going to pick up a new controller for the android box. Our guy has gotten a few in so as soon as I saw his video about it, I knew D would like it, especially since ours is being a bit finicky and we have to periodically unplug the dongle for it. So, even though it's my birthday wkend, he gets a gift too. My b-day isn't until Monday but we'll celebrate Sunday.

Popped into Sears yesterday, Jen met me there, and we shopped quickly b/c the lineups were insane and there were so many people there. Mostly there was only 20% off so I'm not sure why people were going so crazy about it. I did manage to get some jeans which I figured were a good price b/c their regular price was cheaper than most stores here and then with 20% it was a great deal. Then I found one sweatshirt kind of pajama top too. So that was worth it for me. Then I popped into Payless Shoes next door b/c I saw their BOGO sale. I couldn't resist. So I came out of there with two awesome pairs of short boots. I called D to tell him he didn't have to buy me anything for my birthday as I just treated myself. He laughed and said that maybe he should return what he had already bought me...I said nope...I'll take that too LOL.

Chris - glad you and G got good health news about Lyme and yes, you are right, try not to worry about the MRI results. Stay positive and believe it will all be okay. As for Whiskey, sounds like you are doing the right thing. I know we always have loudly screamed ouch when playing with our pups to teach them about nipping with their teeth, and then gently and slowly move our hands around their mouth, talking softly and praising at the gentleness. They learn pretty quick. Having said that though, dogs will be dogs, and they get excited and they nip or hit you with their teeth accidentally. Taz will do that, he moves so fast but then always licks me....as if to say...oops sorry LOL. Enjoy your time with your mom today.

Trudy - I totally understand about not wanting to be the caretaker. I went thru that with my kids coming home, then my mom (twice) and feeling overwhelmed, like my life wasn't my own anymore. It's a tough situation to be in. Don't ever feel guilty about how much or how little you can do. Hope that H feels better soon. It's so hard to be sick when you're a mom and trying to take care of the family.

Felis - have a great walk today and hopefully get some pics. I sure hope I get a chance to. With all this rain, things are not looking very pretty around here.

Nancy - poor Luther, all the allergies. I sure can relate, since Taz has allergies and is on a limited diet. But knowing is power, and being able to eliminate or reduce exposure to allergens will be so helpful for him.

I'd better get to work. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

 

[scrap-genie]

Beautiful day here. DH off to buy new coffee bean grinder as his went belly up this morning. Also have everything set to get new car Monday afternoon. Tomorrow I'll be busy with the computer genealogy group, but at least I only have to do my user group but neither of the talks. Have to get the most out of my last few of the 30 days with the German church records too. Feeling a little squeezed.

Chris, thinking of you at the shore today. Finally plans and weather cooperate. Nothing to be done about MRI until seeing the Dr., so please don't dwell on it. Hope you have a good weekend too. Bet the Lyme Dr. was pleased with the two of you!

Felis, sounds like a nice day for you too. Hope you had a great walk and took pix with your phone camera. Especially with scrapping techniques, beautiful results can come from less than optimum photos.

Nancy, how super with the Devils! Good luck and have fun tonight. I never knew dogs could have all those allergies. Luther will be so happy to have a change and lose lots of the itches.

Trudy, I know exactly what you mean about being DONE! After all our parents and an aunt were gone we thought we were done too, then my sister and BIL began to loom as a new responsibility. I wasn't happy. Sadly BIL didn't last long and at that time all my sister needed really was transportation and companionship, not a problem. When things got worse for her, her children stepped in and so it's not all on us after all. Hope the current situation with MIL clears up, but you are right that things are going to change. Good luck to all of you! Hoping H is feeling better too.

Rae, I was right that you weren't sick enough to miss the sale. Again, you prove to be a shopping success. Hope you keep getting better and especially can enjoy the birthday celebration. Happy Birthday in advance!