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You are TRIPPIN', Girl!! Can I have some of what you're havin'?? LOL The karaoke sounds FUN!! Glad we fought off the guy with the green teeth for Janet! Although, she would've decked him anyway! Seriously... I've read every word of every one of your posts and my heart goes out to you! The emotions you're dealing with are painful, but you will be OKAY when you come out the other side of this! We LOVE you VERY MUCH!! HUGS!! I guess I shouldn't tell horror stories, but I just don't understand why people with diabetes don't take better care of themselves! Our current health care system goes out of its way to provide everything a diabetic needs for education as well as care.... special shoes, testing equipment, etc. Anyway, I had a cousin, same age as me.. and also an RN. She was diagnosed with diabetic as a fairly young adult. And even though she was an RN, she never would follow the diet or anything else. She was a completely non-compliant diabetic and she paid with her life. She had to quit working and go on disability way sooner than she should have because she lost much of her sight and was mobility impaired. She died several years ago... barely 60 years old, of an apparent heart attack brought on by the diabetes, just a few weeks before her only daughter's wedding.

Yes, Candice, I did get your emails and the websites. I've looked at most of them. Didn't look at the video yet. Pain is a little less today. But having trouble adjusting to the reality of it all. And not dealing well with Earl's "teasing"... "you mean I spent all day at the doctor with you and ALL IT IS is ARTHRITIS????" I wanted to smack him. Then he told someone at water aerobics that all it was is "OLD AGE"! So... okay, arthritis/old age... it still HURTS!

Good to see some activity on our 60+ thread! My weight loss is going very slow these days. Too much going on the past month.. cruise to Mexico, short trip home to Seattle area, DD & SIL here visiting at our RV park. Now, to complicate my life a little more, having some back issues which are causing me a lot of pain.

LOL!! I LOVE sauerkraut, cole slaw, just about anything with cabbage in it. Don't have a problem with it. Sorry it's causing you so much grief!!

I guess I will call someone tomorrow to see if I can get an ortho appt in the next week or so. I'm supposed to be going to see a dermatologist about this thing on my face, too, but they don't open until 9 a.m. and I'm always gone to the pool by then. When I get back I forget, or it's too late if I'm off to beading or something. But yeah... not going to rush in to surgery! But I was in absolute agony today until after that pain shot.

Yeah... they owe you an answer by now!! Hope you hear something soon! Doctor made it really clear that he wasn't suggesting I needed surgery. He said I needed to see a back specialist ASAP to get some "direction" as to what I should and should not be doing. I was really completely shocked because I have not had back problems with my back. My sister thinks I need a back brace. So maybe I'll see someone down here. So tell me about what is "Bioflex" and what do you recommend?? I really am not to keen on chiropractors, but would seriously consider other suggestions, maybe even acupuncture.. and tell me again how laser therapy can help. Also, do you know if insurance covers it???

Glad you got your nice weather back! Wind is supposed to die down tomorrow down here in Palm Springs, and the temp is going to start rising. I think they're promising 80 degrees by this weekend. I just "moved in" to my size 16 bathing suit that I"ve been saving for a while. I was waiting for my size 18 to stretch out. When the skirt gets about 12 inches longer than it was when new I figure it's time to retire it. So I tried on he 16 I had in the cupboard and it's fits fine! Well, GF, the pain in my side came back last night. Did I already post that?? By the time I finished water aerobics and hot tub this morning I couldn't move wihtout excruciating pain to the point that I was in tears when I got back to the RV. So we went to urgent care. Seems my spine is in quite a bit of "disarray"! Bad arthritis that I didn't realize was there. L-5 protruding and probably pressing on a nerve, which is causing the pain. So... shot of Toradal, Rx for Hydrocodone and recommendation to see a back specialist! Haven't taken any pain pills yet, but a little wine, on top of the Toradal, and I'm feeling pretty okay right now! Will probably take a pill before bed. Hopefully, tomorrow I can get dressed without crying!! LOL You were dead on right about the arthritis causing my pain! I honestly thought it was a kidney problem... kidney stones would not have surprised me. But this did! Was shocked to see the x-rays because I have NOT had back pain at all and my spine is a mess! That's another thing I need to do!! I'm falling apart!! LOL Blurry spot in the middle of my right eye. Don't want them to tell me I have a cataract! Wish I was there to help you with those photos! What program do you use to upload them to your computer? Whatever it is, there should be a place to click on "options". If you select that, you can make a new folder to put them in and give them a name... in most programs. Then you're well on your way to organizing them the way yo want t. I also have an option on my camera to put photos I take in folders according to date. So... like on the Mexico cruise.. I can go in to the dated folder and rename it... Mazatlan, or wherever it was we were on that date. Makes it easier if you want to upload them to Facebook, etc.

Oh, my!! Five weeks won't be long enough!! But we should definitely be home by the time you get there. Not a good day today. Pain in my side came back last night. It wasn't too bad. Still there when I got up but tolerable. But after sitting on the couch for about an hour.. hurt pretty bad when I got up to get ready for Water aerobics. But I went anyway. Afterward I sat in the hot tub with one of the jets hammering my side thinking that might help. But seemed to make it worse. When I got out to go to the locker room, it was pretty bad. Couldn't make it through my shower, so didn't wash my hair.. Getting dressed was so painful I almost had to ask for help. By the time I got back to the RV I was in tears, so we went to Urgent care. Great doc there and they were very efficient and didn't wait long at all. They checked my urine for blood to rule out kidney problem, and took xrays. When doc came back to show us the xrays he says, "I think we figured out what your problem is." Severe arthritis in the spine... discs out of alignment, some sliding out, etc. I was amazed when I saw the xray! What a mess! I've not had a problem with back pain, so I was pretty flabbergasted. He says one of those discs, probably L-5, is pinching a nerve and causing the pain. So they gave me a shot for the pain, and Rx for Hydrocodone. But right now, I'm treating it with a glass of wine! He told me to put heat/ice on it, no lifting, avoid bending, no twisting, but water aerobics and walking okay. And I'm supposed to see a back specialist when I get home. But maybe I'll see someone down here because, as my sister just reminded me, I have to sit in the RV for a long time to get home! She has the same thing and they put her right in a back brace. I have to think about that a while... here or in WA??

JULIE!! That was amazing!! I needed the recap, too! That was great!! BTW.... and this is kinda funny... the walk I walked in was called "MEMORY WALK".... for Alzheimer's research! LOL! You forgot!! Pretty remarkable for me to walk almost 2 miles because I've been using an electric scooter for better than 5 years because of my bad knees.... - 130 lb, new knee... and it's GREAT to be able to walk again.

Don't let them all get to you, Candice!! Good grief!! It's a broken WRIST!! Yes, I did find my missing project! It was right where I left it! i have to tell you... I am terrible for clutter... and after almost 6 mos in the RV, it's taken over! Too many magazines and books not yet read, etc! Well... that's what I was going to suggest... stuff it in that RV. But, yea, guess it won't fit!! LOL! Wish we could help! We're taking an RV trip east at the end of the summer, but we're coming back a different way. Want to go visit friends in OK. When do you expect to be in WA?? We're leaving here 4 weeks from tomorrow, but spending time in Three Rivers on the way home. Not so much in NO CA, though, because our son & family are going to Buffalo that week to visit my Mom, sisters, etc. We usually spend 4-5 days with them. Don't know if we'll still stop there or not. Earl's brother lives there, too. 144/95 kind of high, but not ER high. Better take it easy.

How high is your BP, GF??? Not good to have a headache! Splenda in the fridge, huh?? LOL! We're always having arguments about who put what where???!! And neither of us has a clue! I envy you with the little ones! All but three of our ten grandkids are 10+ up to 22! So I guess the up side of that is before too much longer we should have GREAT-grandchildren to enjoy! Watching Idol and loving it! All but one girl tonight as done a good job! I have my favorites, but too many!! Don't know who to vote for! But the little blond gal with the guitar is a natural! What's her name... Crystal maybe??

That sounds REALLY good! You guys are SO bad!! LOL That sounds good, too!! Yes, Jodi... thinking of you and hoping to see you back online soon. We're waiting to hear how it went for you! Grandparents' Day...I LOVE that! Our grandkids preschool have it in the fall. In fact we planned our departure from the NW with that last fall.. left the next day! Boo Hoo.. I think we just have one more year of that left as our youngest grandchild turns 5 next Oct.! Waiting for Lori to return! HAHA!! Good for you! I MUST find a good place to exercise when we get back home next month! Make sure you chew those rocks REALLY good!! LOL Too funny! I've had some shopping trips like that, too! Good day today! Water aerobics this morning in a very nasty, cold wind!! But I prevailed, with about 15 others, but no one showed up for the 10 a.m. class. Those chickens!! Then we had our last Christian Women's Luncheon for this season. Good speaker, pot luck salads. Someone at my table brought salmon loaf... salmon that her son caught in Alaska and she canned it herself. She mixed it with a little lemon juice, lite cream cheese, and I forget what else, but it sure was good! I LOVE any kind of seafood, but esp. salmon! After the luncheon, I went to beading... 2nd time this week, because I only made ONE of a pr of earrings we did yesterday and I KNEW I'd need help getting the 2nd one started! Before I knew it another 90 minutes had passed! I was afraid (NOT) that I was going to be in trouble again for staying away too long!! Got in big trouble for coming home from a luncheon at 4 p.m. a week ago!! But... all's quiet on the home front! You'd be amazed if you saw the pitiful little bit of work I got done on that 2nd earring in 90 minutes. This was a tough project, and teacher says next week will be as bad. She's doing a heart necklace at another RV park tomorrow, but I'd best not be out another afternoon! It's one that I really want to learn, but I think she's going to do it with us later this month.

Yeah... roofing party would be GREAT!! Get ladies to bring food, men that aren't afraid of heights.. whole thing could be done in one weekend. People love helping each other like that. WIND... are you kidding me?? You bet we're getting it! Two days now and Earl says it's not stopping until Thurs! Almost skipped water aerobics this morning, but... put on my swim sweater and went. There were almost 20 of us... 4 chickened out early, including Earl, and NO ONE showed up for the 10 a.m. class. I came home from ladies' luncheon/beading at 3:30 p.m. and Earl had the door and all the windows closed! That never happens! If the sun is out, everything is open even if I"m sitting here freezing!! LOL And HE took the car over to the chapel for a lecture this morning! I was riding the scooter around in the cold wind today.... two round trips up to the club house! Brrrrrr! Two pairs of earrings yesterday and the 2nd one was really hard. So I went to the Tues. beading after the luncheon cuz I knew I'd need help getting the 2nd one started... took me 3 1/2 hrs to do ONE earring! So it was either going to have to be a pendant, or I needed help starting the 2nd one! Unfinished projects??? I don't know WHAT you are talking about!! HAHAHA!! I have so many unfinished beading projects that last night I was reorganizing my beading bag and I couldn't even remember what one of them was!! Usually bag up my work with the pattern for that project... I didn't do it with that one... plus it's not even really started... so I may need teacher's help figuring out what in the world I was going to make!!

Get a laptop.. set up a network!! LOL!

Hey, Candice! Glad you're back! We missed you! Karla.... sorry about all the drama with the house. Was hoping you'd have an answer today. Maybe you can get together a "work party" to help with your roof. We did ours ourselves once about 15 years or so ago, with the help of several friends. Had a great group of friends and we'd help each other with stuff like that. Building a barn, helping people move, etc. The gals would swing a hammer as well as prepare food for everyone, or we'd order pizza or something. It was fun. I've had a busy day... Water aerobics, hot tub, shower and on to beading. Did two pair of earrings today. First one took about 15 minutes! 2nd pair took about 3 1/2 hours!! And that was only ONE earring. When it was almost 3 pm I decided I'd had enough. Packed it all up and left. Have to make the other earring! It was a hard pattern! And now I realized, bracelet kit I took on the cruise with me... I never worked on it. Earl unpacked EVERYTHING and I have no idea where he put it. First pair of earrings I made today... I used the colors in that bracelet I didn't yet make... and now I have no clue where he put the little baggie I had it in. And my scissors were in there too, as well as the pattern. UGH! He unpacked everything so fast... he's like a big vacuum cleaner sometimes. And he does it so fast he has no clue where he put anything either! So.. got home about 3 pm, watched some Judge Judy, had my wine, and it was dinner time! Oh... also cleaned out my beading bag and reorganized everything.. making sure the missing "kit" wasn't in there!

We love Corned Beef and cabbage, too. Maybe we should get one and have Earl cook it for us while we're shopping Friday. No promises, but I'll ask him. Yeah, there's nothing I can do about it. I just don't like the sneaking behind my back and lying about it. Love the cake story!! Great idea! Junking up the thread!! Too funny! We LUB you, too!! Congrats on the 5K! You're doing GREAT!! So sorry about the challenges you've faced the past few years. But things will be better soon! You are moving in the right direction! YOU WON!!! :thumbup::w00t::thumbup::w00t:

I sure can relate to that.... my DH has been "pretending" that he doesn't smoke for most of our marriage... 45 years!! LOL He hides his cigarettes. If I ask him if he's smoking he always says the same thing, "I don't have any", which means I'm not holding any in my hand right now. I guess he thinks I can't smell! But, yeah, what I really hate is the deception.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :biggrin::party:

Hi, All! Hope you are having a pleasant Sunday afternoon. It's raining here in the desert AGAIN, and very COLD!! I'm going to get up and turn the heater up... in a minute! Walked in the Memory Walk for Alzheimer's research yesterday. Almost 2 miles... I took one little short cut! A very big accomplishment for me! It was exhilerating!! ME.... walking in a fund raiser!! WOW!! I didn't know you meant a REAL helicopter until I looked at the pictures!! That was BRAVE!! Sorry Nels isn't feeling well again! Hope he's better soon! Congrats on the 220! I'm still below 200, but struggling to getout of the 90's and making very slow progress! Church potluck we just went to did not do much to bolster my success! LOL! Your approach to food re: Nels is wise! My parents "pushed food" on me the first few years of my life as i was a very skinny little toddler. So I apparently was brainwashed in to thinking that eating was the way to get approval. Then as I started to get "chubby", my Dad bugged me about eating too much all the time. I remember unpleasant dinner time scenes with him telling me, "NO MORE!"and my Mom saying, "leave her alone!" Mixed messages!! Think I read on FB about a week ago that Meredith was moving in to her house last weekend. We just saw that movie last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it! Very funny!! DH liked it, too, but understand that someone who has been through a divorce might not find it amusing! LOL Karen, so VERY, VERY sorry for your loss! Please know I am keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers! HUGS!!

Hi! Quick post... gotta go get in the shower or I'll be late for choir practice before church! I did GREAT in the walk.... walked almost the whole two miles. Took a little shortcut towards the end. Had to sit down and rest once for a couple of minutes.... hips were hurting. BUt once I rested.... stopped hurting. Very happy! Photos on FB.

What's with the teeny, tiny fonts???? I'm OLD!! I can't see it!! :smile2::biggrin::w00t::biggrin::smile::biggrin::eek::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

I think the chance of rain tomorrow is pretty high... Saturday through Sunday morning. The walk is at the Palm Desert Civic Park. Heck... it seems to be clouding up already!!

Yes, it does look like a beautiful day in the desert. I am so glad the wind is gone! Hope it's nice tomorrow for the Alzheimer's walk. The weather report says it might rain! Here is what Earl had to do to grill steaks in the wind last night.

Yep... wind was terrible here today!! Only made it through the first 20 minutes of water aerobics! I was FREEZING and the 2nd 20 minute segment is mostly poolside exercises and not active enough to keep warm! So I went in the hot tub along with two others. Four ladies made it through the whole hour. Okay.... next Friday. And when I forget what the date is, I just have to look at my watch! :smile2::tt1::w00t: Watching Idol! Earl was complaining about Costco today,too... not having things that we usually buy. I have a theory, but just a guess. They have laid off all their demonstrators and contracted that out... notice the black polos, red aprons and red baseball caps?? So I think maybe that has changed some of the brands they are buying, and they've rearranged a lot of stuff. Musical was GREAT!! Hilarious!! There were 18 or 19 of us from Sky Valley... 3 carloads. Then one of the gals had us over for wine, tea, etc afterward. So I didn't get home until 11 pm! But I didn't get in trouble this time.

Yeah... the earthquakes are getting a little scary, aren't they??? What did Al Gore do now?? You're gonna be okay! Just keep hangin' in there!! Rest, Chill out, this is all going to settle down soon. Janet, is that this Friday or next Friday??