OT November Chit Chat

[Jeanie Z]

:) I read all the threads. I have mostly been sleeping. Andy came and we went to lunch. After I went to the nursing home to see the director of nursing about my friend having the Hoveround.

About 220 feet from there my van overheated. I parked in a handicap space and went in. The DON will have PT evaluate my friend and let me know. Then I called AAA to tow the van to my mechanic. I had to get my scooter in it and borrow a wheelchair from there until they came. I could not get up into the wrecker, so I had to call Andy to come and rescue me.

Andy was at his lady friend's house but he came anyway. They are going to go to the beach tomorrow instead of today. I am so thankful for Andy but I wish I was less dependent on his help. Andy was off to take his cat to the vet. She is 13 and has liver problems, the vet will call him about her blood work and he gave Andy antibiotics for her.

I may not get the van until Saturday but possibly Friday. I was planning to go get my nails done while I was dressed and out but they will have to wait.

My memory is not great and I think it is because I have not been sleeping soundly. I hope that improves. I will try to post more often. Jeanie :)

[stillstANNding]

Agate, so sorry to hear about your former husband.

Jeanne, I wish there was a better "fix" for your van.

I had my last PT for this round today. She wants me to see a specific physiatrist for the R adductor. The PT says the MD does creative things. She suggested that she might inject that muscle w botox or steroids and or use deep acupuncture.

ANN

[Jeanie Z]

:) Agate I too am sorry about your ex husband. My ex is a great friend and we get along better than we did when we were married. Jeanie :)

[agate]

He and I were good friends, and as we got older and people in our lives dwindled away, we were probably even better friends. I saw him every couple of years or so when he came out to visit our son. I last saw him 2 years ago but was in daily phone contact with him in recent weeks, weekly contact before that.

The case of flu may have been more than he could stand. That was in May, and it meant 12 days in the hospital, plus a month in rehab, then a move to assisted living, where he seemed to be doing pretty well in spite of the short-term memory loss, which wasn't getting better. It came on severely after the flu.

But it was cardiac arrest that he died of. I should add that he had had sleep apnea for years but stopped using the CPAP monitor years ago and refused to go back to it.

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((agate)))))) ~



I am so very sorry for your loss. Sixty years is a long time. It's wonderful that you remained friends and were also friends with his partner. Sending healing prayers for peace and comfort for you and your family.

Love & Light,

Rose

[Sunshine]

I am not sure how I missed these posts yesterday. But let me say Agate, I too am so sorry for your loss of a lifelong friend. He sounds like he was an amazing man, unrecognized or not.

Jeanie, that van has Had a very storied existence the past couple of years. And I know what you mean bout feeling dependent on others. I am brand new to the dependency game since May.

Ann, for some reason I cannot recall what happened to get PT? This is the story of my life since starting high dose muscle relaxers: memory loss.

[Sunshine]

Also Jeanie, might you have sleep apnea and not know it? That causes excess drowsiness and sleeping throughout the day

[Cat Dancer]

Oh, Agate, I'm so sorry for your loss. As we age, every loss is felt more, as we have fewer and fewer "real life" friends around.

[Pegakafarmgirl]

Joanie,, I am so sorry for the loss, of your ex,, saddens a person,, just knowing that are no longer amongst us,,

keep the memories,,they would like that,,

Cold in the mid/west you too Cat ?,, like 15 degrees for the actual high,, wind/chill 7,, to early for this yet !!,, ,we got the fields turned black {disked},, now we wait in 3 weeks, I play cook, for the deer hunters,,

later,, group hug >> {{{{{{ hugs}}}}}}

[Jeanie Z]

:) Peg an email I sent you was returned undeliverable. I don't send a lot of things forward anymore. It is too much effort. I try not to stay in front of the computer as long. I am reading less of the news as it is depressing.

BBS I do not think I have sleep apnea. Now that I can only sleep on my back I don't even snore. Jeanie :)

[agate]

Jeanie, I don't mean to alarm you but you can have sleep apnea without knowing it. It isn't necessarily connected with snoring.

[Cherie]

Joan,
So very sorry to hear about your ex.

Jeannie,
That van is not treating you well at all lately.

Anyone in the Brea, CA or Thousand Oaks, CA areas? I just got word this afternoon that the MS Foundation has scheduled programs with me as their speaker for the 5th and 6th of December respectively in those places.

We drove to Northern NH today for our homeowner's meetings throughout the day tomorrow. There is a skim coat of snow here with icy patches all over and temps in the teens with high winds today. Supposed to get down into single digits tonight and hit a high of 20 tomorrow but be sunny and calm.

[Virginia]

Agate, I am truly sorry to hear about your ex husband's death. I think that everyone knows how well my second husband and I get along and this is a real fear of mine. I know I will be very, very upset if anything should happen to him. Our very long and nice and funny conversations are something that I look forward to. It will take you awhile to go through this. I know you share a rich history of children with him.

I have been having computer problems. Actually, not my computer, but that pop-up that states that I should call Microsoft immediately. It also threatens me if I turn my computer off. It completely locks up and this time it is a voice that is talking to me. I turn it off manually since that is the only way I can. It happened on Edge which is my main browser. So I went to Internet Explorer, which worked about 20 to 30 minutes and it happened there. I am now on Google Chrome.

It has been cool here and I have not been feeling good since Monday night. I went to the Doctor Monday. It was a late appointment and by the time I got my flu shot it was about 4:45, then I came home and shortly after gave my Rebif shot. It wasn't long before I took the headache and then had chills throughout the night. Felt really bad Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I am better today and went out for awhile.

The weather is very cool here. In the 40s.

[Howie]

Virginia, I got that same popup that says "don't turn it off". So what did I do? Turned it off immediately. Waited about 5 minutes, turned it back on, and no problems. I don't trust ANYTHING like that online.

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((Virginia)))))) ~

The Microsoft Alert is a scam.

I found this, which looks rather complicated:

Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register...

And, here's what Microsoft suggests:

Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register...

I hope this works for you.

So sorry for your flu shot reaction. Hope you continue to feel better each day.

Love & Light,

Rose