Bob just left for the doctor. I called and got him an appt with our family doctor here in town this morning. He is not sleeping, he itches constantly, and he is still losing weight. I had to stay here because the people are supposed to come and pick up all of the oxygen stuff, and they weren't sure when they would get here.

I can understand about you going ballistic! That is just too dangerous. I haven't been paying any attention to world series stuff at all. really had no clue who was in the running for it. Packing while you sleep would be interesting to see!!!

Hope everyone is doing ok!!

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Tammy- I hope the doctors can find a way to help your hubby.. Sounds like he may be allergic to some meds..Isn't it strange how you retired and then your hubby gets sick and you are there to take care of him. God must have a plan..
We went to Dr. yesterday for a 3 month checkup... My hubby is fine just has to change the times he takes his meds.. The dr. tried to tell me I am depressed when I told him about some small problem. He wanted to put me on medication. I told him I wasn't depressed and I wasn't taking any pills for it..Why is it when they don't know the answers that is the first thing they want to do? Dope us up because we are getting older?I told him there were other methods...My sugar,colesterol,trig.and everything else is up ,guess I will have to stop eating icecream.
Mima- It is still hot down here.. I sure hope we have a cool winter..The weather men are saying it will be better the end of the week..
Happy Thansgiving ,Happy..
Today is our sons 49th B/D. We sent him a card and gift. We plan to see him this weekend..We will call him tonight.. I used to make a cake and cook a B/D dinner for him. Now his wife can do that.. Hope she does ..
Joanne

Joanne, the doctor prescribed a medicine that will help with the itching plus help him sleep. They are pretty sure the itching is coming from the liver damage. The doctor also said that I'm doing everything right when it comes to planning meals and getting him to eat. He also said he can have more of the Ensures each day to help out.

Depression. I have to agree with you. Bob's doctor asked him more than once yesterday about depression. He told the dr. that when he was at the hospital he was depressed, but he is doing much better at home. Sorry about the test results being up for you. Giving up ice cream will be hard. Happy b-day to your son!! Hope his wife made a cake and a nice dinner for him.

I'm leaving in about 15 minutes to volunteer at the Christian radio station for a couple hours. Doing the same thing tomorrow and Friday. I'm sure it will be fun, but I am also sure I could sleep some more. When I come home from there, I need to get changed and go to a funeral. Brother of a good friend found out 6 weeks ago he had cancer. The only reason he even went to the doctor was for a back ache. He went very fast.

Sounds like pancreatic cancer-you go really fast when you get that.
Going to Auntie's-Brad went to eye doc's because of a spot on his retina-everything ok-I straightened out that insurance stuff.
I will only paint a little this morning-then go to chiro's to straighten out any damage. ha!!!!!
Joanne, sugar affects your triglycerides and cholesterol. Sorry about that bad news. It's tough to have to change yor diet!!
My stomache is doing pretty well-I have been eating a Cortland apple every day-almost as good as ice cream. Maybe that apple a day makes sense. I am also putting more things in my diet.
Jessica didn't go to doc's yesterday-talk about depression-she has not had her script renewed-they are afraid of postpartum depression. talk about things you can't control. I keep telling her. I should talk to her bf.
Bye for now Mima

Hi everybody.

Mima - glad your tummy is behaving. An Apple A Day, Keeps the Dr. Away. The pectin is supposed to be good at stopping bowel ailments. Hope it continues to do so. Gosh, time will go fast now, and in no time you will be back in Florida. Glad there was nothing wrong with Brad's eye. It seems the older you get, the more things pop up.

Tammy - glad to hear that your hubby is doing not too badly. That must be good news for you. Some cancers are soooo fast. That Pancreatic Cancer is what my FIL had, and he only lasted such a little while. He did turn yellow though, and they thought at first, it could be his Gallbladder. NOT.

Glad you are able to get out and do something for yourself. Sounds like you are enjoying working at the radio station.

Joanne - Personally, I think, if you are going to eat ice cream, it is best to eat the real stuff, fat and all. There are too many chemicals in the other stuff and they DO affect us, one way or another. My Mom was diabetic, and she could have 1/2 c ice cream a couple times a week, without it affecting her.

Dieting doesn't seem that hard in theory or on paper, but doing it seems impossible. I guess you just have to completely change your lifestyle and your thought processes to make it happen.

I have that darn yeast problem back again. It seems like NOTHING wants to get rid of it permanently. Next, I will have liver problems, because of the "cure" - DIFLUCAN! It doesn't seem to matter whether I eat sugar or just eat veggies and meat, with a bit of fruit. It still flares up.

I will probably make my way to the chiro today. Pain is everywhere, although he can only do so much. Feels like all the muscles are on the verge of going into spasms.

Hope you all have a nice day.

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Hi guys. Doesn't bifidus help with that yeast. Go to the health food store and talk to them. They have healthy stuff. Not cheap but worth it.
Good news that Brad got some heat upstairs-bad news is that when it blows air it affects my allergies and sounds like an oncoming train-he will make some adjustments/
I acn't even think about Fl because of all the work left to do. Today, I can clean out the bathroom and shut the door so it will stay that way.
We are going to couples group tonight-and I want to watch the Playoffs.
Got a haircut-can't wait til Monday til i get a massage.
Hope you are better soon, Anne. And Tammy-what a neat thing to work at a Christian radio Staion. Best to Bob. Mima

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Happy- I think that the best thing I can do is stop buying icecream.. Then I won't eat it..We have a little left in freezer and when that is gone I told hubby that is it..I spent a lot of time checking cereals in store. They all have sugar.. Even oatmeal has 1 gram..1 gram =500mgm. That can't be helped unless I go to healthfood store and get steel cut oatmeal.. I am not going to spend nearly an hour cooking oatmeal in the am.
Mima- I spent a very uncomfortable night last night.. Sleep was hard to find.. I have to change the way I am doing things,diet ,exercise,etc..I guess I have to say this is a new day.. You will always find things that have to be done.. Just close the door and come on down to Fl. It will be there when you get back..
Tammy- Just keep doing what you are doing.Everything will work out in the end... I think there are times when we all get depressed.. I just tell myself I don't have time for it. I know too much about the effects of depression meds. I always have said there are other ways to deal with it..I guess there are women who would grab at them and go around in a fog.. Not me.. I have to have clear sight and thinking..
Now ,I am off to Sams.. I buy bulk what I can. It saves money in the long run..I don't buy dairy there. We don't use it fast enough.
Have a good weekend everybody.
Hello Meme...Come on back...Joanne

Anne, I agree about diets looking so easy on paper. I wish it was so easy. It has taken me since mid-July to drop 15 pounds that shows on my tracker. I'm not complaining that it is gone, but it sure takes a while!!! I'm down 45 pounds from what I was about 5 years ago, so I am moving in the right direction. Still seems like a long way to go though. That dumb yeast problem has to go!!! Tell it to go away!!!!!! How was the chiro appt? Mine did a re-evaluation the other day. I have increased my range of motion quite a bit. I can tell a difference at water aerobics! Apparently the chiro is working!! LOL to the guy knocking!!!

Mima, I'm glad you mentioned hair cut!!! I keep forgetting to call. I just called, and there is no answer. I'll try again in a little while. I'm getting a bit shaggy and very gray roots are showing. Another woman was working her first pledge drive too at the station. We were there from 6-8 AM Wed, Thurs, and today. Yesterday she asked who my husband was. I told her, and she started getting tears and cried out, "We're related!" Her mother and Bob are first cousins. I hadn't seen her in several years. It was just so neat! It's amazing that we had never volunteered before, and for both of us to volunteer and be working the same shift was just too wonderful to believe! Everyone at the station was amazed and cheering for us as we hugged and cried. She has had some rough times, and I think she is getting her life together. Her aunt has helped her through lots of issues with her mother.

Joanne, I had been on a depression med for several years. The doctor had tried to wean me off different times during the summers, but I always ended up back on it, but not a high dosage like when I started. In July, I started weaning myself off of it. Didn't talk to the doctor about it. I haven't taken any since the beginning of August. I think I'm going to be ok!! I didn't have to go back on it with all of the problems with Bob, so I think that is saying something!!! I have never been to Sam's. Maybe if there was one closer I might, but I don't want to drive an hour or more to go there.

Off to a football game tomorrow with another nephew. We'll get together with Tim afterwards for supper. SHould be fun.

Oh, our pastor came up yesterday afternoon and spent about 2 hours visiting with Bob and me. It was a nice visit, and he was pretty blunt with Bob about some things. His dad, brother, and sister were all alcoholics, so he just let it rip so to speak. I know he'll be back to talk one on one with Bob, and he has offered to go to a counseling thing with him to get him started.

Have a great weekend!!

Meme, where are you???

What a great story about Bob'ss cousin. And yeah for the Pastor. One thing that people don't get is that you have to be tough with alcoholics. My oldest son had his BIL living with him and thought he could talk his way into helping him. I kept saying AA . Now he is living with someone else and had to detox last week. My brother is still drinking. I firmly believe they can't do it alone-need a power greater than themseves-which I believe is God. I think bob will do fine because he alraedy has that spiritual part-I think.
Yeah for the Sox-we were at couples Bible study but i wanted to be watching the game!!!!!
We can't leave everything because the apt is not done and the tenant is moving in 11/1 or abouts. And Brad has some work to finish to get the rest of our money.
And I am painting but I don't overdue it.
Joanne-Walmart has oatmeal that is sugar free.
Pastor needs someone to host the next couple's group and no one came forth. I told them about the heating situation but if no one volunteers, I will have it but keep it simple.By then , I will need Chelsea to dust.
Have a good weekend. Mima

Hi Tammy - glad that your exercise program is working well for you and that your range of motion is improving. That IS a big deal! Good for you on that weight loss. It is soooooo hard to lose it and KEEP it off. That seems to be even harder. Weightwatchers believes that it takes 16 weeks to change a habit. I think we get right back into MOST of them, no matter HOW long we have been away from them.

Food plays such a significant roll in our lives. Where do we go where there isn't food around? It is part of socializing. Willpower is great, but a lot of time, especially when we are tired and hurting, it somehow takes second place.

Mima - You sound busy. It seems to be a constant struggle in your house, with getting stuff done. Why not sell it, and buy yourself a condo, that needs NO upkeep by you. Especially when you leave for the winter. Just shut the door and go. It would be sooooo much easier on you.

Joanne - Oatmeal has sugar in it? Just the prepackaged kind. I buy plain oatmeal and it is just oats and it takes about 4 minutes to cook. Lately, I have been eating SUNNYBOY CEREAL for breakfast. That is soooo good, and I like it a LOT better than oatmeal. You just have to cook it for 3 minutes and let it sit for 2. I don't know if you have that in the USA or not. The one I buy comes from right here in Alberta. It is a blend of wheat, rye and flaxs. Loaded with fiber and tastes good with just a bit of brown sugar and milk.

I agree with not buying ice cream. I do that as well. If it's here, it seems to call (make that SHOUT) my name. If it isn't, no problems.

...................... Here's a little laugh for all of you and it IS a good question........

The other day a young person asked me how I felt about being old. I was taken aback, for I do not think of myself as old. Upon seeing my reaction, she was immediately embarrassed, but I explained that it was an interesting question, and I would ponder it, and let her know.

Old Age, I decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be.

Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love .....I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And Eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion.

A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)

Except for my body hurting , I love my age and you are right about the friends and all that other stuf.
We can't sell the house because my husband still works and we have 2 garages filled with his stuff-and a shed too. Believe me, I lived in a condo and I would go there in a minute. Someday, he won't be able to wotk but he loves it and he loves building, and I have to accept the fact that he won't change. Just that next year he has to finish projects in our house.He also built this house. I get relief being in Fl but he always figures out ways to do stuff there. He has to change the ac so it is quieter there and then we are going to put in a new floor because tan rugs do not do it all over the house-especially the entry. He even changes things in the lanai where his trains are. I never know where I will wash because he changed the washer and dryer location. I guess that's what keeps him going. I told him he has ADD. That's the story,
We called Brad's br and they are going with us to Springfield-he hasn't been yet. Then we are going out to eat at the super buffet-his wife is Cambodian and only likes that kind of food-super buffet is good because of the choices.
Brr-it's cool here. Mima

Mima, right now I think things are going to be ok with Bob and the alcohol. I honestly believe that this episode scared him, and that is a good thing!

Anne, I have belonged to Weight Watchers a few times. It seems like when I am attending meetings, I don't lose. When I quit and do it on my own, I seem to lose. lol

We are going away next weekend! I decided that Bob needs to get away, so I made reservations in the town where Tim goes to school. He has to work next weekend, so when he isn't working, he can come over to the hotel and visit. There is a pool and a whirlpool, and I think that will be nice. Bob said with the weight he's lost, he'll lose his swim trunks! He's probably right.
There is a mall in town, so I can go there sometime over the three days.

Great idea, Tammy.
We went to Springfield with Brad's br and wife. Sherrill was happy to see him and looks like they are planning to go there again because he was copying down the rte. Then we went to the restaurant but got a little lost getting there-The gps was out of whack again. And we were out of whack too. Laughed a lot!!!! The buffet was good.
Today I get a massage at 11-dentist at 2 and then I am going to pick up a stroller and swing for Jess, Just need a playpack.
It's 36-the heater woke me up. Bye for now-Mima

LOL about the gps! laughing is a great thing!!!

Bob gained 5 pounds since he weighed last week!!!!! Woo hoo!! Only 20 more to go to be back at his normal weight. Today he definitely had an appetite for the first time since before he went to the hospital.